"It is felt," says this committee,
"that the most fitting memorial would
be a builling erected on the campus of
his Alm, Mater at Schenectady, N. Y.,
with lecture halls and rooms devoted
to the studies he loved, history, poli
tics, and literature, and the establish
ment there in of a John Bigelow pro
i.ssoyship of 'political science. The
build.ing would be named the 'John
Bigelow Memorial Hall,' and would
stand on the main avenue of the col
lege grounds entered through the gate
way erected to the momory of John
Howard Payne, author of 'Home,
Sweet Home,' a member of the class
of 1810 at 'Union college.
"The service of John Bigelow to his
country in the dark days of the Civil
war should always be gratefully re
membered. While William H. Seward,
his fellow-graduate of Union college,
was managing bribiantly the affairs
of the department of state, John Bige
low, as minister to France, was suc
cessful in the delicate task of main
taining our national credit in the
countries of Europe. Throughout the
whole of his long life he devoted his
powers without stint to unselfish and
untiring effort in the service of his
fellow-men.
