Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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College Government Association CaroL SMITH Tue College Government Association has this year continued the work begun last year with the abolition of the reprimand system. It has striven for greater consonance with the students and has done much toward stream- lining the rules of the college—not to the extent of impetuous modernization and sud- denly extreme leniency, but rather with an eye to removing any ambiguity of statement in rules now binding. It is a process of sim- plification and reinforcement. Regulations which have become obsolete and unnecessary through lack of use have been crossed from the books or so reworded that they fit into the present scheme of things. This has been C.G.A.’s main task this year. The executive offices of the association were held this year by Carol Smith, presi- dent, Bettina Conant, vice-president; Marion Browne, treasurer, and Marion Price, secre- tary. Every Monday evening the Student Cabinet of C.G.A., composed of the officers, House Chairman, Social Chairman, and Student Auditor, meets in the Doll’s House to discuss cases that have come up. The name of the offender is never disclosed so that judgment must be impartial. But Cabinet is only the judicial branch of C.G.A. There is also the Board composed of the House Fellows, Dean, and Cabinet, which has legislative duties, and Council made up of C.G.A. officers, the Social Chair- man, and representatives of each class and various campus organizations, which is a deliberative body. The problems and cases confronting C.G. A. have been many this year as every year. Penalties have not been lacking, but there has been a genuine reason for each one im- posed, and if they seemed hard it is only be- cause of C.G.A.’s belief in the universal truth that punishment which is either not felt or easy to evade is no punishment at all. Routine work is usually taken for granted, and we seldom realize just how detailed and comprehensive are the functions of C.G.A. We hop aboard the Saturday bus to Boston with very little thought of the planning necessary to the trip. We accept the various systems of recording Chapel cuts and keep- ing track of week-ends with a placid disre- gard for bookkeeping. And the routine goes on smoothly; the House Chairman checks over the sign-out book and telephones In- formation before she goes to bed, the assis- tant House Chairman arises betimes on Sun- day morning to post the church sign-up. From the first day of college in the fall to the last signing out of the Senior Class in June, C.G.A. is a continually active organ- ization. This year for C.G.A. has been not only a matter of routine, but also a busy and com- plex furtherance of the new policies insti- gated last year.

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The Domestic Department Epita May Lincoin Tue way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Even so, we are perhaps most conscious of the Domestic Department through the habit of consuming three meals a day. The gayest dinner of the year is served the night before we leave for Christmas va- cation. Afterward, the entire college attends the Mummers’ Play for which the boar’s head is real and is prepared in the kitchen, brown and glistening with an apple in its mouth. Week-ends present a problem. To calculate how many people will be in the dining-room is generally pure guess work. In the fall, football games are astutely reckoned with; whether the game of the week is at Harvard or Princeton is a deter- mining factor. The domestic department caters for various campus coffees, receptions, and faculty teas. Tomato juice or milk and crackers are provided daily for the Nursery. Such an important event as the Freshman- Junior Bacon Bat requires cider, hot dogs, and rolls ordered by Miss Lincoln. This year the Riding Team had early breakfast in Em- erson dining room, a great advance from the half-hearted coffee making in Everett base- ment. Such events as Founder's Day meals with alumnae back, the Phi Beta Kappa din- ner, buffet supper for the winter ice carnival, dinner after the swimming meet and the Dance Recital require careful attention and expert planning. Market day comes on Tuesday at Faneuil Hall. The planning 1s done ten days in advance so that there is no last minute buying. But seeing that we are fed is not the only task of the Domestic Department. The mail is delivered three times a day (in spite of your personal opinion!), during exams we are provided with milk and crackers every night, and on Monday mornings we drag ourselves wearily out of bed in time to send our sheets to the laundry. The Domestic Department copes with mice in Stanton, providing mouse traps guaranteed to kill painlessly. It deals efficiently with trunks and boxes, repairs doorbells and broken windows, sends us trays when we have sniffles, and is altogether a liberal education in domesticity. Naturally the gargantuan task of keeping house for a family the size of Wheaton re- quires a large staff. Someone has to sweep up the tracks of the Wheaton girl who has never heard of doormats, someone has to do the supper dishes, someone has to keep track of how many handkerchiefs she sends to the laundry. We do not often have an Opportunity to express appreciation for be- ing so taken care of, and we should like now to say ‘thank you!”’ [14 ]