40th Reunion: May 16-18, 2014
The Trivia Hunt will take you on a walk around campus. See how many clues you can solve!
- Where would you find a rare a Cattlianthe Jewel Box “Dark Waters” (which also happens to be in our class color)?
A red orchid, found in Talcott Greenhouse
- Which dorm is a perfect place to watch canoes slice through the water with lanterns glowing, and listen to soon-to-be-alumnae singing?
Prospect
- We bought our books here, and checked for mail. Time has certainly changed this place.
Blanchard
- A pause to remember by Lower Lake: find our class memorial bench. What would a Latin scholar notice?
Memorial bench – Memoriam misspelled with a u
- Who wrote the music for the alma mater – and what building is named in her honor?
Gladys Pratt ’14, Pratt (the music building)
- This building has plaques inscribed with the names of four of our classmates: the Genevieve Schmich Memorial Award given to a senior whose activities lent most distinction to the life of the college and the Margaret Davis Stilt Prize given to a senior excelling in the Dramatic Arts. The latter prize name may give a big clue, but what are the names of those four 1974 graduates?
Judy Yeckel and Bonnie Panson (Genevieve Schmich)/ Barbara Weiner and Anne Holton (Margaret Davis Stilt), in the lobby Rooke Theater
- We bought 15-cent ice cream cones here. What is the name of this long-closed snack bar and the building it was in?
Wilbur in the basement of Mary Woolley Hall
- This dorm, named after an alumna, was used as a freshman dorm in 1970-71. The September 1970 welcome banner, adopting a cigarette ad line popular at the time, summed up this distant dorm correctly, “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby.” MHC’s current president lived here as a junior in Room 103. What dorm is this, and for whom is it named?
Dickinson House was built in 1916 as a faculty dormitory called Faculty House. It was renamed in 1931 in honor of Emma E. Dickinson, class of 1867.
- “Let others tell of storms and showers, I’ll only mark your sunny hours” is inscribed on what? It’s something you might have noticed as a visiting high school student, and again as a prop for your senior picture.
Sundial in the garden at Mary Lyon Hall
- What dorm is named after an original trustee of the college and his wife? Mary Lyon counted them among her closest personal friends; one of them is well known for a dessert served annually on Mary Lyon’s birthday.
Deacon Andrew W. Porter of Monson, Massachusetts, aided Mary Lyon in the building of the College and served as one of the original trustees from 1836 to 1877. He was a good friend of Mary Lyon’s, known for his business talents, integrity, and experiences as a builder and contractor. He and his wife, Hannah, played vital roles in establishing Mount Holyoke as they spent several days each week in South Hadley, helping with the physical chores necessary to prepare for the first 80 students. Mary Lyon counted the Porters among her closest personal friends, and Porter Hall, built in 1897, was dedicated in honor of them and their contributions to the College.
- What classmate has a computer room named in her honor for a donation to a new (to us) $36 million building which opened in 2003? Bonus points for the name of the building and the room number.
Kendade Hall, G06 (A gift from Jane A. Zimmy, May 2004)
- “Clear and Gold Tower” is the name of what piece of art – and where is it? It is a recent gift from the Centennial Class of 1937.
Williston Library lobby
- “In Loving Memory of our dear friend Jane Brechlin Olesin ’74 from the women of Pi Alpha” is inscribed on what structure in the garden of the Office of Admissions?
A bench, on the Pearsons Annex side of the garden (Admissions office is now located in a building on College Street)
- Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou, Romeo? Where can you find a portrait of this beloved bibliophile?
Stairway, Odyssey Bookshop
Compiled by Carole LaMond
