Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Indelible L. isn’t only behind desks that we re- member the faculty...even though an alert candid-camera fan caught Dr. Mac in that characteristic pose...We remember them as we see them at odd moments. . . as we catch them going into the Administra- tion Building, or walking down Howard Street, gingerly avoiding the washouts ... We can never forget the impressive figure of Mr. Cutler standing at the corner of the walk, with a warning look in his eyes... or Mr. Ross’ genial ‘‘good morning’’ and blue overalls...Many’s the time we have seen Miss Burton hurrying along with the world well lost and an open letter in one hand...and Mr. Cressey waiting in front of the Nursery School for little Jean... We've shivered before Mrs. B’s caustic comments and warmed to her quick en- thusiasm...we'’ve been alternately awed and entertained by Mr. B’s literary obser- vations...And each year we get a real thrill out of Vaudeville (remember Dr. Lange’s purple hat and brown fur coat, and ‘‘Dr.’’ Sprague’s exemplary truck- ing?)... Founders’ Day too brings a whole host of images...the faculty wearing their colorful academic robes, from the blue of Wheaton to the ermine of Oxford ...the Dean’s white hair set off by the sharp black of her gown...Miss Faries efficiently acting as leader of the proces-

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PAUL WINGER SPRAGUE, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Christianity itself. With the stimulus of a truer religious knowledge, the mind’s horizon may become as boundless as re- ligion itself. ROMANCE LANGUAGES The Department of Romance Languages offers courses in French, Italian, and Spanish. Under Dr. Riddell, there are at present seven faculty members in the de- partment, Miss Metivier, Miss Parker, Miss Buchler, Miss Littlefield, Mr. Carner, Miss Tuzet, and Miss Pond. The students taking the Romance Languages generally number about three hundred and fifty. In all three languages the courses are designed to acquaint the student with the life and literature of each country. As far as possible classes are carried on in the foreign tongue, wherever exigencies of time and attainment will permit. A ‘French House’’ was conducted for many years and will be restored, in all probabili- ty, whenever there is sufficient demand. Arrangements have been made for French, and sometimes Italian and Spanish tables in the dining rooms. The Romance Lan- guages Club brings us lectures, plays, and other interesting programs, as well as social gatherings of various kinds. It believes that a true knowledge of the thought and life of a people, expressed in its own idiom, will help in fostering the keen interest that leads to further AGNES RUTHERFORD RIDDELL, Ph.D. Professor of Romance Languages MATHILDE MARGARETHE LANGE, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology study, to better understanding, and to real friendship and world brotherhood. ZOOLOGY Headed by Dr. Mathilde Lange, the Zoology department presents a twenty- four hour major to students wishing to study medicine, do research work, or pur- sue other branches in the field of biological sciences. General Zoology includes, besides the fundamental facts of morphology, embry- ology, and physiology, a study of the simpler vertebrates. In addition to a brief excursion after small pond and field fauna of Norton, the class makes an annual field trip to a seashore, usually Nahant, for marine life. Comparative anatomy under the direction of Miss Laity offers a thor- ough study of animal types from the pre- chordate through the mammal. In this course students are given the opportunity to visit the Museum of Natural History in New York and to observe operations in a Providence hospital. A field trip to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole is included in the spring academics. In animal physiology taught by Dr. Faull, the attempt is made to bring the student in contact with the experimental method by way of physiological problems. The new animal room in the basement of the Doll’s House is proving of value to stu- dents in this course. Pera

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Impressions sion...Mrs. Gallagher wearing her robe with the easy grace of the dancer. ..and over all the sharp spire of the Chapel etched against the infinite blue of an Octo- ber sky... And we mustn't forget the pink pulls and the white walls of the Infirmary, where Bruen and Starkey reign supreme. .. where so many headaches disappear and the more mysterious aches are baked out ...or the rare and mischievous humor that pervades the Administration Building (what are these insistent murmurs we keep hearing about the pleasures of Norton summers, with all the students far away?) ...And do you remember Mr. Ballou and his intricate photography equipment, and Mrs. Ballou going quietly mad over Moor Born:...And Mrs. Mackenzie running that pencil through her hair while she discusses the modern short story...And most un- forgettable, Dr. Park framed in the door- way of light, as we stood in the snow and sang to him the night he returned...We could go on, ad infinitum...you can’t go through Wheaton without getting your own little mental album of the faculty- and-administration, as they are formally but affectionately called...and what fun it will be someday, when we've almost forgotten, to turn over its pages once again, and remember...