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Tartan, March 1922

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Location of the Fence

Original proposed location of the Fence

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The Senior Fence is built.

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Some well-meaning folk who felt the newness of the college as a great weight conceived the notion that the adoption of a few major and minor traditions would add grace and stature to a harsh scene…The Senior fence was built–and ty the infinite perversity of the human animal–a tradition was launched. It is traditional not to sit on the Senior fence.

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Robert Lepper, A 1927 & Professor

Carnegie Alumnus, 1958

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Tartan, May 16, 1923

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Tartan, October 2, 1923

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Tartan – Campus Gossip Column, February 28, 1933

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Tartan, November 25, 1935

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Tartan Column, January 12, 1943

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Tartan, February 12, 1946

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Dean Arthur Tarbell, 1947

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I see the shading maples that were but sprouts when the fence was built. I see the sturdy locust posts and rugged fir rails that have survived many a knife blade, paint brush, and hammer attack. It is a wonder that it has survived all these years.

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Hugh Sprinkle (EE 1923)

Alumnus, 1953

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Tartan, November 13, 1951

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We built the Fence in 1923. I had become intrigued by the stories of certain customs of various schools identifying distinctions between the different classes. Customs that the years had built into traditions; naive and immature perhaps in the cold analysis of non-partisans, but having real meaning to those were hearts were involved. We talked it over…and decided that we would build such a fence. The building of traditions at Carnegie would get a shot in the arm.

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Hugh Sprinkle (EE 1923)

Alumnus,1953

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We wanted locust posts not less than 12 inches in diameter and fir rails not less than 8” x 8”...With the help of Dr. Baker and Dean Tarbell a site was selected with all the prominence such a monument deserved. Before Campus Week in May 1923 had arrived the Fence was completed.

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Hugh Sprinkle (EE 1923)

Alumnus, 1953

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The Fence is repaired following a termite infestation.

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Carnegie Portrait Stolen from Baker Hall, 1975

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Tartan Classifieds, 1978

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Three Mile Island, 1979

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John Lennon Memorial, 1980

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Damaged, 1984

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Edward Schatz said when he arrived on campus in 1939…it was still known as the Senior Fence and underclassmen were not allowed to sit on it. He says students had already begun painting it at that time.

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Schatz said that the Fence has been repaired before in its 65 years of existence. In fact, he believes that it is possible that no piece of the original Senior Fence remains in the current Fence.

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The Tartan

September 27, 1988

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The Fence - Supported by Cinder Blocks, 1988

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The west end of the Fence is replaced with wolmanized lumber and concrete after a portion collapsed.

1989

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Tartan, September 6, 1989

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1990

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Damage, 1992

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The east end of the fence is replaced, matching the portion replaced in 1989.

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1998

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13th Anniversary of the Challenger Explosion, 1999

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