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1958-1960: Books & Pages

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Excerpt from Vol. 1 Issue 1 of the Bentley Alumnus, 1958. 

 

 

By the late 1950s, services and facilities at Bentley were expanding at a rapid pace. While the school had always offered books and research help to its students, 1959 saw the establishment of the first Bentley Library. It's original location would only be open for a short time, as Bentley would move to Waltham with in a decade. However, thousands of books were acquired for the library in just the first few years under James Boudreau - the library's original director. 

Perhaps influenced by all those new books surrounding them, Bentley's students began publishing. The Alumni Association, which had been established in 1955, published the first Alumni Magazine in 1958 - although a shorter newsletter had been distributed in previous years.

In 1960 the first student newspaper - The Bentley Journal - was also published. Although the newspaper has changed names many (many!) times in the ensuing decades, it has been a continuous feature at Bentley since its inception. 

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Also from the January 1958 issues of the "Alumnus" - even back then the takeover of business by computers was predicted, so not to worry! 

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Pictorial highlights from the January 1958 "Alumnus" - including a guest appearance by J.F.K.!