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...Memorial Association. Impressed by the jibe, the committeemen held a session, last week, to find a successor to Borglum. They considered, one by one, the names of 100 famed sculptors, warily blackballed all whose reputations disclosed the least hint of tombstone-cutting, chose, at length, a Virginian sculptor, Augustus Lukeman...
...Lukeman accepted the invitation to complete the figures on Stone Mountain, announced that he would discard all Borglum's designs, make new ones which would include a "Hall of Fame" at the base of the monument. Said he: "I consider that this is the greatest opportunity which has come to a sculptor for centuries." Said Borglum: "Delighted...
...Sculptor Lukeman, 54, is famed for his insistence on "100% Americanism." He is, like Borglum, robust. His works include: Statues of William McKinley for Adams, Mass., and Dayton...