Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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CLASSROOMS EET Pagasus and Pan our campus sprites. Within Mary Lyon’s yellow walls they start the day. Where long ago our bustled grandmothers sat, Pegasus folds his wings and listens sleepy-eyed to Plato’s theory of immortality. Pan ascends the creaking stairs and joins a music class. He pipes gay tunes which mingle with the solemn hum of history and mathematics. Thus music and phi- losophy vie for Pegasus’ attention in the room below. When the bell penetrates the haze of professors’ words, Pegasus and Pan, now unconfined, play hide-and-seek among the classic statues which lend an air of antiquity to the hall. Or they may fly to some distant spot where the cigarette is king. Their next stop is the Science Building where strange gases fill the air and skeletons lurk in the closets. Pan and Pegasus hurry to the Chemistry Lab. where Pegasus uses hydrogen peroxide to keep his feathers white. They make up a solu- tion of chemicals, acids, bases, salts. A dash of nitric acid, a few grams of Stimmi, a liter of sulfuric acid, plus compounds of the other 96 elements are all mixed together and heated over a bunsen burner. Explosive? Perhaps, but these mystical figures are indestructable. ‘They frolic in the basement, pulling the whiskers of defenseless cats and hiding the parts of the inanimate human body in B-1. Scalpel in hand, they join the Zoology class. Pan probes deep beneath the shell of a lobster, while Pegasus closely traces the nervous system of the frog. Formaldehyde is everywhere, professors warn them against absorbing too much of it themselves. Tired of dissecting animals they move to the Botany department and begin to

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On the tennis courts, Science B-1 sees Mr. Miller bat out another set with Barbie Hol- den, while Mr. Garabedian waits his turn to show them how. In the pool and on the bas- ketball court, the entire faculty shows their stuff as amphibious aquabelles and happy hoopsters—Miss Barker, taking the prize, with the longest bathing suit or the loudest hair ribbon. At the faculty dining table, most of us are denied the conversations that keeps table talk at such an interesting level as to completely frustrate those scavengers who hope for their exodus and a second piece of harlequin ice- cream. Miss Gardner’s blushing and high- pitched voice accompanies her insisting, “But I’m not at all excited” as the diamond on her third-finger-left-hand sparkles at every mouth- ful. Miss Littlefield manages to look con- scientious even though her arrival coincides with the egg and muffin count. Miss Noyes’ is the mighty hand that tinkles the bell over the clatter of lunch for some announcement, and Miss Ross’ is the flighty giggle that rings out over all. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays brings a green Rhode Island car to Howard Street and leaves a glow of praise for Mrs. MacKen- sie’s talents in its departure. Over in Yellow Parlow, Dr. Lange answers the discussion plea of “Any questions?” with a round of facts and half-answers that can make or break a speaker. We hear Mr, Knapton’s liquid tones discuss current events in his best lounge manner. ‘There’s much to remember about the ways, as well as the words of our sage superiors— much that we mustn’t allow time to let us forget. Miss Oakie’s slow smile, Mr. Gerwitz’s cigarette holder, Miss Mason’s corduroy shorts, Miss Littlefield’s faithful friend, Miss Augur’s swirling hand at five-minute sketches, Miss Hill’s stories about her room mate, and Miss Barry’s Heath candy bars — all little pat- ent trade-marks, copyrighted by popularity and use, some finding no rememberance in class note, all noted perpetually in our mem- ories.

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examine plants, Pegasus will gladly recite to you the organs of the rose. The magnetic force of the physics lab. compels them to climb up to the second floor. Here they have a game of catch with some freshly generated electricity. Then Pan fills wires with electrons, and attaching them to Pegasus’ wings makes all his feathers stand on end. Pegasus, being a Chemistry major, can attend coffee on Thursday afternoon. Above the clang of the beakers he discusses the atomic age with his esteemed professors. Pan recommends the Doll’s House to those who are not certain of their sanity. Here Pegasus and Pan analyze each others’ personality. Pan finds he is an extro- vert while it is discovered that Pegasus is suffering from a phobia. He has been afraid of high places ever since he fell off a pink cloud in his childhood. In Sociology class, Pegasus is trying to find out why the population of the winged horses has decreased so in the last twenty centuries. Pan spends long hours in front of the calculating machine working out standard deviations, arithmetic means and coefficients of correlation in production and economics. Pan, being traditionally musical, spends much of his time in Bates practicing at the piano. When he and his companions become expert at their art, they will present a recital in Mary Lyon. Both sprites take paint brush in hand in the art studio, These little creatures are expert models as well as artists. Pegasus has learned to draw realistic pictures of winged horses, but he prefers to make his own modernistic interpretations. Pan can model standing on his head or in other positions which require a contortion- 19