Senior Class Gift
(Senior class gifts have a rich 130 year tradition at WheatonCollege. Gifts have ranged from a grove of trees in the shape of a "76" (1876 class gift) to the Quad Fountain (1960) to the large limestone sign at the corner of College Avenue and Washington Street (Class of 1965). |
Year | Gift |
|---|---|
1876 | Arborvitae for front lawn in shape of "76" (several bushes still extant in 1935) |
1877 | Trees(s) |
1895 | Trees(s), particularly an Elm tree near the Senior Bench |
1906 | Sundial |
1912 | Stone Bench (senior bench) |
1913 | Sidewalk section in front of Gymnasium (Adams Hall) (along with classes of 1914-1916) |
1915 | Lawn mower/Campus Improvement Assoc. |
1917 | Library helps and reference books |
1921 | Portrait of Charles A. Blanchard |
1922 | Books for the Library & Library Endowment fund; also wood end panels for shelving and book lift (dumbwaiter) ($3,000) |
1923 | Charles Blanchard Memorial Scholarship & Senior caps and gowns |
1925 | Furnished Blanchard E103 |
1927 | Furniture for Dr. Dow's office & classroom, $200 later to the library for literature books, and a Red Maple in front of Blanchard Hall |
1928 | Floodlights for the front of Blanchard (orange) |
1929 | Book cart(s?) for Library |
1935 | Three White Birch trees on Southwest Campus |
1936 | Funds for the purchase of Westgate (along with classes of 1937-1939), & additional Chapel pews (Pierce) |
1938 | Funds for the purchase of Westgate (along with classes of 1936-1937, 1939), stone gate west of Blanchard Hall, & three Douglas Firs (West Gate cornerstone given in 1935 as Freshmen) |
1939 | Funds for the purchase of Westgate (along with classes of 1936-1938), Portrait of Darien Straw for Fischer Library, & a Tulip tree |
1941 | Wrestling equipment & East Gate |
1948 | Craft Shop and Tennis Court lighting |
1957 | Stone Gates near Edman Chapel (corner of Washington and Franklin) |
1958 | New WETN Studios |
1959 | New York Times (microfilm ed.) for the Library ($5,000) |
1960 | Fountain for the quad |
1961 | Arc projectors for Edman ($3,500) |
1962 | Edman Tower clock ($12,000) |
1963 | Writing Project ($13,500) |
1964 | Library Book Purchases ($4,625) |
1965 | Campus Sign (near corner of Washington and Seminary/College) |
1966 | C.S. Lewis Collection ($2,688) |
1977 | Portrait of Dr. Hudson T. Armerding |
1980 | Marriage Prep. and Family Seminars (End. fund) |
1981 | Tile Wall mural for Chrouser Fitness Center |
1982 | Landscaped Mall behind Adams Hall/Bookstore |
1983 | Landscaped Mall, front MSC |
1984 | Landscaping, front Blanchard |
1985 | Kiosk, north of Blanchard |
1986 | Renovation of fountain in Quad |
1987 | Franklin St. mall walkway landscaping and kiosk at Franklin and Irving |
1988 | Burr Minority Endowed Scholarship |
1989 | Computers and Software for Buswell Library |
1990 | Burr Minority Endowed Scholarship |
1991 | Urban Studies Endowed Scholarship |
1992 | Burr Minority Endowed Scholarship |
1993 | Library Resources Enhancement Fund in honor of J. Richard Chase ($30,000) |
1994 | Library Resources Enhancement Fund ($29,500) |
1997 | Jeff Keul Patio, outside the south end of the Beamer Center |
1999 | "99 trees" in front of the Sports & Recreation Complex (SRC) |