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Pilot Potpourri

December 6, 2018 By Carolyn

These four figures are found around campus – inside or outside, for better or for worse.  No judgement here.   Just the question, can anyone identify them?  Sort of a trivia / treasure hunt tour of campus.  Location anyone?  Take a look, each tells a (forgotten) story from UP history.

A. Figure Striding, The Beacon October 12, 1962, p. 1

B.  Urban League, Equal Opportunity Award, Education.  For special efforts to increase success for local black students at UP.  Alumni Bulletin, July 1977, p. 3.

C.  Papa Sierra, The Beacon April 24, 1980, p. 2

D.  ‘Le Petit Feu’, The Beacon October 28, 1982, p. 3

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  1. AvatarJames Connelly, CSC says

    December 12, 2018 at 8:58 am

    Brother Raphael Wilson (UP President 1978-81) told me that he had reluctantly approved the sculpture “Abstract” in image 3. He ordered that it be placed in its current spot and when asked why, replied that no one would see it there.

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  2. Avatarthe archivist says

    December 12, 2018 at 10:02 am

    YES – – to Fr. Connelly, CSC. Abstract II: Papa Sierra, or Jackknife Landscape II. Artist, Tom Morandi; location, Buckley Center grounds. Height, 4 feet.
    Selected from an outdoor sculpture exhibit hosted by UP, acquired and installed in 1980 with funding from the Class Gift of 1980. . . . and seemingly, with approval from the Office of the President.

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