Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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r ' KING HUSKY One tradition ended with the death of King Husky. However, there was some feeling that actually the King was sent to Alaska as part of an expedition. -, We were a large family, actually the largest ever to enter the University — 2015 in number. We brought with us the most scholarships, coeds, and best assortment of athletes to date — September , 1960. Somehow we were herded into the auditorium where we met, along with several others, our ad- visor, Dr. James Ryan. Ofthemall, Dean Kennedy still stands out in our minds, primarily for one brief statement, Look to your right and left, two of you will not be here for graduation. He ' s just trying to scare us, we thought. Little did we know. A NEW TRADITION BEGINS Ole Man Rom from URI made his first of many appearances at Northeastern during our freshman year. MAYHEM BREAKS OUT It was the first mayoralty contest for us. Below is Koss-o-Boo-Boo; the one on the left- no, the RIGHT.

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GETTING OFF THE MTA no one knew what to expect. It was the first day of just a tew days for some, for others the first day of five long years. by Ken Boyce EVEN OUR FRESHMEN GIRLS were soon initiated when this sign somehow appeared above the door of the dorm. There were mixed emotions that day; it was warm and sunny and no one knew exactly what to expect. As we got off the MTA or rounded the turn from the North Lot, we were met with a sight that will remain with us as long as we remember Northeastern. Enclosed on three sides by large buildings of white brick was our class. Some of us gasped in disbelief, others shrugged in a display of bravado and moved into the milling mass, a few groaned about never being anything but IBM numbers, while the rest vowed to rise above it, and make his or her presence felt. There were strangers everywhere, sitting on the steps or on the benches around the trees in the quad, standing alone or in small groups of two and three, or lounging on the grass. Immediately, there was born a sort of kinship, a kinship of newness for, in this infancy, we were all brothers.

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We quickly got into the pace of the school (some of us bought swimming pool rights), and we reacted to the first big crisis. Within two weeks of our arrival the issue of a live husky arose; the Student Council wanted one, the student body said Yes and the ad- ministration said No. So one tradition ended, but without knowing it another began, as some students brought the University of Rhode Island ' s ram to our first foot- ball rally, before the URI game. We were in the year of the first, our first ram, and our first mayoralty contest, with some guy named Jack Nixovitch winning. But with one Husky Dog question out of the way, another quickly rose, one that dwarfed all other husky problems. Should the new statue of the husky be sitting or standing? NEW SPORT For those too young to go to the Claw, the gathering place was the warehouse. Class seats near windows were at a premium to get a good view. WHAAA? Suddenly it appeared! There in the quad was a real live, rocket. Never could steer those things.