_ Already one-fifth of the 
amount has been pledged, and the 
Association is perfecting plans for 
So; Leena 
NORTH SHORE-BREEZE 
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NATIONAL CIVIC HALL 
$2,500,000 Structure to be Erected 
at Washington 
With the personal endorsement of 
the President of the United States, 
_who says, ‘‘It must be accomplished 
and on a magnificent scale,’’ the 
George Washington Memorial Asso- 
ciation of Washington, D.C., is en- 
tering upon a nation-wide move- 
ment to raise a fund of two and 
one-half million dollars for the erec- 
tion and endowment at the nation’s 
capital of a great Peace Memorial 
to George Washington, the coun- 
try’s first great peace advocate. 
entire 
extending the work to all parts of 
the country. 
‘The two main purposes of this 
- Memorial Hall are to afford an 
auditorium in keeping with our na- 
tional dignity, where the United 
_ States may take its rightful place 
_ with foreign capitals in entertain- 
ing international congresses, and to 
provide headquarters for the Na- 
tional Societies devoted to 
civic 
betterment, to moral advancement, 
and to the highest interests of the 
arts and sciences. 
The plans of the hall will be ap- 
proved by the Art Commission of 
the District of Columbia, and the 
-. construction will be in charge of an 
efficient building committee to be 
announced later. 
As a part of the Association’s 
' plan of giving all an opportunity 
of having some part in this work, 
and of making it at the same time 
an influence toward patriotism in 
_those who in a few years will take 
the places of the citizens of today, 
it has arranged for School Children 
to take advantage of a chance to 
add their contribution toward con- 
structing this great hall. As a be- 
ginning, an interesting contest has 
been inaugurated in the Grammar 
Schools of Massachusetts, which 
state, on account of its pre-eminent 
historical position, has been chosen 
as a starting point. Attractive 
buttons, memorial of George Wash- 
ington, have been secured, and on 
Washington’s birthday, February 
22d, 1912, these buttons will be 
worn simultaneously by thousands 
of scholars and their older friends. 
A pupil in each school register- 
ing in the contest, will be selected 
to supply buttons at ten cents each 
to his schoolmates, and to the grad- 
uating class of the Grammar School 
engaging the largest number of 
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In Will Irwin’s story of ‘‘The 
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dren, how much they knew about 
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perts attributed this result mainly 
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taste for matter touching on the 
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The Republican is regarded in 
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first, last and always. Its motto, 
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it,’’ tells the story. Daily, Sunday 
and Weekly, The Republican is the 
faithful recorder of events, the fear- 
less and vigorous champion of the 
people’s rights. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
DAILY (Morning), $8 a year, $2 
a quarter, 70 cents a month, 16 
cents a week, 3 cents a copy. 
DAILY and SUNDAY, $10 a year, 
$2.50 a quarter, 85 cents a month, 
20 cents a week. 
SUNDAY, $2 a year, 50 cents a 
quarter, 5 cents a copy. 
WEEKLY (Thursdays), $1 a year, 
25 cents a quarter, 10 cents a month, 
3 cents a copy. 
Specimen copies of either edition 
sent free on application. The 
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THE REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Mass. 
buttons will be presented a $100 
prize copy in oils of Stuart’s 
‘‘Washington.’? Over twenty-five 
students of the Museum of Fine 
Arts are now entered in a contest 
conducted by the Association, and 
the copy pronounced by eminent 
judges to be the best, will be used 
as the first prize in the Grammar 
School contest. Second and third 
prizes will be the second and third 
best copies. 
Schools wishing to enter the con- 
test must register with the General 
Secretary, George Milbank Hersey, 
200 Ford Building, Boston, Mass., 
not later than January 10, 1912, 
and all returns must be filed not 
later than February 16, 1912. 
The Mass. Advisory Council of 
the George Washington Memorial 
Association is John Davis Long, 
Frederick Perry Fish, Charles Fran- 
cis Adams, Edwin Ginn and Maurice 
H. Richardson. 
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock of New 
York is President, Mrs. Frank Nor- 
thrup of New York is Treasurer, 
and Charles J. Bell, President of the 
American Security and Trust Com- 
pany of Washington, is Trustee of 
the permanent fund. 
President Charles W. Eliot, Sec- 
retary, Charles D. Walcott of the 
Smithsonian¢ ‘Institution, President 
Hadley of Yale, J. Pierpont Mor- 
gan, Edwin D. Mead, General Hor- 
ace Porter, President Ira Remsen 
of Johns Hopkins University, and 
Thomas Nelson Page are found 
among the supporters. 
