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1923 CAULDRON 3fo£(Epl) S pear Joseph Spear, director of student activities of the School of Engineering, Northeastern University, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 25, 1891, at one-thirty in the morning. As a boy, he attended the Washington Grammar School. Upon graduating, he entered Maiden High School for a four-year course. He enrolled at Harvard, Cambridge, in 1909, receiving his degree of bachelor of arts in 1913. During his last year at college, he studied mathematics and philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. During this same period, he also worked for Pro- fessor Percival Lowell, the well-known astronomer. The following year, he left the Bay State upon receiving an appointment as instructor in mathematics and German at the University of Maine. At this time, he entered the field of student activities by assisting the musical organi- zations. In 1915, he entered upon two years ' work with the United States Investor, a financial journal published in Boston, as assistant editor. The call of government upon the entrance of the United States into the World War was not unheeded. After a short stay in Camp Devens as a private in Uncle Sam ' s army. Private Joseph Spear was commissioned second lieuten- ant in the Field Artillery. After graduation from the School of Fire, Fort Sill, he was appointed instructor in Gunnery and Ballistics at the Field Officers ' Training School, Camp Taylor, Kentucky. The war over, Lieutenant Spear accepted an appointment to the School of Engineering, Northeastern University, as assistant professor of mathematics, in the year 1919. He received a well-deserved promotion to the rank of full profes- sor in the same department two years later. In 1921, he was married to Miss Gertrude Mandelstam of Brookline, a graduate of Simmons College with the Class of 1913. For the past two years, he has served the school in the capacity of director of student activities with a success which was to be expected, judging from past achievements.
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1923 CAULDRON In all his contacts with the students and members of the faculty of the School of Engineering, Professor Spear has conducted himself in a way to excite the admiration and respect of those who know him, and, as he is one of the most active forces in the School, this includes everyone. Among students and alumni alike, one of the outstanding memories of Northeastern days has been and will continue to be that of the energetic, dynamic personality of Joe Spear.
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