Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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1951 will always be one of the more important dates in the history of Boston University. This will stand out in the records as the year in which Dr. Daniel L. Marsh retired after a quarter -century of outstanding service. At a high point in its growth the University reluctantly parts with the active leadership of the man who, more than any other, made that growth possible. Comparisons have been offered between the University when he took office in 1926 and as it is today. Viewed in retrospect, the amazing rise from small-college obscu- rity to a standing among the largest schools in the United States is even more notable. Increases quoted in multiples, in building space, grounds, facilities, the faculty, the student body, all these come out in the comparison. Achievements of Dr. Marsh ' s 25 years read like fiction, so great is their scope. However, their reality is lastingly substantiated by the granite structures which his idealism envisioned and his per- severance brought into being. The Class of 1951 has been part of Boston University during the four years which have climaxed this period of expansion. It went through the transition as the center of the University moved from Copley Square to the Charles River Campus. It watched the Chapel, connecting link in the new campus, as depicted on the cover of the HUB, rise up from an excavation. It has felt the growing cooperation among faculty, ad- ministrative officers and student body with the formation and development of the

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Student- Faculty Assembly. It has followed the climb of the University ' s prestige in the field of athletic competition. It has sensed a new unity, drawing closer all the elements that come under the name Boston University. And now it is witnessing the end of an era. But the end of one era marks the beginning of another. The new has inherited much from the old. Materially, the inheritance can be set down in a long list of financial assets. Yet, more important than all of these is the spirit which is respon- sible for them. This spirit is the sort that looks back only to seek a guide for looking ahead. It sets past achievements as a standard by which those still in the making are to be measured. Dr. Marsh himself is typical of the spirit of Boston University. Even in retiring, he is not stepping down from the University; rather, he is contin- uing his service as our first Chancellor. Dr. Harold C. Case, his successor, is typical of it also. In the first month he has demonstrated that the President will continue to give energetic leadership. Moved by such spirit, Boston University cannot stop now. An impetus that has been building up for 25 years has just reached a peak. Dreams have been turned in- to reality. The past offers a challenge to the future if all this has been done in 25 years, what will be accomplished in the next 25? . . . the next 50? . . . the next 100?