Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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. NME' A panoramic aerial view of the campus including the Science Building, the gymnasium, the Classroom Building, and The Faculty House. Clnsertj The late Very Reverend Thomas P. Fogarty, 0.S.A., a member of the original Board of Trustees, and greatly instrumental in the acquisition of the campus site. Liberal Arts Building, the future Pierian spring of the college, pictured in structural infancy. The second of the permanent quadrangle, it will be ready for. occupancy in the autumn of 1951. .ll'. .

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wlw The Very Reverend Joseph M. Dougherty, 0.S.A., S.T.L., Ph.D., Prior Provincial of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova and President of the Board of Trustees of Merrimack College. The action and paternal encouragement of Father Dougherty have made pos- sible the rapid advancement of the College. Other members of the Board of Trustees sitting in session in the Faculty Room: the Very Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, 0.S.A., Patrick J. Campbell, O.S.A., Vincent A. McQuade, 0.S.A., Matthew F. Mc- Donald, 0.S.A., and James M. Hurley, 0.S.A.

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, if - L .h ...,.. ,.-. . K ...WM ...huh . '-' --M .. a NN i..,,,U - H,- Mr. Augustine X. Dooley, an alumnus of Villanova -'A College, was largely responsible as legal COIIHSCI in obtaining the charter for yet another Augustinillll school, Merrimack College. if.. ' -4l:.,,0,h M.. Y- , Inn. QQQGSSLN X lv-zo., 1-,Q o..'..r Q A familiar figure as each building of Merrimack begins to take shape is that of Father McQ'mgd0 .- observing its progress. Here he inspects the scaf- folding of the Liberal Arts Building. i - no The idea of an institution of higher learning encompasses a multitude of intangibles. It implies an appreciation of the classic and Christian cultural heritage as well as the transmission of the techniques and skills of modern civilization. This objective presupposes the orderly development of the moral, intellectual, physical, and spiritual powers of the individual. More important still, truly Catholic edu- cation rests, on the recognition and observance of the example and teaching of Christ. In pursuance of this Augustinian tradition, Merri- mack College endeavors to provide a liberal educa- tion in an atmosphere favorable to the development of clear-thinking, right-acting Christian men and women, and to render high service to the community at large. -.4- 1