[Engineering West patio]

Student sitting in Engineering West patio, in front of bust from Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, part of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915. The bust was brought to Cal Poly circa 1968, restored by Tom Johnston of the Architecture Department. Johnston used silica seal and treated her with linseed oil (see article in Mustang Daily, Vol. 39 Issue 88, July 10, 1975  http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/studentnewspaper/2231/).