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1919. Berger Memorial Fountain
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Situated at the west entrance of Old Main, the Memorial Fountain, honoring
those UA students who lost their lives in World War I, was the
gift of Alexander Berger, an uncle of Alexander Tindolph Berger,
one of those to whose memory it is dedicated.
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On January 31, 1920, the Memorial Fountain in front of Old Main was
dedicated
amid a huge turnout of students, faculty, townspeople, and military who
had come to honor the University's World War I dead and to greet the
guest of honor, General John J. Pershing. General Pershing's speech was
brief and impressive, following which the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws was conferred upon him by President von KleinSmid.
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General John J. Pershing
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