Religion: Bronze Ape

Carl E. Akeley, naturalist, does sculpture on the side.

His latest work, The Chrysalis, depicting a young man emerging from the form of a gorilla, was refused admission to the current exhibition of the National Academy on the ground of lack of artistic merit (TIME, Mar. 24).

But Unitarian Charles Francis Potter has accepted the work and will unveil it in his Manhattan church, Sunday, April 27.

Said the Unitarian: “When a man of science, who is also a great sculptor, has produced such a masterpiece as The Chrysalis, which has a real spiritual message for the men of today, surely the church should recognize his work.”