ite ▁b ould er , ▁was ▁trans pl anted ▁from ▁Dev il ' s ▁Lake , ▁Wisconsin , ▁as ▁a ▁gift ▁of ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 2 . ▁That ▁gradu ating ▁class ▁liked ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁running ▁water ▁on ▁campus ▁" in ▁some ▁form ▁or ▁another " ▁and ▁rig ged ▁the ▁Rock ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁f ount ain ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁end ▁of ▁campus . ▁The ▁original ▁pl umb ing ▁was ▁later ▁ref itted ▁into ▁a ▁water ▁f ount ain . ▁ ▁Over ▁time , ▁v andal ism ▁of ▁the ▁Rock ▁gradually ▁increased , ▁particularly ▁during ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁With ▁the ▁first ▁painting ▁of ▁the ▁rock ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁canvas ▁for ▁student ▁art , ▁opinions , ▁advert ising , ▁messages , ▁propos als , ▁and ▁j okes . ▁By ▁tradition , ▁students ▁who ▁wish ▁to ▁paint ▁something ▁on ▁the ▁Rock ▁often ▁guard ▁it ▁from ▁sun r ise ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁hours ▁before ▁painting . ▁ ▁The ▁Rock ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁one ▁solid ▁piece ▁of ▁quart z ite . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁the ▁Rock ▁was ▁moved ▁about ▁ 2 0 ▁feet ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁new ▁land sc aping , ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁crew ▁moving ▁the ▁Rock ▁dropped ▁it , ▁splitting ▁it ▁up ▁one ▁side ▁and ▁cr umb ling ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁base . ▁Scient ists ▁at ▁McC orm ick ▁School ▁of ▁Engineering ▁and ▁App lied ▁Science ▁provided ▁an ▁epo xy ▁to ▁patch ▁the ▁Rock ▁together ▁again .