Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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HEN, in 1776, the sound of marching feet and the echoes of Yankee Doodlen rang across the salt marsh that was to become a century and a half later the new campus of Boston University, perhaps the sounds them- selves endowed the site with some of the spirit of young America. The daunt.less courage of 1Yashington's men. . .their faith in themselves and in the future. . .certainly these attributes foreshadowed the spirit that is manifested in the University's growth. From its inception, the flame which is Boston University has been kindled with the dreams of its leaders. The combined, undying faith of men like Lee Claflin. Isaac Rich, and Jacob Sleeper has helped the University come into its own. . .a dynamic, growing force, serving humanity. VVhen in 1869 the first department of Boston University, the School of Theology--estalr lished in 1839, was moved to Boston to become the basis of a new University, the spirit of growth was strongly apparent. And today the University itself is the supreme justification of the faith of its founders. VVithin the last three decades, that faith has re-expressed itself lrgr, p, hr-v lm . I

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The Dream of the NEW CAMPUS Materializes H B XIX UNIVERSITY 0 Boston, Massachusetts

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as the new University took form, first in the acquisition of the Charles River property. . . then evolving step by step onthe architect's drawing board. . .the early stages guided and inspired by the leadership of President Daniel L. MHI'Sl1 and his associates. . .leaders of men, builders for posterity. Theirs was the destiny gf X. at V'..x Q Q. to create, to crusade for the expansion of the dreams of the men who wrote their names in the hallowed history of Boston University The new campus, in its model form, became a symbol.. .a goal, sought after.. .yet to be attained. . .and even while destruction has left its ruins in other lands, the College of C .-if Q, , V Business Administration, the College of Lib- eral Arts, and the Science Building. . .all have risen. These structures shall endure, and their significance lies not in the strength of stone and steel alone, but also in the ideals that built them, in the faith of those who dream the dreams, in the courage of the men who gave of themselves that others might beneiit. In this, the era of growth, more buildings shall rise after the completion of the new School of Theology and the Chapel keeping pace with the soaring spirits of those who plan and mould