UD students walking to class from Main Street will soon have no excuse for being late. Thanks to the Newark Rotary, the old clock near the intersection of Main and Academy streets will soon tell perfect time.
The University, MBNA America, the Downtown Newark Partnership and private citizens have contributed the $1,100 needed to repair the four clock faces and to convert the mechanism to synchronous time.
Clocks driven by synchronous motors are never more than a few seconds fast or slow. Once converted, the 18-foot-tall clock will automatically adjust itself daily to near perfect time. It will need to be reset only in the event of a power failure.