Whipple Clock Tower, Willamette University - Salem, Oregon
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N 44° 56.129 W 123° 01.855
10T E 497560 N 4975783
Clock Tower in front of the Mark O. Hatfield Library on the campus of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon
Waymark Code: WMFG9C
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2012
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The Whipple Clock Tower was completed in 1986 in conjunction with the construction of Willamette University's Mark O. Hatfield Library. The tower features clock faces visible from all four sides. The face of each clock is white with black markings to indicate the hours, with double markings at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. The hands of the clock are black.
The inscription on the plaque attached to the tower reads:
WHIPPLE CLOCK TOWER
IN HONOR OF JIM S. AND MILDRED
WILCOX WHIPPLE, MEMBERS OF DOUGLAS
COUNTY PIONEER FAMILIES, WHOSE
COMMITMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
LEARNING AND THE MISSION OF THE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH EXEMPLIFIES
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY'S MOTTO:
"NOT UNTO OURSELVES ALONE ARE WE BORN"
The base of the tower includes these inscriptions:
"Education Finds Fulfillment in Compassion"
"Knowledge is the Preface of Peace"
"Education Brings National Security"
"Dogma Threatens Liberty"