Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-10
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
TO men OF u. OF NJ.
WHO PAID WITH LIFE

Bangor. January 1O-(SpeciaD
With the completion of organization
work in its personnel. the University
of Maine Memorial Fund Committee,
! formed to promote g campaign for
funds with which to erect a suitable
tribute to those University sons who
during the War made the Great
Sacrifice. is at work. The first gun"
OF the campaign has been fired to-
day and announces in bare detail the
reason for the campaign.
The original request to the alumni
of the University was made by DR..
Clarence {. Little. president of the
University at meeting of the
Penobscot Valley Alumni .Associa-
| ton. in Bangor. in November. Dr.
Little made it clear to the members
! present that there was need for
! proper facilities on the Campus at
| Orono, in which to train the students
of the institution in physical educa-
| ton and military science and tactics.
! 1t was suggested that the time had
| become ripe for the alumni of the
! institution to take a step forward
and bring to reality such a building.
few days later. there met on the
| Campus at Orono. the Council of the
| General Alumni Association, a COM
, mittee was elected and name chos-
en- for the campaign, same to be the
University of Maine Memorial Fund,
. the purpose of which is to secure
: funds for a Gymnasium Armory as
+, tribute to those students and
| alumni who gave their lives in the
I, Great War. The goal of the campaign
was set by the Council at $500, 900
which will be solicited from alumni.
alumnae. former students and friends
| Of the University.
| The University of Maine was rep
| resented by approximately 100 cn-
! rolled in the military and naval
| forces of the United States. OF this
number, Al were called upon to
| make the Supreme Sacrifice of Civ
ing their lives to aid their Nation,
| State and University. To these men,
| the Gymnasium Armory will stand
! as an impressive tribute. That there
! might be relationship between the
! building in its physical sense and
future advantages, and it's memorial
nature. the coordination of physical
training and military science within
its walls was suggested
| The committee anticipates a sub
stantial response to it's call for
! funds. which call will come at a time
and not until the time when the
committee has placed the past ac-
complishments. present needs and
| future plans of the University before
| the sons. daughters and friends of
| the institution.
/ The Campaign Committee will secure
the funds to finance the erection of the
Gymnasium Arrlory. 1t is the present
! plan of the Council to turn these funds.
/ When secured n a hui
mittee to he chosen at a later date,
, this latter organization to take charge
! or the erection of the memorial
! A suitable tablet inscribed with the
. names of the Al L. of NJ. men. will be
conspicuous in or on the edifice and
! will excmplify in time immemorial the
splendid effort given and sacrifice made
by the following who died. that their
Alma Mater might live:-
Richard ". Wells IS Of Christmas
Cove. Gerald r. Scott is of Sanger
vile. Philip B. Sheridan Is of Salem,
Mass. Thaddeus Frederick '16 of Farm
lngtcn, Charles A. Rice II Of TX
bridge, Mass. Franklin E. Pretto rs
of Hartford. Conn.,, Willett c. Barrett,
IS OF Newport, r. l., Harold r. An
drcws is Of Portland. D. w. Norton IS
Of kingficld. Robert Mackay IS of
Dorchester Mass, Lucien r. Libby rs
of Sanford. Albert Lavorgna II of
Canton, George Z. Kirk '16 Of Bar Har.
Dor. Paul T. Johnson 80 Of Bar Har-
Dor. Oramel Hunton 30 of Portland
Frank Is. Holden''1s of Oakfield. Leroy
W. Gardiner 10 Of Dennysville, Her
bert G. Cobb is Of Woodfords, Thomas
Britain IS of Island Falls. John c.
Spooner go Of Sherman Mills. l. Al.
Bradbury IA of Gorham. +. E. FIetch-
er Is of Madison. James H. Gray IS
of Lubec. Albion X. Bolan 80 of Win
terport, Cecil Z. Brown II of Norway.
Donald Z. Campbell 20 OF Island
Falls. Graham 3. Spear '12 of Spring.
field Mass. Dunton Hamlin IL Of
Orono. Robert G. Hurd rs Of Bangor.
Walter c. Jones IT of Portland, Sid.