ALMA MATER 

 Photogravure of the Statue by Daniel C. French 



The colossal figure of French's Alma Mater adorns the fine suite of stone 

 steps leading up to the picturesque library building of Columbia University. 

 It is a bronze statue, gilded with pure gold. The female figure typifying 

 "Alma Mater" is represented as sitting in a chair of classic shape, her elbows 

 resting on the arms of the chair. Both hands are raised. The right hand 

 holds and is supported by a sceptre. On her head is a classic wreath, and 

 on her lap lies an open book, from which her eyes seem to have just been 

 raised in meditation. Drapery falls in semi-classic folds from her neck to 

 her sandalled feet, only the arms and neck being left bare. 



Every University man cherishes a kindly feeling for his Alma Mater, and 

 the famous American sculptor, Daniel C. French, has been most successful in 

 his artistic creation of the "Fostering Mother" spiritualized the familiar 

 ideal of the mother of minds trained to thought and consecrated to intellec- 

 tual service. 



