Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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CHAPIN According to Miss Burton, Chapin must be growing up, because the noise has subsided this year! Hecker is on Dean’s List, and four of the Honor Roll freshmen are from Chapin. And all the Chapin seniors are off AP this year! On the social side are countless surprise parties; Ware and Decker have planned the weekend parties, aided by Hortense, and Ware keeps the coffee brewing endlessly; the smoker is filled with colorful sea life. CA head Pokey, college song leader Eve, and Triton Ike are a few of the notables. Judy has kept tabs on registration. Welch is a Marine bride, and Doey’s engaged. Weese is waiting for Druker, and the rest announce that they are “‘just waiting.” i i ere WHITE HOUSE With Mary Brent Hagner as house chair- man, White House has boasted an active session of parties and bull sessions which commence promptly at 10:30 and continue far into the early morning hours. There was a Hallowe’en masquerade, and a snow ice cream taffy pull, to say nothing of the dis- cussions covering every topic known to Web- ster, and election controversies between Dewey freshmen and the victorious Demo- cratic juniors. Seances, the designing with paint and crayon of Valentines and stationery borders, tce cold sleeping porches, and a dated system of plumbing have all made a year in White House unforgettable.

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LARCOM Larcom is psychologically, although not geographically, the median between the postoflice-dominated community and the library settlement. Larcom-dwellers, unable to decide which way to turn, avoid a decision by merely settling down in the smoking room among the serpentine writhings of the pipes to play bridge or just contemplate the murals. The most famous mural is an unblushing nude which fascinates the visiting firemen who oc- casionally peer in the small window at the pajama-clad smokers. Larcom has other at- tractions, however. We are proud of our pretty house chairman, Dottie Barlow; our talented faculty, Dr. Lange (the Voice), and Miss Kramer of the violin; and of our com- munity spirit. CRAGIN Generally conceded to be the best dorm on campus (by all loyal Cragin-ites), Cragin is known for its unbeaten hockey record. This fall, in three exciting games with Stanton, Larcom and Metcalf, Cragin remained un- vanquished. Its ever overflowing smoking room, affectionately entitled The Den of In- iquity is also distinctive. However, Cragin’s propensity for appendicitis really amazes one and all. Two appendectomies and one false alarm followed those of last year to rename us the Appendicitis Dorm. This appalling record has not daunted the human inhabitants al- though Archie, the cockroach, and Freddy Rat have threatened to give up their option on The Den of Iniquity if conditions do not improve. [ 20 ]

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KILHAM This year housing CGA president, Bunt; senior class president, Jan; SWAB chairman, Barb; and Entertainment chairman, Critch, Kilham seemingly took over the executive end of campus. Willie checked us in and out of the big book and hung ‘‘quiet zone’’ signs as a slight suggestion to the first floor. Came winter and the day Wheaton was snowed in, Hebe took on a partner in the form of an oversized snowman. Spring sent us scurrying to the sunporch, where vinegar and baby oil mixed with burnt backs and text books. But we were useful too, and all helped in cleaning the dorm this year to ease Lena’s endless job. We were very proud when Kilham came in second on the war bond drive. The Submarine Service had another wedding when Critch left at midyears with ten of her classmates trailing down later for the Maryland nup- tials. Second and third floors produced Phi Betes when Martha and Phil received their gold keys. More mundane things intruded as second floor’s Friday night onion smell drove us all to the basement. and METCALF Metcalf basement turned to student help to keep it clean; Hebe Dorms emptied ashtrays and made it presentable. Cleaning jobs were not limited to the basement, and everyone took turns at the halls and johns. Gay and Marcia announced their engagements, and Glo left for California and a Navy wedding, while Marcia took over her duties as House Chairman. Miss Seaver gained fame by her midnight coffees and ‘‘bathroom”’ hospitality in the early hours of the morning. She gave a Nativity party, too, for the members of the play cast and all seniors. Bobby and Brandy arranged the Christmas party for the dorm and IRC made their Sunday night sandwiches in Metcalf kitchen. Many’s the night late students in Metcalf basement were startled by the night watch- man on his way through to lock up. Social Chairman Lu and roommate Georgie sold their fabulous clothes just before spring, and Metcalf added a married woman to its ranks when Piper came back at midyears. [ 22 ]