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Appendix

 

Persons, Places, and Events

 

Persons (in order of appearance)

Lieutenant "Rodge" Rogers                   Recently discharged from military service (1)

Professor Burris                                    Rogers' former psychology instructor (1)

Lieutenant Steve Jamnik                        Also recently discharged, a friend of Rogers (1)

Professor Augustine Castle                   Instructor in philosophy, Burris' colleague (8)

 

Barbara Macklin                                   Fiancee of Rogers (9)

 

Mary Grove                                          Girlfriend of Jamnik (10)

 

T. E. Frazier                                         Tour guide, "founder" of Walden Two (11)

 

Mrs. Rachel Meyerson                         Manager of clothing for women (24)

 

Woman at the Work Desk                    Responsible for work assignments (64)

 

Dairy Manager                                      In charge of cows, milk, fodder, manure (70)

 

Mrs. Nash                                            Guide for the Lower and Upper Nurseries (86)

 

Mr. Meyerson                                       Physician in the medical building (175)

 

Miss Ely                                                Dentist in the dental office (176)

 

Mrs. Olson                                           Pastry cook (204)

 

Telegraphic clerk                                   In the railroad station (295)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Places

 

Main buildings                          Interconnected quarters for sleeping, dining, and recreation (13)

 

Visitors' rooms                         Containing one or two bunks, a hinged table, small clothes closet, recessed shelves and cupboards, and one or two comfortable chairs (13)

 

Front lawn                                An expanse of grass with sheep (15)

 

Pond                                        Former swamp containing clear, fresh water (17)

 

Truck gardens                          Beyond the pond and its dam (17)

 

Pine grove                                To screen the workshops from the main buildings (17)

 

Strip of birches                         Supplying firewood and separating the gardens from the regular sheep pasture   (17)

 

The Ladder                              A long passageway with many windows, connecting the children's quarters and main buildings (20)

 

Alcove                                     A stopping place in the Ladder for having tea, chatting, or resting  (24)

 

The Walk                                 A broad, curving corridor running the full length of the main building (34)

 

Dining rooms                            Small and decorated in different styles: efficiency, early Ameri­can, English,

                                                colorful Swedish decor (40)

 

Utility room for dishwashing      Accommodating just two workers (42)

 

Lounges                                   For reading, music, and conversation, furnished with chairs, rugs, and heavy       pillows for use on the floor (45)

 

Common rooms                        Used for administrative functions, such as the Work Desk (64)

 

The dairy                                  The most modern section of the farm (70)

 

Stone Hill                                 A steep hill with natural caves some distance from the main build­ings, formerly a

                                                stone quarry (70)

 

Deodorizing building                 A small dressing area for dealing with objectionable farm odors, illustrating social

                                                engineering (71)

 

Bulletin board                           Describing in small print all the meetings, parties, concerts, matches and other

                                                entertainment available to community members and guests (77)

 

Theater                                     Containing a stage and makeshift podium but no orchestra pit (84)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lower nursery                          A series of small rooms lined with air-conditioned cubicles each cubicle

                                                containing a baby visible through a large window (87)

 

Upper nursery                          For children aged one to three years, with playrooms, lavatory, a dressing room,

                                                several sleeping rooms, and recreation areas outdoors(91)

 

The noninstitutional "school       Workshops, laboratories, studies, and reading rooms used in an

building”                                   open, informal manner for the education of the children (108)

 

Flower gardens                         Near the main buildings, adjacent to the lawn (119)

 

Personal room                          A separate room for one person-a husband, wife or any other adult--especially

                                                after the period of childbearing (128, 146)

 

Roof of the common rooms       With deck and beach chairs for enjoying the daytime and evening weather (146)

 

Medical building                     On a plateau above the Ladder, emphasizing preventive medicine and dentistry

                                              (175)

 

Frazier's personal room             A room in great confusion, showing the occupant's disorderly per­sonal habits     (231)

 

Locker room                            Containing all the heavy outdoor clothing, for rain and cold, including a “dirt rap"

                                                at the entrance (261)

 

The Throne                               A ledge on the upper rim of Stone Hill giving a panoramic view of the whole

                                                community (277)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Events

 

Wednesday morning                 The touring party--Professors Burris and Castle and the two young  couples--

                                                depart for Walden Two. (11)

 

Three o'clock Wednesday        After resting from their trip, the group is invited by Frazier for a leisurely walk to

                                                the pond, during which he points out the nat­ural features of Walden Two and the

                                                environmental improve­ments the community has made, including the lawn

                                                maintained by sheep and the reclamation of the pond. (14)

 

Tea time, Wednesday               Near the top of the Ladder, the visitors enjoy refreshments from pail-like tea

                                                glasses and square dishes, examples of domestic engineering in Walden Two. (25)

 

Wednesday, seven o'clock        Frazier meets the group for dinner, showing the Walk and lounge rooms enroute,

                                                describing the staggered schedule for meals) work, and entertainment, an instance

                                                of cultural engineering. (34)

 

Wednesday evening                  The group finds a small lounge off the Walk where Frazier de­scribes the work

                                                force and labor credits in Walden Two. (45)

 

Thursday morning                     After breakfast, the visitors report to the Work Desk, receive an assignment, and

                                                earn their first labor credits by washing win­dows.  (60)

 

After lunch, Thursday                A truck ride provides an easy visit to the farm area and work­shops, and Frazier

                                                points with pride to the deodorizing build­ings, a special achievement in social

                                                engineering. (68)

 

Thursday evening                      Following a discussion of the arts at dinner, the group attends a brief concert presented by the community members. (79)

 

Friday morning                         Visits to the Lower and Upper Nurseries and the noninstitutional "school"

                                                building occupy the guests, who hear Frazier describe methods for developing in

                                                children a tolerance for frustration, self-control, and resistance to discouragement.

                                                (86)

 

Noon, Friday                            Having lunch at a small table in the English inn, the group dis­cusses sex problems

                                                and early marriage, topics prompted by an encounter with a teen-age couple and

                                                their baby. (121)

 

After lunch, Friday                    Sitting or leaning on leather cushions on the floor of one of the lounges, the

                                                visitors listen to Frazier discuss community love in Walden Two, which practices

                                                free affection and a communal approach to child rearing. (128)

 

Mid-afternoon, Friday              The visitors earn labor credits by stacking wood and lighter work.(138)

 

Friday, seven o'clock                Burris arrives late to dinner, after which the group moves to deck an beach chairs

                                                on the roof of the common rooms, where Frazier presents his view of the good

                                                life, the Walden Code, and the experimental point of view. (142)

 

 

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Saturday, breakfast                   Barbara explains that Steve and Mary are joining Walden Two, an announcement

                                                which draws mixed reactions. (172)

 

Noon, Saturday                        After two hours washing windows, the group proceeds to the medical buildings,

                                                where Steve and Mary take the medical ad­missions to everyone tours the

                                                facilities, and Frazier speaks of  preventive medicine and dentistry. (175)

 

Lunch, Saturday                       Frazier announces that the tour of the community is completed and a lengthy

                                                discussion on human nature ensues, focusing upon issues in government, religion,

                                                and public relations. (179)

 

Saturday, after lunch                 On shaded benches outside the dining rooms, the visitors listen to Frazier's views

                                                on indoctrination and propaganda, as op­posed to experimentation. (191)

 

Four o'clock Saturday              Burris decides to sample the behavior of the community members, progressing

                                                from stage to stage on the Ladder, invariably with positive findings and then,

                                                enroute to his room, encounters Mrs. Olson in the gardens, again with favorable

                                                results. (197)

 

Saturday evening                      The arrival of an advance guard from Walden Six prompts a dis­cussion in one of

                                                 the common rooms about government, his­tory, fascism, personal figures, and the

                                                dissemination of Walden Two's ideas. (208)

 

Sunday morning                        While all the others are at a Sunday church service, Burris and Frazier go to the

                                                latter's untidy private room, where he confesses personal shortcomings and

                                                complains that he is not a product of Walden Two. (227)

 

Sunday afternoon                      With the young couples at a concert, Burris and Frazier go again to the latter's

                                                room, this time with Castle, and here they dis­cuss Castle's general issues,

                                                including the question of freedom, with Frazier emphasizing determinism. (236)

After supper, Sunday                Frazier goes off with Rodge, whom he fails to convert, leaving Castle to grade students' papers and Burris to think long thoughts of Walden Two and "time's winged chariot." (264)

 

Monday morning                      Burris reluctantly accompanies Frazier to his work at the ma­chine shop, and then to the Throne, where Frazier surveys the entire community, speaks of its members as his children, and speaks of love as positive reinforcement. (267)

 

Noon Monday                          One of the sheep escapes from the portable fold, prompting Castle to gloat, Frazier to become annoyed, and a small commotion in the community. (283)

 

After lunch, Monday                 The touring party bids good-bye and boards a community truck for the trip to the bus station and thence to the train. (286)

 

Thursday noon                          Burris arrives again at Walden Two, having walked sixty miles from the railroad station, and he looks up at the Throne, re­lieved to find that Frazier is not there. (301)