Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Chicago Teachers ' College-North — complete and ready for occupancy. When the school opened its doors on September 6, 1961 with an enroll- ment of 1,100 students, it was stocked with one million dollars worth of electronic equipment designed to help establish a community of scholars, as Dean Roy N. Jervis expressed it. The school was staffed with 74 faculty members; a 1 5 to I student-teacher relationship. Of the instructors, 36 were transfers from the Sabin and Foreman branches. All of the 74 had achieved M.A. degrees. Of these, half had earned their Ph. D. ' s. [ 13 ]

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3 The outer shell of the Bee- hive is now complete and awaits only furnishing and landscaping. Lights burn brightly in every office to diminish the darkness from the clouds overhead. This is the Beehive — complete and in use. Rolling green sur- rounds the glass-studded, white- shuttered structure, but behind the serene looking facade, the faculty and staff are at work creating a sound, meaningful curriculum.

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Dr. R. C. Jones, Rt. Rev. Monsignor William E. McManus, Dr. Norman Burns, Dr. Benjamin C. Willis, Mayor Richard J. Daley, and Mr. Thomas J. Murray. The college was dedicated on May 24, 1962 at a ceremony held in the school auditorium. It was the first dedica- tion of a teacher ' s college in the United States in 80 years. The ceremony attracted the foremost Chicago digni- taries including Mayor Richard J. Daley and Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Willis. They were welcomed by Dr. Roy N. Jervis, chairman of the executive council; Dr. Jerome M. Sachs, Dean of academic affairs; Dr. Murray Tondow, Dean of Educational Research and Development; and Dr. Matt L. McBride, Dean of College Operational Service. [ H ]