Raleigh, Sept. 21—Contract was let Monday night at a meeting of the Alumni Memorial Committee of State College for the stone work at the lower part of the Memorial Tower on the campus. Mount Airy granite was chosen as the stone to be used and the contract was awarded to Sargent & Company of Mount Airy, on a bid of $13,900. The entire cost of the tower, clock and chimes will be about $80,000.
The Memorial Tower is the way the State College Alumni Association has chosen to do honor to the men who served, and to the 33 State College men who gave their lives in the World War. The foundation proper has been completed and the cornerstone will be laid October 20 by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Masons. The tower is located on the summit of the hill immediately east and on the Axis of Pullen Hall. The concrete foundation was finished at the last commencement. Since that time the retaining wall has been put in, making the dimensions of the foundation 48 square feet. For the present the retaining wall has been banked with earth, but later this will be removed to make room for stone steps on all four sides, these steps increasing the dimensions of the complete base to 62 square feet. The tower will be 115 feet high, the design being in the semi-Romanesque style with Gothic treatment of the vertical lines. A four-faced clock with chimes will be connected with the college signaling system, thus carrying out the utilitarian as well as the artistic idea.
Construction for which the contract was awarded Monday night will be continued to a height of 14 feet and thereafter the committee will build as funds are available. About $25,000 has already been subscribed. The exercises of laying the cornerstone will make October 20 a day of unusual interest in the history of the college. The annual football game with Carolina will be held in the afternoon, which will be Thursday of Fair week.
The Alumni Memorial committee is composed of C.L. Mann, chairman; E.B. Owen, secretary-treasurer; C.F. Williams, J.A. Park, W.F. Pate and R.H. Merritt.
From The Charlotte News, Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 1921
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