Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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YE GODS!

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TRADITIONS Mythology is a collection of the traditions in which a people embody their beliefs concerning their origins and heroes. The traditions of Wheaton are hardly myths, but there is something of the same solemnity found in the celebrations of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The stately procession of Founders’ Day would hold Caesar Augustus himself in awe, as white-clad under- classmen lead the black-robed seniors and faculty around the verdant campus, with the deep tones of the organ welling from the chapel. Founders’ Day depends upon Eliza Bayliss Wheaton for its heroic origins. CA’s annual Candlelight service depends upon the inspiration and spiritual realiza- tion of mankind in general, of the juniors and their freshman sisters in particular. On a soft fall night Diana may peer down from her place in the sky and peek through the chapel windows as a host of young women carefully light their candles from the great flame of truth, and then walk through the dusk to Peacock Pond where myriad lights are set afloat to the singing of hymns. Page nineteen

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AND GODDESSES Wheaton’s Sophomore Venus, Henrietta Hop- per, presides over our annual spring festival. The pageantry of the royal procession from the library steps to the dimple green is breathtakingly lovely. The memorable event of the afternoon is the crowning of the queen. From her throne, she applauds the antics of the jester, the graceful Maypole dancers, and the musicians. The weaving of the Maypole streamers ends a glorious ritual.