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By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 05:28 p.m. EDT, Jun 22, 2009
Hiram College has put a price on James A. Garfield's head.
The small private college in northeastern Portage County is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of the head of the fallen president's sandstone statue.
The statue memorializes the 20th president of the United States who attended the school and was its president from 1857 to 1861, when it was Western Reserve Eclectic Institute.
Vandals knocked the head off the 17-foot statue on the evening of May 14 or morning of May 15.
The statue is next to Hiram's Garfield Institute for Public Leadership in the former Mecca Church at state Routes 82, 700 and 305.
The circa 1914 statue was vandalized less than a day after the former Mecca Church was dedicated and days after the statue was taken out of storage and erected at the new location.
Hiram Vice President Tim Bryan said officials want to restore the statue to its original condition and will not ask any questions.
''There are no leads,'' he said. ''Some people think the head was shoved off and some think it was cut off with a saw. There's no way of knowing.''
The statue was valued at about $25,000, he said.
Anyone with information about the statue should contact spokesman Shawn Brown at 330-569-5286.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Hiram College has put a price on James A. Garfield's head.
The small private college in northeastern Portage County is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of the head of the fallen president's sandstone statue.
The statue memorializes the 20th president of the United States who attended the school and was its president from 1857 to 1861, when it was Western Reserve Eclectic Institute.
Vandals knocked the head off the 17-foot statue on the evening of May 14 or morning of May 15.
The statue is next to Hiram's Garfield Institute for Public Leadership in the former Mecca Church at state Routes 82, 700 and 305.
The circa 1914 statue was vandalized less than a day after the former Mecca Church was dedicated and days after the statue was taken out of storage and erected at the new location.
Hiram Vice President Tim Bryan said officials want to restore the statue to its original condition and will not ask any questions.
''There are no leads,'' he said. ''Some people think the head was shoved off and some think it was cut off with a saw. There's no way of knowing.''
The statue was valued at about $25,000, he said.
Anyone with information about the statue should contact spokesman Shawn Brown at 330-569-5286.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Akron, , OH
Posted 06:48 PM, 06/22/2009
No respect for the people that blazed the trail before them.
Which means their parents could be accountable in some form or fashion. Another group of losers..
Hinckley, Oh
Posted 02:03 AM, 06/23/2009
When I was at Hiram (which wasn't that long ago) we didn't do things like this. Pranks like putting bubbles in the fountain, sure...but nothing like actually damaging property.
Since most college kids are legally adults, their parents won't be held accountable, and I don't think they should. Once a student is sent off to college to learn as an adult, "living on their own" and such, they are expected to act as adults on campus and off, as representatives of Hiram College, their families, and their communities. They should also accept the adult consequences of their actions.
Rootstown, Oh
Posted 09:37 AM, 06/23/2009
My Alma Mater has been violated. More than likely, its in room 312 of "the quad".
