Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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The immediate construction of at least one building became vital as it was realized that the College of Engi- neering would not be accredited un- less 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 Exercis- es held in the Boston Opera House, the West Building and the university ' s new building at 47 Mount Vernon street were dedicated. The latter 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 September of that year. The West Building provided more classrooms, laboratories, an enlarged bookstore, and general service areas. The new Department of Chemistry, offices were dedicated in the For- tieth Anniversary Ceremonies as the Charles Hayden Memorial Laboratories. On May 7, 1941, the Trustees gave the West Building a permanent name and unveiled a tablet in the lobby des- ignating the building as Richards Hall, after James Loring Richards, an indus- trialist and honorary 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 Uni- versity Corporation. He was responsi- ble for raising more than half of the money which paid for construction of the West Building. While the campus was becoming a visible entity, the colleges were ex- panding and developing, simultane- ously requiring the provision of more space. In 1936, the Cooperative Engi- neering School became the College of Engineering, but the greater develop- ment was happening in Liberal Arts. The Noptheastefn News VoL XII. No. 27 Published Weekly by the Day Collegiate Schools Thursday, March 19, 1931 BUD RYMPH RE-ELECTED TO CAPTAINCY OF BASKET BALL TEAM AT CLOSING BANQUET LETTER AWARDS TO NINE MEN AT FINAL MEETING : Tiffany, Symancyk end Hassell ; Have Played Final Game for Northeastern DEAN PRAISES TEAM UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB BROADCASTS FROM WLOE Last Thursday evening. 9.30 p.m., the Uiii ersity Glee Club broad- ca. todfr.r one-half hourover WLOE. Tin ■ club a)jpL- ircd before the mike ill llif main studio at 5 Winthrop Square, Boston. CliflFord L. Chatter- ton ' 31E. leader and Altjert H. Spry ' :J2BA, manager, had charge of the Dr. . TV. Davis Speaks At Special Meeting Delivers Address on Profession of Engineering to Group Dr. Harvey N. Davis, President of Stevens Institute and Vice-Presi- dent of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, addressed the combined Engineering and Busi- ness Conference sections last Mon- day noon on The Profession of Engineering. President Frank Palmer Speare and Dean Carl S. Ell of the Univer- sity were present as guests of the student A. S. M. E. branch, under the direction of which the meetine BUILDING PROGRAM ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTER STUDY ARCTIC EXPLORER TO TALK AT THE NOON ASSEMBLY Under the Northern Lights will be the subject of an illustrated talk that will be given by Capt. Donald B. MacMillan, the noted Arctic explorer, at the University Mass Meeting tomorrow noon in Sym- nhonv Hall, PLAN RECITATION AND ENGINEERING BUILDINGS FIRST Extensive Development of Hous- ing Conditions to be Carried Out in Near Future FINISH PART 1934 The original artist ' s conception of the Quad included an obelisk tower — All Hail !

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The Nofthemstern News Vol. XI. No. 8 Published Weekly by the Day Collegiate Schools DEANH.W.MELV1N AWARDS SHIELDS AT MASS MEETING Phi Beta Alpha Attains Highest Scholarship Record for Year 1928-29 SIGMA DELTA SECOND Phi Beta Alpha Fraternity wi awariki! iv.e .- Irelds yesterday noc at iiM - riuA n:.i; ' , for attaining the hii Mu ' .L i.iiula.-;iir record of any fra- ternity for the school year 192S-29, The shields were presented by Dean Harold W. Melvin. and rece for the fraternity by Pres. Nelson W. Gallagher 1930BA. The fraternity average was 2.208, which is equivalent to a little better than a C. Sigma Delta Fraternity stood second in the fraternity aver- ages, with an average grade of 1 .534. Phi Beta Alpha is the first fra- ternity to win one of the new series of scholastic awards, presented for the purpose by Prof. Joseph Spear. Professor Spear was for a number of years chairman of the faculty committee on fraternities, and has given the shields as an incentive to high scholastic averages in the fra- ternities, and reward for scliolastic attainment. The small shield will be kept per- manently by the fraternity having I {Continued on page 3) I PLEDGING RULES CONTAIN NUMBER OF INNOVATIONS Upperclassmen May be Pledged Any Time Following First Five Week Session Freshmen and Division B upper- classmen will be interested to know the new fraternity pledging rules as now in force. Due to the many changes which have been made they will need detailed explanation. The Interfratemity Council ap- proved the new rules during the academic year 1928-29 to take effect immediately upon the opening of college for the yc:ir 102! i-: ' .0. members of fnUurnitie--. in ihc Day Division should acquaint themselves fully with the contents of the new rules. A general description of the changes will be found on page 63 of the new Freshman Handbook. Explanation of Rules I. Pledging of upperclassmen may take place at am- time after the upperclassman has attended school for five weeks during the cun-ent school year. No pledging of upperclassmen is to take place unless the upper- (Continued on page 3) Class Hockey Teams To Be Started Soon Thursday, October 31, 1929 Banned in Boston May Go Out on Tour After Boston Show There is a growing possibility tlmt this year ' s musical comedy, Banned in Boston, will go out on a tour after | it has played at the Arlington, Brockton has been tentatively chosen as the site ' of the showing, which will probably take place on the Saturday following the Boston appearance. The plan then calls for trips to some of the larger Massa- chusetts towns on successive week- ends. If Professor White and his coliorts can successfully accomplish this plan, it will be the lirst time that a Northeastern show has ever one on the road. At a business meeting held last reek, Raymond C. Hardin 1030E Manager of the Musical Comedy tlined the budget for this year ' ; production, and showed that it would be possible for the show to have a profit after its tour. There has been no call for candi- dates for the cast as yet, but there vaW be one in the near future. Watch the NEWS. Suggestions are still being re- ceived by the publicity department, so get your thinldng machinery- oiled up and see Prof. T. .M. AVhitc in 39H. You can also put your ticket money away now in order to be sure to have the cash ready when the pasteboards go out on sale. MAROON AND BLACK SOCCER TEAM WINS FROM FITCHBURG AS HARRIERS LOSE TO BATES JELLISON STARS AS BATES TRIMS HUSKY HARRIERS Northeastern Runners Are No Match for Fast Bates Cross Country Men Although the Northeastern Har- rier outfit went up to Bates with good intentions, they were defeated by a more powerful and well-bal- anced team that in the near future will crush more than one potential champion. Many famihar names were brought to light as a result of the meet, namely: Viles, the Bates runner whom the Hiisky track team will never forget, for it was through his efforts that Bates made such a valiant shomng in the face of ad- versity last winter, indoors; Chap- man, the New England IntercoUc- ate champion at 880 yards, ' hn also participated, but failed to Ilnish ithin the first fxvi . Jellison was the wiimer, defeating (Conliiiiied on page S) N, U. Literati to Try to Publish Magazine N. U. VICTORIOUS DESPITE LOSS OF FAS T VET ERANS Hess and Tiffany Star Once More as Husky Boaters Beat Fitchburg SCORE 3 TO With practically a new line-vip, Captain Hess brought his team through another battle on Hunting- ton Field with an added feather in his hat. Seriously handicapped by the loss of Franco and Madeiras, veteran forward and back respec- tively, the team scored only three times. Late in the first period Thompson, playing the pivot position on the forward line, scored on a beautiful pass from Herb Tiffany. This put new strength into the team, which up to this time had faulted Captain Hess was responsible for the second score of the game when he kicked a foul shot, from thirty yards, through the goal-keeper ' s hands as the latter was being rushed. After a rest at halt time, the team me hnck in fhiVrl npaorl j f tV,o The YMCA in 1930, transferred to Northeastern the ownership of two acres of l and 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 Library. 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 erect- ed. This of course, was to become Par- sons Field. On the administration front, sepa- ration 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 reconstitu- tion of the Board of Trustees. The proposal expanded the board to 45 members and stipulated that YMCA directors should never be in a majori- ty. The reason given to justify this proposal was that potential benefac- tors might hesitate to support one organization which was controlled by another. At this period in Northeast- ern ' s history, when money was being sought to launch a building program, that justification was considered valid. In 1935, Everett Avery Churchill, Vice President of the university, pre- sented a temporary organization chart, detailing an interlocking direc- torate with 10 members simultaneous- ly 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 . The by-laws of the university were amended in 1936 to formalize the Northeastern Corporation with 75 members by and from which the Board of Trustees was to be elected. There were to be four standing com- mittees on the board: Executive, De- velopment, Funds and Investments, and Housing. An architectural competition was held by the university in 1934, judged by the Trustees ' Committee on Housing and the Executive Council. The plan for a campus designed by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott was selected. In October, 1934, the Trustees es- tablished the Committee on Develop- ment to raise funds for the construc- tion of the first building. The opti- mism of the trustees is seen in their adoption during a time of economic depression, of a plan calling for the construction of buildings at a cost of over $3.5 million.

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Completed in 1938, the West Building was the first product of the campus plan. The College of Liberal Arts began in 1935, with 35 students on the co-op plan. According to the 1935 Catalog, the School of Arts and Sciences was established on two principles: that a man should have a broad understand- ing of the main currents of human activity ; and that studies without sacrificing their liberal value, should prepare a man for a useful career. Contribution to human welfare, in short, is regarded as the chief end of scholarship. Concurrent with the academic growth, was the continuing growth in student activities. The second Direc- tor of Student Activities, from 1926 to 1929, was Professor Harold W. Mel- vin, who had joined the faculty in 1920 and became head of the English department the following year. In 1929, Melvin was appointed the first Dean of Students and his position in activities was filled by Edward S. Par- sons. Under these men new activities grew and existing activities flourished. Sigma Delta Epsilon, an honor so- ciety in the new College of Business Administration was founded in 1925. A revamped Student Council came to life in 1924. In the same year a Stu- dent Union was formed, with Milton J. Schlagenhauf as its faculty advis- er and its purpose stated to broaden engineering education by lectures, trips, and religious activities. From 1922 until 1926, the new Col- lege of Business Administration de- veloped a group of activities parallel- ing those of the Engineering School. Architect ' s plans called for a series of intercon- nected buildings. They organized their own dramatic club. Student Union, Student Coun- cil, orchestra, newspaper (The Bulle- tin), and yearbook (The Administra- tor, first published in 1926). The im- practicality of such duplication led to the combining of groups in the next few years. The Bulletin fused with The Tech to become The Northeast- ern News, in February, 1926; and in 1929, The Administrator joined with The Cauldron. In dramatics, a series of annual all- university shows took place between 1924 and 1934. Six of these were orig- inal musical comedies combining the talents of students and certain faculty members, including Melvin himself. The climax of the series was Banned in Boston — a production with a cast of 75, an orchestra of 50, and a puppet prologue — which was presented in the Arlington Theatre. A new dramatic club formed in 1934, operating under several handi- caps for many years including poor facilities (before Alumni Auditorium was completed in 1947), and no female actresses (before co-education was adopted in 1943).