A significant donation of sixteen casts was made in honor of Trustee George L. Stedman in the early 1900s. The casts were purchased from P.P. Caproni and Brother of Boston, the main supplier of plaster casts to universities and museums. The casts of The Stedman Memorial were displayed in the newly constructed J.B. Colgate Library, where they were carefully arranged to convey symbolic messages. Photographs of the main reading room of the library show that a portrait of Colgate’s benefactor, James B. Colgate, is placed front and center. A portrait bust of Nathaniel Kendrick, the first president of the university flanks the right side of James B. Colgate, while the marble bust of Walter Brooks, beloved minister of Hamilton’s First Baptist Church and instructor at Colgate in the late nineteenth century, flanks his left. Brooks speaks to the theological roots of the university and the Baptist faith’s ongoing relevance at the turn of the twentieth century. A cast of the Apollo Belvedere, once viewed as the perfected portrait of noble male beauty, stands next to Nathaniel Kendrick. Placed next to the first president of the university, Apollo’s image evokes the idea of youthful intellect taking shape and attaining ideal manhood at Colgate. To the left of Brooks is the Athena Giustiniani, a symbol of wisdom. Here she emphasizes the wisdom acquired through the study of theology. In short, the tableau of portraits and plaster casts in the main reading room of the J. B. Colgate Library expresses visually the university’s motto, Deo ac Veritati, For God and Truth.