Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Senior Officers First Row, left to right: Brady, Spear. Second Row, left to right: Prof. Spencer, LeGrys, Indeck, Abbott. Class Cabinet Charles G. Spear President David Abbott Jack Indeck Vice-Presidents Lois A. Brady Secretary John LeGrys Treasurer Professor Ernest L. Spencer Faculty Adviser ht: E right: Gates, Indeck. Bradv. Spear. LeG ickson, Beale, MacDonald, Connolly. De Roy C. Baxter Edward Beal Marjorie Black Constantine G. Cockinos Thomas J. Connolly Howard M. Dean Paul G. Deloid Leonard A. Edlund, Jr. Robert E. Erickson Shirlee A. Gates Richard L. MacDonald Peter S. Sikalis

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Class Adviser We wish to take this opportunity to thank Professor Ernest L. Spencer, our class adviser, for his counsel, assistance, and friendship throughout our college career and to express our appreciation to him for his efforts in making our class activities successful. Professor Spencer has had the difficult task of serving as adviser, for the second time within seven years, to a war-accelerated class affected by frequent changes. Professor Spencer was born May 17, 1913, in Norwood, Massachusetts, and he now resides in Medfield with his wife and son. He grad- uated from Northeastern University in 1936 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then did special work in structural design at the Franklin fnstitute dur- ing the years 1936 and 1937. In November, 1943, Professor Spencer received his Master of Science degree from Harvard University. Professor Spencer came to Northeastern as Instructor in Civil- Engineering in 1939 and was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil En- gineering in September, 1944. In addition to his work here at the Univer- sity, Professor Spencer is an active member of both the American and Boston Societies of Civil Engineering, and is also secretary of the Junior Association of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Northeastern Section. Recently he has become associated with the American Concrete Institute. Before coming to Northeastern, Professor Spencer served as the chief of a surveying party with E. M. Brooks Company. He was Junior Engineering Aide for one year with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, Waterways Division. In 1938 he transferred to Jackson and Moreland, where he served as Assistant Engineer on construction work for two years.

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CLASS HISTORY Two hundred and six students, labeled 1950A and including forty-three veterans and eight coeds, began the Freshman year in March, 1945, to become the nucleus of the Class of 1950. Their numbers were augmented by 189 new Freshmen in June ( ' 50B) and 513 in September ( ' 50C), plus returning veteran Middlers in the fall of 1946. Climaxing the first series of class meetings, which featured campaign speeches by all the candidates, the following persons were elected to head the class: President Stanislaus Zbozen, Vice-Pres- ident Olaf Johnson, Secretary Marjorie Black, and Treasurer Howard Cohen. Several members of the class entered stu- dent activities early in their Freshman year by taking part in the Dramatic Club ' s produc- tion of The Cherry Orchard, helping on the Omega Sigma ' s first servicemen ' s dance, attend- ing Northeastern Night at Pops, and supporting the Student Council All-University Fun Festival in June. Northeastern was honored at this time when the Maritime Commission named a Victory Ship for the University, and two North- eastern engineers won first and second prizes at the annual conference of the New England branches of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers, topping entrants from M.I.T. and Tufts. During the summer of 1945 the adviser to women married and became Mrs. Louise Marsh Roberts, so the coeds welcomed Miss Elizabeth Oelschlegel as their new adviser. The first social get-together of the class was a Class of ' 50 Reception held in the Commons in Septem- ber, when for the first time the three sections of the class had a chance to mingle. The follow- ing month the class colors, red and white, were presented to the 1950 president at the Senior Dance. In October, the first Mothers and Daughters Tea was conducted in the Commons by Omega Sigma. The main event of the first year, how- ever, was a semi-formal dance in the Hotel Statler Salle Moderne, planned by the officers with the assistance of the Freshman Cabinet: Thomas Duffy, Melvin Bressler, John Domen- ico, Sylvia Goldstein, Daniel Miller, Anthony Spero, and George Stockman. On December 1, 1945, Dean William T. Alexander became the Dean of the College of Engineering. Leadership of the college was taken over from Dean William C. White, who then became Director of the Day Division. Again in January, 1946, several members of the class took part, in a Dramatic Club offer- ing, George Washington Slept Here. Varsity sports and honor societies which were dormant during the war were reactivated; the News be- gan the story of the man in the street, Johannes t. bok ; the varsity track squad won the annual N.E.A.AA.U. track and field meet; and the class held its second election. Victors among the enterprising candidates who aspired for class leadership were: President Stan Zbozen, Vice-President Daniel Miller, Secretary Muriel White, and Treasurer Lila Sweet. Ground breaking exercises for the Student Center Building took place on March 11, 1946, and the class watched the progress of the build- ing through the laying of the cornerstone to its completion. The Hotel Statler Georgian Room was the scene of the class dance during this month. The successful dance was again planned and carried out by the class officers with the help of the Sophomore Cabinet.