Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Sharon Jackiw Associate Dean of the College Associate Professor of German Jeanne Faria, Secretary | am a student and teacher of German language, lit- erature, and civilization, a civilization renowned for its great thinkers. Before coming to Wheaton, | had learned and taught only in coeducational institutions. Being at Wheaton has given me a fresh perspective on all those great thinkers and their great thoughts; may | quote just two illustrative examples?’ ‘‘Men have broad shoulders and narrow hips, and accordingly they possess intelligence. Women have narrow shoulders and broad hips. Women ought to stay at home; the way they were created indicates this, for they have broad hips and a wide fundament to sit upon, keep house and bear and raise children.”’ (Luther, ese ‘| have promised to tell you of a few more physical peculiarities of mature femininity . We attribute a larger amount of narcissism to femininity, which also affects woman’s choice of object, so that to be loved is a stronger need for them than to love. The effect of penis envy has a share, further, in the physical vanity of women, since they are bound to value their charms more highly as a late compensation for their original sexual inferiority. Shame, which is to be consid- ered a feminine characteristic PAR EXCELLENCE but is far more a matter of convention than might be supposed, has as its purpose, we believe, concealment of genital deficiency . The fact that women must be regarded as hav- ing little sense of justice is no doubt related to the predominance of envy in their mental life;| for the demand for justice as a modification of envy and lays down the condition subject to which one can put envy aside. We also regard women as weaker in their social interests and as having less capacity for subliming their instincts thanmen. . . ' (Freud, 1932) | can somehow no longer bring to these views all my former detached scholarly interest. In fact, my respon- ses now range from wild hilarity to pessimistic despair. This, | think, is what my students mean when they describe a course of study as having relevance for them.” 25

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24 Dean of the College Professor of Government This year marked the return of Nancy Heer to Wheaton as the new Dean of the college. She’s delighted to be back after spending the past two years teaching in California. Dean Heer has been a quiet but active force on campus. Her lifestyle focuses on the word involvement! She has suggested many possible programs for Wheaton and is busily expanding current ones. Nancy Heer sees Wheaton in a very positive sense and feels that as a women’s college, Wheaton has the respon- sibility to insist women take themselves seriously and to prepare a woman to cope with the variety of roles she may undertake during her lifetime. She also feels the col- lege should instill an awareness of the alternatives a woman has in pursuing her individual goals. This is a challenging path to take, but with Nancy Heer as an excellent example and involved administrator, the growth of women at Wheaton is well assured!! Convocation Fall 1974

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26 ean of Students Office E. Susan Petering Dean of Students Dianne Orton Director of Career Planning and Placement Michael Wood Director of Residential Living