. International university lectures, delivered by the most distinguished representatives of the greatest universities of the world, at the Congress of arts and science, Universal exposition, St. Louis . . ALMA MATER Photogravure of the Statue by Daniel 0. French Tlie colossal ligiire of Freiiclis Alma Mater adorns ilie fine suite of stone stepsleading up to tlie picturesque library building of Cohnnbia University. It is abronze statue, gilded with pure gold. Tiie female figure typifying Alma Materis represented as sitting in a chair of classic shape, her ell>o\vs resting on the armsof the c
. International university lectures, delivered by the most distinguished representatives of the greatest universities of the world, at the Congress of arts and science, Universal exposition, St. Louis . . ALMA MATER Photogravure of the Statue by Daniel 0. French Tlie colossal ligiire of Freiiclis Alma Mater adorns ilie fine suite of stone stepsleading up to tlie picturesque library building of Cohnnbia University. It is abronze statue, gilded with pure gold. Tiie female figure typifying Alma Materis represented as sitting in a chair of classic shape, her ell>o\vs resting on the armsof the chair. Botii iiands are raised. Tiie right hand iiolds and is supported by asceptre. On her head is a classic wreath, and on lier lap lies an open book, fromwhicli her eyes seem to have just been raised in meditation. Drapery falls in semi-classic folds from her neciv to her sandalleil feet, only the arms and neck being leftbare. Every University man cherishes a kindly feeling for his Alma Mater, and thefamous American .sculptor, Daniel C French, has been most successful in his artisticcreation of the Fostering Mother spiritualized—the familiar ideal of the motherof minds trained to thouglU and cinternationaluni01cong
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