Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Table of Contents The Origins, 1898-1973 8 1998 NEWS 72 The President ' s Message to Seniors 74 TAR 76 Student Activities 82 Distinguished Speaker Series 98 Silver Masque 103 Varsity Sports 112 The Seniors Liberal Arts 142 Engineering 173 Business Administration 209 Education 230 Boston Bouve 241 Pharmacy 248 Nursing 251 Criminal Justice 259 The Administration Student Affairs 263 University Administration 264 The Trustees 266 The Faculty 268 Index of Seniors 278

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STAFF Donald C. Leamy Editor-in-Chief Jeanne Ryder Michelle Saffioti Managing Editor Associate Editor Arthur MacPherson (Sports Editor) Scott L. Kaeser John P. Mello Joe Prevett Maxine Lieberman Karen Schindehette Thomas A. Rozum Jack R. Goldberg David Deans David C. Dunlap Bruce Morse James Yee Ben Lee Ellen Frank Frank Callahan Barry Novich Dean Harvey Vetstein Advisor The Editor and the Staff of the Cauldron would like to acknowledge our thanks: To Ray D. Wells, for allowing us access to his personal files and information regarding the Silver Masque productions during the past five years; to Dean Ryder for access to the pseudo-kitchen with its food and drink for the body, and solace for the soul (Saturdays by appointment); to Teresa for a sweet scowl and her faith in what she knew we were up to; to June of the Windsor Tap Room for rye whiskey and sympathy to yearbook staffs past and present; to Harvey Vetstein, always the man in the middle, defending us when we think we ' re right even if he thinks we ' re wrong; to Richard Sochacki for the beer (the Editor is a studying alcoholic); to Thomas Sprague and Seth Wanatik for their research assistance; and to Gil MacDon- ald for always being ready to make every effort to improve the quality of the Cauldron. Say hi to the Shadow for us. And to all, we wish to thank everyone, especially you.

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HE ORIGINS 1898-1973 N 1989, WHAT WAS TO BECOME [Northeastern University was embodied in a series of night courses in law sponsored by the Boston Young Men ' s Christian Associa- tion, and Lowell Institute; and in the person of Frank Palmer Speare. Head of the YMCA ' s education division since 1896, it was Speare whose imagination, per- serverance, and work enlarged the scope of course offer- ings and directed the organizational development which culminated in the incorporation of Northeastern College in 1916. With his major objective being the promotion of edu- cational opportunities for young men, in his capacity at the YMCA and later as Northeastern ' s first president, Speare led the educational institution through years of growth and experimentation in an effort to offer unique and beneficial opportunities for the development of the community. Northeastern is not an old institution. Some of the men who have devoted their lives to helping the university get off the ground are still alive. The university is not a dust- encrusted hand-me-down from a bygone era. Instead it represents the attempts and failures, the strengths and weaknesses which result in any effort conceived and nur- tured by a group of men. Some of the university ' s pro- grams have eventually proven to be weak and have died. But the ideas of men sometimes require many tests and much use before they can be recognized as either suc- cessful or unsuccessful. Many of the things the university now does may prove in time to have been based on faulty reasoning. Then improvements will follow. No one is om- niscient and able to institute a program secure in the knowledge that it will succeed and continue to be rele- vant forever. In spite of occasional failures in specific situations, the basic philosophy and structure of the in- stitution as established by Speare seems to be a stable one. The university ' s three presidents have carried the in- stitution through different phases: Speare ' s era was one of experimentation and formulation; Ell ' s administration was one of personal rule, in spite of rapid growth of the campus and the ever-increasing student body; Knowles ' administration has had to respond to the monumental growth and pressure exerted by the sixties, with more students than ever, and with the impending Diamond An- niversary closing in on a cramped, suddenly inadequate campus. The philosophy of Northeastern has always been to of- fer unique educational opportunities without overly du- plicating the efforts of other local institutions. In 1898, the Evening Law School was started, which in 1904 was in- corporated with degree privileges. The Law School was on of the mainstays of the developing university for 55 years. The first formal program of the university, it of- fered working men the chance to study law at night. In