Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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CARL STEPHENS ELL A.B.. M.S., ED.M.. SC.D., L.L.D., L.H.D. PRESIDENT OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

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In dedicating a yearbook, many items must be taken into consideration. Among; these are service to the school, service to the student, service to the community, and a certain intangible that distinguishes one person from another. Professor Frederick S illiam Holmes. Chairman, Department of English, has to a great degree this undefinable intangible. Not only an outstanding scholar in his field. Professor Holmes also has that very necessary human element that makes an educator more than an educator. It is for these reasons that the 1955 edi- tion of the CAULDRON is dedicated to him. Prof. Holmes in his office preparing an examination [J U ' U I ' rof. Holmes (second from left) acts as faculty Grand Marshal at the laying of the cornerstone for the Physical Education building. The soprano recorder sounds more like Benny Goodman with Prof. Holmes (left) as its master.

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A Message From Our President When you came to Northeastern, the University was entering its second half century of service, but its outward appearance must have made it seem young to you. You have seen the trim, modern lines of the new buildings rise on the campus — buildings which represented twenty years of effort to match in physical surroundings the excellence already achieved by the academic programs of the University over several decades of development. The recent growth of North eastern is similar to what has taken place in your own lives during the past five years. You have matured in knowledge and understanding, and, more important, you have been prepared for continued growth. You have had the privilege, through your co-operative work, of demonstrating that you can be workers at school as well as students at work. Some of you will continue with your co-operating employers after graduation; others will accept promising positions elsewhere. Your future will depend on growth, especially on your recepliveness to new ideas. The University has sought to help you develop inquiring minds because inquiring minds are essential to growth. You have al- ready gained a certain amount of self-reliance, which is really the sun- light of growth and progress. The climate of freedom will surround you. Because you live in America your careers will not be hindered or limited by social stratification or governmental interference. You will be free to develop in accordance with your knowledge, your ability, and your char- acter. Growth is no brief ideal. It is a long-term, on-going process. Only by constant growth can the human race achieve a better world; therefore, it behooves us all to strive, to seek, and to find ways of improving ourselves and our civilization. May you never cease to grow.