The bronze equestrian statue in front of Mead Hall depicts and celebrates the mission of Bishop Francis Asbury (1745-1816), who was the first episcopal leader of the Methodist Church in America. Asbury championed and practiced the itinerant preaching tradition that was central to early American Methodism. The statue was donated by William S. Pilling, a trustree of the school, and dedicated in 1926. At the dedication, President Ezra Squier Tipple said that the statue's "first mission was to give students faith, zeal, and devotion."
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