Alma mater

==Monuments==
Modern sculptures of ''Alma Mater'' are found in prominent locations on several American university campuses. In 1901, a bronze statue of ''[[Alma Mater (New York sculpture)|Alma Mater]]'' by [[Daniel Chester French]] was installed of steps of [[Columbia University]]'s [[Low Library]]. A similar sculpture, cast in 1919 by [[Mario Korbel]], sits on the main entrance steps at the [[University of Havana]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cremata Ferrán|first1=Mario|title=Dos rostros, dos estatuas habaneras|url=http://www.opushabana.cu/index.php/articulos/36-articulos-casa-de-papel/4031-mario-cremata-ferran|website=Opus Habana|date=20 February 2014 |access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref>

Later statues include [[Lorado Taft | Lorado Taft's]] ''[[Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)|Alma Mater]]'' at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]. Supporters of [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] commissioned [[Cyrus Edwin Dallin|Cyrus Dallin]] for a sculpture for its affiliate [[Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School|Mary Institute]] in 1925. 

An altarpiece mural in Yale University's [[Sterling Memorial Library]], painted in 1932 by [[Eugene Savage]], depicts the ''Alma Mater'' as a bearer of light and truth, standing in the midst of the personified arts and sciences.


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 | ''Alma Mater'', University of Havana
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 | ''[[Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)|Alma Mater]]'' by [[Lorado Taft]] (1929), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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 | ''[[Alma Mater (Missouri sculpture)|Alma Mater]]'' by Cyrus Dallin at [[Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School]]
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 | ''Alma Mater'' altarpiece mural by Eugene Savage at [[Yale University]] (1932)
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