Given that Carleton’s currency is named after Schiller and his popularity extends into ice sculptures, butter sculptures, and the tradition of stealing and hiding the ever-elusive Schiller bust, we thought that it was only fitting to include him in our mascot exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how did a random 18th-century German poet’s bust become so important to us? The story goes that in 1957, a student took the bust as a room decoration. As the years went on, people stole him from one another and began adding rules like the temporary keepers had to display him to the rest of the school once a year. Schiller’s keepers and prospective owners go to great lengths to protect and risk their prized possession: the Schiller bust has ridden on horseback, been on Air Force One with Bill Clinton, TV shows such as The Colbert Report<\/em>, Desperate Housewives<\/em>, as well as all the way to Mexico! <\/p>\n\n\n\n