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On the sign:
SAMPLE GATES
form the western portal of the Bloomington campus of Indiana University.
You enter grounds hallowed by those who have studied and taught here since our new beginning on this site in 1885.
The woodland known in that time as Dunn’s Woods is now the heart of the Old Crescent of the campus. The woods and nine buildings surrounding it, Owen Hall (1884), Wylie Hall (1884), Maxwell Hall (1890), Kirkwood Hall (1894), Kirkwood Observatory (1900), Ernest Hiram Lindley Hall (1902), Student Building (1905), Student Services Building (1907), and the Theodore F. Rose Well House (1908) are included in the National Register of Historic Places.
For generations the Old Crescent has been a place of inspiration for the achievements of mind, reflecting the ideals and aspirations represented in the motto of Indiana University, Lux et Veritas, light and truth.
John W. Ryan, President
Board of Trustees, 1986 - 1987: Joseph M. Black, James W. Dye, Robert E. Gates, Harry L. Gonso, Carolyn P. Gutman, Thomas R. Haley, Emerson Kampen, Edgar F. Kettler, Betty B. Polley, Richard B. Stoner, Ann W. Swedeen
Named for Edson Sample, who donated money to build them, the gates mark the entrance to the old part of the Indiana University campus. They are made of Indiana limestone and are one of the university’s landmarks.
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