Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Memorial Stadium [PAGE 6]

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R E M A R K S BY M R . R O B E R T F. C A R R , MASTER O F C E R E M O N I E S A T T H E D E D I C A T I O N EXERCISES H m E accomplishment of a great undertaking sucn as this has to be crystallized around a fine leader; a man of lovable personality; one who has the acquaintance and friendly interest of the thousands of boys and girls who have passed through this University; a man who throughout each year of his life and through each contact he has made, has inspired greater confidence and respect and admiration, I may emphasize to you a fact that we all appreciate to the fullest extent that it was around the personality of Mr. George A. Huff that our thousands of University men and women rallied when we decided to build this Memorial Stadium. It was a great inspiration of one of the most beloved men of our University that our memorial to our war heroes should take the form of a beautiful Stadium; That a structure might arise here whose stately design would be a fitting monument to our dead; That we might, in this way, show in some measure our love of their memory and our appreciation of their deeds; So that when we gather here on all great occasions we would ever feel renewed obligations for the sacrifice they have made. The decision made, we began about three years ago to ask for subscriptions from alumni, students, faculty, and friends, to build this Memorial Stadium. Two years ago, with rather an interesting ceremony and after a few brief talks delivered from one of our farm wagons, George Huff turned the first spadeful of earth on the spot where I now stand, which was then a field of hay,

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