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The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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Six U.S. universities plan stadiums or gymnasiums as memorials to WWI American troops, citing soldiers' athletic nature; costs $200K-$1M. Institutions: Kansas, Washington, Lafayette, New York, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt. Others plan union buildings or halls, chapels, etc.
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Urbana, Feb. 5.—Six universities have planned stadiums or gymnasiums as memorials to the American troops who served in the war. Owing to the athletic nature of American soldiers, it is believed to be especially fitting. The universities planning to make such memorials are Kansas, Washington, Lafayette, New York, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. The costs range from $200,000 to $1,000,000.
Six institutions also expect to make union buildings as war memorials. They are Wisconsin, South Carolina, Michigan, Iowa State, and Vermont. However, all the latter projects have been in the form of stadiums or gymnasiums because of stronger recommendations given for the type of memorial, and the greater success achieved in putting through campaigns for financing them.
Other forms of memorials planned by universities are halls, chapels, monuments, administration buildings and towers.
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Urbana
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Feb. 5.
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costs range from $200,000 to $1,000,000.
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Six universities have planned stadiums or gymnasiums as memorials to the American troops who served in the war. The universities are Kansas, Washington, Lafayette, New York, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. Six institutions also expect to make union buildings as war memorials: Wisconsin, South Carolina, Michigan, Iowa State, and Vermont. However, all the latter projects have been in the form of stadiums or gymnasiums because of stronger recommendations given for the type of memorial, and the greater success achieved in putting through campaigns for financing them. Other forms of memorials planned by universities are halls, chapels, monuments, administration buildings and towers.