Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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President Hosts for an evening Founders’ Day

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to DR. aad MRS. MENEELY Dartmouth gave to Wheaton in 1945 two leaders with personal interest and gracious friendliness towards us all. We hope we can fulfill and establish the high precedents Dr. and Mrs. Meneely have set for us in their faith in Wheaton and in us as students. The cry of ‘‘Meneely’s up to bat’’ at the faculty-student baseball game this fall and Mrs. Meneely, greeting us graciously at a college dance in a russet and green gown, have reflected the actual participation in college activities that they have shown us. Suzy, on the Ad building steps or at the door of the chapel in all kinds of weather, waiting patiently for the master with the familiar gray hat, has become a landmark to the whole campus. Dr. and Mrs. Meneely have seen Wheaton inaugurate an honor system for our exams this year. They themselves inaugurated formal dinners and informal gatherings at their home to meet personally and know the seniors and juniors of last year. At the Christmas banquet, Dr. Meneely presented the annual recogni- tion awards and to the joyful suspense of the student body presented a coveted bronze star with oak leaf clusters to his wife on their wedding anniversary. With full appreciation for all you have given to us, we, the students of Wheaton College, present our bronze stars with oak leaf clusters and dedt- cate this book to Dr. and Mrs. Meneely.

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Dr. Meneely dayd i This Nixe contains the frozen ripples in a constantly changing stream. The college community is a swift current of perpetual beginning, perpetual advancement, perpetual com- pletion. In it we pass rapidly from one situation or incident to another without even a momentary pause. Thus, in the ever shifting patterns and strenuous activity that make up a college year, the true flavor and depth of our experiences are seldom fully realized. But memory records them all. In retrospect we enjoy to the full the tang of our adventures. It is then that the happy moments deepen and expand until they overlap, crowd- ing out all that is drab or unpleasant. In years to come these pages will help you to feel again the rhythm of a college dance, the startling impact of a new idea, the stimulus of group discussion, the gaiety of Vodvil, and the sublimity of the “Magnificat.”’ On all these occasions, and more, this book has halted the flow of time. In years to come may it help you to re-live your college days, counting only the sunny hours! “Dr. Meneely will see you now’ Flowered prints and criss-cross patterns