Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Through frank editorials, questionnaires on such subjects as the value of acceleration, “‘opinionnaires”’ on world conditions in which both faculty and students were given free range, and “Reveille,” a new column to which foreign students contributed resumés of happenings here and abroad, News succeeded in mak- ing the campus more war conscious. The ‘“‘Psyche Corner” was another new feature, where critiques and discussions of the latest books and literary trends ap- peared. “Hey yall, what d’you think of this i-dea?” drawls Hooff, and another News brainchild is born. Just like that! Rushlight has a share in the hustle and bustle of this busy room. Editor Mimi Adler and staff kept high the still undefined standards of college creative pro- ductions. For the first time in its history, Rushlight offered a prize of ten dollars in war stamps for the published work judged “best” by Mrs. Park and Mrs. Boas, who had a large selection of crisp stories and lyric poems on which to base their decision (despite Mimi’s quarterly worries about a week before deadline— “Only three things here and forty-two pages to fill!’’) While News and Rushlight rushed around keeping Wheaton informed of world trends and happenings, Press Board next door was keeping the world informed of Wheaton’s activities. Mrs. Sprague and Dottie Reed found out all about everything and trumpeted their findings abroad. They even secured us a two page spread of campus fashions in the Boston Globe. A few doors from these thriving hives of literary creation, nicely secluded from the rest, the NIKE staff worked all year, keeping their proceedings a close “AON OAVERAE secret. Edie Schwartz’s camera clicked and Nan Heller banged away at the typewriter. But now, the secret is out, and is so self evident that it needs no further comment here. See A quieter moment Mim ‘Spreading the News” B.W.O.C. Good publicity Here we are!