Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Positional layout of the main quadrangle shows Science Hall by night (upper left) ; the Li- brary Building before classes (lower left) ; the Student Center Building during the noon class

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£la ajf a Miracle y -hen the Class of 1956 mingled together for the first time on f Ijj M that sunny Wednesday morning in September 1951, there was lT%f a wall of corrugated metal surrounding a huge structure of steel oirders and concrete. Ever since then, construction workers have mingled with students in the morning rush, the coffee break in the Commons, lunch counters around the Huntington Avenue area, and then back again into the evening rush hour traffic. Only during brief respites has the University been without building activity. During the life span of the class of 1956, no less than three new buildings have been erected. This achievement of growth is more than just a record; it ' s closer to a miracle. Entering as boys and girls just five years ago, we now prepare to graduate as men and women. This maturity is true not only of our class but of the University which we leave behind. As we were young in 1951 so was the University. Its sudden surge of growth kept pace with the rapid growth of mental capacity which typifies the transition from freshman to senior. As we entered, a new building was being completed. As we say our farewells, another building is being completed. But this building is ' a little different from the others. For this building, and much of the University, existed only on paper when we were frosh. With this building, these designs have found their fruition. In the five years of life of our class, we have witnessed a miracle; we have lived in the era of a miracle. With this thought in mind, the editors of the 1956 Cauldron have centered the theme of this year ' s book around the miracle which we have all witnessed: the growth of our class and our University. As you turn the next hundred or so pages, we hope you will find words and pictures that will in the future years bring back the memories of pleasant associations and good times.

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- ' - Zct ct , break (center) ; architect ' s sketch of the newly completed Class- room-Labratory Building (upper right) ; and Richards Hall dur- ing a morning class interchange (lower right).