P ublic sculpture is not new on campus. Legacy of Leadership is just the most recently installed outdoor sculpture. It was designed and created by Wayne Hazen, an Andrews art professor from 1978 to 1985, as a gift to the university. These two symbols are abstracted in empty places toward the center of the sculpture's mass.
Symbols have a lot to do with the way young people relate to the church.
But the Corten Steel Sculpture has outlasted its harshest critics and today remains an enduring piece of campus art. This enigmatic work enjoys one of the more prominent places on campus. Standing at the pedestrian nexus between the administration building and Nethery Hall, it is passed by hundreds of students each day. Though its abstract form engendered considerable debate when it was first dedicated, today the sculpture goes largely unnoticed, occasionally serving as a kinetic plaything for children who enjoy its swinging action. The sculpture was a gift to the university from the Class of 1966.