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i · ~ · V Throughout World War I, the University had contributedjzothe war '  
i - effort by providing technical training to military personnel, with three — p
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V - ` ‘   (fl _. vember of 1918.The   ;  
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Eleanor Duncan Wood V  '   ·   ll   V tacks at {he east Gnd T, —·
of Maysville was to   .· i  " ''IVU W , l- * .2** Otistoll Iilclitgi "  0. i ve
receive a prize of aaa _. f —»,,, @   ei- he¤$e_th·=_S<> @¤etSV_ ji
in gold for penning the g ·   *—   e ;r· V V; · · .P3}'llClPaUUg_m -‘ i ·g
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which was read at the '   I ’ ·   VU S been C3l€U·   ‘ _ 7 =* w
dedication ceremony of     =; lated that 1,007 stu.- _ · »_ ;  i
Memorial Hall and later   !       L dents,'alumni,`and‘   p _ m
ll1SCI‘lbECl lIIb0 the             ` faculty participated . .' Q
building ',             * · in the war. Of this,   _' .V
.   if __eight were killed in ·
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W _ _. at due to other causes. j  
  — "To honor those that , I
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_ _ ,_   _' At |eft,l\/lemorial l—la|| homage to the University’s·participation in the
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, 7 ; 5 L      :¢ V { ¤ _      .i  Most recently it was used to launch the Alumni°   ‘
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