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)Â