A Tough Choice: Voting for the Senior Class Gift
October 20, 2009
The Allen Street Gates, when Allen Street continued through campus.
The Senior Class Gift has been a Penn State tradition since the Class of ’61—that’s 1861! — donated a portrait of Evan Pugh to hang in Old Main. Among the more notable gifts through the decades: the Allen Street Gates (thank you, Class of 1916), the Celebration Garden at Rec Hall (great call, Class of 2007), and the gift that’s impossible to top, the Nittany Lion Shrine (bravo, Class of 1940).
Voting is under way now for the Class of 2010 gift. Seniors can vote online or in the HUB-Robeson Center for one of three options, detailed on the blog PSUseniors.com. The choices:
1. A public sculpture and endowed scholarship. The staff at the Palmer Museum of Art has installed the sculpture, by Harry Gordon, between Armsby and North Freer so voters (and the rest of us) can check it out.
2. A maintenance endowment for the HUB Aquarium (which was a gift of the Class of 1999).
3. A marsh meadow boardwalk and overlook for the Arboretum at Penn State.
It’s been a big month for class gifts. Just two weeks ago, the Old Main Bell was removed from its perch, thanks to the Class of 2009. It will be restored and displayed a ground level, enabling all of us to enjoy it.
The Class of 2010 winner will be announced next week, so stay tuned.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
Entry Filed under: Penn State students, Penn State traditions, University Park campus. Tags: Allen Street Gates, arboretum at penn state, Celebration Garden, Evan Pugh, HUB Aquarium, Nittany Lion Shrine, Old Main Bell, Palmer Museum of Art, Rec Hall, Senior Class Gift.
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