No Memorial Day Service On Campus


Iowa State officials will not plan a service in the 
university's cemetery this Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The 
change is due primarily to diminishing attendance numbers in 
recent years, according to vice president for business and 
finance Warren Madden and Stan Carpenter, chair of the 
military science department. Memorial Day falls between the 
end of spring semester and the beginning of the summer term, 
and that's a key reason for the low numbers, they said.

Madden encouraged those who want to participate in a service 
to attend the city of Ames' program. Details of that program 
haven't been finalized yet, but by mid-month, the information 
will be available on the city's information line, 232-2211, 
category 1136. The service will be in the municipal cemetery, 
East Ninth Street and Maxwell Avenue.

Madden said the university cemetery will be open on Memorial 
Day for those who want to visit grave sites there.

Past Memorial Day programs in the university cemetery 
typically included a military color guard and a brief address 
by a guest speaker. ROTC students rotated color guard 
responsibilities annually among the program's three 
divisions, Army, Navy and Air Force.

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contact:  Internal Communications, (515) 294-7065
updated:  5-5-95