The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-09
PUTS!
J .I|lC ! !!
ON MONUMENT
But Rushmore Sculpture
Not Complete for Sept.
II dwelling

NE ONE, -. u, SepI. -
(UP)-The features of Theodore
Roosevelt will be recognizable
but unfinished on Mt. Rushmore's
granite cliffs when the Lincoln
figure is ready for unveiling Sep
TENDER II, Sculptor Gutzon Bor-
glum promises. .,." A. {
Workmen this summer are
blasting out with dynamite the
rugged, careworn features of the
Civil war president and blocking
ont the features of the Rough
/ Rider" last of four presidents
being carved on the Black Hills
mountain. 49,,
Washington's figure is receiv-
ing the finishing touches and that
of jefferson was unveiled a year
apo when President Roosevelt
stopped off during his Great
Plains drought tour. The faces
are GO feet from chin to crown.
. LIFELIkE FACE -,
j Borglum said the face OF the
Great Emancipation will be tne
finest on the mountain as STUDY
in character. 1t is modelled a1ter
the marble head of Lincoln done
by Borglum for the capitol build
ing in Washington.
"The task of putting spirit OF
life or whatever you wish TO can
it into these heads is the most IN
teresting part of the job" the
sculptor said.
ain most cases, it has been con-
sidered enough to block in, IN an
architectural sense, the colossal
heads, but / want to give the
heads a life-like expression,
/ al believe that size has nothing
to do with the demands Of lie.
likeness and spirit. A piece Oh
sculpture has to be more than a
block of wood.
TRUE TO HISTORY .
1.-The expression on each OF
these men, if | have a right TO
create that expression, must pc
historically true and reflect the
spirit and the hope OF the tlmes
in which he lived.
81 believe that nay group OF
characters here, while each Is nm
mensely concerned in his own
theory or philosophy of govern,
ment, should be in separate ana
distinct way alive-a collection OF
separate, individual characters
each reacting as they would with
their own natures react. e..
The figure of Lincoln has been
placed to the left of Washington
and jefferson. The sculptor turn
ed him to face both. The sun hits
full in the face in the morning
and, during the day, Eliminates a
larger portion of the Lincoln lace
than of the others.
SAD FIGURE &c.,.
Borglum's LINCOLN is a sad hg-
ure. He explained:
"What he accomplished we ma
everywhere in the saving OF the
union but the profound humanity
of the man and the great grleI
that ne experienced in conducting
the war that he did, all but de-
stroyed him. ,o,,,
Gle was conqueror among
conouerors and yet his only wish
was TO save. We know that nc
DESTROYED a whole armful OF or
ders for the execution OF boy sen
tries who had fallen asleep = ae'
stroved them in a. pretended ac'
cident at a fireplace to the horror
and anger of Stanton. -.
Owe hear of his jokes and ms
deep sense of humor-what coulo
he have done without it-but we
know, too, of the sadness that has
hardly a parallel, that ran thru
every act of this mighty Ameri'
can. that saved and retained the
states union forever =.
BEGUN BY COOLIDGE 49,.
The plan of carving the faces
of presidents on the cliffs was
conceived by Doane Robinson
secretary of the South Dakota
historical association for many
Borglum made the first tril
here in 1924, but, the work was
not started until 1927 when CaI
win Coolidge, with gold drill
started the work. 80. =,
The memorial now is in th'
hands of the National Park ser
vice with funds provided by the
federal government. In. its earl!
stages, South Dakota provided
portion of the money. -,
The figures are carved on tn'
scale of a man 465 feet tall: Mt
Rushmore is 5000 feet high. l.
is located in the southern Blaci
Hills in a rugged section of huge
4 granite cliffs. Artistically design
ed roads lead to it.
Congress authorized S2OO,OO'
for the work last year, but onl!
100000 was made available
then. During July of this year an
other $4,000 was provided, ---.