Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Ree . hy Me PARK HALL (1934): The admin- istration building, named in 1954 for J. Edgar Park, President of the College from 1926 to 1945. Originally contained administra- tive offices, the post office and bookstore, admission offices, and living quarters for 25 staff members (on the second and third floors) who would work in the building. The roof was used for sunbathing. Park Hall was ren- ovated in 1963, when all living quarters were made into offices. Ye. METCALF TEMPLE OR PILLARS (1935): “Here stand the pillars of Olde Metcalf.”” Porch columns from the original section of Old Metcalf were erected in a Greek Temple on the western shore of Peacock Pond as ‘a memorial of Olde Metcalf and will guard the East side of campus while the Sem guards the West side.” tad ) ¥

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HEBE PARLORS HEBE COURT (1933): Originally contained one large and twelve small parlors, in which students could entertain their guests. The parlors connected through arched doorways with Metcalf and Kilham Halls, and were named to commemorate dates and people important to Wheaton Seminary and halls in Old Metcalf: Laban, 1835, Seventh Heaven, Tragedy, Comedy, Seminary, Eliza, 1933, Purgatory, Paradise, Broadway, Boarding House. In 1947 Hebe was remodelled into three small faculty apartments, and finally into offices. a i . a “a ita. ALUMNAE GUEST HOUSE NURSERY SCHOOL (1931): This md vata building was the original Nursery School, founded by Elisabeth Amen. Built entirely by college workmen under the direction of Mr. Cutler, in cooperation with the Education and Psychology Departments for $10,400. It ws enlarged in 1937, when a one-way vision observation screen was installed. The building served as a history office building after the building of the Elisabeth Amen Nursery School in 1966 until the Social Sciences Hall was placed in Knapton in 1971. At that time, the former nursery school was converted to the Alumnae Guest House. »}

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THE CAGE THE LOFT (1935): low- er level addition to the Doll’s House, originally built as a gym. It became a snack bar in 1963. Remodelled in the summer of 1980 and now called “The Lol POTATOE CELLAR (ca. 1936): constructed to store large quan- tities of potatoes raised on col- lege land in the mid 1930s.