{"id":316,"date":"2018-04-04T22:51:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T22:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2020-04-15T05:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T05:38:59","slug":"victory-bell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/victory-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-636 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001-1260x889.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2015_07_24_11_35_34.pdf001.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Victory Bell has been and continues to be one of the most significant pieces of culture on the George Fox campus. The bell had two original purposes: to call the students to class and to signify achievement. Originally housed in Hoover Hall, it was relocated to the gymnasium in 1958. Throughout the years while the bell was in use, there were many attempts to pilfer the bell by rival schools, fortunately, the Victory Bell remains safe and protected due to its current location in Centennial Tower. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the George Fox Football program was revived, the Victory Bell also was revived in a way. A second Victory Bell was acquired. It is now a tradition for this second Victory Bell to be used to celebrate touchdowns at home football games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FUN FACT ABOUT THE VICTORY BELL:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original victory bell was relocated from Hoover Hall to the gymnasium after the bell fell through the floor. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the attempts to pilfer the bell was from Reed College. The bell was dropped into the Willamette River during a scuffle between Reed College students and George Fox Students. The bell was then dredged up from the riverbed. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second victory bell used at football games was acquired from Mountain View Community<\/span><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-637 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gfu-victory-bell-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gfu-victory-bell-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gfu-victory-bell.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Victory Bell at a GFU Football Game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Church. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The football victory bell was built with a specific steel framework and blue and gold \u201cG\u201d frames. This design helps bridge the gap between its modern use and its historical significance. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The football victory bell, complete with its steel framework, weighs over 500 pounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victory Bell has been and continues to be one of the most significant pieces of culture on the George Fox campus. The bell had two original purposes: to call the students to class and to signify achievement. Originally housed in Hoover Hall, it was relocated to the gymnasium in 1958. Throughout the years while&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/victory-bell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Victory Bell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-316","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions\/1697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}