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Since the mid 1960s, Memorial Church??s bell has rung mostly on an automated timer—from 8:40 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. to call congregants for the morning service, at 9 a.m. to mark the first class, and every hour until 4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays to mark the changing of the classes. On Saturdays, the bell rings as if it were a weekday, but stop by 1 p.m. because the University holds some Saturday classes, according to Reverend Peter J. Gomes, who is Plummer professor of Christian morals and The Memorial Church?...
...days that Harvard’s non-denominational church holds memorial services, Richard D. Campbell, The Memorial Church??s sexton, climbs up narrow and steep staircases, ascends a thin metal ladder, and smashes a half-ton clapper into Harvard’s two-ton bell, high up in the church tower. Down below, three dorms full of freshman students cover their ears and try to fall back asleep...
...Memorial Church??s bell was donated by former University President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, in the 1930s, in memory of students who died in World War I. Its inscription reads: “In memory of voices that are hushed.” The church??s bell became Harvard’s official marker of time...
...University holidays and on memorial days, the church??s bell is still hand-rung by Campbell, who has become an expert over the past 10 years at climbing through the church??s catwalk on narrow beams to reach steep metal staircases and cluttered platforms with large windows. On the highest platform, he climbs a thin metal ladder that finally brings him up to a door that opens onto to a small space high above the Yard...
BRING IT ON 2 hours until showtime The FM dance team sat in a tight circle. Around them, teams danced and hummed, exploding out of twirls and high kicking across the church??s make-shift stage. “Shut your eyes, and visualize,” said Fee. Holding hands with eyes closed, the FM team imagined themselves dancing through their entire routine. Their bodies remained perfectly still; only their large smiles and rapidly moving eyeballs revealed their concentration. Everyone opened their eyes at the same time, smiling...