Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Linen day the Record the game on Friday a pair of Broadcasters — these are the marks that measure out the line we call a week. In multiples of six, interrupted infrequently by va- cations, the year hurries from hot, hectic registra- tion day to hot, hectic graduation day without a pause for one deep breath. Somewhere between the two, campus fills up with colored leaves and alumni, then snow, and just when winter seems eternal, spring comes with sun and new leaves and frustrations. Who can write a term paper in May? And comps—four years of absorbing terminology and concepts doesn't make their approach any less dreaded. A year at Wheaton College. Not in miniature, or magnified, or re-proportioned to create a more pleasant memory. Just a gathering of the many angles that form the polygon of our year. Just a year brought into focus. Even for seniors—hot, hectic registration lines. The old Infirmary battled its last with the flu epidemic; then, the new reign of the Student Health Center.

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Clotting on the trees and bushes; softening every angle. A YEAR BROUGHT INTO FOCUS

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Plenty of warm and pleasant reasons for avoiding the library. The beginning was the same. ‘‘The following classes are now closed. ’ A doughnut, a handful of class cards, and a big bill. Explain to a dis- gruntled grad assistant why you want to substi- tute a two-hour course for the less-interesting but required three-hour course. Sign up for a Tower picture and registration is over. Not until the second week do assignments begin to go unread and meal tickets get punched only for lunch and dinner. The first event to brand the year and make it this year was the Asian flu epidemic. Chapel met out-