Word: clapper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clapper of the bell in Memorial Hall which was stolen at the beginning of the week has not as yet been discovered, and the University authorities who are seeking to find the culprits have no definite information as to the clapper's whereabouts...
...rumor that the clapper of the Memorial Hall tower bell, which has been silent since noon on Sunday, had been stolen during the Sander's Theatre services at that time, was confirmed late last night by University officials...
...addition to the heavy clapper, which has struck the hours ever since the clock was installed in the tower just after the Civil War, the entire mechanism of the regulator clock, which is suspended 60 odd feet above the platform, was lowered and removed. Only by a perilous ascent could the thieves have reached the aparatus, the removal of which is baffling University and local police, as there has not yet been found a trace or clue to solve the mystery...
Commenting on the bold robbery, Charles Apted, Superintendent of caretakers declared he had no idea who took the clapper, or where it could be at present. "I would not like to say the apparatus was stolen," he continued, "but, rather that it was taken in fun, with the obvious intention of returning it when the excitement has died down...
Enthusiastic Rutgers University students went to old Queen's Hall one day last week, tolled the college bell whose clapper they have so often stolen. They ran their venerated "Flag of 1766" up the campus flagpole. Rutgers had a new president, after having had only an acting president since John Martin Thomas decided to go into life insurance (TIME, Nov. 10, 1930). Last week Acting President Philip Milledoler Brett signalized the end of his term by telephoning Rutgers new president, just elected: Robert Clarkson ("Bob") Clothier...