Happy new year. Today’s question harkens back to another January—January of 1966.
But first, the answer to our question from December 19: Meda Kerr, the first LLU graduate to become a foreign missionary, served on the continent of South America (in both Uruguay and Argentina). Ruthie Oropesa, Missy B. Roberts, and Vanessa Noriega are the randomly chosen winners; send an e-mail to pr@llu.edu to claim your prize.
We are starting a new policy that all prizes must be picked up, or intercampus mail address provided, within 60 days. For accounting purposes, you know.
Now, back to 1966. On January 25 of that year, a topping-out ceremony was held for a new building on campus. What is that, you say? It is a ceremony held during a final or significant stage of construction. According to a news article at the time:
“Topping-out is traditional, dating back hundreds of years to the Scandinavian countries, and we make a big thing of it,” John J. Devlin, project superintendent, reported. Often a tree is hoisted to the top, or the crew tosses coins into the concrete pouring at these ceremonies, Devlin explained. “Usually we toss in all the change we have with us,” he said.
What campus building was topped off in January 1966? And for fun, feel free to include what you would toss in during a topping-off ceremony.
E-mail the answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Monday, January 6, for a chance to win.