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But some students use the bell as their personal alarm clock. Alison D. Nugent ’09 says she wakes up with the 8:40 a.m. bells and tries to shower and be back in her room by the next set of bells at 9 a.m. During reading period...
The bells don’t bother Sean P. Bala ’09, a Thayer resident, who points out of his window to the bell tower.
“It’s like history staring at you right in the face,” he says. “Everything in this campus is so old that it tells a story, and I see the bells as a part of that story.?...
According to Gomes, bells have been a feature of Harvard’s campus throughout its history, stemming from the tradition at Oxford and Cambridge of using bells to mark time and recognize solemn occasions.
“Christians have used bells for thousands of years. Time in western Christian civilization was a Christian concept. Days were marked by prayers,” Gomes says.