The original setup of the Court was presumably, although not necessarily, based on a distribution amongst the different circuits, and at least this selection has the interesting point to it that it does meet the geographic question a…

the following described tract of public land, property of the United States, in the Philippine Islands, is hereby reserved and set apart for military purposes, subject to private rights if any there be

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, to all those who served with devotion…

The inscription in the hall below calls this 'A Living Memorial.'

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 fellow men.

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

They develop character and provide a rounded cultural equipment to students who do not wish professional specialization.

I warmly commend the effort to maintain these institutions, which have played and should still play so large a part in the development of leaders of American life.

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.

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

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