Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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in iHemoriam GEORGE WESLEY TOWLE June 10, 1889 — July 26, 1957 Professor George Towle, recently retired from the Department of Co-operative Work, faithfully served Northeastern University for thirty-one years. Joining the Northeastern family in 1923, Professor Towle saw a total of fifty co-operative employing firms rise to more than six hundred. He was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, class of 1912. He was associated with the Roxbury Boys ' Club from 1917-1919. A member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Engineering Societies of New England, Society for the Advancement of Management, Professor Towle also served as faculty adviser to Nu Epsilon Zeta fraternity. A man of genial personal qualities and great ca- pacity for friendships, he was much beloved by the hundreds of students who came under his counselling as undergraduates on the co- operative plan. Even though retired, Professor George Wesley Towle ' s presence from the Northeastern family will be sorely missed. Requiescat in pace.

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CARL STEPHENS ELL A.B., M.S., Ed.M., Sc.D., LL.D., L.H.D. PRESIDENT OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

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( ia4 c tatcf FRESHMAN YEAR It all started on a September day in 1952. That was enrollment day for 1075 freshmen of the Class of 1957. The Northeastern University that greeted them that day was a much different one from the one they were to leave on a June day five years later. That fall saw the dedication of the Library Building and the beginning of construction on a long-awaited Physical Education Center. Northeastern was expanding rapidly, and not only in its physical plant for President Ell announced that a College of Education would soon be established. The freshman year was an eventful one. King Husky IV was crowned amidst accompanying pomp and cir- cumstance while a thousand students looked on. Dr. William C. White was named to succeed retiring Vice- President Everett Churchill. To say that Dr. Churchill was in charge of the building program at Northeastern is all that need be said. The results of his efforts remain behind him to provide sufficient testimony to his un- tiring work on behalf of the University. In a move that attracted little attention at the time, Coach Zabilski announced the shift of one Sid Watson from a guard position to fullback. Century Sid Watson was to set a school record for yards gained rushing one year later. Professor Eugene J. Blackman, director of the Silver Masque, announced that My Sister Eileen would be the dramatic group ' s first production of the student year. The R.O.T.C. scheduled its first Military Ball for February. The big event featured Cindy Lord as an honorary colonel. Dr. Gilbert Garland was named to head up the Admissions Department, and the football team wound up the season with a 4 and 3 record. In the winter elections, Joe Higgins beat out Fred Shea by a 184-133 margin, and Ray Pickard, one of the finest collegiate goalies anyone has seen was sparking the Husky icemen to some spendid hockey. Continuing a long tradition of fine drama, the Silver Masque performed The Night of January 16 in Alumni Auditorium. On the unpleasant side, a tuition increase was an- nounced to the then preposterous figure of |220 a term for Engineers, and §200 for non-Engineers. Main entrance to the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Physical Education Center. eleven