Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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:•■ - f . i % w v R.O.T.C. First Row: Capt. Griswold, Capt. Jonah, Capt, Reego, Major Frank, Lt. Col. Foss, Col. Harris, Lt. Col. Parkin, Major Harding, Capt. Adams, Capt, Phinney, Capt. Barker. Second row: SFC Robi- chaud, SFC Shed, SFC Bourgeois, Capt, Seanlan, Capt. Rolya, SFC Malko, SFC Digan, SFC Lillev. MSgt. Meyer. Third Rom: MSgt. Peterson, MSgt Sullivan, MSgt Chatterton, MSgt Dobbins, MSgt Reidy, MSgt Wigley, MSgt Wolpers, MSgt Rryant, Sgt Barnicott. EDUCATION Seated, left to right: Dean MacDon- ald, Dean Van der Werf. Standing, left to right: Prof. Durham, Prof. Morris. i 23

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DRAWING Left to right : Prof. Cushman, Mr. Kreimer, Prof. Connor, Prof. Tozer, Prof. Rook, Prof. Sanderson, Mr. Seaverns, Sr., Prof. MacDonald. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Seated, left to right : Prof. Whittaker, Prof. Ferret li. Prof. Stearns. Standing, left to right : Mr. Long, Prof. Foster, Prof. Mazor, Prof. White. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Seated, left to right: Prof. Craig, Prof. Cleveland, Prof. Rocheford, Prof. Essigman, Prof. Richards, Prof. Klein. Standing, left to right: Mr. Carter, Prof. Dolansky, Mr. Wood, Mr. Marcotte, Mr. Bello, Mr. Cochrun.

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Class History i i id ECORD ENROLLMENT SWELLS NU RANKS — Despite the rising tension of the Korean crisis and growing draft quotas, North- eastern, in its 53rd academic year, claims the largest freshman enrollment of its history with 967 Sep- tember registration . . . Thus, in its infancy, the class of 1955 was officially recorded in the pages of the New . FRESHMAN YEAR It was September, 1950. The Korean conflict had broken out only a few months before and United States troops were being transported to Korea by the thousands to help check the surging armies of Communist North Korea. Major league baseball was coming down the home stretch and the New York Yankees were on their way to the second of their five straight American League champion- ships. As the year rolled on, newspaper headlines be- gan to show (he names of some people who were to have a definite influence on us in our college years ... a retired army general named Dwight D. Eisenhower became president of Columbia Univer- sity ... a senator named Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin began investigating Communism in the United States ... a pretty young thing named Marilyn Monroe was posing for calendar ads to keep from starving . . . This was the atmosphere about the campus during our first year in college. There were other news and events, however, which were to play a far more important part in our lives. Let ' s scan some of the headlines of the NU News that recorded these events. Each headline is a candid glimpse into the past, a tiny piece of that forgotten world. Turn- ing back through the pages of the News, we gather these pieces of that past . . . HEADLINES . . . Crisis Spurs Construct ion on new $1,500,000 Library Ruilding Five Months Ahead of Schedule . . . Mammoth Rallies Today, Friday to Herald f 4(0 wf-