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 a, Movement as exempliird
by Americas work at Panama Will
be ideaIized through the works OF
number Of Americas greatest sculp-
tors. who are now engaged in com
plotting the models.
Figures Of tho early explorers Of
the oceans, statuary symbolizing 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
| idealizing the crowning success at
| Panama will be among the important
sculptural works that viii bring home
| 10 everyone the world significance Of
| the Panama Canal.
Statuary On Vast Scale.
The statuary viii be executed upon
a vast and wonderful scale and in
| its complete presentation Of sculp-
| turaI art VIII carr forward the work
| Of the great expUsitions Of the past.
| each Of which has marked distinct
| advance in the popular appreciation
/ of sculpture
| The sculptural plan win 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 win first
| be confronted with a huge equestrian
! fountain symbOiizinE the creation Of
the Isthmian waterway between the
! oceans.
The fountain will be outlined
! against the opening Of the l10-foot
| archway Of the Administration Build
/ ing which will rise 70 a height Of 400
| feet. An epic equestrian group rep
| resenting Energy, the Lord Of the
| lsthmian Way win be the main motif
/ Of the fountain colossal figure of
! a splendid nude youth mounted upon
| a Homeric horse will be depicted as
advancing steadily through the waters
| of the dam
Canal Workers Pictured.
The pedestal itself viii be extreme
! ~ simple, recalling the constructive
/ elements Of the canal and will be
| planned 10 permit the flowing of water
| down its sides in four great vertical
| sheets which viii empty into a larg.
| horizontal basin. Grouped in ,erried
| ranks about the piers Of the pedestal
| beside the falling waters viii be fig
! ures Of canal workers. In the basin
| before the pedestal an eXultant Vic
/ tory will be perched upon a huge
/ winged sea monster.
| Passing beneath the arch Of the
Administration Building the visitor i'm
| 1915 viii arrive in the vast oval
! courtyard of the Court Of sun and
| stars around which colonnades sweep
/ 20 the right and % the left
BEFORE the sightseer 800 feet ;0
! the north. VIII be vision Of the
/ flashing waters Of san Francisco Rav
| seen through the 3O0-fOot wide en-
| trance Of the Court, with the column
! Of Victory on the waterfront stand -
/ inc 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 nigh 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. tho
| great Arch Of the Rising sun