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Thursday /NorthernIowan

April 13, 2017

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Volume 113, Issue 50

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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Columnist on Supreme Court Justice 3 Be the Match 4

SigEp SAAW Panther Portrait 5

Golf update 6

From where the bell tolls: the untold story of a uni artifact History prof says 148-year-old artifact should be relocated

TIMELINE

Clinton Olsasky | Associate Executive Editor

1869 - bell is first hung in the children’s orphanage 1876 - orphanage transitions to the iowa state normal school 1965 - central hall catches fire and burns to the ground 19??* - Bell is thought to have moved to old gilchrist hall 1972 - old gilchrist hall burns down 19??* - bell is moved to campanile 1983 - bell moved to be displayed at price lab 1984 - uni musuem acquires possession of bell 2006 - UNI musuem loans bell to maucker union, where it now stands * specific dates unABLE TO BE DETERMINED

Nestled between a row of gym lockers and an assortment of treadmills lies what is likely to be one of the oldest surviving artifacts from the beginning of UNI. As they make their way to class, students may not even notice the severely cracked bell situated inside a large glass case outside the Health Beat in the tunnel between the Maucker Union and Lang Hall. However, this bell serves as one of the last physical reminders of UNI’s humble beginnings as a Civil War orphanage. According to Thomas Connors, an associate professor of history, there was a series of orphanages built around Iowa during the Civil War, led by a woman named Annie Turner Wittenmyer, for whom there is a monument in the circle drive in front of Lang Hall. “They put [an orphanage] in Cedar Falls in 1865,” Connors said. “The original orphanage was downtown on Main Street. And then in 1869, they built a new building for the orphans. And that was where the bell was hung.” Connors explained that this

new orphanage was located in the space between where Maucker Union and Lang Hall currently occupy and that the bell was part of that original structure. However, the orphanage was only in operation for seven years before it was forced to close in 1876. “If the war ends in 1865, your supply of orphans gets cut off in 1865 because there’s no more people getting orphaned from the war,” Connors said. “So, by 1876, the youngest orphans would be 11. Most of

the orphans will have aged out of the system.” Connors said that after the orphanage closed, the city fathers of Cedar Falls convinced the state government to convert the newly emptied orphanage into a teaching college — what was then known as a “Normal School.” This effectively marked the birth of UNI, as the former orphanage was later renamed Central Hall. See BELL, page 2

CLINTON OLSASKY/Northern Iowan

The bell is currently situated on the ground floor of the Maucker Union near the Health Beat. History professor Thomas Connors wants to see the bell relocated to the site of the original orphanage, near the Center for Multicutural Education.

UNI clears Husker Invitational ZACH HUNTLEY

Sports Columnist

Corey Hertz, sophomore sprinter, takes off in a relay.

Northern Iowan Archives

The men and women of UNI’s Track and Field team traveled to Lincoln, NE this weekend to compete in the Husker Spring Invitational. Leaving in third place were the Panther women, with the men taking fourth at the meet. In the field events, Kassidy

Sharp took third in the high jump, notching a 1.71 meter leap. Following close behind was Chaley Rath, taking fourth at 1.66 meters as an unattached competitor. In the throws, Panther Isaac Holtz chalked up a 54.13 meter discus toss to take second in the event. Sophomore Maddie Bell continues to improve this year, as she took second in

the 200-meter dash, recording a 24.36 finish. Bell was trailed shortly behind by teammate Jasmine Blue, who placed fourth with 24.98. Moving into the 400-meter dash, UNI finished fourth in both the men and women’s competitions. Senior Brett McCalla tallied a 48.05 finish with Madisen Irmen following with a time of 56.22. See TRACK, page 6

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