Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-10
DARTMOUTH'S NEW BELLS.

The installation of the peal of three
 bells, given by William E. Barrett for
 use in the Rollins chapel tower, was
 observed by a special chapel exercise
 held yesterday morning at S:3O o'clock
 at which time the bells were first
 rung.
 President Tucker conducted the eX- ercise, opening, it with Scripture read ing and singing. He explained the
 motive of MT, Barrett in giving the
 bells to the college. and said that Mr. Barrett had two objects in view One was to give something useful and the other was one of sentiment. As Mir. Barrett did not know just what would fulfill these two conditions, he consulted his old friend, Professor Richardson, who suggested the need of a peal of bells for chapel exercises. MT Barrett desired to give the bells as memorial to his old friend and chum. Charles William Stevens, a graduate of Dartmouth, class of 1877.
 and of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering, class of 1879, which was
 also MT Barrett's class in the academ- Tie department. Mir Stevens lost 1 his life while at an observatory in
 Cordoba, Argentine Republic, in 1884. Dr. Tucker then read a letter from Mfr. Barrett explaining his necessary absence from the exercises and giving his motives in presenting the gift to the college. The letter to Dr. Tucker Is as follows:--
 "I would like merely to suggest that On the morning when the bells are first rung it may be made very. clear to you that they are a memorial to Stevens who was in the high school at Claremont with me before he went to college, and was there as in col lege the leader in all the doings, es-
 pecially in the athletic f1eld.In college wffen was again associated with him he completed his course i'll three years in the Chandler Scientific de- partment. and afterwards graduated from the Thayer school. He rowed
 on the college crew, played on the col lege nine and was always leader of
 one side in the old fashioned football games which we used to have on the campus. While in college, he rang the college bell. and in the Thayer school he was in charge of the ob- l servatory, working his way through, ! and was. at the same time. a fine stu dent and exceedingly popular.
 'In my judgment, he was the best l representative. while was in college,
 of the Dartmouth student, who comes from the farm, and fits him. self thoroughly for a distinct work. l As you know. he went to the Argen- ! ti observatory. at Cordoba. Argen- | tine Republic. under Professor Young, and just as the time of his stay there was nearing a close, he was struck l by lightning and instantly killed
 "You can we'll understand through ! my association with him at time when his mind was open to such i'm 1 pressions how his personality has al
 ways been very vivid one for me.
 esteem it privilege to be connected with q step which brings his name
 before the present and future stu 1 dents of the college"
 President Tucker called on Profes- sor Richardson, who referred to the prevalence of sentiment and its rela- | ton to intellectual life. He reminded
 the audience of the Roman style of l architecture of the chapel. He gave ! the three notices. "Vox Clamantis in Deserto." voice crying in the wilder 1 ness: "Gloria In Excelsis," Glory in the Highest. and "Laus Deo," Praise l be to God, which are on the large, ] small and middle bells, respectively. Professor Robert Fletcher, head of 1 the Thayer school. told of his rela- I tions with MT Stevens and of his sturdy. character. his cheerful nature l and lovable disposition. Professor Fletcher said that Stevens entered
 the school i'll 1877. at the age of 25.
 In February, 1875, through Professor Young. he secured an appointment to the Argentine observatory, and after five years stay was struck by light ming at the breakfast table.
 The bells weigh 2,530., 1,20 and 800
 pounds, and bear the inscription, 1 "Presented to Dartmouth college in memory of Chalmers William Stevens
 by his friend'' The bells are to be
 swung in a peal. the middle sized l bell above the other two, and to be