April 22: Amherst College Knowledge

At the top of Stearns Steeple hang nine bronze bells, first played at Amherst’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1871. Stearns Steeple is all that remains of Stearns Church, and until 1965, bell-playing was a paid student job. What year was Stearns Church demolished to make way for the Mead Art Museum?
We will give a copy of Eye Mind Heart to three randomly chosen people with the correct response!
To mark Amherst’s Bicentennial, the College has commissioned three keepsake books: Eye Mind Heart, by Nancy Pick ’83; Amherst College: The Campus Guide, by Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin ’79; and Amherst in the World, a digital collection of essays edited by Professor Martha Saxton. Visit the Bicentennial website to learn more.
Congratulations to three people with the correct answer. They received a copy of Eye Mind Heart .
To mark Amherst’s Bicentennial, the College commissioned three keepsake books: Eye Mind Heart, by Nancy Pick ’83; Amherst College: The Campus Guide, by Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin ’79; and Amherst in the World, a collection of essays edited by Professor Martha Saxton. Visit the Bicentennial website for more information on the books, as well as a video message from President Biddy Martin.