Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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President ' s Message It is a pcirticularly great pleasure for me to extend con- gratulations to the members of the Class of 1964. In a very real sense, you and I began our Freshman year at Northeastern together. You will soon be leaving your University to join the ranks of thousands of Northeastern Alum- ni who help to make up one of this country ' s most important assets — educated men and women. As you go forth into busi- ness, industry, and the professions, you may do so with confi- dence in yourselves and your University. You have combined an excellent education with a background of work experience that is unlike that of university graduates where academic pro- grams are pursued in isolation from the work-a-day world. This will enable you to assume places of importance in the commun- ity much more rapidly and with much more impact than your contemporaries from other institutions of learning. You are graduating into an age of scientific and human- istic progress. All that we learn about the world and its people only points up how much we have yet to discover. Although much emphasis is being placed on personal security, I hope you will exercise your initiative, and dare to develop new ideas, new inventions, and better ways to utilize your education. The world needs the talents you have to offer. May God instill in each of you a passion for excellence in lulfilhng this challenge. I have every confidence that as Northeastern graduates you will serve humanity well. (jU... u iCLc- lTLj-C 12

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HOPE We sat there as the various deans, professors and administrative personnel painted a glowing picture of an advanc- ing, forward-looking institute of learning, and we thought how many times before this same old story had been repeated to so many others. But we were different, we were going to watch a university grow, expand, ma- ture and move closer to its intended hori- zons of greatness; and we were going to be part of it. All of us who sat there on that Fall, ' 59 day were going to witness the dyna- mism of a new university personality, the rapidity of his intensive planning and the first tangible results of a plan for change which has captured the imagination of all who can see its more intangible implica- tions. Many of us who entered the quad- rangle on that sunny September day wit- nessed the procession of representatives from more than 300 colleges and un iversi- ties, present in honor of the inauguration of Northeastern University ' s third presi- dent. Dr. Asa S. Knowles, and we were pleased to discover that the experienced administrator from the University of To- ledo and the many inexperienced faces in the crowd of 1870 frosh were going to begin their Northeastern careers together. Together we were going to be a partof the university ' s gradual acquisition of ad- ditional acreage, the school ' s expansion of its academic atmosphere and the under- graduates ' enlargening of their extra-cur- ricular lives. Together we were going to see North- eastern ' s appearance change with every change of term, and Northeastern ' s stu- dents inject more and more campus life into this commuter ' s school. And we got down to work — together. The years passed and we could see the evolution in ourselves and our university. 14