Charles Clapp - Bell #9 - Missoula, MT
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This plaque was placed to indicate that Bell Number 9 in the John C. Ellis Carillon Tower at the University of Montana has been dedicated to the memory of Charles Clapp.
Waymark Code: WMKW8B
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2014
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The Plaque:
Bell 9, D#
Presented by William L. Murphy '99
and Edith Bickford Murphy '99
In Memory Of
Charles Horace Clapp, 1883 - 1935
University President, 1921 - 1935
The Charles H. Clapp Building on the U of M campus, which was built in 1971 and now houses the Department of Forestry, was named after him.
Charles H. Clapp was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 5, 1883. He received his B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905 and five years later he received his doctorate from the same school before studying at Harvard University. He served as an instructor in geology and mining and assistant state geologist for the University of North Dakota from 1905 to 1907. From 1907 to 1910 he was an instructor of geology and mining at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Beginning in 1913 he served as a professor of geology at the University of Arizona until he accepted a similar position at the Montana School of Mines in Butte, Montana in 1916. In 1918, Clapp became president of the Montana School of Mines where he then helped establish the Montana State Bureau of Mines and Metallurgy in 1919.
In 1921, Clapp was made president of the State University at Missoula (now the University of Montana). Accomplishments during Clapp’s term as president of the University of Montana included increased enrollment of upper classmen, increased number of graduate students, initiation of Freshman Week, the creation of the School of Religion, and successful efforts to obtain federal funds for a Student Union building, the first government-financed project of its kind on an American college campus. Other campus construction during his term included the library, South Hall (now Elrod Dormitory), North Hall (now Brantley Hall), Corbin Hall, Shreiber gymnasium, the heating plant, and the forestry building.
There is a dedication plaque for each of the 47 bells of the carillon in the alcove of the main entrance of University Hall, the oldest building on campus.
The carillon tower, built in 1897, was dedicated to John Ellis, music professor and carillonneur of the university, after his death in 1992. Originally simply a bell tower, it became a carillon tower when the donated carillon bells were installed. It was dedicated on October 18th, 1953. It contains 47 bells, covering four octaves, all of which were donated by friends of the university. The nine ton carillon is played from the clavier below. It was played for 23 years by carillonneur John C. Ellis, from 1969 to 1992.
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