Merrimack College Merrimack ScholarWorks Merrimackan Yearbooks College Publications & Events 1-1-1960 Merrimackan Merrimack College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/merrimackan Recommended Citation Merrimack College, "Merrimackan" (1960). Merrimackan Yearbooks. 10. https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/merrimackan/10 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications & Events at Merrimack ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Merrimackan Yearbooks by an authorized administrator of Merrimack ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. iIm •••• ttM iHiatfil. Mtafi inl•••( ir.nl ^ MERRIMACK COLLEGE ALMA MATER words: Lawrence Farrell, ’60 music: Rev. Thomas F. Walsh, O.S.A. — jp \ ^ M ^ 1 nr ^ f ^zzz ^ 0 r H ri I I o^ V ^ 1 1 J 1 — f rlJ c 1 1 I Inspirations, Mould of nations. Abound within your walls. : \ b 1 1 czzzz: 1 1 * (i ^ IQ J w J ^ J \ 1 1 1 ^ \ 1 W ^ 1 \ ^ ^ m ~7 Children proud, we cherish having Known your hallowed halls. May you grow in truth and wisdom. Merrimack, in song we’ll praise your Educative shrine. Earthly Majesty. Reaping from the highest kingdom Reign, beloved Alma Mater, Recompense divine. Reign eternally. Inspirations, Alma Mater, Mould of nations. Alma Mater, Abound within your walls. Merrimack we pray. Children proud, we cherish having Loyalty to God and thee Known your hallowed halls. Your truth shall light our way. As / 5 // here, / remember MERRIMACK COLLEGE North Andover, Massachusetts HISTORY OF MERRIMACK As the tenth graduating class we were fortunate to see and take part in the growth of Merrimack College, which has the distinction of being situated in two typical New England towns, North Andover and Andover, Massa- chusetts, both rich in the tradition of education. What courage it must have taken for the Haverhill labor-management group, under the direction of Mr. J. Leo Cronin, to foresee, after countless interviews with G.I.’s, the need of a college north of Boston and to present the plan before Cardinal Richard J. Cushing. Cardinal Cushing was receptive to the suggestion and, as usual, he was ready to meet the demands to give a Catholic education to all those seeking it. Under the leadership of Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., Ph.D., the plans of the college were under way. GUILD HALL After considerable deliberation, the site for the new college was selected. A temporary building, Guild Hall, was to be erected between Elm and Haverhill Streets in Andover, and a permanent campus was to be located on Turn- pike Road in North Andover. CASCIA HALL Sound Planning, New Ideas Show Results Cascia Hall, named for St. Rita of Cascia, was pur- With funds made available by a mammoth penny chased as a home for the priest teachers and tem- sale at the Lawrence Memorial Stadium, the college porarily served as an administrative office for the gymnasium was erected. The gymnasium became new college. When an administrative building was the center of campus life, fqr it was used not only erected, Cascia became a home for resident female for social and religious activities, but also for classes. students. Shortly after the construction of the gymnasium, The transfer of land for the new college site was contracts were signed for a new building on the per- actualized in July of 1947. By September of 1947, manent campus. By September 1949 the doors were amid the turmoil, 165 young-hearty men were ready opened to a modernly-equipped science building, to begin class. Cushing Hall, named for His Eminence, Richard In addition to its four classrooms and library. Guild Cardinal Cushing, the college’s greatest single Hall was used as an administrative building. benefactor. GYMNASIUM CUSHING HALL 1 I SULLIVAN HALL AUSTIN HALL By the spring of 1949, additional funds were needed to continue growth. A million dollar drive was launched under the direction of Cardinal Cushing and the late Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts. With the proceeds of the drive, two buildings were begun. One, the Liberal Arts building, Sullivan Hall, named for the late Mortimer A. Sullivan, O.S.A., Provincial founder of Merrimack, and the second a home for the priest-teachers and administrative of- ficers, Austin Hall, the name coming from the tradi- tional contraction of the word Augustinian. In May of 1952, the formal dedication of these buildings was made. It was at this time that the Cardinal expressed his desire to build a chapel on campus. The Cardinal’s dream was fulfilled when in April. 1956, he came to the formal dedication of the Chapel of Christ the Divine Teacher. O'REILLY HALL The College is grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Hamel of Haverhill for donating in the Spring of 1956 a statue of Christ the Teacher, erected on the walk approaching the Collegiate Chapel. The Business Administration Building, O’Reilly Hall, named for the late Reverend James T. O’Reilly, O.S.A., outstanding church and civic leader in the industrial city of Lawrence, was opened in October 1958. A private home was purchased near the college grounds in January, 1958 to become an infirmary shortly. It has been used temporarily as a home for resident students who have proven themselves mature and responsible. In October, 1959 the center of all student activity was opened, the Student Union Building. One of the few student buildings in New England, it is at present being used for administrative of- fices, a chapel, dining halls, a coffee shop, and conference rooms. Next September, two dormitories will be opened, one for men and one for women. The dormitories will be Y-shaped in Georgian Colonial architecture in keeping with the other building on campus. The wings of the dorms will extend from a central recreation area. STUDENT UNION I I I FOX HALL Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees in any college is the least known body on the campus, although it is from here that the policies directive of the well-being of the institution emanate. Not only is a knowledge of academic problems necessary for these men who guide our college; an understanding of finances is also requisite. Without the Board of Trustees there would be no Merrimack College, no growth of its cam- pus, no scholarships. For an infant Catholic college, a vast amount of knowledge must be accumulated to solve the monetary problems which necessarily beset it. The tremendous building program of the college, its rapid ex- pansion during the past thirteen years, and its continued growth are all outgrowths of the great ability of the men who have directed Merrimack College through its formative years. I'he \ t'l y Reverend James A. Donnellon, O.S.A., A.B.. M.S., Ph.D., Prior Provincial of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Merrimack College. of The Board of Trustees of Merrimack College meets a possesses a serious, earnest, and con- Father Donnellon number of times during the year to discuss the business genial personality, and his action and paternal encour- and governing of the college. Members are, left to possible the rapid advancement agement have made right: Rev. Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., Rev. Paul M. and growth of the College. Judson, O.S.A., Rev. Edward J. Carney, O.S.A., Rev. John J. Daley, O.S.A., Rev. Henry B. Smith, O.S.A., and Rev. Thomas F. Walsh, O.S.A. PRESIDENT Thirteen years ago, a man was called from the campus of Villanova University to a barren spot of land in North Andover, Massachusetts. Since that day this same man, Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., has guided the college that he was called upon to found. From a small, two building campus, it has grown into a large institution whose students number one thousand and whose fame has spread down the eastern seaboard and west. The responsibilities of building, directing, and serving a college are never fully understood or appreciated. We cannot under- stand; we can merely thank him for Merrimack. Administration DEAN Father Joseph P. Murray, O.S.A., was deeply ad- mired by all with whom he came into contact long before he became the Dean of the Faculty at Merri- mack College. Formerly the Chairman of the Depart- ment of Business Administration, he was known for his regard for the welfare of the students under his care. In return, student respect for the Dean was strong and unwavering. With the transfer of the universally esteemed Dean, Reverend Joseph J. Gildea, O.S.A., during the summer of 1959, Father Murray received the assignment of becoming the new Dean of the College. In the admirable work that he has been doing, the gratitude of the students goes toward him. — / had never known many Augustinians before I came to Merrimack College. I had never known the warmth. the understanding, the helpfulness that emanated from these men dedicated to God, these men whose entire lives are given to us. And the lay faculty— those learned men who have come from far and near to instruct us, to confer upon us some small parcel of their knowledge. As I sit here, I can still see the green ties on Saint Patricks Day, I can hear the Priests cheer at a basketball game and the Deans quiet hello. I can' hear a shout for a field goal, and the expounding upon the merits of Teddy Roosevelt or Teddy Williams. These men, who wear the varied, brilliant-colored degrees from universities the world over, were our guides, our inspirations, through the years that we spent at Merrimack.