Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Everyone was pleased to learn that Senator Ken- ned) ' would be the speaker at the forthcoming com- mencement exercises. The Class of 1957 held its Junior Dinner-Dance early in June, and the enjoyable affair filled the Sherry- Biltmore with a capacit) ' crowd of 250 delighted couples. Engineer Bill Murphy ' s lovely date was chosen Prom Queen. The Silver Masque put the stopper on another fine season with its production of the suspenseful Did M for Murder. Hayden Hall open for business. The evening division found a new home, courtesy of S. S. Kresge. Architect ' s-eye view puts it all together from an angle untenable by a camera.

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g » Before lonj; the steel framework was up, and then The Silver Masque presented Ah, Wilderness to capacity crowds at Alumni Auditorium. The time of year had come for the annual sports awards, and Don Eason, Phil Bucalo, Charlie Miller, Eddie Ayres, and Richie Cavanaugh received most val- uable player awards for baseball, football, track, basket- ball and hockey respectively. The final cornerstone was laid for the Classroom- Laboratory Building, the latest edition to the twelve million dollar original quadrangle. Sid Watson made the grade as a professional football player as fullback for the Pittsburgh Stealers and some- how managed the amazing feat of carrying a full B.A. curriculum between flights back and forth to the Na- tional Football League cities. In the December eleaions, Don Micale, Walter Lee, and Sidney Freeman were elected to the Student Council to represent the Class of 1957 in student politics. The Silver Masque treated drama-lovers to another sparkling performance when they presented Arthur Miller ' s gripping All My Sons. A feud flared up between rebellious elements in class government and Student Council authority over a matter cf constitutional law regarding the regulation of Class Board activities. The News began to sponsor weekly press confer- ences and it introduced a new feature section and a cross-word puzzle. Popular Bob Kates was re-elected as Student Council President. A sellout audience thrilled to the Masque ' s presenta- tion of Rodgers Hammerstein ' s South Pacific, com- paring it favorably with the original long-run Broadway production. Unexpected but welcome were the March blizzards that forced the university to close its doors for the first time since Hector was a pup. Commissioner Ford Frick and many other notables appeared on the Huntington Avenue scene to aid in the dedication of a plaque at the Physical Education Center, commemorating the site on which the first World Series was played. The new Classroom-Laboratory Building continued to take shape and remodeling was begun in Richards HaU to accommodate the changes necessitated by the two floor corridor to the new structure. it was a short wait for completion. H SB 99 II IB |B IH i|g = = ' ■■ ■■8 III

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SENIOR YEAR The finale arrived with its usual hordes of new frosh, football games and fraternity foolery. A Dixieland jazz concert ushered in the contest for a Mayor of Hunting- ton Avenue. Jack Griffin won the fund raising fete by selling more five cent votes than the other six con- testants. PBA had to share top honors with SPA in the kick- off football rally. In the sports opener, Rhody edged Northeastern 13-12 while Princess Shawnda reigned for her second year as mascot. Bob Kates, Student Council prexy, was named cadet regimental commander of the Corps of cadets. SPA started moving into its new sixteen room house in Jamaica Plain. Politically, the International Relations Club cele- brated its silver anniversary and the History-Govern- ment Department election poll picked Eisenhower and Whittier to win the fall elections. Inauguration of Mayor of Huntington Avenue, Jack Griffin. Civil Engineers en route to the well surveyed Fens via the quad. iwenty-three