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First Wives' Club: 1952 You've seen your share of quiet get-togethers, but this one might take the centrally located cake. The monthly meetings of the Northeastern University Faculty Wives' Club, first assembled in 1941, must have been-let's go out on a limb here-relatively high jink­free. The club encouraged professors' wives to socialize with one another and organize events and activities in behalf of the university. This photograph shows designated pourers Mrs. John E. Sullivan (left), wife of an evening-session instructor in marketing, and Mrs. Lyman A. Keith, wife of an assistant professor of business management, in the Student Center's Minton Lounge, anticipating the tea-drinking rush after the February 8, 1952, meeting. Refreshments were not the only draw that afternoon. Members enjoyed a fashion show given by Modern School of Fashion and Design students. And Mrs. Keith, who was the club's corresponding secretary, won a special Valentine centerpiece created by Mrs. Sullivan, the program committee chair. Earlier in the year, members had been treated to a lecture on "Picturesque Portugal," an "inspirational talk" on "Journeying Joyfully," and a Christmas program of recorder music. Upcoming topics: "Transformagic," demonstrating "the art of making old things new" (March), and "Food Can Be Fun" (April). Sadly, the previous December had found the wives wrestling with a momentous decision, made only after "considerable discussion" within the ninety-four-member body: The annual tea for women students was voted discontinued. Only seven had attended the last one. The club disbanded in 1970 due to declining interest.