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OPENING I SENIORS XVII SENIOR WEEK IXV AN© GIVES ORGANIZATIONS XCVII EVENTS CXjLIII SPORTS c:lxi RESIDENTS ccxvii COMMVTERS CCXLI CANBIBS CCIV CCIXX STATE COILOPHON CCIXXII ADVERTISING CCXXXIII Turnpike Street • North Andover • Massaehusetts jl A fk “Hewn from Our Past” represents a con- past was gone forever! tinuationofgrowthandexpansion in the Mer- I believe this story relates well to the them rimackan. It also represents the fortieth-year ofthe book. Just as a sculpter hews a block of anniversary of the publication of the book. stoneintoaworkofart,sotoocanweenvisior Thethinkingthatshaped thisyear’sthemede- ourpresent assomethinghewnfromour past. rives strength from a need to understand our To ignore our past as we forge our futures past asaschooland anorganizationthatisre- through the presentwould bea sintoanyper- sponsible for chronicling this community’s son who claiming to have an education. It is common heritage. It iswith this in mind that I with these high ideals that the Merrimackan have a short story to tell. chosestopreserveourpast with archivalpho When I first joined the organization I tographs, personal interviews and publica- quickly found myselfengrossed by the selfof tions from our early years. We also wish to old yearbooks in ordertosatisfymycuriosity. pay proper tribute to those people who in However I was dismayed when 1 started to many waysselected the fine materialhvwhich count how many books were missingfrom the this college would be Hewn. series. I could rememberfeelingasenseofloss Oh yes! If you’re persistent sometimes because the books were irreplaceable and my things that seem lost forever can he found desiretoknowwasthwartedbecausesomeone again. In thiscase theAlumni Office helped to before me had decided to run off with the assemble a complete set of yearbooks. Forty copies. It would also seem strange that the years of history are now available for every- yearbook, of all places, could not provide a one. comprehensive view ofthe past. A part ofthe m tj ~ j KEY FOUNDERS - 1947 CWo8l1lieagemiBn.1C9ol4i7eaarcyc,nrtdhieufgirtsto architect for the collcge^Ndte Labor-Management Committee Augustinians Position the elongatedsynimetryAnd tne, lagoon in the renter oftne ElleryAtwood Edwin Liedich His Excellency theMost Rev. academic area. Thisplancalled for twoplanesinwhichthe J. Leo Cronin Francis X. McNamara Richard J. Cushing Bishop churchandmonasterywould Sidney D. Cnlliford PaulMikonis Very Rev. MortimerA. Sullivan Provincial dominatethe u| Andrew Germain PatrickJ. Murnane Rev. EdwardJ. Bums BusinessAdministration tahceadleomwierc.buildi compri John H. Gillis John J. O'Shea Rev. JohnV. Casey Asst, to President JosephC. Goyette ArthurH. Ross Rev. W'illiam G. Cullen Physics LouisHartman Richard L. Walsh Rev. JosephJ. Gildea Dean ofCollege StephenJ. Wagner Rev. James E. Hannon Chaplain Very Rev. VincentA. McQuade President Rev. William J. Wynne Librarian '1 The originalpioneersof Merrimack, L.-R. Rev. EdwardJ. Burns, Rev. WilliamG. Cullen, Rev. JosephJ. Gildea, Very Rev. Vincent A. McQuade. ‘XibitoM Rev. JohnJ. Gavigan, Rev. JamesE. Hannon and WilliamJ. Wynne. A 9 Forso manyofus, Merrimack hasbeenlike oursecond, oreven first home, for these four years. Have we ever thought about how it all started? What the early years were like? The birth of Merrimack College can be traced hack to the Roosevelt era of the post World War II times. A Labor Management Committee was created for the city of Haver- hill to help the returning soldiers readjust to civilian life, and to capitalize on the G.l. Bill of Rights. After learning that one out of four returning G.l.’s hoped to attend college, the Committeeestablished a special panel on vet- eran’s education. The panel discussed plans for a two year “Academic Center,” which could preparetheveterans fora regularfour- yearcollege. TheAndover-INorth Andoverre- gion was a perfect site, forit provided reason- able accessibility from a various array of towns. Additionally, the research facilities in Boston were only an hour away. Gettingthe ideaofftheground provedtohe quite a difficult feat to accomplish. The sub- committee looked to various institutions for Above:Guil<iHallwanthefirs!academicbuildingrainedin 1947andopenedinSeptemb« helpinstaffingthecollege, hut was plagued by oMfertrhiatmayceka,r.GoBlelleopwe:iAnrc1h9b4i9s.hoGpovGeusrhnionrglr)eesviedresisovteheratrcueesrtesmpoenakyetro.bcfdnfundraisingf« I negative responses from places like Harvard, MIT, Tufts and Boston University. Members of the Committee then approached Rev. Wil- liam Keleher S.J., President of Boston Col- lege. The BoardofTrusteesvoted against tak- ing on such a risky endeavor, hut all was not lost. 4 Above: Cushing Hall which was the first permanent building constructed on campus is seen here in a very early stage. Below: Cushing Hall is seen complete. Note in the upper right-hand corner, the white building is Guild Hall and the one in front ofit is the Quonset Hut. 5 Father Keleher suggested that the Com- mittee create a proposal for a regular-four year institution and present it to Archbishop Richard Cushing. Archbishop Cushing liked the idea, and began to approach various re- ligious orders. The Augustinians were first to replyinanaffirmativefashion, hencethepath was set . . . In 1946. Rev. Mortimer Sullivan, the Pro- vincial ofthe ProvinceofSt. Thomas at VUla- nova. named Rev. \ incent Mc(Juade as president during a convocation ceremony for the College. Mc^uade joined by his assistant the Rev. John V. Casey ventured to the area in early June. The first purchase was a place of residence for the priests that doubled as a commandcenterfortheCollege. Thehouseon Peters Street referred toasCasia Hall then, is now occupied by Professor Royal. 6