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Bell Tower (1931)
The Bell Tower is 167 feet tall and contains a dozen bells weighing from 200 to 3,500 pounds each. The bells were manually played until they were programmed to play solo in 1967. The Bell Tower was a gift of John Motley Morehead, class of 1891, and Rufus Lenoir Patterson, class of 1893. Tradition has it that Morehead wanted to build Wilson Library, but Wilson donated the money first. If you look at the Bell Tower from the quad, it appears as a dunce cap over Wilson Library. Every fifteen minutes the bells chime, and several times a day it plays various songs. It is a tradition for seniors to climb the belltower during senior week.

View a picture of Arnie in the Bell Tower (loads in a separate window).

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