Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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KING HUSKY I, 1926-1941 Outlying branches of Northeastern had been developed between 1917 and 1920, in Worcester, Springfield, Provi- dence, New Haven, and Bridgeport. These schools mainly oifered courses for the law degree. As the Boston campus grew, these associations were gradually dropped, al- though four present-day institutions resulted: Worcester Junior College; Western New England College in Springfield; Roger Williams Junior College, in Provi- dence; and Bridgeport Engineering Institute. The student body was steadily increasing, and the need for buildings which had been desperate since 1920, made it imperative by 1930, to develop a building plan. The de- velopment of a separate facility would promote the sought-for separation from the YMCA, which had been marked in 1924 by the separation of the University finan- cial accounts from those of the YMCA. The University thus had its own funds to spend, and in 1929, the first parcel of land was bought from the Boston and Providence Railroad. The land was slightly over an acre in size, south of the YMCA main building, 300 feet back from the avenue, with no legal access to the street. It was, however meager, at least a beginning. The YMCA in 1930, transferred to Northeastern the, ownership of two acres of land between the street and the acre purchased by Northeastern the previous year. The YMCA tennis courts and a small handball building remained on the land for several years. It is now the site of Dodge Li- brary. The YMCA also transferred title to the Botolph Building and the land on which it stands. On Kent Street, in Brookline, a five-acre plot which had been used as an athletic field for several years, was purchased and a field house was erected. This of course, was to become Parsons Field. Left, FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE POLE RUSH AT HUNTINGTON FIELD

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■l?- ' -l n«Si ' X ' cl: ' : ' . Vol. VH. No. 1 S. S. Uvi rhnn—WorWs Lfll ROUND out your education by seeing Europe this - summer. Go via the United States Lines and you are sure to have the vacation of a lifetime. Ask the United States Lines ' representative on your campus for the new, illustrated 32-page booklet written by a Princeton professor, containing specimen tours with dctiiled Itineraries and costs. For example, on a comprehensive 32 ' day trip you can visit four countries of Europe and travel both ways in specially prepared and exclusive tourijt third class cab- ins for only $283.25. Find out about the tours sailing on the S. S. Leviathan June I3th and July 25th, S. S. George Washington June 10th aiid July 8th. Improved tourist third class on the famous United States Lines ' ships provides light, airy and clean state- rooms with delightfully comfortable berths, excellent food and service, daily concerts, dances and sports on broad, sunny decks. Get the facts, organize your p:;rty and make your reservations earlv. Usaited States Lisies UNITED ?r TES SHIPPINO BOARD Local Office 75 STATE ST. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1926 See EUROPE 3Z Days — 283 aU expenses ( including round trip steamship ares i uni N t;u ' York) COMBINE TECH AND ! BULLETIN TO FORM I UNIT PUBLICATION Heads Staff of New FORMER NEWS Northeastern Paper ORGANS OF TWO SCHOOLS CEASE Maddocks and Stewart Senior Heads of First University Paper

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On the administration front, separation from the YMCA was marked in 1932, by the election of Robert Gray Dodge as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was the first chairman not on the YMCA Directors Board. This event followed on the heels of a report delivered to the Trustees in 1931, which recommended reconstitution of the Board of Trustees. The proposal expanded the Board to 45 members and stipulated that YMCA Directors should never be in a majority. The reason given to justify this proposal was that large po- tential benefactors might hesi- tate to support an organization which was controlled by an- other. At this period in North- eastern ' s history, when money was being sought to launch a building plan, that justification was considered valid. In 1935, Avery Churchill, Vice President of the univer- sity, presented a temporary or- ganization chart detailing an interlocking directorate with 10 members simultaneously serving on the YMCA Board and the Northeastern Trustees Board. In that same year the words, . . . of the Boston YMCA were dropped from the name Northeastern University. CHARLES HAVICE LIBRARY SITE The By-Laws of the university were amended in 1936 to formalize the Corporation of 75, with the Board of Trustees to be elected from and by its membership. There were to be four standing committees on the Board: Exec- utive, Development, Funds and Investments, and Housing. ELECTRICAL MEASURE LABORATORY