Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — CHIMES TO BE INSTALLED AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE. [ARTICLE]

CHIMES TO BE INSTALLED AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE.

The college received three bells from the McShane Bell Foundry company, of Baltimore, Md., last Friday. Tey were rung for the first time at 5:30 o’clock Saturday evening. The three bells constitute what is known as a peal in the key of E flat diatonic scale. The tonic bell is E flat and weighs 2,600 pounds without the hangings; the second bell is F and weighs 1,850 pounds, the third G and weighs 1,350 pounds. They are in Concert pitch, diatonic scale. The firm which delivered the bells also furnished the chimes for the University of Indiana and the Academy of St. Mary’s of the Woods, Terre Haute, Ind. Both these chimes are noted for their mellow sound and perfect tune. The college bells are a donation by a friend whose name must not be divulged for the present. The total cost with frame and hangings is $3,200. They will be hung in the belfry some time this week. A ■ mechanic from the company will supervise the work. The small bell will be rupg for Angelus at 6 a. m., 12 m., and 6 p. m., every day. ' Double bells will be rung for ordinary services and the full peal for solemn services and probably on Saturday evening" The bells are made of seventy-eight per cent copper and twenty-two pfer cent tin, no other metal-entering into ther composition. This is the true bell metal alloy as advised by the best experts and the peal ought to be heard under favorable weather conditions for five or six miles. The college authorities hope that they will >e a “joy forever” to the neighborhood.