Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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of that year, Illinois Teachers College Chicago North became Northeastern Illinois State College. Dr. Sachs clarified the full import of this name change: Up to this point many people treated this school like a junior college. With the name change, enroll- ment increased; 500 more students registered that year than had been anticipated. The college was well committed to the idea of ex- perimentation. In 1967 it became apparent that we would maintain an experimental program. This does not mean that the whole school has to be experi- mental, however. The traditional structure can function embodying the experimental division. RIGHT: The gym under construction in the early 1960 ' s. LOWER LEFT CORNER: The auditorium being built during this same period.

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when Chicago Teachers College North began in 1961. On July 16, 1965, ownership and control of Chicago Teachers College was transferred to the Board of Governors of State Col- leges and Universities. The CTC campuses were at this point renamed Illinois Teachers College, Chicago North and Chicago South. When the State took over in 1965, an upheaval occurred among the college ' s faculty and staff. College teachers with both Chicago Board of Education certificates and Illinois State certificates could continue teaching at Illinois Teachers College North or return to work with the Chicago Board of Education. The college shifted from being a city college to a state college with much confusion and difficulty. Neither the state nor the city would claim responsibility for the college during this interim period. Dr. Sachs was in Africa and the Board of Education gave Dr. Goldberg the keys and told him to open the school and start the boilers. 1869 Establishment of Normal School in the village of Englewood. 1891 Transference of ownership of Normal School to the City of Chicago. 1896 Control of school under sole supervision of Chicago Board of Education. 1899 Offering of two year teaching program by Cook County Normal School. 1938 Establishment of Chicago Teachers College with its four year teaching program. 1961 Opening of Chicago Teachers College North. 1965 Changeover to Illinois Teachers College Chicago North. 1967 Name change to Northeastern Illinois State College 1971 NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY — UNI President Sachs describes his absence during this period: The executive office of the Board of Governors told me not to cancel my work in Africa. I was with an international writ- ing team preparing math texts for African schools. A tele- gram arrived while I was on a stopover in Africa. It read, ' the umbilical cord has been cut, ' and was signed ' Bob Goldberg ' . With the Board of Education having decided that its responsibility was over and the state not being ready to accept its obligations to the college, the institution was in a state of limbo. During this time Dr. Goldberg commented, The college belongs to me, not to the state, not to the city, but to me. Eventually these difficulties were smoothed over and Jerome M. Sachs ofricially assumed the title of President. This change was made in March of 1966. A more substantial name change took place in 1967. On July 1st

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To Dr. Charles Moran the adoption of the name North- eastern Illinois State College meant that doors were opened for greater expansion. Dr. Sachs studied the impact of the latest name change:. Northeastern Illinois University, and saw the university ' s future as follows: We have made a firm urban committment which it would be foolish to ignore. We are committed to an atmosphere in which experimentation and innovation can go on freely. A College of Business, a new experiment here, is predicted within 5 years. There are more experiments in progress here than in any other college in the state which places us in a unique situation. I am concerned that Northeastern Illinois University should experience controlled growth and not become too large. I do not want us to imitate any other institution. We have our own flavor and I want us to develop our own strengths as a first rate teaching institution. North- eastern Illinois University has 8,000 students now, 12,000 is its ultimate goal. This is the year Northeastern became a University. In our short ten years on this campus, we have had four names and a rapidly expanding set of goals and pro- grams to meet them. We are now a multi-purpose insti- tution offering a wide range of majors. In the progress towards becoming a university everything seemed to be a variable but looking beneath the surface, we can find some very important constants. We are concerned with providing an atmosphere which gives each student a chance to become an educated person developing all of his potentials, which uses our urban environment as a focus, which encourages experiment and innovation for those who want to leave tradi tional paths, which provides a sense of community for all of us engaged as students, faculty and staff in the enterprise which has becoroe Northeastern Illinois University. What we have accomplished is, and what we will accomplish will be, the result of efforts of many people. PAGE 15