{"id":875,"date":"2017-08-09T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/?p=875"},"modified":"2018-12-10T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:59:20","slug":"wind-chime-memorial-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wind-chime-memorial-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Chime Memorial Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wind Chime Memorial Tower<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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In the wake of the death of St. Olaf College Professor of Religion and Philosophy William \u201cBill\u201d Narum in May 2000, his family established a fund to honor his belief in community cooperation and to promote integration between faculty and staff. The Wind Chime Memorial Tower, supported by the Narum fund, was designed to encourage the college community to construct a lasting structure commemorating students whose lives were cut short while they were enrolled at the school.<\/p>\n

At the time of the dedication on September 28, 2003, 109 memorial wind chimes hung inside the finished memorial, each inscribed with the name of a deceased student. Names were included from the time the college was founded in 1874 to the time of the dedication. Since then, nine chimes have been added to the tower for those students who have died since or whose names were originally missed.<\/p>\n

Consideration was put into each phase of the tower\u2019s construction. The framing comprises forest salvaged trees that lived their lives and died naturally in place\u2014appropriate for a student memorial. No nails are used; each piece was carefully crafted to allow for support, as each gives and takes a little. The design resembles a Nordic stave church, recalling St. Olaf\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n

A group of fifteen faculty and staff members traveled to the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, where they took classes in timber framing and built the memorial components. Greg Kneser, then dean of students, wrote: \u201cMaybe it was the painting [inscribing] of their names on the chimes \u2026 definitely it was seeing the look on the faces of the families as they saw the chimes raised at the the dedication. \u2026 Whatever it is, the sadness is leaving me. In its place is a nearly constant beautiful melody that sings a greeting to me every morning as I walk with my coffee to my office. \u2026 It is not a sound of mourning or grief \u2026 it is a song of peace, joy, and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students remembered in the Wind Chime Memorial Tower:<\/p>\n

Aaby, Chris
\nAnderson, Alfred Serenus
\nAnderson, George L.
\nArntzen, Clifford E.
\nBeavers, Joseph S.
\nBenson, Robert Maurice
\nBerge, Fritjof
\nBergman, Donald
\nBirkenes, Thorsten
\nBjoraker, Sylvia Brynelle
\nBlair, Beverly
\nBohle, Robert K
\nBonde, Anna
\nBuntrock, Joyce
\nCallies, Jon
\nCashin, Tim
\nCochran, Julian
\nDeCorsey, Pam
\nDuea, Margaret Marie
\nEidsvold, Janet M.
\nEkern, Martha
\nErickson, Gregg
\nEriksen, Sophie
\nEstrada, Jocelyn
\nFerguson, Sarah
\nFinseth, Arne K.
\nFinseth, Levi Stanley
\nForshaw, Dwight
\nFrank, Greta
\nFresk, Diane
\nGannon, Philip Sidney
\nGeer, Everett
\nGesme, Thomas J.
\nGilbert, Nellie Emilie
\nGilbertson, Alma Marie
\nGlenn, Susan
\nGoldberg, Mary Lynne
\nGreen, Christian Alexander
\nGroth, Barbara
\nHager, Van
\nHalseth, Oluf H.
\nHansen, Larenzo
\nHanson, Edward Erling Jr.
\nHarter, Nicholas
\nHaugner, James
\nHeitman, Sarah \"Sally\"
\nHenderson, Ole
\nHendrickson, Haakon
\nHersrud, Jeanne Ellen
\nHoppe, Christopher
\nHulberg, Clarence Elmer
\nIndergaard, John Ernest
\nJensen, Martin Samuel
\nJohnson, June B.
\nJohnson, Kathleen Rae
\nJohnson, Thomas E.
\nJohnson, William A.
\nKimer, Amanda
\nKjosness, Gustav Donald
\nKloster, Leif Richard
\nKnudsen, David Stephen
\nKnutsen, Edward
\nKrueger, John R.
\nLarson, Larry David
\nLertsachanant, Pongsakorn
\nLostegaard, Sharon L.
\nLowe, LaVerne Frank
\nLund, Norman
\nMarjanen, Kelly L.
\nMead, Christin
\nMohagen, Oscar
\nMorics, Cassandra V.
\nMuus, Jens
\nMydland, James L.
\nNasby, Astrina Eleonora
\nNaugle, Molly
\nNelson, Donald
\nNelson, Helen Mae
\nNerison, Karl
\nNorvold, Ruth L.
\nOlson, Bradley J.
\nOlson, Dean Kaatrud
\nOse, Alvan S.
\nPeterson, Celius
\nPeterson, David Hoover
\nPriest, Marc
\nRasmussen, Archibald P.
\nRasmussen, John Charles
\nReinertson, Peter
\nReynolds, Meredith Leigh
\nRichmond, Howard Lee
\nRowberg, Leland Rollag
\nSandbo, Ole J.
\nSchmidt, Waldemar
\nSchockemoehl, John
\nSchrader, Veronica
\nSiverson, Ralph
\nSmaagard, Carl
\nSmith, Elizabeth \"Betsy\"
\nSteiner, Anne
\nSterr, Richard J.
\nStolee, Paul
\nStruxness, Arthur Hugo
\nSwanson, Paul, William
\nSwensen, Paul Eugene
\nTandberg, Joseph
\nTripp, James
\nTveten, Morten J.
\nVevle, Floyd Martin
\nVevle, Lloyd Oliver
\nViall, Robert Emmitt
\nVogel, Matt
\nWade, John Scott
\nWales, Beryle Evelyn
\nWalker, Laura M.
\nWiederhoeft, Michael J.
\nWold, Edward Bernhard
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Wind Chime Crew<\/h3>

At North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota.<\/p><\/div>

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Students Never Forgotten<\/h3>

Built by members of the St. Olaf community during the summer of 2003, this Scandinavian-style wooden tower commemorates the lives of students who have died when enrolled at St. Olaf. At the time of the dedication on September 28, 2003, 109 memorial wind chimes hung inside the finished memorial, each inscribed with the name of a deceased student from the time the college was founded in 1874 to the time of the dedication.<\/p><\/div>

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Student Body Walking With Those Departed<\/h3>

Since the dedication of the chime tower in 2003, nine chimes have been added to the tower for those students who have died since or whose names were originally missed.<\/p><\/div>

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St. Olaf College Wind Chime Memorial Tower, est. 2003<\/h3>

Created to honor the 118 students in the college’s history who have lost their lives before graduating.\n<\/p><\/div>

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Poem: …Every Life Matters (part ii)<\/h3>

Professor A. Malcolm “Mac” Gimse, 2003.<\/p><\/div>

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Poem: …Every Life Matters (part i)<\/h3>

Professor A. Malcom “Mac” Gimse, 2003.<\/p><\/div>

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Memorial in Progress<\/h3>

A group of fifteen faculty and staff members traveled to the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, where they took classes in timber framing and built the memorial components.<\/p><\/div>

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Helping Hands<\/h3>

Bruce Benson, then-college pastor, assisting with the installation of the Wind Chime Memorial Tower.<\/p><\/div>

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Heavenly Wind Chimes<\/h3>

The chimes, tune to the key of D (the key of Beautiful Savior), are engraved with the names of those students. On windy days, the sound of the chimes can be heard almost everywhere on campus.<\/p><\/div>

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Coming Together<\/h3>

No nails are used for support; each piece was carefully crafted to allow for support, as each gives and takes a little. The design resembles a Nordic stave church, recalling St. Olaf’s heritage.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Every Life Matters (Song)<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Comments on Wind Chime Memorial Tower<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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