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Newell Gate Inscription

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The following inscription has been placed on the Newell Gate at the entrance to Soldiers Field:

THIS GATE WAS ERECTED

IN MEMORY OF

MARSHALL NEWELL

BORN 1871 DIED 1897

AN ATHLETE

STURDY ALERT AND BRAVE

A LOVER OF BEAUTY AND

TRUTH A SIMPLE UNSELFISH

WHOLESOME FAITHFUL MAN

"SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SPRINGS

ALWAYS BUBBLING OVER

WITH FRESHNESS AND LIFE."

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