The Caged, Uncaged; Without broken ear and a mended one Have you ever thought about all the colleges and universities in the United States and the names of mascots? Mind boggling to say the least, but also fun to investigate. This photo program deals with The Pennsylvania State University and photos taken of The Lion Shrine since I arrived in 1967. The mascot was the creation of a student, H.D. “Joe” Mason in 1907. Before that time, Penn State as its known today, did not have a mascot. Penn State was incorporated in 1855 and in 1863 it became a Commonwealth sole land grant institution.There is a story that goes with the name, the mascot start‐up and a list of mascots in the United States. Sources are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nittany_Lion and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_mascots_in_the_United_States Besides the person in the Lion suit one sees at sporting and other events, the was dedicated on October 24, 1942. It was homecoming and it took 13‐tons of Indiana Limestone which was chosen from six models submitted by Anmailer Heinz Warneke and stonecutter Joseph Garatti. It was a gift of the Class of 1940. Over the years the Nittany Lion Shrine has been one of the most photographed places on the University Park campus. It has also been vandalized several times, usually during Homecomings. The evilest act, to date, took place July 30, 2003. It was breaking of the right ear, approximately 75 percent of it. Read the account in the . Why was the Lion caged? Below, one of the sources explained the reason. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_f8505490‐8768‐52f3‐b36f‐df8dae01cebb.html http://news.psu.edu/story/174189/2009/09/16/lion‐shrine‐be‐inaccessible‐two‐days THE NITTANY LION UNCAGED AND ORIGINAL

THE NITTANY LION VANDALIZED

The Lion’s ear after repair, but time and weather on the right is what it looks like in 2017

The NITTANY LION CAGED acuri.net John R. Vincenti The Nittany Lion Caged/Uncaged With/without broken ear caused by vandalism