Smyrna times., 1925-05-06
MEMORIAL LIBRARY At NEWARK
TO Be DEDICATED ON MAY e
LIBRARY A MEMORIAL TO THOSE
WHO MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE
Special DedicatOry Program is Being
Arranged and Prominent Men and
Organizations in State Invited

Arranged and Prominent Men and
Organizations in State Invited
DR.. Josiah H. Penniman, president /
of the University of Pennsylvania;
Major General Robert L. Bullard,
formerly commanding officer of the |
Second Corps Area of which Delaware |
is part and James A. Drain, Nation |
al Commander of the American Leg
ion, will be the visiting speakers at |
the formal dedication of the Memorial
Library at the University of Delaware
at 2.30 o'clock Saturday, May %.
DR.. Walter Hullihen, president of
the University of Delaware, will pre-
side at the memorial exercises which
will be held on the campus near the
library. One book is to be published
in which one page will be devoted to
a sketch of each of the PAL men and
women of Delaware in the various
branches of the service who made the
supreme sacrifice during the war.
This book which is to have a promin-
ent place in the library will be pre-
sented at the exercises by former
Secretary of State Everett c. John
son.
The program and the various details
in connection with the dedication were
discussed at a meeting this week of
the committee arranging for the cele-
bration. DR.. w. Owen Sypherd, chair
man, presided at the meeting. Others
present were DR.. Walter Hullihen,
president Of the University; Mrs. R.
o. Bausman, president of the Alum
nae Association of the Women's Col
lege; Alexander J. Taylor, president
of the Alumni Association of Della
ware College; Major Arthur w. Tn
derwoOd, commandant of the Univers-
ity R. o. T. c.; DR.. F. NJ. X. Foster,
member of the faculty and Prof. c.
r. Runk, chairman of the publicity
committee. The committee will hold
another meeting Wednesday night of
this week.
1t is proposed to make the dedica-
tion of this library one of the most
memorable affairs not only in the his
tory of the University but of the state
of Delaware as it is a state wide pro
ject. The library is a memorial tC
the service men and women of Della.
ware and thousands of citizens of the
state contributed to the fund witt
which it has been built. Each con
tributor will be invited to attend the
exercises.
The book containing a sketch of tn,
241 citizens who made the supreme
sacrifice will be three feet wide ant
19 inches deep with each page Il
inches wide. A large table or stan,
of massive wood is being built for thi
book and will be placed in the cente
of Memorial Hall which is the mail
entrance to the library. The top o
the stand will be followed out so tina
the book open can lay fiat on tn
stand and it will be covered by a glas
top through which the book can b
seen and the pages read. lmbedde
in the cover of the book will be
medal identical with those that wer
presented by the State to each Della
ware service man at the close of tn
war. Provision for this was made j
a joint resolution adopted by the rec
ent Legislature at the suggestion c
Everett c. johnson. Under anothe
joint resolution also suggested by NJ
johnson the Legislature by joint resC
luton also provided for an enlarge
medal of the same design to be IL
states gift in memory of those Del;
wareans who lost their lives in tt
war and this memorial will also |
placed in Memorial Hall.
Four triptches containing tablets c
which will be the names Of the p
honored dead are being made az
there will be two of them placed {
} each the east and west walls of Men
= orial Hall
At 1.30 o'clock on the afternoon
the day of the dedication a milital
and academic procession will be forr
ed on Frazer Field and will mare
from there to the library where Il
exercises start at 2.3O o'clock. If Il
National Guard of the State atten
in a large body they will head tn
procession followed by the r. 0. T.
battalion of the University, Preside
Hullihen and the speakers; membe
of the faculty, Governor Robinson al
Us aides, Governors of near by State
representatives of other education
institutions, etc.
Members of the Legislature ha
been especially invited and seats W
be reserved for them and other Sta
officials.
In addition to those mentioned re
resentatives of the Gold Star Mothe
= G. A. r. Veterans of Foreign Wa
Spanish American War Veterans a
various other organizations both civ
and educational will be invited to