Friday, November 4, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Plans for Tower Dedication
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THE MUELLER CARILLON TOWER Which will be dedicated
Friday evening between 7 and 8, provides the University with its
first landmark since the disappearance of the old University tower.
With its addition, the University joins a select group of colleges
who have carillon towers.
The campus will take on the
air of a Hollywood premier
Friday night at 7 p. m. when the
dedication ceremonies for the
Ralph S. Mueller tower begin.
Towerful search lights from
two army trucks will be focused
on the top of the tower. The rest
of the structure will be brightly
lighted by lights placed near the
base of the tower.
Homecoming Decoration.
The dedication will take place
from a stage which will be on
the north side of the tower. Fac
ing the mall, the tower will be
the center of a Homecoming dec
oration. The decoration will fea
ture a large replica of the Uni
versity seal on one side and a
scarlet backdrop for the speak
ers rostrum on the other. Sus
pended between the two will be
large cream letters spelling
NEBRASKA.
Four speakers will take part
in the presentation of the tower
to the University. First speaker
will be Prof. Linus Burr Smith,
chairman of the dedication com
mittee. He will introduce How-
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ard S. Wilson, president of the
University Foundation. Wilson
will introduce Ralph S. Mueller,
who donated the money for the
tower to the University. Chan
nel Inr R. G. Gustavson will ac-
'cept the tower on the part of the
school. Representing tne univer
sity of Kansas will be Chancellor
Deane W. Malotte.
The dedication of the tower
has been planned by a faculty
committee with the assistance of
four student leaders. Helping
arrange the program were In
nocents president Merle Stalder;
Mortar Board President Marcia
Kushner; Corn Cob head Rod
Lindwall, and Tassels President
Katy Rapp.
Dedicatory Recital.
Following the speeches, Arthur
Lynds Bigclow will play the
dedicatory recital on the bells.
Tho the bells have been tested
several time during the past
week, Friday evening will be the
first official playing of the
carillons.
The tower, which is made of
Indiana Limestone, stands 84
feet high. It is about 16 feet in
diameter at the base and tapers
slightly toward the top. It was
made possible by a gift of $90,000
to the University Foundation by
Mueller.
A University graduate of 1898,
Mueller is president and founder
of the Mueller electric company
of Cleveland, O. The tower is
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Dedication
The Princeton University bell
master will play the dedicatory
recital Friday night concluding
the Mueller tower ceremonies.
He is Arthur Lynds Bigclow,
graduate of the Carillon school
at Mechlin, Belgium, and former
bell-master of Louvain, Belgium.
Professor Bigclow's program will
include:
1. An introduction to the Bells.
2. The Cornhusker.
3. A Mighty Fortress Is Our
God.
4. Milady Green sleeves.
Drink to Me Only.
5. How Firm a Foundation.
Onward Christian Soldiers.
6. Ixindonderry Air.
7. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I
See.
8. Loch Lomond
Bonnie Doon.
9. The Bells of St. Marys.
10. The Gloucester Chimes:
The Westminster Chimes.
11. Abide with Me.
Professor Bigclow will also
play the Mueller tower bells be
fore the game Saturday. From
1 to 1:30 p. m. he will play sev
eral college spirit songs.
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just one of several gifts Mueller
has made to his alma mater. He
has also presented the electrical
engineering department with a
a number of instruments and
equipment. More recently he es
tablished a student loan fund
with the University Foundation
with a gift of $9,175.
Bell Histories
Reach Bach to
Ancient Times
The tradition of bells which
will become a part of the Univer
sity Friday night when the Car
illon tower is dedicated, is a tra
dition almost as old as man.
From the bell that signaled
the approach of the British to
Paul jtevtre, to the Sunday
church bell, people" have felt the
influence of them. Prehistoric
peoples of the bronze age were
probably the first to delight in
the sound of metal cups and
plates. The Chinese, several cen
turies before Christ, were the
first to actually cast bells.
Bells First Tuned in 1400.
About 1400 A. D., the bell cast
ers in the Netherlands and Bel
gium, began to tune bells to the
musical scale. The bells were
played from a centarlly located
keyboard with the keys connected
by wires to the clappers of the
bells.
Later improvements were made
during the Kith and 17th. Car
illon playing rose in popularity
ur.til in the 18th century nearly
every town in the Low Countries
possessed its own tower and in
strument. Carillon bells are expensive
and their great weight (the aver
age set weighs 30 tons) requires
substantial structural support.
This has impeded the growth of
carillon music in America.
However, George J. Sehulmer
ich, a Sellersville, Pa., belmaker.
thought he could do something
about it. After many years of re
search he perfected "carillonie
bells," which ate the type in
stalled in the Ralph Mueller
tower.
The bells are thin metal rods
about the diameter of a lead pen
cil. The rods when struck by an
electrically controlled hammer,
produce sounds which are carried
to an amplifying system.
Manually Operated.
The consoles keyboard, cover
ing: two full octaves of musical
stales is operated manually and
may be used by an untrained op
erator. The initial recital of the bells
is to be played by the world fa
mous carilloneur, Arthur Lynds
Bigclow, of Princeton university.
Bigclow is the author of the book,
"Carillon," which gives the his
tory of bell making since ancient
times, and tells of the best known
carillons in the U. S.
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