Word: ringers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These and other little-known facts about the bell which tolls off the hours for thousands within ear-shot of Harvard square were revealed to a CRIMSON reporter recently by Mr. Arthur Conant who for 13 years has been the bell-ringer at the University...
...Conant's predecessor, old Jones the Bell-ringer, as he was called, who bore the brunt of the attacks in the old days. For 44 years he protected the bell and its clapper from an infinite variety of plots by undergraduates seeking a few extra hours of sleep in the morning. Mr. Conant described a few of the methods used, "Besides stealing the clapper, the boys used to tie up the bell with a rope. And in the wintertime they turned it upside down, filled it with water, and let it freeze." In order to avoid the padlocks, the usual...
...There is one thing I wish the CRIMSON would advocate," he concluded. "That is an 8 o'clock bell instead of a 7. In these modern times, 7 o'clock is a little too early for the boys to get up, and entirely too early for the bell-ringer...
...statement of Mr. Conant, the University bell ringer clears up several controversial matters in one swoop. There has always been a question as to just how many times the bell rings every hour; it now appears that this number is either forty-four or forty-six--depending, presumably on the physical condition of Mr. Conant. On Sundays, however, he spreads himself to the extent of 120 strokes; no doubt it requires at least that many to remind most students of the existence of the Chapel...
...presented since Vinton Freedley shaved particularly close in order to do justice to the role of Princess of Loravia. J. M. Brown '23 was consistently effective and self-effacing--the only actor in the cast. Rumor hath it that he is a subject of English 47 and therefore a ringer; if it is so, let there be the clanging of more ringers like him. W. N. Gates, as a radio fan, did his job, and the bell boys did theirs, and the unsung heroes of the chorus, m. and f., did theirs. For the most part the musical numbers bearing...