Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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corporated into the collegiate swing of things. Our warmed-over high school enthusiasm was damp- ened a bit as the Huskies were turned back, 12-7, in traditional fashion at the hands of the Rhody Rams. Football seemed to be in the spotlight more than usual that year. The UMass game was cancelled because of Asiatic flu, not long before Northeastern and Brandeis severed sports relations as a result of an injury inflicted upon a Brandeis player by NU captain Bo Lyons. Connie Pappas, under the guise of Emperor Constantine, triumphed in the Mayor of Huntington Ave. Contest after his followers voted him into office under promises of girls, orgies, girls, liquor and more girls. Northeastern ' s first Homecoming queen, pert and pretty Marsha Gatonska, reigned. The Silver Masque productions of the year were The Man Who Came to Dinner, Dark of the Moon, Oklahoma and The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. And a talented young freshman by the name of Tom McKee established for himself a name that was to be seen and heard for the next four years. Continuing in its expansion program, Northeastern purchased the Boston Opera House. Plans for a graduate center were subsequently re- vealed, and Dr. Arthur A. Vernon was appointed head of the Graduate School. The coeds discovered they were outnumbered 11 to 1.

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Schedules had to be checked And right away we learned about our non-profit bookstore.

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The administration, previously en- grossed in the task of orienting a record-breaking 135 coeds in the freshman class, turned the tables and announced the University ' s first male dormi- tory. Heading all the educational activities of the University, Dr. William C. White was named provost of Northeastern. The late Dr. Elmer Cutts, then of the History Department, was granted a one year Fulbright Scholarship to teach in India. Don Johanson was named the first brigadier general of the University ' s ROTC con- tingent. The Class of ' 61 was placed under the jurisdiction of the Student Council as sophomore apathy and a sparsity of class candidates necessitated the cancellation of board and council elections by the Executive Committee of the Student Council. King Husky IV, the last Northeastern mascot in a long line of regal canine heritage, ar- rived in Boston and appeared on the Big Brother television show. Bo Lyons was named All-New Eng- land Center by the Boston Globe, sports writers for the second consecutive year, and Joe Zabilski was succeeded by Dick Dukeshire as basketball coach. The big news of the year, however, was the announcement by Dr. Carl S. Ell, following his 70th birthday, of his retirement as president of the University after 18 years in that capacity and 48 years at Northeastern.. Our first year and the Opera House provided a backdrop for the campus.