History
This was the last year the "Wheaton Tower Yearbook" was published by the college.
What is 2016?
This Wheaton graduate started a summer camp in Illinois. After its success, they felt it would be beneficial to create a camp for Wheaton that would function as a character formation laboratory for college students and youth. The camp would be named Honey Rock.
Who is Harve Chrouser?
President Ryken has jokingly said he was harassed into asking his wife out on their first date by this group of individuals.
Who were his freshman when he was an RA?
Dr. Ryken finds himself cheering for this major league baseball team.
Who is the St. Louis Cardinals?
This Wheaton building was accidentally built backward.
What is Fischer Hall?
The first play produced at Wheaton after the ban on staging plays was lifted in 1966 was the Shakespeare production of _______.
What is Macbeth?
Smith-Traber Hall sits atop a hill and maintains the same address of _______ home when he was President of Wheaton College.
who is Charles Blanchard?
Retired Wheaton president Raymond Edman died of a stress-induced heart attack while preaching a chapel sermon titled "In the presence of the King" in 1967 after becoming infuriated with this certain action he witnessed students doing during his chapel message.
What was reading Newspapers?
President Ryken was the Pastor of this historical church in Philadelphia until he was called back to Wheaton in 2010.
What is Tenth Presbyterian Church?
This building is in the Guinness World Records book for having the world's largest plastic Pillars.
What is the Billy Graham Center?
The was 2005 when dancing was no longer banned from campus as long as the event was sponsored by the college, however, the president's day ball did not debut until this year.
When was 2012?
This individual Attened Wheaton 1959-1963 and would go on to direct several critically acclaimed movies. Perhaps the most famous being set in a suburban setting that was modeled after the town of Wheaton.
Who is Wes Craven?
It is said that this Wheatonite looked through his first telescope on the Blanchard lawn when the college hosted an event for the town. It would inspire them to pursue their own career in astronomy.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
Dr. Ryken was a double major at Wheaton College in these two areas of study.
What is Philosophy and English Literature?
This Building first name was called "The Tower" but was renamed ______ in honor of a former trustee and president of Perry Knitting Company.
What is Traber Dorm?
A petition of 1721 signatures being sent to the White House resulted in this US president to be the first to come to campus.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This Wheaton College president is the only former President to not have a building named after him.
Who is Duane Litfin?
This unofficial company raised chickens in an abandoned Armerding. They would then sell the eggs on a secret subscription service to individuals.
What was "Ryken Farmed Goods"?
Dr. Ryken was a resident of Fischer Hall and was awarded this floor to be the RA of his Junior Year.
What is Traber 2? (Yeah T2)
This room has a fake wall that features a bathroom and hidden exit that allows the user to exit the building on the first floor or to exit an entirely separate building.
What is the president's Office?
In 1935 a plot of land was purchased by the college from the Lakota Native Americans to establish the first off-campus learning experience. Cartographers in the 1940's labeled the land that Wheaton College had purchased and the area all around it _______.
What is Mount Wheaton?
This individual graduated from Wheaton College in 1977 and went on to become an elementary school teacher followed by making the jump into the corporate world where she worked for Coca-Cola for 28 years rising to the position of, Senior Vice President, Global Customer, and Channel Leadership from 2004-2012. She has since moved on to Chief Resource Development Officer for World Vision. She continues to serve Wheaton by currently serving on the boards of the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics, and of CareNet, a Christian, pro (abundant) life, national organization. She is also the individual who was selected to be the class of 2020's commencement speaker before Covid-19.
Who is Bonnie Jo Wurzbacher?
There have only been three flags to ever fly above Blanchard the first being the American Flag, the second being ______ and the third being the Chicago Cubs W in 2016.
What is the Playboy flag?
Dr. Ryken's middle name is in honor of this Wheaton Alum.
Who is Billy Graham?
This building was once known as the most romantic place on campus due to its former roof patio accessible by students until the building closed for the day.
What is Adams Hall?