Unveiling of the bulldog statue outside Atherton Union

Description:	A person speaks at a lectern decorated with the Butler University seal, while other senior class officers and Butler University President Geoffrey Bannister unveil a bulldog statue on the south side of Atherton Union. In the background, a police officer watches the event. From left to right the people in the foreground are believed to be Andy Penca (Class of 1996), treasurer; Pam Moise (Class of 1996), president; Heidi Browne (Class of 1996), secretary; John Stewart (Class of 1996), vice president; and Bannister. Carved from Indiana limestone by Matthew Gray Palmer, in association with Old World Stone Carving, the statue was the senior class gift from the Class of 1996, which raised almost $4,000 to pay for the statue. The finished statue is 36 inches high by 48 inches deep by 31 inches wide and was carved from a 3,000 pound block of Indiana limestone. According to the summer 1996 issue of the Butler Quarterly, Bannister remarked at the statues dedication on May 7, 1996, that a new Butler tradition would start-rubbing the bulldogs backside before an exam would earn the student a higher grade (p. 5).
Origin:	1996-05-07
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/2046
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.836939, -86.171941 39.836939 -86.171941
Subjects:	Statues Bulldog Microphone Seals (Numismatics) Arches Doorways College presidents Benches Police Butler University--Buildings College buildings Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History People Senior class gifts Atherton Union John Whistler Atherton Center Lecterns Bannister, Geoffrey Moise, Pam Penca, Andy Browne, Heidi Stewart, John Police officers Fairview campus

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