Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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These alumni eat more popcorn! Roses for Friend Wife. 11

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The gap between Homecoming and Parent’s Day was a small one. Another special week-end, the dedication of the new Health Center, another game, and then a return to routine. Pop quizzes, pizza, the Artist Series, a special problem, a re- warding bull session . . . the strange and normal combination of crises and apathy. An early November snow at dusk and sentimental music from someone’s hi-fi drifted down to a group of eager snow-ballers between McManis and the dining hall. Freshmen from Texas and California made their reservations for the trip home at Christmas. Discussions about what kind of sandwiches to make for the trip home on the Trailblazer. Upperclassmen smiled knowingly on the way to the reserve room and Thiessen. Before vacation there were reports and term papers and exams—so we wouldn't have to worry about them over Christmas. But the holidays came, for some too soon, for others not soon enough. When they were over, campus wore white for the return. The Dixie Club grumbled and New Englanders beamed. Before it could be shoveled away, more snow. And still more snow. Clotting on the trees and bushes, A pep rally, a hoagie, and 47 railroad ties. West Sub girls desert their hemometers for hammers.

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Pal Chapel met outside, standing, and a new Prexyism was born. ‘“‘The Health Center has just informed us. . softening every angle; a paradise for photogra- phers and all romantics. But exam time refused to pamper their fancy, and too many long walks at night helped produce a rather grim reality when grades became final. Freshmen discovered that every nook can be utilized for cramming sessions, 12 even a shoe-littered closet. Charts of figures and names blur—just a little—and a late crammer pokes with a stained spoon at the gray thing floating on his coffee. The names clear again and the student bends his head over scrawled notes.