{"id":3269,"date":"2017-02-07T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=3269"},"modified":"2017-02-07T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:10:07","slug":"trinity-treasure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/along-the-walk\/trinity-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Book<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5472\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5472\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/files\/2019\/06\/The-Book-02-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/files\/2019\/06\/The-Book-02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/files\/2019\/06\/The-Book-02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/files\/2019\/06\/The-Book-02-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Nick Caito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s not just a book, it\u2019s <em>the <\/em>Book. This timeworn classic contains the order of exercises from Trinity College\u2019s first Commencement in 1827. Story has it that the then-president, Bishop Thomas Church Brownell, wanted graduating seniors to touch a Bible as they received their diplomas. When it came time for that key part of the ceremony, Brownell couldn\u2019t find his book of choice, so he went with the small notebook he had on hand. According to <em>Traditions of Trinity Past and Present<\/em>, by former college archivist Peter Knapp \u201965 and wife Anne Knapp M\u201976, the tradition lapsed once Brownell left office. It was revived in 1946 under President G. Keith Funston \u201932, who, it was said, hoped to spark interest in the college\u2019s history. In the fall of that year, Funston returned the book to the secretary of the faculty, an act that represented his entrusting the faculty with the responsibility of educating Trinity\u2019s students. The following spring, the book was given back to the president so that seniors could touch it as they graduated. This literal give and take\u2014at Matriculation and at Commencement\u2014continues today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: \u201cTrinity Treasure\u201d highlights a person, place, or thing on campus that is just what the name implies: a Trinity treasure. Do you have an idea for what to showcase? Please send your suggestions to <\/em><a href=\"mailto:sonya.adams@trincoll.edu\"><em>sonya.adams@trincoll.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book It\u2019s not just a book, it\u2019s the Book. This timeworn classic contains the order of exercises from Trinity College\u2019s first Commencement in 1827. Story has it that the then-president, Bishop Thomas Church Brownell, wanted graduating seniors to touch a Bible as they received their diplomas. When it came time for that key part &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/along-the-walk\/trinity-treasure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Trinity Treasure&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":1466,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3269\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}