Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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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