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)