Walla Walla University - Mountain Ash Yearbook (College Place, WA)

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22 There are many nice words we could use to try to tell you what Dr. Dickinson means to us and those with whom he comes in contact, but somehow words can't acquaint you with Dr. D. If you haven't taken a speech class from him and heard his words of wisdom; if you haven't been to his Sabbath School class where he portrays his dedication to a Christian life and where he does what he tells his speech classes not to do; if you haven't heard his authoritative rule and corny jokes at KGTS staff meetings, then you wouldn't know Dr. D. This Ash dedication gives some insight into the real Dr. D., but isn't it time you got to know him?

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24 canard pond Tom Rowsell Most monuments and time-honored traditions on college campuses have the character- istic of rarely amounting to much more than fable agreed upon. Walla Walla College harbors one such legend that has been traced, with at least some degree of accuracy, over the span of five decades. The story behind Conard Hall Pond and the ensuing tradition of dunking engaged dorm students is a unique account of human ingenuity and seldom told. The average student iusually plural it seemsi who frequents the area hardly even notices his surroundings when near the concrete pool and usually doesn't bother to wonder about who christened the 10 by 25-foot tank to begin with years ago. However, to the unfortunate victims of a midnight plunge, the question of who started the watery tradition becomes much more relevant. As best can be reestablished, a tWOestory, white board house stood on the present site as early as 1922 when the Ritz family occupied the building. Early in the 1930's the college decided it was time for a new girls' dorm, however, so the white house had to go. Sometime in the fall of 1933 the building was torn down and the basement converted to a fish pond in 1935. ilnterestingly, the huge redbud tree presently in front of Conard Hall once stood next to the pond. When leveling the ground for building, the men dug