Plaque Cemetery

Tucked away in a far corner of campus

is a special place where old memorials go to retire:

What a fun trip through the history ... of memorials on campus.
A memorial to the memorials, if you will.

So when the memorialized space is lost,
its memory can live here forever.

Father of Clendening Library, Grandfather to Dyke's Library ...

The "Date Room" with nurses? Oh please tell me more!

Dear Dr. Rieke:
We built Rieke Auditorium in Orr-Major,
but your plaque will reside here with its friends.

When a building is sawed into 2 pieces,
you'll need new plaques for Wahl Hall East and Wahl Hall West.
This one would only have confused people.

Please understand the items below are in no way intended to make fun of a person, nor to insult his or her memory. These comments are about the words on the plaque and nothing more.

The Ramsdells were "friends of children."

Here is love for "anybody's" and "everybody's" baby.
Not clear if that means "baby" as in infants or "baby," as in your sweetheart.
But try reading these words along
to the Jackson Browne tune and see what happens. 

Mr. Burns was "a friend of mankind."

Haven't checked Wikipedia on the statement below.
But if true, this piece deserves more attention,
odd 2nd paragraph indent notwithstanding.

Update: a reader pointed out Dr. Fitzsimons was, in fact
the first U.S. officer killed in WWI.