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President Coolidge on Memorials 
“One test of the civilization of any age,” says President Cool- 
idge, “is the regard which it has for the teachings of the past 
and the opinion of posterity. The Greeks and the Romans had 
these in high degree.” Speaking of the Lincoln Memorial as “a 
magnificent inspiration,’ he continued: “ The memorial idea is 
sound and is sure to grow as opportunities present themselves. 
One of the most encouraging signs is the tendency today to look 
to institutions of higher education for memorial sites... . To 
place your name, by gift or bequest, in the keeping of an active 
university is to be sure that the name and the project with which 
it is associated will continue down the centuries to quicken the 
minds and hearts of youth, and thus make a permanent contribu- 
tion to the welfare of humanity.” This statement applies, not 
only to universities, but with equal force to such an educational 
and scientific meratcn as a botanic garden. 
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Importance of Healthy Growth 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is still in its infancy. Its pro- 
gram of work and its departmental organization, laid out and 
approved at the beginning, are still far from being completely 
realized. Original needs for such service as the Garden aims to 
meet have greatly increased, and new demands arise each year 
as the City grows in size and the public becomes more fully aware 
of the existence of the Garden and the services it can render. 
Educational and scientific needs are opportunities which the Gar- 
den should be able to meet. 
e director is prepared to show to anyone interested, itemized: 
statements upon which the following summaries are based: 
AppitIoNAL ANNUAL INCOME FOR WHICH PERMANENT 
Provision 1s NEEDED 
1. To place on a permanent and more nearly adequate basis ac- 
UNniihies. sAlhrepvahieerseriniaeals 453 oo onde beads oun Gdcaneoduennooas $27,500 
. To provide for pec expansion to meet increasing demands 
ioe, Gl Ibimexie mon ltean cadeeoe Ano mon eee Soe busi cs saute Suaom dc 27,500 
Total conan? annual income to be assured in perpetuity by addi- 
OMEN O WATLCIILY Metvare ree telere. oye otenc tered sis tira Vere re iy tascate aad erena eee $55,000 
An endowment fund of $1,000,000 at 5.5 per cent. would in- 
sure this income. 
