There seems to be some discussion about a sculpture that was on campus. I can shed some light on this.
The Disappearance of the Great Prick of the Prairie
(As remembered from an accounting of its disappearance from my brother, Art Neely, class of 1985.)
It seems that several students thought it would be great fun to haul the sculpture out to Winfield Lake and throw it in. One must ask why they weren't satisfied with the rocks available along the shore, but that would be digressing. In any event, they were successful in throwing the sculpture into the lake and returning to SC.
Once it was discovered missing, an immediate investigation was conducted by Earl Spidel to determine who had taken it and where it might be. In short order the culprits were found and brought in for questioning. Upon obtaining a confession it was revealed that the statue had a value of $40,000 dollars and if each of them would simply write a check for $10,000 dollars the matter could be easily and quickly resolved. Otherwise, they could retrieve the sculpture from the lake.
They opted to retrieve it from the lake. So they hired a dive team out of Wichita to find the sculpture in the lake. Only one problem, it seems that alcohol might have been involved when they took the prick out, as it often is, and it seems that none of them could remember just where they put it. It seems that all the "bays" of the lake look alike and they were not sure which one they had put the prick in. I am sure that some of you can relate, but I digress once again. Once the 4 had spent all the money they had on the dive team, the dive team decided to take one last dive and look in another bay and this dive proved to be fruitful. The sculpture was pulled from the lake, placed in the back of Art's pickup truck, and brought back to the Dixon Operation Center for cleaning and reinstallation. It seems the reinstallation never took place. Why, I do not know.
Respectfully submitted by,
Tom Neely
