Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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An architectural competition was held by the Univer- sity in 1934, judged by the Trustees ' Committee on Hous- ing and the Executive Council. The plan for a campus de- signed by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott was selected. In October, 1934, the Trustees established the Committee on Development to raise funds for the con- struction of the first building. The optimism of the Trustees is seen in their adoption during a time of eco- nomic depression, of a plan calling for the construction of six buildings at a cost of over $3.5 million. FIRST HOCKEY GAME AT NORTHEASTERN WILL BE i PLAYED TUESDAY, JAN. 8 INTERCLASS PUCK SHOOTERS START NEW HUSKY SPORT JANUARY 3, 1929 The immediate construction of at least one building became vital as it was realized that the College of Engineering would not be accredited unless it had more adequate facilities. Funds for the first building were raised by widespread solicitation. When the building was completed, its $800 thousand cost had been met by a mortgage which was cleared in 1940. Ground was broken for the first building on September 29, 1937, and the cornerstone was laid in November. The new structure, designated as the West Building, was occupied in June, 1938. In October, 1938, at the Fortieth Anniversary and Dedicatory Exercises held in the Boston Opera House, the West Building and the university ' s new building at 47 Mount Vernon Street were dedicated. The later was called the School of Law Building, and had been bought and renovated to provide space for day and evening law classes which had begun in Sep- tember of that year. NOVEMBER 21, 1928 TELEVISION TALK BY J. W. HORTON BEFO RE ENG INEERS Meeting in Cruft Laboratory at Harvard with Twenty-One N. U. Men Present Last Friday evening at 8.00 p.m., the Boston Section of the American Institute of Radio Engineers held a meeting in the Cruft Laboratory at Harvard University. The speaker of the evening, Mr. J. W. Horton, formerly of the Bell Laboratory, gave a very lucid illustrated lecture on the Transmission of Images, an explanation of the theory under- h-ing Tclc Msion. Twenty-one Northeastern Uni- versity students were represented at this eminent gathering of one hundred radio engineers and college professors. This is an unprecedented record and shows the keen interest displayed by the Northeastern elec- trical students in their chosen pro- fession. Har -ard was represented by Dr. Kennelly and Professors Pierce and Chaflee of the Faculty. The Northeasieni Student Branch of the A. I. E. E. plans to have both Mr. Horton and Dr. KenneUy talk at future meetings at the school. Mr. P. W. Peek of the Pittsfield Works of the General Electric Co. i Section of the American Institute of I Electrical Engineers, Tuesday even- ing, December 4 at 8.00 p.m. in Tremont Temple. | DECEMBER 12, 1928 Moving Picture Machine Proves of Value to N. U. The moving picture machine again proved its vast utiHty other than providing amusement last Tuesday evening when the track squad was shown instructive pic- tures and slides. The idea of this meeting was to show the different members of the squad their faults on the track. Pictures had been taken previously of different men in action and these were flashed on the screen in slow-motion. The faults of each man were pointed out, and conse- quently not onlj ' those in question but everj ' one present received the benefits. There were also many slides of Oljnnpic stars shown. The meeting was similar to ' ' black- board practice plus the advantage of seeing the faults as they were pointed out. The meeting was planned especially as an instruction meeting and the men carried away with them many good points that may make them winners in the nearby season. About thirty members of the squad listened to Mr. Edward S. Parson ' s talk illustrated by instruc- tive rno Hes. Sixty-five Enthusiastic Puck Chasers Answer Call For Candidates SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Captains and Managers Elected With Fine Prospects For Big Year At a meeting held in 6-H on Tuesday noon, sixty-five candidates answered a call for class hockey teams. !Mr. Nelson Raymond, a member of the Faculty, was in charge of the meeting. General instructions concerning the forma- tions of the teams and of the running of the series were a n- nounced. After the general business was finished, the gathering split up into groups and each class pro- ceeded to form its hockey team and to elect captains and managers. The Sophomores, with twenty- two men reportiiT:;:, h .il the largest ::r„ui PR-oni V,,,- ,-... , ' ,,.,1; ..-ns c:c. ■ , , -.T and ' ' i! I • , s ' .biiity for Ills .,- : , -raduate of e ' J in hockey Edilie Demp- scy of i. ' ijricord T T fame will be in the Soph line-up. The Seniors present the most bril- liant array of stars in their pro- spective line-up. George Martin, Varsity polc-vaulter extraordinary, is captain and will play at center {Conlh ' .ui-d an page 3) l S. and Aloc ' navn The West Building provided more class- rooms, laboratories, an enlarged book- store, and general service areas. The new Department of Chemistry offices were dedicated in the Fortieth Anni- versary ceremonies as the Charles Hayden Memorial Laboratories. On May 7, 1941, the Trustees gave the West Build- ing a permanent name and unveiled a tablet in the lobby designating the building as Richards Hall, af- ter James Loring Richards, an industrialist and hon- orary degree recipient from Northeastern. Richards had been on the Board of Trustees since 1935 and had been a charter member of the newly organized Northeastern University Corporation. He was re- sponsible for raising more than half of the money which paid for construction of the West Building. As the campus became a visible entity, the col- leges were expanding and developing, simulta- neously requiring the provision of more space. In 1936, the Cooperative Engineering School became the College of Engineering, but the greater devel-