College in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)

Engineers

Fundatori Mundi

— 1922 Tradition 1967 —

Engineers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 18, 2024

1. Engineers Marker

Inscription.

There came upon this campus in the year Nineteen Twenty Two the First Engineer, and this was good. Then over the place spread Idiots, and the Engineer saw this was bad. And he cast a great stone saying: Whensoever this stone shall be removed by Idiots, horrible plagues shall come upon this place. And the stone was removed and the excrement of many beasts came here. Then the Engineer cast a second stone, and it too was removed. On that day beasts came and the earth trembled and there was terrible rumbling and many memorandums. And the Engineer said this was bad and he cast the third stone...

Erected 1967 by University of Alaska Fairbanks Engineering Students.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 64° 51.376′ N, 147° 49.123′ W. Marker is in College, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough. It can be reached from Tanana Loop. Marker and stone are west adjacent to Duckering Hall, next to Cornerstone Plaza on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1760 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks AK 99709, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Alaska Railroad Corridor,

in the Athabascan Region,

and in Interior Alaska.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Pacific Rim,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Cornerstone: A Symbol (within shouting distance of this marker);

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The Cornerstone's Origin (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles E. Bunnell (within shouting distance of this marker); Constitution Hall (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Constitutional Convention (about 600 feet away); The Middle Kuskokwim River (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Russian American Company (approx. 0.7 miles away); Saving an Alaskan Treasure (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in College.

More about this marker. Duckering Hall is the home of the College of Engineering and Mines.

Also see . . . Engineer's stone tells of 'terrible rumbling and many memos' (Bishop, 2017, UAF). (Submitted on September 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Engineers Marker and "Stone" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 18, 2024

2. Engineers Marker and "Stone"

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 129 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.