PAGE EIGHT Lost Lion Statues Discovered on Farm A search begun in 1917 came to a close yesterday when "Pa" and "Ma", twin alabaster. statues of the Nittany Lion that formerly graced the pillars at the main entrance to the University on College avenue were found. The location of the Jong lost statues was made known when George W. Campbell, a former employee of the Uni versity, affirmed that the silent sentinels were guarding the en trance to nis home in Petersburg. The pair, forerunners of today's Nittany Lion, have had a colorful career. Standing 45 inches high, they depict lions poised on their haunches, each gripping a shield. The lions were commissioned as part of the Pennsylvania exhibit at the Chicago World Fair held in 1893. When the exhibition was dis mantled in 1899, a member of the faculty acquired the statues for the University. Columns Built for Statues In 1905, columns were erected on both sides of the entrance to the campus to support the statues. The abbreviation "Pa" for Penn sylvania was carved upon the base of the statues, find students promptly dubbed the pair "Pa and Ma." The lions soon became the most popular landmark on the campus. Many returning alumni climbed the pillars to rub the lions, espe cially Pa, for good luck. In 1916, work was started on the gateway which stands today. The alabaster lions were taken down and supposedly stored in a safe place until a proper shrine could be built to house them. Lions Lost 39 Years In the next two yeays, the Uni versity lost track of the famed lions, In 1917, the Daily Collegian. seeking the whereabouts of the pair, issued a call for information on the statues. The lions remained 1o•t for :i9 years. Yesterday Campbell disclosed their location. Campbell acquired the lions be tween 1917 and 1920. At that time, his son, enrolled in the University, found the pair one day lying on the University rubbage heap. The lions were brought to the Camp bell residence in Petersburg, and have stood guard there ever since. Statues Show Signs of Age As the years went by, the ala baster statues began to crumble. One of them has completely dis integrated, and. the remaining sta tue has lost its ears, tail, and part of the shield. Today the lone sta tue has been relegated to a posi tion behind the Campbell wood shed, a far cry from its previous position of importance at the Worlds Fair. In 1930 when the present gate way was completed, the Untver sity installed a second pair of statues. These bronze monuments, sculptured by an eminent Italian artist, were secured by the Univer sity upon the demolition of a Pitts burg estate. The pair, however, CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE RCA CONSOLE combination radlu•phuno tcraph 1 Welicor 3-xpeed automatic record id.)er). $60.00. Excellent condition. Phone All T. 41106. 1966 PUSH-BUTTON auto radio with speaker. Almost new. Will fit any ear Pick Smith Al) 7-4937. 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WORN YOUR typewriter needs service lust dial AD 1.2492 or Warr assail*, By ROG ALEXANDER bore little resemblance to the original Pa and Ma. Due to mixed criticism, the lions were removed from the pil lars after three weeks. They were also stored "until a suitable place could be found for them." Little was heard of the second pair until 1943 when Orlando W. Flouts purchased them from the Titan Metal Co. in Bellefonte, where the lions had been dis patched to the scrap pile. Flouts didn't wish to see them melted down, so he purchased theni as a keepsake of the University. The bronze statues stood at the entrance to his store. 0. W. flouts and Sons on Buckhout Ave., until last fall when a disastrous fire scorched the regal princes. The Bengals were saved, however, and are currently being restored. They will once again go on view next month, a fitting remembrance of the glorious past of the Univer sity. BANANA Pt Frederick Loveless U. of Rochester SCISSORS FOR GIRL WHO'S ALL THUMBS Carole Kaufmann EHNEN I kii• =7;-] THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA snrk roAstroo -to osie bowl TAILS OF TWO KITTIES Richard Hendricks North Carolina State Boston U TASTE BETTER " Cleaner, Freshet; Smoother! FIRODUCT GIP 426,441,41g1ift CA.T. Co. Hubzapoppin Premier Set For Tonight Station WDFM will present the semester's first program of "Hub zapoppin," to be broadcast live from the Hetzel Union assembly hall from 7:30 to 8 tonight. Music will be provided by the Jerry Miller Quartet, which will play Miller's own number, "Japa nese Rhumba." Members of the quartet are Frank Telesca, saxo phone; Fran Taylor, bass; Dick Hilbert, drums; and Jerry Miller, piano. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will compete against Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in a campus quiz led by quizmaster James Scott. The winning team will re ceive tickets to Players' next pro duction. Questions for the quiz will be written by professors. James White, master of cere monies, will take the microphone into the audience and interview guests. "Hubzapoppin" will be broad cast tirroughout the semester. It began last fall and during the se mester was broadcast four times. 'Through this live broadcast, stu dentsi will have the chance to see !a program, and can become fa miliar with the campus radio sta ttion. The public is invited and ad Lion Party Unit To Air Elections The Lion party steering com mittee will meet at 2 p.m. tomor row in 217 Willard to discuss par ty policy and reorganization for the spring elections, Robert Spadaro, party clique chariman, said yesterday that he would announce party appoint ments. Spadaro threw out all ap-. pointed persons last Sunday when he was elected to the post. Whitemarsh to Address Faculty Luncheon Club David C. "Whitmarsh, Jr., as sociate professor of engineering research at the University, will speak at the Faculty Luncheon Club meeting at noon Monday at the Hetzel Union Building. Speaking on "Burmese Eclipse," Whitmarsh will describe the ex periences that he and four other university faculty members had last December in their trip to Burma to record for the Air Force data on the eclipse. Cloudy Skies, Showers, Forecast for Today Today's weather will be cloudy with occasional showers, accord ing to students in the department of meteorology. mission is free. Persons attending the show are requested to be in the HUB assembly room by 7:20 for the audience warm up. MATCHLESS—that's the word for Lucky Strike! Wantbet ter taste in a, cigarette? Light up a Lucky! Luckies taste better because they're made of fine tobacco that's TOASTED to taste better. Incidentally, matchless is the word for that Droodle, too; it's titled: Very short candle as seen by Lucky smoker about to light up. Touch a flame to a Lucky yourself. You'll call it the most glow-rious cigarette you ever smoked! CIGARETTES AMMUCA'S L./LADINO MANUrACTOROIt Or CIOARIprOO SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1956 'Opinion (Continued fron page one) for class advisory committee had recently planned to do similar work to that which the proposed opinion committee would do. He said he saw no need to add to a fair amount of confusion which already existed. Moorhead, however, saw merit in the idea of getting in touch with the "man-on-the-street." He said at present ideas are sought from the students who are very interested in student government. "Sometimes these students get too wrapped up in their work," he said, "perhaps it would be good to keep in touch with the student not in student government." Speaking in favor of the com mittee, Harry Martini, AIM treas urer, noted the fact that the people who serve on the advisory boards, and in other student government offices are the same people who are always called upon for new ideas. Thus, he continued, the same kind of ideas are always be ing debated. No new ideas are com ing forth, he said. "The only place new ideas are going to be found," he said "are from the students who are afraid to come to Cabinet or to the advisory boards and pre sent their thoughts." Chess Club to Meet Pitt The University chess team will play th e University of Pitts burgh's club at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in 7 Sparks. KY DROODLES! WHAT'S THIS? ) 0, For solution see paragraph beloW. DROODLES, Copyright 1963 by Roger Price i ro l 1 I.T11111•I STUDENTS! EARN $25221 0 .. 141 11•1. ir Cut yourself in on the Lucky Droodle gold mine. We pay $25 for all we use—and for a whole raft we don't use! 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