Emery County Progress | 1907-11-09 | Page 3 | Sun Dial for University

SUN DIAL FOR university Is copy of famous instrument at ox ford universo ty princeton N J princeton sity is having erected a new sun dial which will stand fu estly north of the new mccosh recitation hall recently completed it will be designed after the copy of the famous turnbull sun dial at corpus christi college oxford and will be finished in about two weeks but will not be unveiled until early in november sir william mather M P the don or of the sun dial Is a prominent fig ure in educational work the original sun dial was given corpus christi college by charles turnbull in 1605 it consists of a stone column colum a 18 I 1 inches riches in diameter and 9 feet high resting on a square base this co mn us b sur M mounted by a square stone on the four sides of which are carved the ar morial bearings of the university of oxford king heary VII the founder of the college and hugh aldam who Is closely associated with the begin aings of corpus christi on top of this stone Is a large ball on which Is perched a pelican the em blem of cardinal wolsey the princeton dial which is an exact copy will be placed on a series of bases the lowest one being 14 feet square when completed the dial will be over 24 feet high