Evening journal., 1922-10-16
radio TO Send
LIBRARY BOOST
Josiah Marvels Support of
University Memorial in
Air Tonight
BEGIN CANVASS
NEXT FRIDAY

Radio receiving instruments
throughout Wilmington and Della.
ware tonight will be tuned 10 catch
an address from Pittsburgh, by Jo-
siah Marvel to the alumni OF the
University Of Delaware. in behalf OF
the 100000 university memorial
library project.
As chairman of the executive
committee in charge of the cam
paign for the library. MI. Marvevs
speech will be broadcssted for hun
dreds Of miles in all directions. He
will be the guest of honor at a din
ner by the Pittsburgh alumni.
The actual campaign 70 raise
funds for the memorial will begin
next Friday evening at a dinner
meeting in the Hotel dupont and
will continue for a week. Next Sun
day from the pulpit or rostrum Of
every place Of worship in the State,
sermons or references will be made
to the movement by the clergy OF all
creeds. who have pledged their sup
port to the movement.
On Saturday afternoon thousands
OF school children Of Wilmington
will assemble in Brandywine park.
where Dr. Walter Hulllhen. Judge
George Gray ana other prominent
men will address them. Boy Scouts
will serve as guards for the occasion.
In Georgetown another assemblage
OF lcitizens will be held and plans
are being made for a big meeting
in Dover, and other towns and com
munities OF the State.
The library building will contain
the honor rolls. bearing the sigma
lures of every man.. woman and
child who give to the campaign.
These honor rolls will be distribut-
ed TO every school. lodge. factory,
civic society and organization. The
man who gives a dollar will be on
an equality as far as the memorial
goes, with the man whose wealth
permits him to give a thousand.
Everett c. Johnson. chairman OF
the alumni committee, plotting
the campaign. and Mr.. Marvel,
chairman OF the executive commit !
tee. are desirous that every resident |
Of the State shall be represented in |
The memorial. For that reason the
OF every one. regard
less OF amount. will be gladly receiv-
ed and tabulated.
DR.. Hullihen. president of-the Uni |
has summarized the library |
project as follows:
"Of the $500, 600 sought. probably |
1890, 900 will be spent on the build |
Ing and grounds; $4,000 on much |
needed books. and $4,000 will be
set aside as permanent endowment |
for the library TO prevent its be-
coming an added expense to tho tax
payers of the State.
THE library will be called the
Delaware Memorial Library and the
support OF every organization in the
State will be sought 10 make this
the whole States memorial to the
citizens OF Delaware. who lost their
lives In the great war.
"A central memorial hall, will
contain a bronze tablet with the
names OF Delawareans who died in |
service.
"A handsome hand illumined
volume will contain one page de-
voted TO the life history OF each per-
son whose name appears on the
tablet.
"A section OF the library will be |
devoted 10 books relating TO the war
and our connection with It.
"A section will be devoted to
books Of value to the teachers Of
he public schools Of the state. Ar
will be made to send
hese books by mail on request to
my teacher in the State. The SUI
oerlntendent Of public instruction
viii be a member of a committee
which viii determine what books
hall be placed in this department.
THE funds for the expenses OF
he campaign have already been Sc
'ured so that every dollar contrib
tied will go TO the library fund"