Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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HAROLD WESLEY MELVIN ' ' What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth. — Cicero 2 edu TT IS A pleasure to dedicate the 1957 Cauldron to • ■ Harold W. Melvin a man who has devoted 37 years to the service of Northeastern University. This year brought to a close but one phase of his long career — that of Dean of Students, a position he held for 28 years. The Dean will now concentrate upon his duties as Professor of English. Dean Melvin, a resident of Milton, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, from Boston University in 1915 with a bachelor of arts degree in English and History; he also holds a Master ' s degree in English. He joined the Uni- versity faculty in 1920 as an instructor in English and a year later was appointed assistant professor and chair- man of the department, a position he held until 1943. In 1922, the Dean was appointed full professor and in 1926 became Director of Student Activities. In 1929, he became the first Dean of Students. His many activities extend beyond the University in civic, literary and educational organizations. He is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the Modern Language Association, the College English Association, both the National and the Eastern Associa- tions of Deans of Men, the Massachusetts Civic League, and the Masons. For 25 years, he has been treasurer of the New England Poetry Club. The Dean is a noted scholar of Shakespeare, a course he has taught for many years at Northeastern. In addi- tion to his American literature and Shakespeare coiuses, he will teach a new course on the understanding and appreciation of poetry. The Dean will be remembered by the graduating class for his enthusiasm for all phases of university life, for his boundless energy, for his good nature, for his personal interest in the students. For these reasons, this volume is dedicated to Harold W. Melvin, with the k ' nowledge that his experience and wisdom will continue to be a vital part of Northeastern University.

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( pttent Dedication President ' s Message eight Memoriam ten Class History eleven Seniors twenty-six Administration and Faculty one hundred and twenty-two Activities one hundred and thirty-four Sports one hundred and sixty-six Spring-Summer Supplement one hundred and eighty-six Advertising two hundred and four

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jZL W4i. ' T HIRTY-EIGHT years ago Joseph Spear came to - - the New England Co-operative College of Engineer- ing, which consisted of three small rooms in the YMCA, as an assistant professor of mathematics. One year later, in 1920, he became the Chairman of the Department. This year he retired from that capacity at the same school, but now called Northeastern University. Joe Spear has been described by many of his col- leagues as a mathematical hurricane who can make even a backward student pay attention and learn to like his class. He loves teaching, mathematics, and people, and found all three of them here. Prof. Spear, now living in Brighton, was born in Boston ' s West End in 1891. He went to grammar school at Phillips on Beacon Hill until his family moved to Maiden. He graduated from Maiden High School in 1909 and went on to receive his AB degree from Har- vard in 1913, and did graduate work at Harvard and Boston University. In 1933 he received his master ' s degree from Boston University. He found his home among the students at the University. He was made the first Director of Student Activities and used the position to establish extra-cur- ricular aaivities on a sound basis. The Northeastern Band, a number of other musical organizations, and several of the first fraternities were products of his versatile mind. Athletics at the school have always been a major in- terest to the busy math professor. He has seldom, if ever, missed a Husky football game. Track and field are his main interests in the athletic field, however. For several years he has been the clerk at both the BAA and K of C track meets in Boston Garden. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Society of America, the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New Eng- land, the American Society of Engineering Education, and the 301st Field Artillery Association. To Joe Spear, and a strong nucleus of loyal faculty members like him who have remained at the University through the years and are still teaching today, belongs much of the credit for the true spirit of Northeastern — a spirit not only symbolic of the rapid growth of the college, but to a large extent, also responsible for it. ' ' ' ' Those having torches will pass them on to others. — Plato JOSEPH SPEAR