Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

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Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Old Main bell display dedicated

Members of the Penn State community joined reporters at the dedication ceremony for the 2009 Class Gift, the restoration and display of the Old Main bell on Friday morning, April 23.

Members of the Penn State community joined reporters at the dedication ceremony for the 2009 Class Gift, the restoration and display of the Old Main bell on Friday morning, April 23.

Credit: Jill Shockey April 23, 2010

With construction completed, the new site -- seen here from a window in Old Main -- is landscaped in preparation for the bell's arrival.

With construction completed, the new site -- seen here from a window in Old Main -- is landscaped in preparation for the bell's arrival.

Credit: Laura Stocker Waldhier April 11, 2010

Workers maneuver the Old Main bell into position at its new display. New to the bell is a wheel attached to the yoke. This allows the bell to ring.

Workers maneuver the Old Main bell into position at its new display. New to the bell is a wheel attached to the yoke. This allows the bell to ring.

Credit: Chris Koleno April 12, 2010

Avery Peechatka, communications chair of the 2009 Senior Class Gift Committee, also mentioned other class gifts that have been completed and installed this spring when he spoke at the 2009 class gift dedication on Friday, April 23.

Avery Peechatka, communications chair of the 2009 Senior Class Gift Committee, also mentioned other class gifts that have been completed and installed this spring when he spoke at the 2009 class gift dedication on Friday, April 23.

Credit: Andy Colwell April 23, 2010

Skip Smith, son of the late H.O. Smith, rings the Old Main bell as Penn State President Graham B. Spanier looks on. Smith is looking at the clapper, which he inherited from his father. The elder Smith, a Penn State alumnus, former faculty member and successful businessman, came into possession of the clapper while clearing out a boarding house his construction company was renovating. Bell experts have determined this clapper is the original clapper for the bell -- the one that disappeared many, many years back, the victim of a prank. Thanks to Skip Smith, the bell and its original clapper are now reunited.

Skip Smith, son of the late H.O. Smith, rings the Old Main bell as Penn State President Graham B. Spanier looks on. Smith is looking at the clapper, which he inherited from his father. The elder Smith, a Penn State alumnus, former faculty member and successful businessman, came into possession of the clapper while clearing out a boarding house his construction company was renovating. Bell experts have determined this clapper is the original clapper for the bell -- the one that disappeared many, many years back, the victim of a prank. Thanks to Skip Smith, the bell and its original clapper are now reunited.

Credit: Annemarie Mountz April 23, 2010