Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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| SCIENCE - Pass under the ornate portals of the Science Building with coke in hand, Nabs in pocket. Stagger under the reek of acid and formalde- hyde, and shudder away from the somber halls, the drafty rooms, and the clanking pipes. Once in your lab console yourself with the view of Peacock to the east. Let your eyes wander from the HCl, put aside the motor that won't work, leave your skeletons and go off on a Tour of Exploration. You've never seen half this building anyway! Down one corridor comes the tinkling of a piano. You run into an entirely different world on passing into the brightly-colored labs with their rainbow pipes and expansive windows. But now you've worked hard enough for today at the amazing game of test tubes and batteries. You'll be back again tomorrow when fresh ideas have filtered through the haze. [12 ]

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MARY LYON Some people call it an eyesore, and tolerate it for its historical value, while others are genuinely fond of it, and still others call it beautiful. But whatever we think, Mary Lyon and classes go on. From 8:30 to 12:30, and again through the afternoon, there is a steady stream of blue jeans, skirts, and armsful of books flowing in and out through that swinging door and up and down the big stairway, every hour on the half-hour: girls with the harried expres- sion of ‘‘oh my gosh how am I going to ex- plain why my paper isn’t ready yet and I still have two more to write’ on their faces, some with a smile of ‘hooray, hooray a new day is dawning,’ some with a look of resigned boredom, but most just looking as though they were going to class. On Fridays, there is a slight difference; and then, on Saturday, there are two classes of girls: those who are going somewhere over the weekend and those who aren't! But Mary Lyon has more than just classes. There are lectures (especially those freshman meetings when they learn how to budget their time), Music Club programs, and the two kinds of class meetings, “Please come to M.L. 11 right after lunch; it won’t take long’’ and Roll Call. Then, too, there are plaster statues, which have become chipped and pencil-marked through the years; a wonderful view of Pea- cock Pond, especially in spring, from M.L. 2; an impressive placque at the foot of the stairs, which everyone reads as she comes down, but few remember; a special piece of plyboard against the wall in M.L. 6, where the French assignment sheet is posted; mathematical models up in M.L. 8; slide projectors in 11 and 12 for the Art classes; reproductions of paintings; and the attic. There used to be a harp up there, among all sorts of other inter- esting things. Mary Lyon always means midyears and finals, too, and lots of bluebooks for students to write and faculty to read. Nor should we forget the greenhouse, where Miss Yates, in spite of the many plants she always has to take care of, has room for our plants during vacations. [11]

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CHAPEL The peacock weather-vaned Cole Memorial Chapel saw the Inauguration of a new presi- dent on Founder's Day with multi-colored hoods of visiting college representatives and Wheaton faculty contrasting with the black robes. Sunday church found on the pulpit stand a new red leather Bible presented by the freshman class to President Meneely. Click- ing heels up the aisle tripped once and visitors never ceased to wonder at the seemingly end- less choir coming down the aisle. There was the usual balcony display of dates on Sun- days. Sermons this year ran to the subject of our place in the world of tomorrow. Week- day chapel cleared up the recital question when Mr. Boas talked; members of the women’s armed forces told us of the advan- tages of their branches of service. The Attle- boro duet made Vaudeville and Mr. Gara- bedian discussed the history of the music presented on Thursday mornings. [lsc