With a considerate theme to cross on in the present day’s traits to approaching generations, Middle East Technical University (METU) organized Alumni Day, throughout which graduates and college students buried a time capsule – to be opened after 25 years – they ready.
METU workers, college students and alumni will convey their messages to future college students by means of almost 1,500 letters locked within the capsule.
Stating that they wished to create a bond between generations with this venture, rector advisor professor Eren Kalay stated the capsule contains drawings by major college youngsters of the alumni depicting what sort of a world they think about in 25 years, together with memorial objects resembling cash, T-shirts and newspapers of that day.
“We buried it about 2.5 meters (around 6 feet) underground in the ‘Time Park’ created in the forested area of the campus. We buried the capsule to be opened on July 11, 2048, on ‘Alumni Day’ to be held 25 years later,” Kalay stated.
An identical time capsule was made by Boğaziçi University in 2014 as a part of its A hundred and fiftieth-anniversary occasions. The capsule was additionally buried underground to be opened 50 years later.
During the ceremony, problems with native newspapers of that day, eating corridor menus, posters of scholars and memorial supplies have been positioned contained in the capsule. The college’s capsule was buried on campus, in entrance of the rectorate constructing, and can be opened in 2064.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
