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| Alma Mater - by Lorado Taft |
Alma Mater - by Lorado Taft
Unveiled on Alumni Day - June 11, 1929
Location: UIUC Campus, Altgeld Hall
corner of W Green St. and S Wright St.
where UIUC is University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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| Alma Mater - by Lorado Taft Alma Mater To They Happy Children of the Future Those of the Past send Greetings From the website.. University of Illinois, Virtual Campus Tour, click here.. The statue depicts "a benign and majestic woman in scholastic robes, who rises from her throne and advances a step with outstretched arms, a gesture of generously greeting her children". Behind her stand the twin figures of Labor and Learning, joining hands in a bronze incarnation of the University's motto (Learning and Lobor). |
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| Alma Mater |
Alma Mater conceived in 1922 by Lorado Taft, a graduate of the University of Illinois in 1879, was formally presented at commencement in 1929. Orginally placed south of the auditorium, the sculpture was relocated August 28, 1962 on this site by the University of Illinois Alumni Association.
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| Akma Mater - by Lorado Taft |
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| Alma Mater with Altgeld Hall in the background |
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| Alma Mater |
What a difference does conservation makes.
The first time I had seen it (above image),
the sculpture was severely damaged with visible cracks and stains.
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| Alma Mater |
At the base of the sculpture is the quote..
To thy happy children of
the future, those of the past send greetings
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| Alma Mater |
Her children arise up and call her Blessed - Proverbs 31-28
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| Alma Mater |
Given to the University by the Sculptor,
the Alumnia Fund and
the Senior Classes of 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929.
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| Alma Mater |
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