Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ~~NOTOC~~ {{ :baker_house_high_contrast_thick_lines_.png?500}} ====== Baker House - The Historical Collection ====== This site has a bunch of stuff relating to Baker House, or more officially "The Everett Moore Baker House of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology". Baker House is one of the undergraduate dorms at MIT, but it's more than just a pile of bricks designed by [[:alvar_aalto:start|a pretty good architect]] and named after [[:everett_moore_baker:start|a pretty nice guy]]. For us, Baker House was home. The friends we made there helped keep us sane during our stay at MIT. And a lot of those friendships are still going strong, long after leaving MIT and Baker House – on our way to conquering the world… The "Baker Spirit" lives on ! <WRAP clear></WRAP> ---- ==== 70th Anniversary/Reunion ==== **High-resolution panorama: June 9, 2019**\\ (This might take a while to load...) {{ :baker_spirit:70th_anniversary_reunion:baker_reunion_-_group_photo.jpg?direct |}} ------------------------------------------------- ==== So what is where on this website? Here's a quick guide... ==== [[:alvar_aalto:start|Alvar Aalto]]: The man who dreamed up a home for us… [[:everett_moore_baker:start|Everett Moore Baker]]: The place is named is his honor… Building W7 (the building itself) * [[:building_w7:architectural_significance|Architectural Significance]]: The place really is something special… * [[:building_w7:construction|Construction]]: The construction of "Building W7" * [[:building_w7:renovations|Renovations]]: The major renovations in the late 1990s * [[:building_w7:data_statistics|Data Statistics]]: Floor plans, room sizes, and other nerdy numbers [[:baker_spirit:start|Baker Spirit]] [[:timeline|Timeline]]: When did that happen? [[:pictures|Pictures]]: Mostly historical. And we're still looking for the House Slide Collection… [[:i_remember|"I Remember When..."]]: Stories, memories, reminisces… Who's Who * [[:housemasters:start|Housemasters]]: In loco parentis. Faculty Residents / Housemasters / Heads of House * [[:house_officers:start|House Officers]]: Summary table of The House Committees (1949-1970) and Executive Councils (1970-today). The house grease… * Year-by-Year: A detailed list of everyone involved in the running of Baker House, everyone to helped make a community. The greasy ones, the self-important ones, and the truly significant ones… * [[:house_officers:1949-1960|]] * [[:house_officers:1960-1970|]] * [[:house_officers:1970-1980|]] * [[:house_officers:1980-1990|]] * [[:house_officers:1990-2000|]] * [[:house_officers:2000-2010|]] * [[:house_officers:2010-2020|]] * [[:alumni_sightings|Alumni Sightings]]: Bakerites in the news… [[:documents:start|Documents]]: 4000-plus pages of house documents * [[:documents:start#execcon_and_house_meeting_minutes|Execcon and House Meeting Minutes]] * [[:documents:picturebook_redirect|Picturebooks]] * [[:documents:start#baker_confidentials|Baker Confidentials]] * [[:documents:start#constitution|Constitution]] * [[:documents:start#bylaws|Bylaws]] * [[:documents:start#purity_tests|Purity Tests]] * [[:documents:start#freshman_handbook|Freshman Handbook]] * [[:documents:start#baker_letters|Baker Letters]] * [[:documents:start#trivia_quizzes_contests|Trivia Quizzes/Contests]] * [[:documents:start#magazine_articles|Magazine Articles]] [[:giving|Giving]]: How to give back to Baker House. A listing of many options… ---- **Nocturnal Workaholics** From the [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/beavers-the-engineers-of-the-forest-11145929/|smithsonian.com]] website: "The Massachusetts Institute of Technology chose beavers a century ago as mascots because, like MIT students, they were skilled engineers and nocturnal workaholics." start.txt Last modified: 2023/09/17 09:32by admin