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.

Joe Paterno through the years

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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Penn State kicks off yearlong 150th birthday celebration

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Penn State will kick off its yearlong sesquicentennial observance at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 8, with a celebration in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.

The event is open to the public and will feature remarks by Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, Board of Trustees Chair Cynthia Baldwin, Penn State Alumni Association President Marianne Alexander and head football coach Joe Paterno.

The hourlong celebration also will include a brief historical video produced by WPSX-TV, a video message from Gov. Ed Rendell and musical entertainment by singing group Four the Glory, a quartet of Penn State students and alumni.

The event will conclude with the unveiling of the new ice cream flavor created especially for the sesquicentennial by the Creamery. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample the new flavor immediately after the program. The ice cream will be served at a tent directly behind Schwab Auditorium and Old Main. Complimentary sesquicentennial posters and related publications also will be available there. Tickets are not needed for the event, but seating is limited.

Schwab Auditorium celebrated its own 100th birthday as a Penn State landmark in 2003 and has been the site of many important public gatherings over the years. Penn State received its charter from the Pennsylvania Legislature as an agricultural college on Feb. 22, 1855, and now is the commonwealth's largest public research university.

For more information about the sesquicentennial and the various events and observances planned for the 2004-05 academic year, visit http://www.sesquicentennial.psu.edu

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