Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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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To the Class of 1958: Pie4,idwfo Tfle tafye In 1953 I had the pleasure of welcoming you as you entered Northeastern. We have had five great years together here on this campus. You have grown in knowledge and understanding and have matured in body and in mind. At least one of the goals which you set for yourself when you came to Northeastern has been reached — you have completed the required program and now receive the degree. Northeastern has also grown during this period. The University has strengthened its faculty, improved and enriched its programs, and added substantially to land, buildings, equipment, and perma- nent funds. Our ROTC and our Graduate Programs have come of age; the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Physical Education Center and Hayden Hall have been constructed during your undergraduate days. Now you move on into a larger sphere of activity. The whole broad vista of the world lies open before you. In the years ahead it will be not only your opportunity and privilege but your duty and your responsibility — because of your mental capacity, your trained intellect, and your schooled emotions — to help advance the level of education and the standard of conduct in your community, your state, and your nation. As you have reached a point of departure from your college activities and responsibilities, I, too, am making a change. I have resigned as President of Northeastern, effective July 1, 1959, because it is my conviction that no administrative officer should continue beyond age 65, or at most 70, in an im- portant position in a growing, dynamic university like Northeastern. You may be sure, however, that I shall continue to devote my interest and my energies to the University in every way possible. It is my hope that our University may become even stronger and make greater strides in progress and develop- ment through the years ahead. For Northeastern I see in the future a Graduate Center Building constructed and ready for occu- pancy in 1959, followed immediately by an Administrative Building on the Opera Place land, the begin- ning of a permanent Dormitory Center on the North Parking Lot, and new and larger parking facilities elsewhere. I hope that each one of you will continue to be a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic member of the North- eastern Family and will help your University in every way possible. May the future be good to you. [8]

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3n jWemortam WALDEMAR S. McGUIRE 1896- 1958 Professor of Chemistry ST rofessor Waldemar Stanwood McGuire, seriously ill for several years, died at his home in West Dennis, Massachusetts, January 24, 1958. His passing brought to a close a career of thirty-three years ' service to the University, a career in which he con- tributed much to the growth of Northeastern. Professor McGuire graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1918 and in 1930 received his Master ' s degree from Boston University. He was an instructor at Tufts University and at Rhode Island State University for several years before coming to Northeastern in 1924 as Assistant Pro- fessor of Chemical Engineering. Professor McGuire was a key man in the development of the then com- bined Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. The department was divided in 1938, and Professor McGuire joined the staff of the Chemistry Department. In 1943, he became Associate Pro- fessor of Chemistry. For many years, the Professor was advisor to the Yacht Club and devoted much of his time to the sport. He was a thirty-second degree Mason with membership in the Seaview Masonic Lodge of Re- vere and in Aleppo Temple, Boston. A member of the American Chemical Society, Professor McGuire was the author of numerous articles in scientific journals. Professor McGuire is survived by his wife, Muriel, and his daughter, Priscilla. [10]