Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Ground breaking for the Phys-Ed Center. Dr. Ell throws first ball in the newly opened gym. For the first time in its history, the Cauldron was entered in the National Yearbook Competition, an in- dication of the rapid strides the yearbook was to take in the years just ahead. Jack Lapsley was named captain of the Husky grid- sters for the 1953 season at the annual football banquet, and Dr. EU announced plans to double the size of the bookstore. For the second successive season, Ray Pickard was named to the AU-American Hockey Team. The spring elections saw all three upperclass presi- dents repeat as Thomas Barrett, Bill Murphy, and Joe Kirk returned to office. Alumni Day at Northeastern and the cornerstone was laid for the new Physical Education Center, while at Symphony Hall, at the Annual Alumni Convocation, Governor Christian A. Herter was urging a more active interest in government. A very entertaining musical charmed audiences at the Silver Masque ' s presentation of Finian ' s Rainbow, another feather in the cap of the dramatic group. The university was shocked and saddened at the sud- den loss of a man who had been dear to a generation of students. Professor Winthrop E. Nightingale, director of the Department of Co-operative Work, who died sud- denly. The llniversity Board of Trustees announced that the Law School was to be closed, while Professor Joseph Crane was named to succeed Dean Nicholson as Dean of the Law School in the interim. Coach Zabilski instructs two students in gym ' s Wrestling and Tumbling Room. twelve

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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

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mSKm h i HHmllk- ' . ' jJl OL ' oSs Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick points m p I ,ll|UL- , n- lit iirsr world series. A phys-ed class in progress on the main courts of the gym.