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...Carl E. Akeley, naturalist, does sculpture on the side...
...Carl E. Akeley, of Manhattan, known as a penetrator of Africa, a good friend of the gorilla, and an intimate of many other wild beasts, is not only a naturalist, but a sculptor. He has from time to time submitted statues for entrance in the exhibitions of the National Academy of Design. This year for the first time, his work was rejected...
...Academy declared that having space for only 400 works at its exhibition, Mr. Akeley's bronze was of insufficient artistic merit to be included. His subject was The Chrysalis and showed a hoary gorilla from which was emerging the idealized form...
...Akeley would not make a formal comment, but wondered audibly in the presence of a reporter: "Could it be that there was a fundamentalist on the exhibition committee...
...owes his position as leader of the Asiatic expedition to a unique combination of scientific authority and practical resourcefulness in big game hunting and open-air life. He is as thoroughly at home in these as the late Theodore Roosevelt, the late Paul J. Rainey, Martin Johnson, Carl E. Akeley and other famous sportsmen. He is 39 years old, a graduate of Beloit College (1906) and an M. A. of Columbia (1913). He has been associate curator of mammals in the American Museum of Natural History for over 15 years, has taken part as special naturalist or director in several...