Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The small college is irreplaceable in many of the services it renders and the inspiration it gives."

"May they ever see in this memorial a token of the honor and affection in which their country holds them."

"It is a satisfaction that this memorial has taken not only the form of a beautiful building, but that within its walls there will be carried on the services it commemorates, services for our suffering..."

"No better memorial can be built to the American women of the World War--and no truer inspiration given to the women of today."