. The New England historical and genealogical register. shillings. (Coll. Bk. I, p. 195, chap. 5.) 9. The Butler shall wait upon the President at the Hours for prayer in theHall, for his Orders to ring the Bell; and also upon the Professors for theirLectures, as usual; he shall likewise ring the bell for commons according tocustom, and at five a clock in ye morning, & at nine at night. And the saidButtler for these and Other Services (to which no particular reward is )shall be Allowed Sixteen pounds per annum, to be paid by the Undergraduates,and charged in their quarter bills. (Coll.
. The New England historical and genealogical register. shillings. (Coll. Bk. I, p. 195, chap. 5.) 9. The Butler shall wait upon the President at the Hours for prayer in theHall, for his Orders to ring the Bell; and also upon the Professors for theirLectures, as usual; he shall likewise ring the bell for commons according tocustom, and at five a clock in ye morning, & at nine at night. And the saidButtler for these and Other Services (to which no particular reward is )shall be Allowed Sixteen pounds per annum, to be paid by the Undergraduates,and charged in their quarter bills. (Coll. Bk. I, p. 200, chap 7.) Feb. 2. 1679 Ordered, that the Trea-urer pay Aaron Bordman 20 shill p annumfor keeping ye clock in repayr. (Coll. Bk. Ill, p. 72.) 16^6. Rules & Orders respecting the Steward Cook & Butler of Harvard Col-lege. 9. The Butler shall call ye Rector to Prayers Morning and Evening at theSet Times, and tole and ring ye Bell at live of the clock in ye Morning and atnine in the Evening. (Coll. Bk. Ill, p. 88.) «?:? i f. MASSACHUSETTS HALL, from a Sketch circa 1793 1911] Bells of Harvard College 279 It is to be observed that while the colonists brought from England anattachment for musical bells they were also accurate in the use of technicalwords relating to them, many of which, such as gudgeons, baldrick, rowel,* brasses, fillet, flight, clapper-clamps. having since be-come virtually obsolete in this country. Hence their discrimination in theuse of the words ring and toll. For instance, the bell was rung togive preliminary warning of approaching service, recitation or meals ; thatis, it was swung so as to describe a complete revolution, backward and for-ward, with each impact of the clapper, and the interval between the strokeswas therefore long. But to give notice that service or recitation was about to begin, or thatmeals were about to be served, the bell was tolled, or swung only overa small arc of the circle in such a way as to allow the clapper to fall upo
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