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| − | + | The '''Lincoln Chair''' is a chair in [[Old Main]] which once supported the ass of the Great Emancipator. It's a show-stopper on tours. | |
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| + | [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] sat there before climbing through a window to have his [[Lincoln-Douglas debates|debate with Stephen Douglass]]. | ||
The tour guides make all the [[prospies]] sit in it while on their first tour of [[Knox]]. It isn't that comfortable. One theory states that [[Roger Taylor]] has installed a sensor under the cushion of the Lincoln Chair, so when a prospie [[parents|parent]] sits on it, Roger can rush out of his office and engage him or her in conversation. | The tour guides make all the [[prospies]] sit in it while on their first tour of [[Knox]]. It isn't that comfortable. One theory states that [[Roger Taylor]] has installed a sensor under the cushion of the Lincoln Chair, so when a prospie [[parents|parent]] sits on it, Roger can rush out of his office and engage him or her in conversation. | ||
[[Category:Campus]] | [[Category:Campus]] | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 7 January 2008
The Lincoln Chair is a chair in Old Main which once supported the ass of the Great Emancipator. It's a show-stopper on tours.
History
Lincoln sat there before climbing through a window to have his debate with Stephen Douglass.
The tour guides make all the prospies sit in it while on their first tour of Knox. It isn't that comfortable. One theory states that Roger Taylor has installed a sensor under the cushion of the Lincoln Chair, so when a prospie parent sits on it, Roger can rush out of his office and engage him or her in conversation.
