CALL TO YOUTH

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 15

CALL TO YOUTH

OLYMPIC BELL MODEL

The Berlin sculptor, •■■• ■ Walter E. Lemcke, has now 'completed in his atelier the model, from which the Olympic bell will be cast. The bell will ring in the Olympic Games at Berlin in 1936, wherefore it is inscribed: "I call to the youth of the world." ' ' .:';.■■■■■.',

The body of the bell stands approximately 7ft 6Jin high, its, crown is lft lin and the transverse beam from which it is suspended 3ft 3in, whilst the clapcer hangs out beneath for 2ft IMn. Thus the total height is 14ft. The diameter of the bell body at'the lower edge is 9ft, and the width of the beam just.over 13ft. Yet more impressive is the great weight of the bell, estimated at 10 tons, the clapper alone weighing 12cwt. \lt took 2\ tons of clay to form the casting model. The material irom which: it is to be cast is steel, and the work;!.will 'take four to ■ five' months. The bell will then be hung on the leader tower, nearly 243 feet high, on the assembly ground of the Reich Sport Field in direct proximity to the stadium. •