Memorial Stadium was built to remember the students and graduates of the college who had fallen in battle in World War I. Dean Willard comments, "its towers and walls, built of beautiful native limestone, will present a structure of quiet strength that will harmonize with other buildings on the campus." The west stands were erected in 1923 for $45,000, and a year later the east stands were built. The underside of the seating was exposed until 1938 when the stone walls and towers were erected on the west side. East Stadium presently shelters the Art Department.