Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Traditions AUGH if you will, tradition is a lovely thing, and somehow, you can’t help be- ing proud of ours. The graciousness of Hebe is a tradition in itself and lends a Grecian balance to the campus. And how wonderful it was when we first arrived, to wave airily to the taximan, “The Slype, please!” Remember the freshmen we frightened with strict cau- tions about sitting on the library steps, or using that sacred door of chapel? And how carefully we avoided that mysterious lamp in the Slype, or giggled as some poor boy was led pell-mell through the Dimple. ‘Then the May baskets, and the library steps at six A.M., the bright procession on Founder’s Day—and, the

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Dedication jee her constant enthusiasm and youthfulness of spirit that has awakened many freshman to new horizons in the field of science, for her authoritative and distinguished guidance in lecture room and laboratory, for her inherent kindness, understanding and fairness, for her keen wit and sense of humor, and for the inspiration she has given many generations of Wheaton students through her presence through- Out years of service... we dedicate this book to Dr. Mathilde Lange.

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traditions of dungarees, of innumerable cups of coffee, and Wednesday night dinner. But the lump in your throat comes with May Day and Convocation, the candlelight service, and “God Save the King” at Christ- mas. Finally, commencement, and myriad tra- ditions crammed into those hazy, frantic last days. These things make it all a wonderful memory, and there’s just no hope for us, be- cause in fifty years we'll totter back and tell all the students just what May Day was like in our time, or where OUR tree is planted, or how our roommate Susie slipped on the wet library steps and double-sommersaulted to the ground, for tradition at Wheaton is not just ritual, but a real part of the campus life.