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WESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE
THIS GRANITE-GNEISS BOULDER WEIGHING 32 TONS
IS A GLACIAL DEPOSIT. ORIGINALLY IT WAS LOCATED
BY THE ROADSIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131 ABOUT
HALFWAY BETWEEN PLAINWELL AND KALAMAZOO.
THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, DWIGHT B.
WALDO, AS A BOY LIVED NEAR PLAINWELL AND
ALWAYS ADMIRED THE ROCK. HE OFTEN EXPRESSED
A DESIRE THAT IT BE BROUGHT TO THE CAMPUS.
EVENTUALLY THE KALAMAZOO ALUMNI MEN'S CLUB
UNDERTOOK THE DIFFICULT TASK OF TRANSPORTING
THE ROCK, AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED IN 1944.
IT RESTS HERE AS A MARK OF LOYALTY TO THE
COLLEGE AND DEVOTION TO ITS FIRST PRESIDENT.
A SYMBOL OF CHERISHED MEMORIES
AND ENDURING FRIENDSHIP
