Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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9 ' with On a rainy morning in September, Archbishop Cushing arrived at Saint Augustine's Church in Andover to preside over the dedication ceremonies. Although construction delays hindered completion of the classroom building for the opening day, the academic year finally commenced on September 29, 1947, amidst the sound of hammers and saws. The original faculty included the following Augustinian Fathers: Mariano Arconada, Edward J. Burns, Ph.D.g John V. Casey, M.A.g William C. Cullen, lVl.S.g mack College Lecture Forum at St. N51-. 'M:':Q?37lE:g,,., ' ' gin- .zemsggx The Honorable Arthur Bliss Lane lectures before the Merri- Mury's Auditorium. T: ' A that N , fp. .,-Y V H .LD. '1,: A Vr. A , i -L Pl' 'i!'vxi Q V-' 71: W ' . ' ' 'ifffbiifine twist t,w1fivi'A'dZ' .N :rx -s -1 -' -fn 'ef . wel ff. N . f' zum V mf 0115? TJ' Q, if-:f .7 f , -.23 4+-gf 3' 'aff -e,3?:1w w,,,:,--f. . , f ' Qu if ..-s , f- . Mr- its I - 48: 42385 ' T A 5 1 4 r A, 1 ff, ylf.'XT-x'Vf'. 'ff'W.Ff, WA- dx W ' ..o4 35f' , I 'ff 1 fn 1 ,f it -f ' f-f 'f t4l .' r -:.' , 1 J 1 ' Vi pf' 'ls us l I vw ' 5 ,J 'l 1 ' r l f f v N 4. 'iv X X ' ,val N CI:-ul-' 1 F J F , ,JA u N ' K' X fx l J X r ' .p I.'. H ' ,M .. V V, 1 - L X Q H l-In -f -ti gs. -.1 ji33f gfE'-,,,-,,, ' ' ' ' ' A ' - ' M i i, ' it 9 ' KM. Q gg w- fy I f ll 1-M uv V 1 wh! K A The Penny Social at Lawrence Memorial Stadium organized , . by the Merrimack Association for the new gymnasium. pv:.f+ H mir

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Located in the towns of Andover and North Andover, just outside the city of Lawrence 011 the Salem turnpike, the College comprises approximately One hundred and fifty acres on a hill overlooking tl - s 16 countryside. With the capable assistance of Augustine X. Dooley, legal counsel of the College , ,,,,,, Merrimack received its charter on April 27, 1947, from the Commonwealth of Massaclmsetts, empower- lng it to confer degrees customarily granted by colleges and universities. September, 1947, was set for the opcninv of tl g, ic College. Meanwhile plans for a classroom building on Peters Street were pushed forward. Situated across the street from the temporary faculty house, the one- story, E-shaped cinderblock structt Ire contained seven classrooms, a library, a chapel, two laboratories, and administrative offices. -an fam The original chapel as it was a - 'ranged in what is now the office of the Dean of the Faculty. Here two students make a visit to the Source of all learning--a practice that has become tr d' ' the st d ' a :tion among u ents of Merrimack. ,Zi

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in 1? 18 .lohn Creeden, Henry Bruno, Victor Maynard, and Robert Becotte take time out for coffee during a Sports night in the 'newly erected gylltnllsilllll- I .J aff: Country Cluh in May of 1948. The initial dance. X Xx 'W i.. Tuxcdoes mingle with feminine formals mack's first formal dance at the Merrimack Valley in Merri- nlusie of Freddie Sateriale's orchestra set the mood for this Boiling Up! The effects on the boiling point of I water caused by the addition of various substances are recorded by liberal arts students. Many prlllfliwl applications were discovered to have a scientific basis. -l0llll .l. Cavigan, Ph.D.g .losepll .l. Gildeila Pl'-D4 .lames E. Hannan, M.A.Q and William .l. Wylllleo B-5-Q and the first lay instructors, .lohn .l- H0PkillS, Maurice McLaughlin, Thomas M. Reilly, Robert Lambert' M.D., and John Lorentz, M.D. One hundred and sixty-five men, Seventy Percent of them veterans, constituted the student h0dY- The entire class was divided among three C0UrS0s., slxty percent in Business Administration, twenty percent 111 Liberal Arts, and twenty percent Pre-Dental and Pre- Medical studies. A cosmopolitan group, it had not only from the immediate area, but from York, Pennsylvania, Maine, and even China, newborn class not only carried its more nmmrc rience into serious academic work but entered in spirit of enthusiastic college life. During the months the first oilicial college organization, 1, Club of sixteen voices, was assembled by 1. William Wynne. men New The expe- tothe early Cleo 'ather