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Photos
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Photos from 1962 Yearbook
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The gift of the Class of 1962 to Northeastern. The class gave the largest single contribution to the Husky Statue fund, meeting one-fourth of the student-cost of the University's mascot.
Sometimes you could look out your window and the sky was incredibly clear, the clouds pausing sometimes above the buildings.
Gotcha NU sign
Our first year and the Opera House provided a backdrop for the campus
The Commons was always crowded.
Convocation
Rhody's Rustled Ram became a symbol of school spirit, and Mr. Husky, like all good Huskies everywhere, returned the animal to URI. Rhody denied it was their "real" mascot (a canard) but took back their wooly friend when Husky fans threatened to hang it from the goalposts.
The ubiquitous "GO HUSKY" sign.
Art Chisholm, "All American" for 1960, carried his honors well, but lightly.
Northeastern campus of the "future" (plans from 1961 of proposed development)
The Mayor's high-hat went to Al Caplan, alias "Ali-Kaholic," sponsored by Sigma Kappa Psi with the help of Nu Epsilon Zeta.
1962 Cauldron: Sleeping or awake, those abominable signs were everywhere.
Northeastern News: Inspiration + Perspiration + Desperation = weekly column
The Silver Masque: "Once Upon a Mattress"
Cheerleaders: Front: G. Burns, W. Gallagher. Back: M. Webb, P. Diment, M. Johnson, K. Meyer, D. Breen, A. Alexander, B. Wyman, N. Gavin
Modern Dance Group: J. Miles, M. Swartz, G. Burns, D. Drucus, G. Desrosiers, E. Burns, D. Breen, D. Titus, E. Anderson
Greek Life: Alpha Kappa Sigma:Front Row: R. Clark, R. Washburn, M. Cunningham, A. Swenson, M. VanNaerssen. Back Row: G. Makosiej, J. Sullivan, D. Johnson, R. Stewart, J. Denholm, J. Osborn.
ROTC: Drilling in the Dust Bowl
ROTC: We learned how to march.
Northeastern Football Team, 1962
...and at the end of our days, we went home.
Senior Prom: Friday, June 15, 1962
Commencement: June 17, 1962