Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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D. A. Founders’ Day Plays were D. A.’s first answer to the challenge of defense and war relief work. “Oracle,” the juniors’ Greek tragedy, won first place, while the seniors and sophomores presented two comedies. Omitting the fall play, D. A. counted hours in sewing bouts at the “Sem.” Christmas brought the Nativity with Virginia Loeb as Mary and Above: Ciddy Below: Background for the aesthetic [ 26 J Sybil Bumford as Joseph. D.A. and the sophomores romped through Mummers’ Play. “Back with Interest” came D.A. and A.A. providing pre- seminary and contemporary Wheaton life and laughter with Ciddy, Rellie, Dagmar, and Willy. Climaxing the spring Shakespeare symposium was “The Winter's Vales gees re-systematized, too. Miss Hub- bell and Helen Boord filed costumes efficiently, and Helen Masson catalogued properties. Officers of D.A. were president, Ciddy Hall; vice-president, Betsey Mackay; secretary, Gainor Lowry; treasurer, Dag- mar Mariani. Lydia Geer was Scenery Manager; other heads of committees were Beebe, Boote, Bumford, Pedrick, Wales.

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C. A. and War Relief The the World Fellowship drive, and lectures Candlelight — service, on such pertinent subjects as mar- riage, religion and education are only part of the work of C.A. They also entertain the freshmen with campfire onions and campfire singing euetictall picnic, take care of the -second hand store, and bring us silent chapel. C.A. was represented at work camps in Boston and at con- ferences as far west as Ohio. Norton Middy Night School and Play Club draw the community and the college closer, while the Social Committee draws the college and the world closer with events like the Riding Meet dance and an evening of square dancing. The work of these committees and many more, guided by President Middy Hollis, made the year a C.A. success. The Defense Corps under Captain Perry was set up even before the inci- dent at Pearl Harbor. Faculty and student air raid wardens were appointed in each dormitory, and fire fighting, stretcher and messenger units were trained. Lieutenant Brady continued to give the first aid course, and a motor corps and mechanics course were organized, as well as classes in mili- tary drill. The Sem was again the center for war relief sewing and knitting, and afternoon tea served by faculty, faculty wives, and Mrs. Fill- more enhanced the virtue of being patriotic. [25]

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News Dusty and Peck worked on News’ Twentieth Anniversary Issue all last summer, produc- ing on November 1 the first climax in the events that pro- ceeded from the busiest room in S.A.B. Fourteen pages of print and pictures, including Dusty a story by Dr. Park, treated the history of News with all its humor, its celebrities, its policies, its ideas and fashions. The pertinent question of education stormed through the galleys before Christmas. Students suggested course correlation, smaller classes, and oppor- tunities for individual work as extensions which might lead to more successful education. ews had done its job of unearthing campus opinion. Free Speech became more important and “‘Candidly Speaking” took on a photographic character with its realistic caricatures by Ciddy and its poignant sketches of individual seniors by News’ feature writers. News had fun despite the foe staff’s suffering for ‘Toni when she made weekly attempts to find space on the dummy for fifty more inches. Peck’s revo- lutionary method of spelling and Dusty’s subtle humor, which saved the feature-head- line-stricken assistant editors from Wednesday night suicide more then once, gave News that Dusty-Peck flavor. [27 |