Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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A full Greenleaf Parking area. Sell before you lose your shirt. Her Kc.uai Hi.i;hncss, Prin.ess Shawnda The Silver Masque scored another hit with new- comer Charlie Bennett in the lead of Onr Town. Later in the year, Director Blackman found himself with a new casting problem as two frosh co-eds vied for the lead in Kiss Me Kate. The trustees announced the official names for Hayden Hall and the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Physical Education Center. The total acreage of the campus went to sixteen acres with the purchase of an apartment building on Forsyth Street. Dean McDonald was named successor to retiring Dean of Students, Harold W. Melvin. Math Professor, Christopher Kennedy, became the new Dean of Fresh- men. AFCEA members produced a movie for their annual convention. The group was also cited as the outstanding chapter in the country. Sports enthusiasts breathed easier when Coach Zabilski refused Columbia ' s coaching offer. The Class of 1957 prepared itself for Senior Week and Commencement. The final fling for the senior class would bring to an end the undergraduate careers of more than six hundred. At the same time, this festive week would begin a whole new life for these same graduates. Farewell Fifty-Seven. Last shot of a fearless photographer. tueiity-four