_ Students Come and Go but the' Chimes are in Their 37th Year Dress Foot- Wear 4 _ f. - , - _ '-- . .. _ -;- _= , ._ _ , - . " The chiming of the campus bells has become such a familiar sound that it is scarcely noticed. Yet every day for. the past 37 years these bells have been ringnig the hours, half hours, and quarter hours and a glance into their history reveals much that is curious and interesting of the early life and customs of the University. First Record of Bells in 1844 In tracing the story of the bells, Byron Finney, '71, reference librarian emeritus, has found no definite record of their use until 1844, although; "The custom of calling students to school and to chapel by the ringing of a bell is so ancient and universal that we ,may presume it to have been observ- ed when the University opened its doors in Ann Arbor on Sept. 24, 1841," at which time seven students applied for admission and were given rooms in the building now called Ma- ,son hall, at a charge of $2.50 per stu- dent for three months. The first record of the use of a bell is" in the report of the Board of Re- gents in 1844 when it was decreed that "ringing the bell" should be in- cluded among the duties of the jani- tor. 0 Numerous social functions of the near future ill require 1'ootwear apparel which is in keep- g with the occasion. THE ABOVE PUMP STYLE WE HAVE NOW IN Dull French Kid Gold and Silver Cloth French Pat Colt White Washable Kid Black and White Satin students to classes, he was later ap- pointed assistant librarian. But the added duties were apparently too strenuous for him and Kelly was re- placed by a new janitor. The first bell used was borrowed from the Michigan Central railroad, which was at that time a state road. It was suspended on some rails from a third story window in North hall. .When, during President Tappan's ad- ministration, the dormitories were abandoned and the students given rooms in private houses, the bell was taken down and placed on a post in "the rear of the building. Used in Pranks As might be supposed, the gong furnished material for many student pranks. It was frequently moved from its third story window to some other where the janitor experienced considerable difficulty in finding it in the early morning. When it .was placed on the post it took several midnight trips in the hands of stu- dents and, one December night it was turned upside down and filled with water. In the morning the water was not only frozen but the bell was slightly cracked by the expansion of the ice and henceforth gave out dis- cordant sounds. This bell was soon found to be in- adequate but, although the. purchase of a new one was frequently discuss- ed, no action was taken until 1870 purchase of a clock. The purchasE when it was decided to secure a new was granted and the clock was set u1 bell by turning in the old one and early in January, 1886. Although spaying the difference. there was some talk of operating the Purchase Pei in 1883 clock by electricity, it was finally de cided to use weights and the clock After installation the new bell, has* been operated by this method which had a much louder tone than ever since. its predecessor, was used continually When 'the old library was demolish- until the purchase of the Westmins- ed in 1917 the clock and bells were ter Peal in 1883. This peal was a removed and, in the summer of that gift of Andrew D. White, then presi- year, placed in the tower of the engi 'dent of Cornell University, and pre- placedhin.thetoer ofathni- 4viously professor of history at the teetie sop he ne lton ad to the low height of the tower and Unilversity of Michigan. the number of surrounding buildings Prof. Charles Kendall Adams, at somewhat marred the tone which was that time head of the history depart- accorded to compare favorably wit? n and later president of Cornell the best peals in the country. university and the University of Wis-MWinding Requires2 Men consin, spent some time together withg r Robbins Battell of New York in the a In the engineering tower the bells selection of a suitable group of bells. were rehung and the clock placed it After an extended investigation and a protected room below. The pendu- correspondence both in this country lum is pearly 14 feet in length and and Europe, the order for a peal of weighs about 250 pounds. Its opera- four bells weighing from 270 to 3071 tion is carried on by a system 01 pounds was given to the Clinton H. weights suspended in the four cor- Meneely bell company of Troy, N. Y. ners of the tower. Cables connected At completion a final inspection was ,to the clock cause the bells to ring given them by Prof. C. B. Cady of the by operating iron hammers which1 School of Music, who pronounced the strike the outside of the lower rim ,chimes to be "more nearly in tune It requires two janitors two hourE ithan any of the chimes we visited." each week to wind the clotk. The chimes were accordingly brought In closing his account of the ,to Ann Arbor and set up in the weS chimes, Mr. Finney said: "The good tower of the library building which old peal has served the University had been completed that year. well for one generation, and it is to be hoped that it may continue for Clock Secured in 1886 many more, by its inspiring tones, as Professor Adams, through whose ef- is so well expressed in the inscrip- forts the chimes had been obtained, tion on the large bell, to call together placed before the Board of Regents those who are studious of all good several propositions concerning the things both human and divine." AT THEF ? iaRE ..~,. BOOT, SIIOI 115 So. 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