Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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-

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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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Huskies ' Football Opener . . . Services Recall 65; Set Deferment Rules . . . Ohio Bishop To Speak At First Convocation . . . Freshman Treated Like ' IP ' s, Their Night A Bang-Up Howl . . . NU Co-eds Move Into New Dormitory . . . Jim Lakis Out- standing — Zabilski . . . Engineering Faculty To Send 25 To UNH Education Conference . . . N.U. Aiding Blood Drive . . . Males Join Cheerleaders . . . Faculty Wives Cook Up Delicious Recipes . . . . . . 2nd Half Surge Stiffens Arnold, 26-13 . . . Ele- ven NUers Are Recalled . . . Soph McNamara Fills Gap Left Ry Injuries To Centers . . . Student Fund Raising Drive Is Under Way . . . Cauldron Roard Sets Drop In 1951 Yearbook Prices . . . Selective Service To Lower College Enrollments In 1951. . . . Ell Spurs N. I . Progress . . . Engr. Societies To Sponsor Banquet And Dance Nov. 2 . . . News Cops Honor Third Straight Year . . . Pup Cross- country Team Wins Twice . . . Students Pledge 812,974 As Fund Drive Nears Wire . . . High- Scoring L Mass Next For Stumbling Husky Eleven . . . Two Alumni killed In Korean Fighting . . . Scribes Call Sal Lombardo Best in Five Years . . . Award For 29 At Convocation . . . Nightingale Tells Draft Facts . . . Husky Hoopsters Massacre Redman . . . Library Fund Hits Half Million . . . Spring Football Practice Underway . . . Ski Frolic This Weekend . . . Ray Picard Chosen N. E. All- Star Goalie . . . Draft Reaction Mixed . . . Silver .Masque Presents Of Thee I Sing Tomorrow Night . . . Draft Test Applications Ready . . . Li- brary Cornerstone To Re Placed May 9 . . . Capt. Chestnut Is First ROTC Officer To Arrive . . . List New Criteria For Draft Deferment . . . NU Chorus To Sing at Pops Saturday . . . And so read the headlines. But the headlines are only the pieces of the picture, and, like the bricks of a wall, some type of cement is needed to hold the pieces together. This cement is made up of the events that happened . . . BEHIND THE HEADLINES . . . Orientation lines and speeches . . . the beautiful aroma of freshman gym . . . freshman frustra- tion on encountering our spacious parking fa- cilities . . . those fabulous between-terms vacations — Saturday and Sunday . . . that momentous de- cision, A or B . . . the summer vacation and how we eagerly looked forward to coming back to our . . . SOPHOMORE YEAR Ted Williams hit a home run his last time at bat before he went to fly with Marine Air Corps . . . politicians were busily plotting the Democratic and Republican Conventions . . . the Winter Olympic Games were being held . . . Humphrey Rogart won an Oscar for his performance in The African Queen . . . And so the news was recorded all over the country. Rut at N. U, different news was being- made . . . HEADLINES Rally Dance To Launch ' 51 Grid Season Tonight . . . 860 Freshmen Register . . . News Gets Eight Pages, New Format . . . Library Ruilding Nears Completion; Occupancy Scheduled for Febru- ary 15 . . . 600 Enrolled for R.O.T.C. Training; Col. Price Outlines 5 Year Program . . . Who ' s Who Blanks Ready . . . President Ell Describes Recent European Tour . . . Ski Team Gets Letter Awards . . . Coed Tries Rricklaying . . . Joe Cash, Versatile End . . . N. U. Co-op Students In Demand - Nightingale . . . Annual Football Dance Caps ' 51 Northeastern Grid Season . . . Record Turnout At Elections . . . Vet Check Delay Ended . . . Student I nion Entering 27th Year . . . Stars Of Kiss Me Kate Visits Masque . . . Husky Key Holds Dance And Rally . . . Rates Next For Un-Un Huskies . . . Educator Defends Draft Deferments At Annual Headmasters Dinner Here . . . Masque Great On Stage: Disappointing Crowd . . . Balerna, Hilton Chosen MIP Recipients . . . Zabilski Plans To Stay r Frats Sponsor Xmas Party . . . Acquire Sylvania Property . . . Faculty Wives Hear Concert . . .Coun- cil Seeks Student Opinion On Changes In N. U. Alma Mater . . . Rad Roy .McNamara Resolves To Stay Out Of Penalty Rox . . . Ghost Train Opens Tonight . . . Rlume, Cerulli, McLean Join To Write Satire On Journalism . . . Table-Tennis Tourney Set . . . SPA Fraternity Donates Rlood . . . New Alma Mater Favored ... 13 Editors To Retire From The News . . . Northeastern Ice- men Stage Rally, Nip Tufts . . . Social Worker Speaks to 0. S. . . . Draft Exam Date Is Set . . . Ike Scores Smashing Victory . . . I.R.C. Debates i 25 }