Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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,CQ WP! The completed Science Building rises to take its appointed. place on the upper campus. Intended primarily to provide laboratories and technical equipment, the Science Building includes many additional facilities includ- ing lecture rooms and offices. Opened for the fall term of 1949 this building is of classic colonial design in fed brick and white granite facing, represent- ing the most modern advances in scientific equipment and arrangement. The functional comfort of the new canteen in tho Science Building is a welcome addition to student facilities. A favorite rendezvous between classes, it is a hub of activity at lunch time. Jai ll 'X facilities for the faculty and students. With its com- pletion the main outlines of the future campus will take form. Wiill .lune will come graduation. The C1885 of 1951 will don the medieval gowns and caps signifying their entrance into the ranks of college gr21dl11ll0S- Their academic hoods will be the blue and sold of their Alma Mater edged in white for Liberal Arts and golden yellow for Business Adminisirilliml- Trained, and instructed in the arts and sciences they mb Miss Mary J. 0'Connor, R.N., presides over infirmary and prepares the agenda for the A visits of the school physician, Dr. Lorentz, will have acquired a realization and appreciation of the Christian cultural heritage. Now they will be pre. pared to take their places in the life of the commun- ity and to render the high service and moral leader- ship for which Merrimack stands. The circle will have gone full cycle and the Seniors will have com- pleted the last of their firms as they step fo,-ward to l'eC0iVe UIC diploma of achievement from the Pres- ident of the College. Truly is this the realizutign of a dream. -

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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

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flfwwifw At Ohm in thc Physics Lab. With the field of electricity assuming greater and greater importance in the world today much emphasis on the work in the Physics labora- tory is directed towards the study of electrical behavior. Physics students are performing an experiment with a student form Wllezitstone Bridge used as an elementary potentiometer to measure the e.m.f. of various cells. ,u , A . '. . V Y ,., ,r,.4'V . if-wi. we 'fa ..,f-1-in The brief history of Merrimack College is a history of those unselfish men and women who have built it. From the very beginning this great endeavor has ncver lacked the spirit and generosity of its countless friends and followersg for their assistance and co- operation we shall always be grateful. Wllat we offer in return is the formulated results of all their efforts, Merrimack itself. Yet we realize that this is but the beginningg steady growth is still before us, and ever will be. National defense measures must in due Atv course be resolved into normal peacetime progress. lmmediate plans for the full of 1951 include new courses in medical technology and secretarial sci- ence, thus in only four years, Merrimack is prepared to award degrees in ten major fields of study: Philosophy, English, History, Social Sciences, Eco- nomics, Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, Marketing, Account- ing, and Business Administration. Certainly the swift progress of this institution has exceeded our greatest hopes.