University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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are justly proud. The spacious gymnasium floor is one of the finest on the Pacific coast. Comfortable quarters are provided for a progressive military department. On November 3, 1928, preceding the annual homecoming game with Washington State College, Colonel L. VY. Patch, speaking in behalf of the Idaho War Memorial Association, officially presented the building to the University. The State was represented by Lieutenant-Governor Oscar E. Hailey. Mr. R. D. Leeper delivered the main address in which he explained the reason for the location, saying that in being here the Memorial was made useful, that it was a proper inspiration to the youth of the state, and a fitting honor to university students and faculty members who served and sacrificed in the Spanish-American and World Wars. He expressed his hope that “It would serve the people of our state in the spiritual conception out of which it had arisen.” In keeping with its purpose as a Memorial in honor of the war veterans who gave their lives to their country, a bronze tablet is to be installed in the building, giving the names of all veterans of Idaho who made the supreme sacrifice in service, some nine hundred being included. This memorial tablet, together with trophies of war, will be placed in the tower. A German fieldpiece will guard the main entrance.

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