Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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We Salute ± lie Korean conflict burst out as we entered our Middler year at Northeastern and many of our elassmates were called into the service. Below are the names of thirty- six students wlio ordinarily miglit have been wearing caps and gowns along with us. Norman E. Adler, Alan D. Bailey Bowden Brucei Douglas Buchanan Donald E. Cullivan John J. Daley Paul Devivo Kenneth L. Doane Donald K. Ellsworth Bichard S. Elz Bobert Ereolini Harry Farnsworth Norman P. Fisher Frank W. Garner Baymond Goulet Edward B. Himme Bobert L. Jennings Bobert Knapp Edward Kristel James B. Magee Bobert E. Marcus David J. Miller Michael Z. Musiker Howard E. Nason George B. O ' Neill Bobert F. Otis Attilio Pedrali Bobert W. Powers Gordon T. Bogers Evigene P. Sheehan Almon Steeves John O. Stinson Bobert E. Stone, Jr. Bobert S. Sullivan Arthur D. Wagner Albert Williams 115}

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3n Jlemoriam m r m H h m m m m ANTHONY D. ESPOSITO, 23, of Newton Center, Mass., outstanding high school and Northeastern football and hockey player, was killed in action February 5, 1951 in Korea. Sgt. Esposito, a marketing and advertising student while at N.U., served in the 25th Infan- try Division. He was recalled into the Army in September, 1950 during his sophomore year. He had served previously following a high school career during which he was named to the G.B.I. All-Star Hockey Team. At Northeastern, Sgt. Espo- sito was freshman hockey cap- tain and leading ground-gainer of the undefeated, untied, un- scored-upon freshman football team of 1948. m ■ m R w R m R m m m m :3 H m m m H m ® w m R R R R p THOMAS R. KING, 22, of Maiden, Mass., twice- wounded infantry rifleman, was killed in action January 4, 1953 in Korea. Pfc. King, a former student engineer at Northeast- ern, was serving in Company C, 224th Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. The Combat Infantryman Badge, UN Service Ribbon and Korean Service Ribbon were awarded to Pfc. King after he was first wounded November 3, 1952, two days after his arrival in Korea. Following a short period of hospitalization, he was returned to the front lines and was wounded once again December 23. Pfc. King was killed just one day after his second return to action. IH1-

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Class History SOME 800 Freshmen swarmed the Northeastern campus September 13, 1948, but the group could hardly have been called wide-eyed yearlings. For despite the fact that the veteran enrollment had dropped noticeably from the previous year, the Class of 1953 was 38 percent veterans. The ranks of the newcomers were swelled over the 800 mark and the University ' s Day College enroll- ment to 4,000 when some 80 November freshmen were added to the student body. Then the frosh celebrated the first day of winter with a class elec- tion. The ballots gave the class presidency to Ed Bigham, later an N.U. Law School student. No sooner had the class cabinet been elected than plans for the Freshman Winter Prom were -drawn up. The dance was held February 5, 1949 at the Hotel Continental in Cambridge. A summer went by and the promising freshmen became sophomores. Back with their first taste of co-operative work behind them, the Division A branch of the Class of ' 53 wasted no time in re- electing Ed Bigham as class president. Physical improvements in the University plant also were on the minds of the sophs. The Library Building Fund Campaign was barely underway when the Administration announced the purchase of the Tufts property at Forsyth Street. Masque Highlights The Silver Masque produced Listen My Children in December, 1949, and a young man with a British accent named Larry Goulding got his first major role in an N.U. play. Division B held its class elections that month, and the result was a new president, the fabulous Russ Lowe. Then, not to be outdone by the Division B Masque, the A thespians produced the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, marking the first time an N.U. dramatic group had ever tackled a full-length musical comedy. More than 300 couples jammed themselves into the Louis XIV Ballroom of the Hotel Somerset in March 1950, and to the music of the maestro Hal Reeves, the Sophomore Prom went into the Class of ' 53 scrap-book. The coming of June brought another Division B election. An engineer named Tony Effgen emerged as the winning presidential candidate, and never was dethroned. His predecessor, Russ Lowe, waged a successful campaign for a vacant Student Council berth and later was elected president. Meanwhile, construction of the University ' s million-and-a-half dollar library got underway ahead of schedule due to the Korean crisis. First Class of ' 53 highlight in the middler year was the Silver Masque ' s presentation of the Madwoman of Chaillot. Marie Harmon held down the leading role in the production. Then with a bang, the R.O.T.C. hit the campus. Out came the News with an extra edition announcing the arrival of Engineer- ing and Signal Corps units of the R.O.T.C. Un- fortunately, ' 53ers were ineligible to join. More good news came in the announcement that the University had acquired an additional 50,000 square feet of land by purchasing a tract from the New Haven Railroad. Meanwhile, the rollickin ' redhead, Don Johnson, made an acquisition of his own when he latched onto the Division A class presi- dency which he has never relinquished. Don and Tony Effgen then went to work planning the Middler Prom. The dance was held the Satur- day after May Day in the Georgian Room of the Hotel Statler featuring Joey Masters and his band. Another First In early June the first original musical comedv produced by a Northeastern dramatic group in more than 25 years was staged. Up ' n Atom, a takeoff on college life at Northeastern, featured a rocket ship ship take-off on stage. Dave Blume wrote the musi- cal score and ' 52ers McLean and Cerulli contributed the lyrics and book. Larry Goulding ' s name came to the fore again when N.U. ' s Mr. Drama sparked the Silver Masque to a professional production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. As winter came along the terrible three, Blume, McLean and Cerurlli, came up with another original musical comedy for the Masque to produce. This time it was The Fourth Estate, a satire on the news- paper business. Most startling, however, was the morning of February 25th when a violent snow- storm forced cancellation of the day ' s classes for the first time in more than 12 years. Then Dave Blume was named Editor-in-Chief of the News for 1952 and Bob LeDonne, Pat Murphy and Rudy Gerstner latched onto other News top spots. Shortly thereafter LeDonne was nearly drowned in his station wagon one rainy day when the car became half submerged in the North Parking Lot. 1 16}