Merrimack College Merrimack ScholarWorks Merrimackan Yearbooks College Publications & Events 1-1-1955 Merrimackan Merrimack College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/merrimackan Recommended Citation Merrimack College, "Merrimackan" (1955). Merrimackan Yearbooks. 5. https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/merrimackan/5 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]. ' - ' Kfc5 ::3333 r i. \ i I 1 1 1 ^ PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOB CLASS 'T'w MERRIMACK COLLEGE II NOBTH ANDOVEB, MASSACHUSETTS TRUSTEES The last meeting of the Trustees over which the late Very Reverend Father Pro- vincial, Joseph M. Dougherty, O.S.A., presided: Very Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., Very Reverend John B. Martin, O.S.A., Very Reverend James M. Hurley, O.S.A., Father Provincial, Very Reverend Patrick J. Campbell, O.S.A., and Reverend Thomas F. Walsh, O.S.A. Another most important milestone in Merrimack College’s brief history was reached on April 19, 1954, when the Most Reverend Archbishop of Boston, Richard J. Cushing, broke ground for the new chapel dedicated to Christ the Teacher. Here the Archbishop is seen with a part of the crowd present for the historic ceremonies. o The m Very Reverend Henry E. Greenlee, O.S.A., S.T.D., Rector- Provincial of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova, is Chair- man of the Board of Trustees. A former college professor him- self before assuming high office in the Augustinian Order, Father Greenlee has manifested a strong personal interest in the develop- ment of Merrimack College. 5 The rugged green countryside of New England, so well But how did it come to be that on this site where Abiel known for its colleges and universities, dynamic industries Wilson, a Cod-fearing farmer of the hard soil of New Eng- and research centers, became the home of Merrimack Col- land, struggled generations ago, plowing and reaping on his lege in 1947. A young institution under the guidance of small farm, we now see handsome Colonial brick build- the centuries-old Order of St. Augustine, Merrimack College ings and wide roads, cowled figures and hundreds of active in it possible is the product of the faith which the people of the Merri- students busy intellectual pursuits? How was mack \"alley have in the new generation. It stands now, that Merrimack College came to be the manifestation of a alert to the needs of a present-day America that is crying monumental faith in the youth of the area? out for leadership, educating young men and women to be The idea for the founding of a college arose in 1946, out of leaders who will employ the teachings and ideals of Christ the deliberations of a Haverhill labor-management group, thousands of returning in their lives. headed by Mr. J. Leo Cronin. With veterans overtaxing college facilities in the nation, the group resolved to broaden its industrial relations program, and undertake the erection of a suitable college in the north of Boston. They laid their plans before the Right Reverend, and now Bishop, Jeremiah F. Minihan, who was at that time Secretary of His Excellency, Richard J. Cushing. They found a ready friend and ally in the Archbishop. His Excellency secured the Augustinians from Villanova to found and staff the proposed college. Under the inspiring leadership of the Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., Ph.D., who was designated President in December, 1946, the project was launched with the construction of a long, E-shaped classroom building on Peters Street, below Wil- son’s Corner, North Andover. On September 29, 1947, amidst hammers and saws and fresh cement, the first class of Merrimack College, consisting of 165 men, was under way. This was the start of a most ambitious undertaking. Even On September 29, 1952, Archbishop Cushing solemnly in the midst of postwar inflation and uncertainty, tremen- blessed the new campus, and dedicated the buildings in an faith was shown by the people of the area, of all , impressive ceremony. This marked the end of the first Pp. dous college over the rough pioneer phase of Merrimack’s expansion program, a time of ^ faiths, who helped the new | saws years. Witness the Merrimack Association, composed of - and hammers, scaffoldings and bricklaying; it ushered in a parents and friends of the college, who organized a huge quieter time of gradual expansion and beautification. Wide, i Penny Sale in 1948 at the Lawrence Memorial Stadium, smooth roadways now unite the various buildings and park- which raised funds for the construction of a gymnasium. ing areas; sweeping expanses of grass, bordered with native ? Over eight thousand friends and volunteer associates of the shrubs and trees now enhance the hilltop site of the campus. L college conducted a nine-month drive for funds, covering all Students arriving in the early morning find a place of quiet -the Northeastern Massachusetts and succeeded in raising dignity and serenity, heightened by the natural beauty of [k well over a million dollars. The work of these volunteers is its setting. Ef ‘being carried on today by a group of devoted friends and 'businessmen known as the Men of Merrimack. With the funds available from the drive, construction ; K; was begun immediately on the upper campus. On Sep- K- tember 29, 1948, ground was broken for a modern, thor- Kf oughly equipped Science Building. Cushing Hall, as it was K' ‘named in honor of our beloved patron, was ready for occu- K pancy in late 1949. By September, 1951, the Liberal Arts K Building, Sullivan Hall, was completed. Summer of 1952 saw the completion of porticoed Austin Hall, the faculty- administration building. r- f r f ct f i Hi The noonday sun shows a scene of intense activity and istration majors analyzing graphs and figures. Secretarial interest. For the role of a college is to teach, to develop the Science students learning the intricacies of complex office latent possibilities in its students. Merrimack utilizes diver- equipment. Biology students dissecting specimens in the sified curricular and extracurricular activities to develop Labs, one will find tomorrow’s leaders. Intramural sports the well-rounded individual. Admidst Engineering students are in session on the extensive grounds or in the gymnasium; employing transits and slide rules. Liberal Arts students Student Council meetings are hearing the cases of student plumbing the depths of the Humanities, Business Admin- violators; political discussion groups are debating the pros and cons of governmental policies. Radio panels record broadcasts for public distribution; the Holy Name Frater- nity plans its projects to aid orphans and hospitals; the Sodality of Our Mother of Good Counsel recites the Rosar\ in the chapel of Austin Hall. The beehive of intellectual, spiritual, and physical activity is remarkable indeed, but what elevates it out of the commonplace is the fact that all of it is centered around the precepts of the Catholic religion laid down by Christ for all men. On April 19, 1954, the Feast of Christ the King, His Excellency Archbishop Cushing once more returned to his beloved Merrimack College to break ground for the new Collegiate Chapel of Christ the Teacher. A gift from the Archbishop himself, the large modem chapel will provide a permanent and fitting home for the religious exercises of the college and will stand as a symbol of the centrality of Christ in a Catholic college. Our Campus Expands SULLIVAN HALL—Arts and Business .rU/ku ^ . /4clmc«U^tn^tcm A. The name of the Very Reverend Vincent The Reverend Joseph J. Gildea, O.S.A., Ph.D. is McQuade, O.S.A., Ph.D. is synonymous with the Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Division birth and growth of Merrimack College. The first of Arts and Sciences. Director of high academic President and guiding genius of this institution policy, no professorial or student problem is too of higher learning, his breadth of vision coupled insignificant for his personal, sympathetic atten- with masterful administration has accomplished tion. Here is truly a holy Priest, a perfect gentle- the realization of a dream. man. JOHN H. CRAWFORD, O.S.A. DONALD R. BEATON DOMINIC J. BERRA, O.S.A. B.S., Merrimack College, 1951 Ph.D., Havana, Cuba, 1948 Sc.D., LaSalle College, 1951 Instructor, Accounting Instructor, Religion Professor and Chairman Department of Engineering Dean, Division of Engineering WILLIAM G. CULLEN, O.S.A. M.S., Villanova College, 1942 Assistant Professor and Acting Chairman Department of Physics and Mathematics Dean of Men Athletic Director JOHN C. DONAHUE BERNARD F. DONOVAN M.A., Boston College, 1952 Ph.D., Boston College, 1938 Instructor, Chemistry Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Faculty JOSEPH A. FLAHERTY, O.S.A. LAURENCE D. FRIZELL Ph.D., Harvard University, 1949 Ph.D., Harvard University, 1933 Professor and Chairman Professor and Chairman Department of English Department of Chemistry Director, Part Time Sessions BASIL M. FEDOROVSKY B.S. in Engineering, St. Petersburg, 1914 Assistant Professor, Mathematics I I WILLIAM R. GARRETT JOSEPH J. GILDEA, O.S.A. M.S., Civil Engineering, Harvard University, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1946 1951 Professor and Chairman FREDERICK J. GUERIN Instructor, Engineering Department of Languages Ph.D., New York University, 1928 Associate Professor, Chemistry Men of Knowledge WILLIAM E. HASKELL, Jr. B.S., Civil Engineering, Tufts College, 1950 Instructor, Engineering TIMOTHY J. HANLON JAMES E. HANNAN, O.S.A. C.P.A., Commonwealth of Massachusetts, M.A., Catholic University of America, 1945 1947 Professor and Chairman Assistant Professor, Accounting Department of Religion Chaplain 12 1 THOMAS P.