Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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and events which constitute . . . . The second of the permanent buildings to open its doors, the Liberal Arts Building with it ' s sorely needed classrooms and Biology laboratories was ready for use in the fall of 1951. Located across the campus from the Science Building it com- pletes one side of the campus quadrangle.

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The Science Building opened its doors to students after its completion in the fall of 1949. The new laboratories and classrooms were equipped with the most modern scien- tific furnishings and machin- ery. Fathers McQuade, Casey, Arconada, Gildea, Gavigan, Burns, Cullen, Hannan, and Wynne. The lay professors were John Hopkins, Maurice McLaughlin, Thomas Riley, Robert Lambert, M.D., and John Lorentz, M.D. The first year saw the organization of the Glee Club, the “Press Club Bulletin,” the Fraternity of the Holy Name, the Student Council, the public lecture series, and the first annual Retreat. Dedication of the chapel to Our Lady of Good Counsel occurred in January. The scramble of the first class elections became a model for the future clowning of placard and parade. Social ac- tivities culminated in the formal dance at the Merrimack Valley Country Club. Parents and friends attested their loyalty to the college by forming the Association of The old library reading room, where arduous hours were spent in the fulfillment of outside reading; and the cafeteria, where relaxing hours were enjoyed away from academic toil.

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The cafeteria is now a haven for free periods and snacks as well as lunches. And the main corridor of the Arts Building became a very highway for academic doings. Merrimack College. This tireless band organized a gigantic Penny Sale at Lawrence Memorial Stadium June 4 for a proposed gymnasium. The following September brought the Class of 1952 into being. Mass and dedication of the new gymnasium preceded the opening of the academic year. An aug- mented faculty brought new courses for the expanding curriculum, while the Freshman Hop, the Sophomore Cotillion, the Sports Night, the presentation of three one-act plays by the Dramatic Club were the highlights of an enjoyable social calendar. Now, plans were for- mulated for the famous million-dollar drive that burst into being in May, 1949, and carried to successful com- pletion. The 443 students who responded to the roll call at the beginning of the third academic year were happy to initiate the new Science Building. Of classic colonial design the three-story red brick science hall includes classrooms, departmental offices, a chapel and assembly hall, a general lecture hall, faculty and student lounges, locker facilities, and ind ividual laboratories for physics, electronics, optics, quantitative and qualitative analysis.