Regarding the Hoholik Victory Bell,  it was purchased in the late
70s/early 80s by a supporter of Lake State for all athletic teams to ring
upon winning.  Nobody ever took up the tradition except hockey,  until
Erica Ledy asked J. Jackson if the women's b-ball team could do it this
year.  JJ was happy to see some spirit develop in one of the other teams.
 
Actually,  we didn't wear the old one out as much as it died from being
rung the wrong way,  although we have won a lot of hockey games in the
last 10 years.  By the way,  30th anniversary of Laker hockey next
season.  It's a long time since R. Mason drubbed the Wawa Travellers,
7-0.
 
Any further questions pertaining to LSSU?  You can reach me,  S.
Monaghan,  through T. Schafer's mailbox.
 
On Tue, 5 Apr 1994, Glenn W. Gale wrote:
 
> Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote...
>
> >Hmm, there's a thought.  So the bell will deteriorate faster if more Laker
> >teams ring it?  Hmm...
>
> >Hello, Clarkson Athletic Department?
>
> >(for those of you not in the know, Clarkson is the home of "that damn bell"
> >so-called by Ken Dryden and others.  Many an opposing goalie has been forced
> >to listen to the thing after a Clarkson score, or during a stoppage in play
> >-- as I recall, it's right over the net the opponent defends for two periods)
>
>      Things have changed since the opening of the new Cheel Arena.  First
> of all, the tunnel via which opposing players walk to and from their
> locker room no longer takes them directly under the bell; their tunnel
> is at the blue line while the bell is in one corner above the zamboni
> tunnel (still behind the goal defended by visitors for two periods though
> not as close).  Furthermore, the sound of the bell does not carry as well
> in the expansive new arena as it did in the old barn.
>      Unfortunately, someone decided to remedy the situation by installing
> a train whistle.  If you thought the bell was obnoxious, wait until you
> hear this!  It is used only when the team comes onto the ice and after
> a Clarkson goal.  They still use the bell, but I wish they had done
> something to try to amplify it rather than installing the whistle.  There
> is too much history behind the bell to forsake it now.  Besides, anything
> so hated by opponents has to be worth something! :-)  One eerie, subtly
> ominous toll of that bell is worth a thousand blasts of overkill from
> the whistle, in my estimation.
>
>      I'll take this opportunity to mention that I'm signing off the list.
> Many thanks to all those who made it enjoyable for me.  If anyone wishes
> to contact me for any reason, I will still be at this e-mail address for
> several months.
>
> Thanks,
> -Glenn
>
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> Clarkson University             [log in to unmask]
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> "There is a sense, as you sit in your cab and tunnel through
> the grooves and traps, there is a sharper sense of the
> smallness of human concerns - in New York, where you always
> feel the height and weight of the tall agencies.  Control,
> purpose, meaning, they're all up there.  They're not down
> here." - Martin Amis (from "Money")
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