Herbert Hoover actually said...

"There is a great need for such institutions, for in them is preserved to a high degree that personal relationship of teacher and student so difficult to maintain in the Universities."

"To the patriotic mothers who gave their sons, to the many other loyal women who lost those dear to them for their country's sake, to the noble women, so many of them nurses, who died in war service, t..."

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

"On the part of the United States Government I accept with pleasure the share in this beautiful memorial, given by those who have helped to make it possible."