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In December of 1969, Northern Essex Community College became a fully accred- ited school. This event is not the result of an apathetic ruling body. No, Accreditation was the result of a group of enthusiastic and energetic men and women. Of people with an eye towards the future, envisioning many young people looking for a beginning to the future. A future perhaps temporarily stunted if Northern Essex did not exist. So with this in mind we tacitly say “Thank You”. Thank you to those people who had faith and foresight in a new idea. Administrators and faculty alike. There is another element to be dealt with, and it is the thousands of students who have passed through these doors, and who have yet to pass. For without them the dreams of many people would never have become a reality. . . . And yet more Light. 3
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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE At the beginning of the 1%0 ' s your president was appointed to his position and charged with the responsibility of building a new college” in the Merrimac Valley. He came to Haverhill under lowering skies and at a time when the earth was cov ered with deep snow. He occupied a bleak and abandoned old building which not only chilled the body, but also seemed determined to freeze the spirit. The 1%0’s did not begin auspiciously. No trumpets sounded, no heavenly bodies altered their courses to favor the event. There was little promise of the warm satisfaction that comes from significant achievement. That was the beginning of the 60 ' s for this college. Now we are at the beginning of the 1970’s having come through a decade that is considered to be one of the most crucial in our nations history. Yet. somehow, we have not been frustrated in our steady growth and in the attainment of many of our important objectives. We have seen our student enroll- ment increase to a point where we now really meet many needs of the area. We have an excellent faculty who are demonstrating creative leadership in the classroom and in the world of higher education. Our administrative staff are mostly young, capable professionals who make an organization really work. Our office and maintenance staff are of very high quality who do the basic jobs upon which all other college endeavors must be solidly built. All this, along with an increasing student participa- tion at all leadership levels, leads us to believe that we have come through the 60 ' s with a strong new college which can face the next decade with confidence. Besides all this, we have so much that is more than j ust potential. Our building program is fully on its way with a specific time set for occupying. Many of you who are now in the college can conceivably complete your studies on our magnificent new campus. We now are fully accredited and free to devote our attention to your needs based on valid assumptions rather than frantic efforts to prove our adequacy. Our Division of Continuing Education is good, but it is just at the beginning of its impact in this wide area. Several new career programs are being added in both day and evening divisions so that increasingly we will meet area needs for occupational education for which this valley is ready and eager. The entire prospect looks good. But we must guard against presumption and self- satisfaction. The achievement of the past and the hopes for the future are not just based on our own adequacies. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has brought us into existance. We are not j ust ourselves. Our legislators have given a great deal of their time and a lot of their energy just to make sure that the state’s commitment is honored. Our Governing Board and the Board of Higher Education, along with our local Advisory Board, have done so much for us that is never seen and too often is not recognized. We owe these people our deepest thanks. The city of Haverhill has shown unusual tolerance and understanding of our college community. Never for- get, that to many people, our whole group, come under the idea of invaders. This we are not, unless we are foolhardy enough to act as though we are. My whole point to you is that we have done well, but only because so many did so well for us. We have an obligation that can best be repaid by the achievement of good citizenship and by our support to those who in the level education that this marvelous country still offers us. We greet the 70’s and we say thanks to the 60 ' s. The rewards and satisfactions are worth all the efforts that were made. ?
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