Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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3n iHemoriam OR. ELMER H. CUTTS, chairman o ' the Kisiory-Government De- partment since 1948, died in his Arlington home on Monday morninj, April 4, 1960. With his passing the University lost much in the •vay of loyal service and dedication to its growth and development. A member of the faculty since 19-il, Dr. Cutts was made an asso- date professor of Histor in 1947, and a full professor in 1948. He spent the academic ear 1958-19 ' ' 9 as a Fulbright Scholar in India. At the time of his death he was involved in a series of radio pro- grams bringing a better understanding both of Northeastern and of India to the public. He received his AB and MA degrees from the University of Wash- ington and his PhD degree from Harvard. He was the author of numerous scholarh ' articles and papers dealing with various periods of histor . Dr. Cults was a member of the American Historical Association, the .American Oriental Society, the American Academy of Political and .SiHJal Science, the All-India Historv Congress, and the Confer- ence on British Studies. He leaves his wife, the former Amelia E. Simaton, and his daughter, I.orna Jean, I, . DR. R. LAWRENCE CAPON, Auburndale, for many years commence- ment organist and an associate professor of English at Northeastern, died on September 3, 1959. A native of Montreal, Canada, Dr. Capon attended the New Eng- land Conservatory of Music and did private pianoforte and organ teaching in Boston and Newton since 1926. He received his BS de- gree in 1933 and his AM and PhD degrees in 1955, all from Boston University. In 1959, Dr. Capon participated in the WERS-FM series entitled. Notes on the Development of the English Novel in the 18th and 19th Centuries, and gave talks on Sir Walter Scott and Thoma. Hard. A member of the finance committee of the Church of the Open Word (Swedenborgian), he also served as a member of the executive coinmittee. State Church Association, and was director of tne Cor- poration, New Church Theological School in Cambridge. Dr. Capon was a member of the honor fraternities Phi Delta Kapp a, Pi Kappa Lambda, and was vice president of Alpha Chapter, Phi Mu Sinfonia Fraternity. He was a member of the College Englisli Association, the Ameri- can Association of University Professors, and was ar. advisor to the No.-theastern student Dance Band. He leaves hi: Gould. sife, Edith Swanton, a son Ross B., and a brother. I ' ]

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President ' s Message To the Class of I960: Although I ha e served as President for only one year, I am happy to have become acquainted with several mem- b-rs of the Class of I960. If these students are any criterion of the quality of the entire class, I have every confidence that as graduates }ou w 11 uphold Northeastern ' s proudest traditions of service. The Cla:s of I960 is fortunate in many respects. In a p:riod of great scientific and social advances more and greater opportunities — and also greater responsibilities — lie before you than have faced any previous class in the University ' s history. The breadth of understanding, knowledge, and proven capacity to learn, which you have acquired under North- eastern ' s special pian of education, will help you to cope effectively with the complex world in which we live today. The best proof of the broad education you receive, however, is your open and inquiring mind. If you have dis- covered and developed an ability to think. Northeastern has fulfilled the basic purpose for its existence as well as its pledge to you as freshmen five years ago. May I extend my best wishes for your future success. DR. ASA S. KNOWLES President Northeastern University [f ' ]

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Education Waits, Patiently CLASS HISTORY 1955 - 1960 By C31AIG CLEVERLY The history of the Class of I960 commenceth thus: In the beginning (of September 1955) Northeastern created the Class of I960. And the Administration said, ' Let there be Orientation ' : and there was Orientation. There certainly was! It may not have been the lines, the payments, the sales talks, and the registra- tation, but most of us who went through it would fight for its being placed high on the list. When we finally came whirling away from the lines, the payments, the salestalks, and the registra- tion forms, we were whirled into classes the follow- ing Monday. Which didn ' t help the confusion a bit. But as the year charged on (since NU ' s 10 week terms are conducted at a pace approximating jet- propulsion) we gradually got oriented to it all, or thought we did. As a matter of fact, we were the largest Freshman class in the University ' s history, with 1760 of us gumming up the local works. But then, it seems as though every successive Freshman class has been billed as the largest in the history of Northeastern, so 1760 must be a mere drop in the present bucket. Somehow the class managed to make order out of its 1760 member chaos, and elected officers, class board, and all the executive paraphernalia that no- body (except members) seems to know anything about. A Freshman Talent Show was staged by these groups, and the Freshman class celebrated the end of its third term by Dancing In The (virtual) Dark at the Continental. The University participated in a Ford Foundation mass shell-out for teachers ' salary raises, receiving $650,000 for said worthy cause. One biggish news item was the Masque ' s doing South Pacific as one of the musical ' s first produc- tions off Broadway — but not too far off, in the creative hands of die Blackmaniacs. An interesting sidelight occurred late in the year, when Ford Frick, National Commissioner of Base- ball, participated in unveiling ceremonies of a plaque commemorating the first World Series long- merry ago at the site of Northeastern.