Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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r To the left. Most Reverend Joseph A. Hickey, O.S.A., S.T.M., J.C.D., former Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine, lays the cornerstone for Sullivan Hall. Here, one of the hrst graduates of Merrimack College is seen kissing the ring of His Excel- lency Archbishop Cushing who presided over this first com- mencement in 1951. The Archbishop on September 29, 1952, came to Merrimack in order to dedicate our first three buildings. One of these, the sci- ence building, was named Cush- ing Hall in honor of His Excel- lency. Hall, which opened in the fall of 1949. Sullivan Hall, the liberal arts building, and the second link of the quadrangle, was completed by September of 1951. Austin Hall, the faculty-administration build- ing, was ready for occupancy at the end of the sum- mer of 1952. All of these buildings were solemnly dedicated by Archbishop Cushing on September 29, 1952, a mile- stone in the history of the College. With this event the first phase of the permanent building program, that of rapid construction, was completed. The sec- ond phase, that of more gradual accretion, officially begins this spring with the breaking of ground for the college chapel. nd Events Apace with this growth in faculty, student body, and physical plant has gone the development of a complex and diverse curriculum. Women students were first admitted in the fall of 1950. A year later a division of engineering was added to the already existing divisions of arts and sciences, and of busi- ness administration. Other new courses included secretarial science and nursing. Enrollment in part- time sessions, the evening school and the summer school now rivals the enrollment in the regular ses- sions. And Merrimack has achieved a modest but important series of successes in intellectual and athletic competition with other colleges. Merrimack College, a member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is proving itself a dynamic force for progress in contemporary Ameri- can life. MERRIMACK COLLEGE

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administration The administration of a college is an art and a science that includes more than efficiency in management techniques. It involves strong intellectual leadership based upon breadth of experience and a profound understanding of man’s nature. A curriculum must be devised that will integrate the theoret- ical and practical into an harmonious whole. Academic standards must be maintained at a level equal to the demands of a highly complex society. And yet it is the individual who is trained, and he alone is the measure of the success of the administration.