Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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This event was closely followed by the completion its formal dedication in of the gymnasium and November 1948. During the fall term the Student Council organized its own court, one of the most f student self-regulation vital steps in the progress o at Merrimack. To encourage the study of philosophy i ' F M kham the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas . ar ol' Lowell, who has since been elevated to the epis- copate and named auxiliary to the Archbishop of . I I . B t donated the Markham award 1n honor o us os on, arents A gold medal and a cash prize will be P . awarded annually to the student who gives evidence ' ' ' Th' ar of the greatest proficiency in philosophy. is ye too was marked by the enthusiastic activity of many groups in the Drive for the College. the further development of At the conclusion of the first academic year the faculty and student F lt House for b d ' f the College assemble on the lawn of the acu y o y o l ' eers of '47-'48, Class IS over and a panoramic picture of tie pion the long vacation beckons. From the pulpit in St. Augustine's Church, Andover, the Right Rever. end Monsignor Cornelius T. H. Sherlock preaches the sermon of the Mass. 1 'U' 4 ma Ill .famwg 5,2 51 D I 'EQ ,user Q K , r Wx- .3-v .5 - 'S 1 ' thi.

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I l V rt, X. . Q' , 1 - ' ,stu A year to the day after the opening of the College, September 27, 1948, construction was started on the new Science Building located on the northwest cor- ner of what will eventually be the main campus quadrangle. Of classic colonial design the three-story fully-equipped building is fabricated of red brick and granite facing. In addition to classrooms, depart- mental ollices, and research laboratories the Science Building contains a chapel and assembly hall, a general lecture hall, faculty and student lounges, a lunchroom, locker facilities, and individual labora- tories for physics, electronics, optics, quantitative analysis, physical, organic, inorganic and advanced chemistry. High over the main entrance is indelibly inscribed in stone the motto of this hall of science, Deus Scientiarum Dominus Est. -, A'3ft.af'tl' Mum The Solemn High Mass invoking Cod's Blessing on the opening of Merrimack College, September 22, 1947 commences with the Provin- cial, the late Father Sullivan, as celebrant and Fathers McDonald and McQuade assisting. 5. n

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iowwwl fha Tile students participating in this crusade contrib- uted over thirteen hundred dollars to the Founder's Day Fund. The successful completion of the drive and the termination of the second school year was tempered by the sadness of the faculty and student body at the untimely death in ,luly of the Very Reverend Mortimer A. Sullivan, Augustinian Pro- vincial. As the major superior of the province of Saint Thomas of Villanova Father Sullivan was truly the founder of Merrimack College, for it was he who accepted the invitation: his was the counsel, guid- ance, and assistance that started Merrimack on her way. God rest his soul. A three day retreat initiated the third academic year. The new Science Building was ready for the augmented student body of four hundred and forty- three. Additional professors were employed for the fields of chemistry, biology, mathematics, languages, classics and the social sciences. Extracurricular activi- ties kept pace with the rapid growth of the College. The Cana Society, an association of married students and their wives, held its first meeting in November, while the debating club presented its first debate for the nurses at Saint ,lohn's Hospital, Lowell, on November sixth. The ring committee of the class of '51 selected an impressive and 'beautiful gold ring with antique finish and synthetic sapphire stone. At a victory dinner given for the leaders of the drive Father McQuade announced the establishment of four Archbishop Cushing and Very Reverend Mor- timer A. Sullivan scholarships. The succeeding months witnessed the beginning of intercollegiate basketball competition, the dedication of the new chapel in the Science Building, the inauguration of the Placement Bureau, and the- more festive hap- penings of a well-planned and well-executed Junior week. Making tradition with every event the .luniors overpowered their Sophomore brethren in the tug- of-war to begin an exciting week of formal dances, dinner parties, Mothers' reception, and athletic events., the most memorable week of their lives as undergraduates. With the matriculation of the class of 1954 in the fall of 1950 Merrimack College reached maturity. The Liberal Arts Building was slowly but surely rising in its place in the quadrangle opposite the Science Building, while the foundations of the new Faculty House faced both. The Faculty House is designed to provide living quarters for the priests of the teaching staff. Ready for occupancy in the fall of 1951 the Liberal Arts Building will include, in addition to numerous classrooms, ofiices, and seminar rooms, laboratories for general biology, bacteriology, histology, embryology, and anatomy, together with an herbarium, a media preparation room, cold room, a complete cafeteria, and additional