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Mystery Monday: codebreaking

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 7:50am December 20 2021

It’s two mysteries for the price of one today: where on campus can you find this shield, and can you decode it?

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3 comments

  • Stewart M Landefeld
    Stewart M Landefeld, 9:39pm December 20 2021 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    It must be in honor of S F B Morse (look for the letters S (...) O (---) S (...)) Yale painter and developer of Morse code. Where? Others with sharper eyes will know but I speculate on one of the former Sheffield Scientific School buildings such as Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona.

  • George Huthsteiner '74 TD
    George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 9:56pm December 21 2021 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    Stone carving on Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall showing Morse code spelling out "SFB Morse"

  • Mark Branch
    Mark Branch, 9:13am January 03 2022 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    You’re both right! It’s above the courtyard entrance to Sterling Tower, the middle part of the Sheffield-Sterling Strathcona trio.

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