Prof. Stanton received word last week that the long delayed chimes for the campanile had at last reached this country, having arrived at Newport News, Va., the 9th inst., and it is confidently believed that they will reach Ames within a fortnight after which arrangements for the dedication can be made with certainty.  An expert from Gorham & Co., of New York, from whom the purchase was made, will be sent to place them in position in the tower.

THE CHIMES - We print below from an interesting special sent from Loughborough.  England, where the chimes for the memorial tower were cast, a description of the same and the history in brief of the makers.  the special was evidently inspired if not sent by Mr. S.C. McFarland, formerly of Marshalltown, now consul at Nottingham, England, and who is the consul referred to in the special as being the one by whom the cost was made, he having appointed Mr. Arthur Page to make the test.  Some very evident errors are made, such for instance as referring to Secretary Willson as being president of the college, which are to be excused on account of the distance.  The cost as given below is only f.O.b. and London, to which must be added marine insurance, ocean freight and transportation from Newport News, Va., where they arrived Oct. 9, being received in Ames Oct. 23.  These with the placing of the bells in the tower which will also be borne by Prof. Stanton, will bring up the cost to about $5,000...

...The cost of the Ames chimes, f.o.b. London, is £877-12-8- or, as nearly as I can figure it out in states money, $4,271.  Mr. John Taylor informed me earlier in the week that the test of the Ames chime had been ordered by the American government and would be conducted by the American consul at Nottingham.  Later he said that word had been received to the effect that the test would be conducted by Arther Page F.R.C.O., organist of St. Mary's, Nottingham, employed by the consul.  This was done.  It would be necessary in England say anything of Mr. Page, but I presume you will be pleased to know that a better authority could hardly have been selected.  He was for seven years a chorister in Norwich Cathedral under the celebrated Dr. Buck, and articled to him for seven years after that as a professional pupil.  The appointment of organist at St. Paul's, one of the oldest churches in England and possessing one of the older but better known chimes, was conferred upon him in 1867, and he still holds the position.  In 1875, by examination he gained the diploma of fellowship in the Royal College of Organists, and later became a member of the council of that body.  He assisted in forming the Incorporated Society of Musicians, now the most important musical body in the kingdom, was elected by the musicians of the midland counties as treasurer, and to represent them on the general council, was elected honorable general treasurer of the kingdom and was the first examiner appointed.  He is also the examiner for the local examiners for the Royal College of Music of which his royal highness, the Prince of Wales, is president.  He has been voted several honors and his compositions are not unknown in American musical circles.  His report therefore upon the Ames chime will carry some weight.  In reporting to the consul, he said:

"The bells are in my opinion of quite unusual excellence.  The tone is resonant, full and mellow.  Even when quite close to them there is no element of harshness, while at a little distance they are very pure and sympathetic.  I tested them fully in many ways: single notes, intervals of thirds (major and minor), fifths, etc., and testify that they are in perfect tune.  The proportion of copper to tin adopted by Messrs. Taylor & Co. is, practically, that specified by Lord Grimthorpe, the greatest authority on the subject.  In this instance it is 13 to 4.  On inquiring why No. 3 bell was selected as the one to swing, I was informed that a larger one would have been too much for the safety of the tower in which it is to be placed, which is a satisfactory explanation.  For chiming, the Ellacomb apparatus is to be adopted.  It was fully explained to me and seems to be admirable.  The following is the diameter, weight and note of each bell, and I find that the proportions of weight and diameter agree (approximately) with standard works on this subject...

In conclusion, Mr. Page says that the founders seemed to be most particular that he should test the bells in every way possible, "as regards tune, which I did to the full, and I have no hesitancy in stating that these bells are among the finest I have ever listened to."

"And soften down the rugged road of life" - Kirk White

"Ring merrily, ye chimes, evermore." - Charles Mackay

"Harmonizing this earth with what we feel above" - Shelley

"My language is understood all over the world," - Haydn

"Every deed of goodness done is like a chord set in the heart," - Thomas Macklelan

"Sweetly on the evening air sounds the vesper chime of prayer"

"And rings a thousand memories at vesper and at prime," Coxe

"Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion," Chateaubriand

"A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised," - Proverbs XXX 1:30

"Then pealed the bells more loud and deep; God is not dead; nor does he sleep; the wrong shall fail, the right prevail- with peace on earth, good will to men," Longfellow

"And then I wondered why the Hon. James Wilson, your cabinet minister of agriculture, who is also, I understand, the president of this college, or whoever may have had authority in this matter, did not order eleven instead of ten bells, so that upon the last he might have placed that other verse of Longfellow, to be repeated at least once each year by every alumnus, as he looked back from some quarter of the earth to his alma mater:

"I heard the bells, on Christmas day, their old familiar carols play.  And wild and sweet their song repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men."

"I do not know whether any test will be made at the college, when the bells are placed in position to be rung for the first time, but I asked the consul if there were any good authorities in the neighborhood and he said he was not certain as to the bells, but upon any other question of harmonics a gentleman by the name of Lander, living, I believe, at the town of Marshall, or another gentleman by the name of Balch, could give cards and spades to anybody in the old world."

The clock will strike hours and quarters and the bells will play by an arrangement of ropes and pulleys operated by a lever from below.  An experienced ringer will probably be obtained to operate the bells at the dedication, after which someone on the grounds will be instructed in the use of them.

Surely most students have a photo of the campanile in their photo album.
 

The chimes for the tower arrived Tuesday morning and the frame in which they will hang is being constructed in the mechanical engineering department.  This frame is of wood, 12 feet and 2 inches square, 5 feet 7 inches high and will be placed on the platform in the tower below the circular windows...

Those chimes!
From a 1924 ISC student album

The first bell of the chimes in the memorial tower at the Iowa State College was swung into the tower at 3:15, Tuesday afternoon, and before five o-clock four more had been raised.  The work is in charge of Mr. T. Lennox who with an able corps of assistants has succeeded in getting the bells, big and little, into their proper locations without mishaps of any sort.

THE MAIN IN RUINS - Saturday morning at 3:45 the citizens of Ames were aroused by the repeated and long continued whistle of the fire alarm, which ceased only to give the signal of four whistles, showing the fire to be in the fourth ward of the city, which meant at the college.  The whistle was reinforced by the engines of the Northwestern in the yards and also by the ringing of the college chimes.  The aroused citizens got into their clothes as hastily as possible and hacks, the motor line and even Shank’s mare, were brought into requisition to cover the mile and a half from town to college. The fire was at once located as being in the Main building, the oldest and largest building on the campus, which has been the college landmark for thirty-six years being visible for many miles, especially at night when lights gleamed...