Sundial 708
- Dial City: Salem
- Dial State/Province: Oregon
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 44° 56.233' N
- Dial Nr: 708
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 123° 1.800' W
- Dial Owner: Willamette University
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker: Class of 1916
- Dial Date: 6-Jun-16
- Location:
- Willamette University 900 State Street Salem
- Description:
- A 14 inch square California granite horizontal dial with a bronze gnomon with hour and half-hour marks and Roman numerals showing PST. Dial face is engraved with the Class Year 1916 and the motto Audacity, Sagacity, Holiness and Charity. The gnomon may have been replaced since originally installed. The dial is atop a gray granite pedestal integral to the dial itself. The June 8, 1916 Collegian university newspaper provided this: "In presenting the sundial to the university, Walter Gleiser, president of the class, gave a forceful speech in which he portrayed the never-failing accuracy of the instrument's function, believing that it would be of use to the community, and that it should symbolize the good that students of Willamette should be to the world."
- Inscription:
- AUDACITY SAGACITY HOLINESS CHARITY
Last Update:
6/30/2012 22:19