Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
To
TELL PROGRESS
IN CANAL ZONE
History Of American Development
Will Be Depicted in Stone at
Panama Pacific Exposition,

SAN FRANCISCO. June THE
sculpture of the Panama Pacific Ex-
position will carry out the note OF
the exposition IN celebrating the
opening Of the Panama Canal. The
spirit OF achievement as exemplified
be idealized through the works OF a
number of Americas greatest sculp-
tors. who are now engaged in com
pleting the models.
Figures of the early explorers Of
the oceans, statuary symbollzing the
struggle TO pierce the rocky backbone
OF the continents, masses Of glori i
J fed worltmen, the human bulwark
of the canal and the great groups
| idealizing the browning success at
| Panama will be among the important
sculptural works that viii bring home
; to everyone the world significance of
| the Panama Canal.
Statuary On Vast Scale.
The statuaTy will be executed upon
q vast and wonderful scale and in
its complete presentation OF sculp-
tural art will carry forward the work
=,
each Of which has marked a distinct
advance in the popular appreciation
| of sculpture.
The sCulptural plan will be easy for
/ any one to comprehend The sculp-
ture is designed to form a sequence
| from the moment the visitor first en-
/ ters the main gates of the exposition
| until he has made the circuit Of the
exposition courts and OF the encIos-
| ing walls Entering from the city
| by the main gate the visitor viii first
| be confronted with huge equestrian
! fountain symbolizing the creation of
| the lsthmian waterway between the
! oceans.
The fountain will be outlined
| against the opening of the llO-foo
| archway OF the Administered ton Build
| ing which will rise 90 a height of 400
| feet. An epic equestrian group rep
| resenting Energy the Lord OF the
1 Isthmian Way viii be the main motif
/ OF the fountain. A colossal figure OF
a splendid nude youth mounted upon
! a Homerlc horse will be depicted a.
advancing steadily through the waters
OF the dam
Canal Workers Pictured.
The pedestal itself viii be extreme
! ly simple, recalling the constructive
/ elements of the canal and will be
planned to permit the flowing of water
down its sides in four great vertical
sheets which will empty into a large
! horizontal basin. Grouped IN serried
| ranks about the piers of the pedestal
beside the falling waters will be fig
ures Of canal workers. In the basin
before the pedestal an exultant Vic
tory will be perched upon a huge
1 winged sea monster.
Passing beneath the arch Of the
Administration Building the visitor In
1915 will arrive in the vast ov9l
| courtyard Of the Court Of Sun and
stars around which colonnades sweer
to the right and to the left
Before the sightseer, 500 feet "a
the north, will be a vision Of the
flashing waters Of San Francisco Bav
seen through the 3OO-foot wide en-
trance Of the Court, with the column
| Of Victory on the waterfront stand
ine out as its central feature. on the
! west side Of the court will be the
| great triumphal arch. the Arch OF
/ the Setting Sun, 100 feet high and
| cleft by an archway 90 feet in height
| on the east side Of the Court OF sun
| and Stars will be seen an arch of
| equally magnificent proportions. the
| great Arch Of the Rising Sun.