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 win carry out the note Of
the exposition in celebrating the
opening Of the Panama Canal. The
spirit OF achievement as exemplitted
by Americas work at Panama VIII
be ideaizeI through the works Of a
number of Americas greatest sculp-
tors. who are now engaged in com
plotting the models.
Figures Of the early explorers Of
the oceans, statuary symboHzing the
struggle TO pierce the rocky backbone
Of the continents, masses Of glori-
fed workmen, the human bulwark
Of the canal and the great groups
ideaHzing the browning success at
Panama viii be among the important
sculpturaI works that viii bring home
to everyone the world significance OF
the Panama Canal
Statuary On Vast Scale.
The statuary will be executed upon
a AdEh dLaB NIlAflA hl EAulE anu ia
its complete presentation of sculp-
tural art will carry forward the work
of the great expositions Of the past
each Of which has marked a distinct
advance in the popular appreciation
Of sculpture.
The sculpural plan will be easy for
any one 10 comprehend. The sculp-
ture Is designed TO form a sequence
from the moment the visitor first en-
| terg the main gates Of the exposition
until he has made the circuit OF the
| exposition courts and Of the enclOs-
| ing walls. Entering from the city
| by the main gate the visitor win first
be confronted with a huge equestrian
| fountain symbOlizing the creation OF
| the Isthmian waterway between the
/ oceans.
| The fountain will be outlined
against the opening Of the 110-foo
| archway of the Administration Build.
/ ing which will rise 20 a height Of 40,
| feet An epic equestrian group rep,
/ resenting Energy, the Lord Of IN,
| Isthmian Way viii be the main mott
| OF the fountain A colossal figure o.
! a splendid nude youth mounted upor
! a Homoric horse viii be depicted a.
/ advancing steadily through the waters
/ Of the dam.
Canal Workers Pictured.
The pedestal itself viii be extreme
| ly simple, recalling the COnstructiv,
/ elements of the canal and will bD
/ planned TO permit the flowing Of waite
l down Its sides in four great vertica
] sheets which win empty into a larg,
| horizontal basin. Grouped in serrie,
/ ranks about the piers OF the pedesta
| beside the falling waters will be fix
ures Of canal workers In the bash
/ before the pedestal an exultant Vic
| tory viii be perChed upon a hug
| winged sea monster
Passing beneath the arch of IN
| Administration Building the visitor fl
1915 viii arrive IN the vast ova
| courtyard of the Court Of Sun an
| Stars. around which colonnades sweer
% the right and TO the left
Before the slshtseer, 800 feet q
the north, will be a vision Of tn
flashing waters of San Francisco Bay
| seen through the 300-foot wide en-
! trance of the Court, with the column
Of Victory on the waterfront stand
Ing out as its central feature on IN
| west side of the court viii be III
great triumphal arch, the Arch @
| the Setting sun 100 feet nigh am
cleft by an archway 90 feet I'm height
ON the east side of the Court Of SUI
and stars win be seen an arch O
equally magnificent proportions. tn
great Arch of the Rising Sun.