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Lost and Found

2009-11-10T06:29:43Z

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Lost or found something on campus? You may contact poster using his/her UP Webmail (see history of this page). Once the item is recovered please remove its entry from this page. Suggested format of entry: <nowiki>* Lost Item. Description (color, type, marks, LOST EXACTLY WHERE on campus). Contact Info</nowiki>

==Items Lost==
* 8gb flashdrive green, kingston with orange strap last noticed on the UP engineering parking lot
* File Case orange, with important documents, last noticed in CASAA Canteen.

==Items Found==
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UP Sunken Garden

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== '''University of the Philippines Sunken Garden''' ==
Next to the [[UP Oblation|UP Oblation]], the Sunken Garden would be the most famous landmark of the University of the Philippines. It is in the heart of the 2.2 km. [[Academic Oval]] surrounded by acacia trees. It has been the most favorable place for the UP and non-UP communities for its wide and shady area to present a place for a number of activities. The setting of the sun provides a perfect backdrop for the people who want to spend time in the Garden.

[[Image:Sunken Garden.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP Diliman '''Sunken Garden''' - Photo by Chris Villarin (ChrisVillarin.com)]]

'''A. Background''' 
The General del Pilar Parade Grounds is the official name of the Sunken Garden, as it is popularly called. It is a five-hectare area of vast land—which is able to serve almost three football fields—and is the largest vacant land in the Diliman campus where various outdoor activities can be performed. It was basically, a basin and is believed to sink every year since it lies in a fault line. Because of the water spring that originates from it, the Sunken Garden used to be half-submerged in water. 

 

'''B. Surrounding Buildings''' 
The UP Sunken Garden is surrounded by a number of buildings: 
To its North lies the Malcolm Hall—College of Law 
To its South lies the Benitez Hall—College of Education 
To its East lies the Vinzons Hall (where one has an exact view of the Garden) and the College of Business Administration 
To its West is the Gonzales Hall—University Library or Main Library 

 

'''C. Surrounding Artifacts''' 
Aside from the buildings, the Sunken Garden is also circumferenced by artifacts like the following: 

1. Beltran 

[[Image:Beltran.JPG|200px|thumb|right|beltran]]

These are the benches that line the edges of the Sunken Garden. They give a more comfortable option for those who are not too fond of Indian-sitting/sitting on the grass. They were built in memory of the late and highly respected Luis Beltran. In fact, each bench bears the name of a colleague or a friend of him. 

2. Acacia Trees 

The view of the Sunken would not be complete without the trees that encircle it. The trees are mainly Acacia trees where students and non-students stay under its shades for school work and other activities. 

3. Grandstand 

Here in the Sunken lies the Grandstand that provides an overlook of the five-hectare expanse. The old Grandstand is a box-like structure that resembles to a torii—a gateway of a Shinto temple. It is a long open one that looked like a waiting shed. Architect Froilan Hong’s modification of the initial design transformed the box-like structure into a pyramid-design one with a red roofing and four-angled pegs. The new Grandstand accentuates the vast empty space of green grass. 

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Image:Poyce.JPG|
Image:Ira.JPG|
</gallery>

 

'''D. Events''' 

1. Cadena de Amor Festival 
Cadena de Amor is a lost student tradition of UP sponsored by the UP Woman's Club. It was introduced in 1934 by Ursula U. Clemente. The annual ritual gathered both junior and senior year coeds who linked themselves in massive human chains by passing cadena de amor garlands. The ritual symbolized the turning over of responsibilities from seniors to juniors. The ritual was well loved and was called "the festival of girls and flowers". The student reception changed radically in the 1960s when UP students began to question the relevance of such traditions especially against the turbulent and violent times. Many viewed the ritual as degrading, since it had passed from being an annual leavetaking ceremony to a beauty contest. Because it was seen as "burgis" or bourgeois, the ritual was last held in 1968--a year that led to the turbulent events of the First Quarter Storm. 

2. ROTC 
The General del Pilar Parade grounds is where ROTC Cadets undergo their Citizens Military Training or CMT. Every weekend, a large gathering of males stand and march in the field for hours. It is also the venue for the annual presentation of corps sponsors at the end of first semester. 

3. Latagaw Cup 
Through the year, the Sunken becomes a venue for a lot of sport activities and festivals. One of which is the Latagaw Cup , a soccer event competed by various student organizations inside the University of the Philippines. Philippine indigenous games are also held here as part of the celebration of the UP Diliman Month during February. 

4. UP Fair 
After UP’s lantern parade, the next event that every UP student looks forward to is the UP Fair. Held every February, UP Fair is home to the aspiring, upcoming, and famous bands. The UP Fair is known for its wild crowd having a great time. The barricaded Sunken Garden accommodates various booths and rides for the UP Fair Crowd. 

<gallery>
Image:Father and son.jpg|Father and son playing catch
Image:Contemplating.JPG|student contemplating
Image:Magjowa.JPG|sweet moments
</gallery>

 

'''E. Interaction with People''' 
Five hectares of grass, just think of the things you can do in it. Why not turn it into your personal writing pad like some ingenious people. They used crumpled newspapers to form words like “Happy Birthday....” or “I love ….”as their mode of expression. The Sunken Garden is also used as an extension of the library. Students find peace and quiet to study here or to simply relax. During summer, you will see Frisbee throwers, kite flyers with kites of different shapes and sizes all over the field, people having picnic together. You will also see father and son or the whole family playing catch. Sunken Garden is infamous for its nightly liaisons. Even during daytime, you will find couples having their sweet time here. The UP Sunken Garden equates to many things to different people. 

 

[[Category:UP Diliman]]

Sundial

2009-10-15T12:29:59Z

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[[Image:sun.jpg]]

''The present sundial along G. Apacible Street.''[http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2286/2151810532_fda8d20ca6.jpg]

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell time. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus. <ref>''UPAE 1980 Yearbook and Alumni Directory, UPAE, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City.''</ref>

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.[http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/history2.html]

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It was bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineers built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill. <ref>''Sites and symbols : UP Diliman landmarks. Quezon City : Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines, 2000. p38-41.''</ref>

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968. [http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/history2.html]

<gallery>
Image:sc0000.gif|The first sundial at the Manila Campus during the 1920's.
Image:sc0001.gif|Sundial at the west lawn of Melchor Hall
</gallery>
<ref>''Sites and symbols : UP Diliman landmarks. Quezon City : Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines, 2000. p38-41.''</ref>

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon <ref>Ingenium 2008. UPAE, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City, p 72.</ref> during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972 with her daughter Chato Calderon, the first lady president of the UPAE, as a supervising engineer. [http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/ce/alumni.html]

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year. <ref>''Sites and symbols : UP Diliman landmarks. Quezon City : Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines, 2000. p38-41.''</ref>

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

<googlemap lat="14.656337" lon="121.06809">
</googlemap>

== See Also ==
Sites and symbols : UP Diliman landmarks. Quezon City : Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines, 2000. p38-41.

UPAE 1980 Yearbook and Alumni Directory, UPAE, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Ingenium 2008. UPAE, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City, p 72.

Sundial

2009-10-15T12:29:16Z

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2009-10-15T11:47:42Z

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Sundial

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== '''University of the Philippines Sundial''' ==

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell time. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus.

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.[http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/history2.html]

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It was bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineers built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill.

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968.

<gallery>
Image:sc0000.gif|The first sundial at the Manila Campus during the 1920's.
Image:sc0001.gif|Sundial at the west lawn of Melchor Hall
</gallery>

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972 with her daughter Chato Calderon, the first lady president of the UPAE, as a supervising engineer.

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year.

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

<googlemap lat="14.656337" lon="121.06809">
</googlemap>
[http://www.example.com link title]

Sundial

2009-10-15T11:13:11Z

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== '''University of the Philippines Sundial''' ==

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell tiime. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus.

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It wass bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineeres built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill.

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968.

<gallery>
Image:sc0000.gif|The first sundial at the Manila Campus during the 1920's.
Image:sc0001.gif|Sundial at the west lawn of Melchor Hall
</gallery>

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972 with her daughter Chato Calderon, the first lady president of the UPAE, as a supervising engineer.

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineeers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year.

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

<googlemap lat="14.656337" lon="121.06809">
</googlemap>

Sundial

2009-10-15T11:07:36Z

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== '''University of the Philippines Sundial''' ==

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell tiime. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus.

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It wass bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineeres built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill.

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968.

<gallery>
Image:sc0000.gif|The first sundial at the Manila Campus during the 1920's.
Image:sc0001.gif|Sundial at the west lawn of Melchor Hall
</gallery>

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972.

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineeers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year.

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

<googlemap lat="14.656337" lon="121.06809">
</googlemap>

2009-10-15T10:29:53Z

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== '''University of the Philippines Sundial''' ==

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell tiime. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus.

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It wass bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineeres built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill.

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968.

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972.

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineeers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year.

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

2009-10-15T10:12:32Z

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== '''University of the Philippines Sundial''' ==

The Sundial is one of the earliest devices used by man to tell tiime. It is a device that measures time as an effect of the earth's movement with reference to the position of the sun.

== History ==

In the early days of the University, a floral sundial stood by the corner of Taft Avenue and Padre Faura streets in the 1920's. When the old Villamor Hall (now the Supreme Court Building) was constructed, a new and much larger one was built in the middle of the Ermita Campus.

It was designed by Edward R. Hyde, an American Civil Engineer and the dean of the College of Engineering that time, with the collaboration of Professors Alejandro Melchor and E. P. Angeles.

The Sundial was at the time considered one of the largest sundial in the whole world with steel arches and a gnomon 60 feet long. It wass bedecked with flowering vines and the surroundings were abloom with flowering shrubs making a very romantic ambiance.

[[Image:Example.jpg]]

However, it was sadly torn down the following decade during the commonwealth era to give way for the ROTC Parade grounds to provide more space for military training which was emphasized at the time.

When the seat of the UP System transferred to the Diliman Campus, several alumni engineeres built a testament of loyalty to their Alma Mater in the form of a giant sundial. The UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) of 1957 built the UP Sundial on the front lawn of Melchor Hall, to the west side by the corner of Osmena and Roces Avenues in 1958. It was made of steel on concrete moorings with a gnomon in the shape of a slide rule, at the time the symbol of mathematical skill.

Unfortunately, the disastrous Typhoon Yoling dislocated the steel engineering sundial from the west front of the building and carried it some distance away towards the street in 1968.

== Present ==

After four years since Typhoon Yoling destroyed the sundial, the UP Alumni Engineers started the construction of the present-day sundial in 1972. It is a sturdier, all-concrete structure designed by Quintin R. Calderon during his UPAE Presidency from 1971-1972.

However, the sundial's location was moved from the front of the engineering building to the space between the engineering east wing and the UP Alumni Engineeers building along G. Apacible Street. At the base of the gnomon is a date, 1947, which marks the Alumni Engineers' founding year.

With the National Center Building at the east side, the UP Sundial will be at the middle of the engineering complex in Diliman. The sundial and the UP Alumni Engineers are the tangible manifestations of Engineering alumni regard and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

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==History==
==Officers==
==Members==
==Activities==
==Announcements==

=See Also=

[[Category: UP Diliman]] [[Category: Student Organizations]]