Show THESE HESS UNITED STATES STATES dents Heed Aged Bells Bell's 11 ll to Class for Century Features BANON ILL Oldest el iel bell in the United s Is not the famed Lib- Lib Bellin Bell in Philadelphia or an bell from settled long-settled St. St stifle istine Fla but an n an- an bell which has has' rung es in and out of McKen- McKen college here for nearly a try iry i fact Is authenticated by his his- I data meager In spots but The bell has a are re re- history that dates back for fories fories fories ies before founding of the theon theOD on OD Institution bell which is located in the lower tower of the historic chapel ig g on the campus at McKen McKen- a Methodist institution has hassed hassed sed almost hourly to summon Is its to class ever since the colas col col- zas as a mere stripling of 30 I Its sonorous sonorous' voice was d centuries before Colum- Colum braved the Atlantic to dis r America The vibrant toll he bell beD lust first was heard Inu inn In u n where historians say sar It cast In hi the eighth century r II was recast In Spain and to Florida sometime In century e are many unfilled gaps In ry iry of the bells bell's turbulent hisom his his- tom om am Florida it found Its way Southwest during the history a when the West was WitS the last r of ot the country In the ng g band of Santa Fe traders the old bell dated as to its In ta America in a deserted mission In New Mexico some reason the heavy I as brought to St St. Louis then city to the leeway new coun coun- Hi Historians disagree as to p ler er or not the bell beU was recast fire paired in 10 St St. St Louis Anyway Ime n me Saint Louis Is visible I bell as well Wenas Wen well as other symbols so corroded as to be undeCipherable decipherable U 8 owing to its arrival In St. St St Louis was Wes taken to Centralia Ill 8 1 to be exhibited at the Jill Illi state fair Here it was purl Pur Pur- 1 l f for tor ohM McKendree e college by a ab at that time president b bUdding Adding Institution Is Ie hell bell was taken to o Lebanon banon Wi hoisted Into Inlo the belew bell bel tower he new ew chapel the then under u Since then It U has sed ed d i 10 the dark belfry of 01 the r r above ve the building Wh where oZ World little a realizes nce of Its Us long history t I how the bell beU jell served during McK MCKendree century J in ta America Is un un un- is fa college fOU founded conceded to be one o of 01 th the COlleges In the Mississippi and one of 01 the buildings 81 rise Old Main in l is said to be et elt embly bly hall west of 01 the n ales Its lq few people have seen the resting place high in the ot of McKendree chapel each it a person must climb of ladders ladder that lead upward tow tower r I |