Northwestern University Ninety- Ninth Annual Commencement Monday, June 17, 1957 McGAW MEMORIAL HALL, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS THE PLEDGE Traditionally Taken by Northwestern Graduates on Receiving Their Degrees With a solemn sense of my responsibility I pledge myself TO hold my degree as a sacred trust, WITH UNTARNISHED HONOR TO MYSELF, IN GENEROUS LOYALTY TO ALMA MATER, AND WITH FIDELITY TO MY COUNTRY, MY FELLOW MEN, AND MY GOD. The Program PROCESSIONAL THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (The first stanza) (Audience will please remain standing until the Invocation has been pronounced.) INVOCATION The Reverend Ralph G. Dunlop University Chaplain ADDRESS The Honorable Christian A. Herter Under Secretary of State AWARDING OF CERTIFICATES AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES James Roscoe Miller President of the University ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS Colonel Manly L. Curry, U. S. Marine Corps Professor of Naval Science S. Air Force Captain Andrew J. Taylor, Jr., U. Assistant Professor of Air Science and Tactics CHARGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS The President of the University CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES HYMN: AMERICA (The first and last stanzas) DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS The Deans of the Schools BENEDICTION The Reverend Harold A. Bosley Minister, First Methodist Church, Evanston RECESSIONAL J The Honorary Degrees Doctor of Laws — Werner William Schroeder He has been recognized throughout his long career both for ability in the practice of law and for devotion to public affairs. As legislative adviser to a number of governors of the State of Illinois, he played an important part in advancing legislative and electoral reform. He has served as president of the Chicago Bar Association, as vice-chairman of the Republican National Com- mittee, and as chairman of the Chicago division of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. His services as attorney for the Public Administrator of Cook County and as vice-chairman of the Chicago Transit Authority Board have been marked by his characteristic public-spirited concern for the general good. Presented by Harold A. Smith, Trustee of Northwestern University Doctor of Humane Letters — Joseph Wood Krutch He has excelled in many roles. As a teacher — at his retirement he was Brander Matthews Pro- fessor of Dramatic Literature at Columbia University. As an editor and writer for The Nation — he was a leader among practicing critics of the contemporary theatre. As a scholar and literary historian — he has written voluminously with authority and grace. As a philosopher — in 1929 in The Modern Temper he brilliantly analyzed the condition of man in the modern world; now in the 1950's he seeks to discover and to set forth the quality and nature of life. His learning is wide and deep; by the grace of his intellectual power, imagination, and humanity he has used it for the benefit of all. Presented by J. Lyndon Shanley, Professor of English Doctor of Sacred Theology — Charles Casper Noble One of the dedicated religious leaders of our time, he has devoted his remarkable powers of spiritual inspiration to the service of young people. Famous for his eloquent and moving ad- dresses at the University Methodist Church of Syracuse, he nevertheless accepted the call to become Dean of the Chapel at Syracuse University. In his new position he has shown unusual ability for understanding and meeting the religious needs of the college student, and was chosen the first president of the National Association of College and University Chaplains in recognition of his influence and achievement. A prominent director of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, his ministrations to young people have extended far beyond the college campus and the limits of his own community. His book. Faith for the Future, reflects the positive character of his contributions to the religious life. With the inauguration of Sunday Chapel services at Northwestern in 1947, he was selected as the first visiting preacher. At the strong urging of our students he has returned each year since that time. Presented by James C. McLeod, Professor of History and Literature of Religions, and Dean of Students [3] NINETY-NINTH COMMENCEMENT Doctor of Laws — Fred G. Gurley Chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. For over fifty years he has been actively engaged in his chosen profession, rising from a minor clerkship to the position of leadership which he now holds. The international reputa- tion of the Santa Fe as one of the world's greatest transportation systems testifies to the imagi- native skill with which he has guided it; his election as director of both the Association of Western Railways and the Association of American Railroads evidences the esteem in which he is held by his colleagues and competitors in other companies. He has served as consultant to the Federal Government, as director or trustee of important civic, financial, and educational organizations. He has touched our national life at many points and always with a contagiously constructive influence. We honor him today for the breadth and significance of his accomplishments; we welcome him to this platform as an Associate of Northwestern, a staunch and gracious friend of the Univer- sity; and we acclaim him as a stalwart representative of what we proudly name the American Way of Life. Presented by Franklyn Bliss Snyder, President Emeritus of the University, and Life Trustee Doctor of Science — Francis James Braceland His leading role in establishing psychiatric medicine as one of the major branches of medical science has brought him acclaim as a medical statesman and scientist. He has served his pro- fession in many capacities — as a Professor of Psychiatry, as Dean of the Loyola University Medi- cal School, as chief of the neuro-psychiatric division of the Medical Bureau of the Navy, as an officer in professional associations, and now as psychiatrist-in-chief at the Hartford Institute for Living. In research, teaching, and administration, he has combined a scientific with a warmly human approach to the problems of mental health. Presented by William A. Hunt, Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department of Psychology Doctor of Laws — George Frost Kennan During his career in the American foreign service, he has occupied many critical posts abroad, culminating in his appointment to the American embassy in the Soviet Union. At home he has served in various capacities in the Department of State, notably as adviser to the Secretary of State. This broad experience, coupled with painstaking research, is reflected in his recent books on American foreign policy; his most recent work, Russia Leaves the War, has been honored with the Bancroft Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. As practitioner, historian, and theorist in the field of international relations, he has devoted himself to the strengthening of our international position through the exercise of informed and enlightened statesmanship. Presented by Payson S. Wild, Vice-President and Dean of Faculties of Northwestern University NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Doctor of Fine Arts — Leonard Bernstein In this gifted artist are brought together creative ability and musical scholarship, a union of talents out of which has come great enrichment of the contemporary musical scene. His lecture recitals on television have brought to millions of viewers a new appreciation of the complex beauty of serious music. He has attained renown as conductor of the chief symphony orchestras of America and Europe, as a teacher, and as a composer of scores for musical plays, ballets, and symphonies. He has achieved the rare distinction of great popular success in the service of the highest ideals of his art. Presented by Leonard P. Spacek, Trustee of Northwestern University Doctor of Science — Vladimir Haensel Son of a distinguished Northwestern Professor of Economics, first to receive his doctorate from Northwestern's Ipatieff High Pressure and Catalysis Laboratory, in 1952 winner of the American Chemical Society's Precision Scientific Company Award for achievements in petroleum chemistry by a chemist under 40, director of refining research of the Universal Oil Products Company, he has recently vastly multiplied the value and utility of our petroleum resources by invention of the platforming process, in which the noblest of the metals, platinum, and the cheapest of the clays, alumina, are combined in a manner which enables gasoline to be economically refined and efficiently reformed to the degree required by the growing demands of our civilization. Presented by Malcolm Dole, Professor of Chemistry Doctor of Laws — Christian Archibald Herter Legislator, governor, diplomat, and statesman, he has brought to his new post as Under Secre- tary of State a lifelong devotion to the cause of peace and international understanding. Con- ceiving the art of politics to be worthy of a citizen's highest qualities of mind and spirit, he has been faithful to his ideal of civic responsibility throughout his service in the Massachusetts legislature, in the Congress of the United States, and as Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Few men have more completely exemplified in their careers the wise injunction of our earliest statesmen that public office is a public trust. Presented by Kenneth F. Burgess, President of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University [5] The Degrees in Course The appearance of a name on this list is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive. THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Candidates Presented by Dean Simeon E. Leland Bachelor of Arts Rochelle Abend Marilyn Dolores Corcoran James Joseph Ahem Jane Ellen Courten Helen Louise Alstrin Cornells Craane Carl Philip Anderson, Jr. Joan McNab Crawford Donald Charles Anderson Lois Edna Creighton Wood Arnold II Norman Ross Crumrine II Rose Cut tier Aronson Elizabeth Catherine Cullen James George Ascher John Andrew Cunningham Patricia Jean Ashworth Carol Ann Curotto Michael Alexander Assim Frances Irene Cuthbert Louise Ida Backus Kenneth Arthur Dahlberg Barbara Bailes David Robert Dalton Gretchen Christel Baker Herbert Victor Danielson, Jr.