Dickinson College - News and Events - Wheel and Chain Tappings -- April 20, 2007

Wheel and Chain Tappings
April 25, 2008

Wheel and Chain was founded in 1924 as the senior women's honorary society at Dickinson College. Members are elected in the spring of their junior year on the basis of participation in campus activities, service to the college and community, leadership skills and personal character.

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Photos by A. Pierce Bounds '71
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Above: Karen Neely Faryniak '86, honorary member and advisor, reads the 2008 Wheel and Chain Leadership Award citation for Kaitlin Irvine '10.

Above: Anna Marks '09 receives her new hat from Kim Ogren '08.

Above: honorary member Dottie Warner congratulates Kay Yeruski, head baker, on her new honorary hat.

Above: the 2008 class begins the Tappings Ceremony with the traditional walk to the steps of Old West.

Above: new members of the class of '09 pose with the senior members. Front row (left to right): Shania Boynton, Anna Marks, Linda Panicker, Elizabeth Jeffress, Ellen Simon, Hema Patel and Lindsay Emery. Not shown: Lindsey Hazel, Gabrielle Blitz and Katherine Consroe. Seniors members in the back row: Erica Lally, Kim Ogren, Anya Malkov, Emily Chudy, Lindsay Hunt, Ilyse Rosenblatt, Sandra Garcia, Meghan Allen, Valeria Caras and Sarah Dean.