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| sundial [2025/02/10 16:42] – [Sources] bant05 | sundial [2025/02/10 16:47] (current) – [Class of 1888 Sundial] bant05 |
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| [{{ :sundial.jpg?200|Late 18th century polyhedral sundial in Funston Memorial Garden. Photo credit: Fred Sawyer, 2022.}}] | [{{ :sundial.jpg?200|Late 18th century polyhedral sundial in Funston Memorial Garden. Photo credit: Fred Sawyer, 2022.}}] |
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| In April 1919, the Class of 1888 (arranged by Louis W. Downes of Providence, R.I.) presented the College with a new sundial which is located outside [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] on the path heading toward the [[chapel|Chapel]]. According to the 1957 //[[bulletin|Bulletin]]//, "Trinity's old friend is not calibrated to correct for the variations which obtain throughout the year, and so "it still must be cherished more for ornamental and sentimental considerations than for its practical value." | In April 1919, the Class of 1888 (arranged by Louis W. Downes of Providence, R.I.) presented the College with a new sundial which is located outside [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] on the path heading toward the [[chapel|Chapel]]. According to the 1957 //[[bulletin|Bulletin]]//, "Trinity's old friend is not calibrated to correct for the variations which obtain throughout the year," so "it still must be cherished more for ornamental and sentimental considerations than for its practical value." |
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| The new sundial attracted a great deal of attention. In the May 27, 1919 //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the student staff wrote that "people interested in sundials have come many miles to see it." The May 27, 1919 //Tripod// states that the students were "planning to start a fund very soon, with which we will build another and larger sundial at the corner of the athletic field to complete the triangle." Assuming the triangle already had two points, these would be the 1872 and 1888 sundials. | The new sundial attracted a great deal of attention. In the May 27, 1919 //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the student staff wrote that "people interested in sundials have come many miles to see it." The May 27, 1919 //Tripod// states that the students were "planning to start a fund very soon, with which we will build another and larger sundial at the corner of the athletic field to complete the triangle." Assuming the triangle already had two points, these would be the 1872 and 1888 sundials. |
