From the Archives: The Class of 1897

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A College Update for Wells Alumnae, Published in the 1897 Yearbook

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First Jobs

First job after college. The very words bring back an entire world. If a liberal arts education is about developing one’s capacity to think and learn, the first year after college is about navigating your way through daily routines that seem far more baffling than even the most inscrutable organic chemistry final. But we find [...]

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Good Times at the Fargo

I just got back from lunch at the Fargo with some of my colleagues. I know some of you may be thinking “they serve lunch at the Fargo?”  It was delicious. Anyway it got me thinking about the Fargo and how much has changed over the years and the role it’s played in my life. [...]

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Music for Wednesday

Songs are funny things. They’re not memories, exactly, although they live very close to our perception of the past. And they’re not emotions, exactly, although they sometimes seem inseparable from moments of sadness and joy. Music is an art, of course—and singing its most democratic manifestation. Except for the tone-deaf (and some deny that this [...]

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