University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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The restoration of the tower clock was the restoration of a great symbol. The tower, so long abandoned, was completely overhauled during the summer by four U-D students. It now stands as representative of a changing campus. A campus changing in perspective outwardly with the addition of new buildings and inwardly through an aware student body. 23

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Tower clock ticks again While highly trained construction workers put the finishing touches on the new Administration Building and excavat ion crews prepared to lay the foundation for the new Life-Science Building, four student volunteers toiled high above the campus on an improvement project of their own. Working 185 feet above the ground at the very top of the tower, Leo Moore and Ed Saires, Engineering juniors, Thomas Toenjes, Engineering senior, and Peter Kay, Architecture junior, worked from 60 to 70 hours a week during the summer in order to complete the massive overhaul by the beginning of the fall semester. These four students donated their services. Why? “A symbol that’s half broken down isn’t any symbol at all,” Toenjes said. The Tower stands whole now, once again, a monument to the dedication and perseverance of a small band of conscientious engineers. 22

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