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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,
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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.
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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.
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'Opinion
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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.
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