Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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RANKED FOURTH OUT OF FOUR Northeastern showed ' email! REVENGE Many a frustrated student had his day when several professors volunteered to become targets for the Korean Town Drive. The Year of Growth We were beginning the year of growth. Now we were no longer the biggest, smartest, and richest class, the new freshmen class was, but we did not mind because we were upperclassmen. All of a sudden there were sororities on campus, a first for Northeastern. Now all those girls could wear theirsorority sweatshirts, whereas before they could not. We were about mid-way through the term when the students undertook the Korean Town Drive, and at the same time Rhody ' s ram returned toole N.U. Now as students in Div. A, we elected our second group of officers, this time a male got the top spot, our first president never returned. But Div. B decided to stick with females and elected another to head it. AHH YES What would a September be withoutthe long Bookstore lines, chaos and the even- tual answer, Sorry, we ' re out of that book, come back next week.

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THE ONE AND ONLY snow sculpture contest in our collegiate history had St. George and the Dragon winning the top campus prize. OH, BY THE WAY convocations. We were also expected to attend those While the debate raged on, we got an omen of things to come because our frosh football team routed the Springfield team 46-14. A few short weeks later the team completed its season tieing the University of New Hampshire by a score of 6-6, to record an 8-0-1 slate for the year. Right on the heels of this came the word from basketball coach, Dick Dukeshire, that he was rather impressed with the frosh team and that he had high hopes for the future. We elected our first board of officers headed by a girl as president. As spring approached a new sport was ini- tiated, warehouse-destruction watching. At all hours of the day, large crowds cheered as the guy in the crane swung his concrete ball, scoring pin- point hits against the side of the warehouse, as If it were easy to miss something that large. In place of the warehouse we were told there would soon be a parking garage. Then within a few short weeks we completed our 30-week marathon and we were sophomores.

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THE CHAMPS At least tor us, are seen here returning from Evansville. Coach Duke- shire and the rest o( the basketball team vowed to go back again — and they did. EVERYWHERE the team went, so did the Go Huskies sign. Then the news hit the campus like a thunder bolt: the husky statue would be sitting. Getting back to normal, the Student Union- sponsored a fair to raise money for the Korean Town. Highlight of the event was a sponge-throw of various professors. The drive got enough mon- ey, the profs got wet and some of the students got revenge for some of those marks thought to be lower than deserved. As Div. A was taking its exams, the NEWS published a special paper that announced the $40-million dollar expansion plan. In light of expansion, the students got into the act and took the first steps to get the priority of the Student Center changed so that we might get one before the original date of 1973. The movement started slowly but gained speed as students, faculty and administration worked out the preliminary problems. Another far-reaching program that was in the embryo stages was the idea of a term change. Many plans were being discussed but little else was mode public. But by now something was known; we were invited to our first NCAA Regional Basketball Tournament in Rochester, N.Y. Ranked fourth out of four, only Northeastern had any hopes of tak- ing home the prize. A week later we did take it and were off to Evansville, Ind., where our luck ran out. The team ,| and Coach Dukeshire vowed to return. Both Divisions elected officers for the cominoj year, both groups placed new presidents inte power — incumbents just did not make it big witn our class. Just before we left for the year, plans for the Science Hall addition were announced. And be- cause of the added educational facilities we were to be hit with a $1 00 tuition increase.