South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-25
PLANS ERECTION
OF MEMORIAL FOR
COL. ROOSEVELT
Harvard Alumni May Erect
Statue In Honor of For
mer President.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nav "a
The possibility that Harvard men
may honor the memory OF the late
Wneodore Roosevelt BY constructing
and maintaining a building AT the
university 20 be known as "Roose-
Welt House" IS disclosed IN a report
20 the Associated Harvard clubs by
q committee OF alumni.
The report recommends that the
| Roosevelt memorial building SHALL
contain working floor for the use
o. some Of the departments OF Har-
ward university. and particularly for
ne tutorial work Of the college, as
ll as a memorial reading room
ERE shall be kept Roosevelt mem
abilia OF all kinds.
II Is suggested by the committee
that all the books written about
him, together with hunting trophies
ind other material relating % him.
should be kept I'm the reading room,
with the hope that this room would
be resorted 20 by all who wished TO
know or write about him." and
would impress the student body
with the fun significance Of life
sH~ith which they might otherwise
have only a casual acquaintance"
Classmate Chairman.
- The committee which presented
the report was appointed recently by
4 John ". Prentiss. IS. president Of
Athe Associated Harvard clubs. to
consider the question of a possible
memorial at Harvard 10 Col Roose-
velt-one Of the three alumni OF the
college who subsequently became
presidents OF the United States. Its
chairman is Hon. Charles c. Wash
burn. 80. Of Worcester. Mass.
Classmate and biographer OF Col.
Roosevelt
No plans are discussed by the
=. committee for raising the funds for
4 the construction OF the memorial,
this matter being left for future
consideration by the Associated Har-
ward clubs. The committee reports
! that the precise type Of building and
It's exact site at the university are
J yet to be determined.
Another Associated Harvard clubs
mmittee. the committee on serv-
- ice TO the university. made up of 60
Y
der the cbairmanship of @. Cook
4 KimbaH, DO OF. Pittsburg, recon-
mends the establishment of a per-
i manent Harvard alumni fund to
which graduates may contribute an
i 'nually in small amounts Another
report. submitted by committee Of
the Harvard Alumni association.
makes a similar suggestion.
May Ask Sargent to Paint.
The committee on a permanent
memorial 10 the Harvard men who
gave their lives in the war has re-
ported that IL has kept in touch with
I a joint war memorial committee of
the governing boards Of the univer-
sity, and that the latter committee
has voted. as a preliminary step, 10
place tablets in the college rooms
occupied by men killed in the war.
nd 10 ask John Sargent 20 paint
: IN emorial pictures for two panels on
the staircase at the Widcner library.
Fhe report says that the develop
ment OF final plans for a Harvard
al war memorial will necessarily take
OWs time.
/The report Of the Roosevelt Me-
tnorial committee follows in full:
The committee of The Associated
Harvard clubs upon a memorial to
! Theodore Roosevelt bsgs leave 10 re-
port as follows:
The committee has carefully con-
sldered the matter and has unani-
Inously agreed that the memorial
should be alb uilding TO be known as
Roosevelt House" features of
which shall be:
1. a working floor for the use Of
!. the departments OF the university.
81 Under advice Of the department
heads it is proposed that the work
ing floor shall be largely used for
rooms for conference between tutors
and students
.. A Roosevelt memorial reading
Nroom for the use of students where
4 would be kept Ca) all the books.
state papers, etc. written by RoOse-
welt and books written about him.
together with memorabilia Of all
4 kinds. hunting trophies, etc; and
Oh a working library to serve the
interests outlined under /, above.
Il is hoped and believed that this
4 building would come TO be regarded
as suitable depository for all ma
TpTlal TeLatlnE 10 Roosevelt anu
4 would De rescued 20 by all who
4 wished 10 know or write about him.
Your committee believes that such
a room would become very pOpu-
lar resort for great numbers Of the
student body who would thus be-
come familiar with the full signif-
- lance OF a life with which they
light otherwise have only a casual
acquaintance
II IS the purpose Of the committee
& 10 embody these ideas in a building.
hot OF monumental proportions, but
5equate for the purpose. While
lre grninary sketches have been pre-
T 7pared. no agreement can be reached
pxith the corporation touching the
blans OF the building IN time 10
II make a fnaI report at this time.
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