Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SHOm ) ?? fWSH C .I SS 6) The Class of 1963 held its first official function. Sue Feeney won top pi-i7.e in an Alumni Auditorium fash- ion show. The Student Council made plans to raise money for a Husky statue and Dean Dorothy Dissell became North- eastern ' s second Dean of Women re- placing Dean Myra Herrick. We Avere veterans now, sopho- mores, as a monumental event took place. Dr. Asa S. Knowles was inaugu- rated as the University ' s third Presi- dent and Dr. Ell became the first Husky Chancellor. Our class made history when we decided to support a Korean orphan- age but an otherwise gala autumn was marred when Northeastern lost at Homecoming to the University of Conn, before Queen Elizabeth Ander- son. The Atomic Energy Commission granted the University |41,284 to be used for a nuclear reactor and $45,000 worth of equipment was added to the mechanical engineering labs. Somehow the money had to be obtained to pay for these improve- ments and tuition was raised $100. Sports enthusiasts received some good news. Art Chisholm received hockey AU-American honors and a physical education major was offered. While we celebrated the golden anniversary of Northeastern ' s, Co-oper- ative Plan of Education, a new Alma Mater was composed. 18

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FROSH HORDES INVADE CAMPUS, screamed the banner head- lines of the NEWS edition waiting to greet us when we first enrolled at Northeastern University, Wednesday, September 3, 1958. While waiting in line to have our pictures taken and receive locker keys, we read that we were the largest entering class in the history of the University and 135 freshman coeds re- sulted in an 1 1-1 male to female ratio, a big improvement, according to upperclassmen. And when we had a spare mo- ment during a hectic orientation iveek to pause and digest the speeches ve heard and booklets we read, we wondered if ve Avould be among the one of every three who vould not be around at the start of our sophomore year. Barely had we settled down to the routine of studying, when we found out that King Husky IV, Northeastern ' s last live mascot, died mysteriously at a New Hampshire kennel, presumably shot because he had rabies. Since we couldn ' t have a live mascot, the News proposed that King Chump, a baboon, be installed in his place. As the canine uproar died down, it was announced that the Student Center Building would become the Ell Student Center, in honor of Dr. Carl S. Ell, who retired as University President in June of 1959. We paid court to Queen Rosemarie Dividio as our first Homecoming rolled around and watched the Hu skies roll over the University of Bridge- port, 36-8. Professor Wallace Bishop proved a true prophet when he predicted that Batista ' s Cuba regime would be overthrown by unknown rebel leader, Fidel Castro, and Secretary of the Army Wilbur S. Brucker praised Northeastern for outstanding ROTC achievement.

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As we began our middle year, a group of Phi Beta Alpha brothers re- vived an old tradition by stealing Rhody ' s ram. Future expansion of the Univer- sity ' s physical plant was insured when 12,000,000 worth of neighborhood in- dustrial property was purchased. Nancy MacLean vas elected Homecoming Queen and watched Southern Conn. State defeat the Hus- kies, 23-6. For the first time doctorate de- grees on the Co-op Plan were offered in chemistry, physics and electrical en- gineering. Art Chisolm was named Ail- American again, but spurned a profes- sional contract from the Boston Bruins in favor of a career in business. To help solve the parking prob- lem, the Boston Storage Warehouse was torn do vn and the land hard top- ped for use as a parking lot. As national fraternities were al- lowed on campus, the University pur- chased the Roosevelt Apartments, Dean Alexander retired as Dean of the College of Engineering and was re- placed by Dean Ronald Scott and the nuclear lab received a grant to inves- tigate sub-atomic particles. We began our junior year in a philanthropic mood, raising money for the destitute Korean island, Cheju- do. A pharmacy school became the University ' s sixth college and Arlene Wissenbach was elected Homecoming Queen as we lost to Vermont, 6-0. The campus was electrified by the announcement of a $40 million devel- opment program, the basketball team won the regional championship and sororities appeared on campus. Then it arrived. Our senior year, recorded in the pages of this CAULDRON. Stephen J. Green 19