UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA Presents Its Annual Eap and (Jown Tjav Eonvocafipii for 1950
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On the Eve of Its Centennial THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Presents Its Annual eap and (jown tJav eonvocafiPII for 1950 NORTHROP MEMORIAl AUDITORIUM THURSDAY MORNING, MAY IS AT ElEVEN O'ClOCK Universif!l of Minnesota THE BOARD OF REGENTS Dr. James Lewis Morrill, President Mr. William T. Middlebrook, Secretary Mr. Julius A. Schmahl, Treasurer The Honorable Fred B. Snyder, Minneapolis First Vice President and Chairman The Honorable Ray J. Quinlivan, St. Cloud Second Vice Chairman The Honorable James F. Bell, Minneapolis The Honorable Daniel C. Gainey, Owatonna The Honorable Richard L. Griggs, Duluth The Honorable J. S. Jones, St. Paul The Honorable George W. Lawson, St. Paul The Honorable Albert J. Lobb, Rochester The Honorable E. E. Novak, New Prague The Honorable A. J. Olson, Renville The Honorable Herman F. Skyberg, Fisher The Honorable Sheldon V. Wood, Minneapolis As a courtesy to those attending functions, and out of respect for the character of the build ing, be it resolved by the Board of Regents that there be printed in the programs of all functions held in the Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium a request that smoking be confined to the outer lobby on the main floor, to the gallery lobbies, and to the lounge rooms. 7:/tis Js Vour Universitg The University of Minnesota: "FOUNDED IN THE FAITH THAT MEN ARE ENNOBLED BY UNDERSTANDING, DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH, DEVOTED TO THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE STATE"-this is your University. CHARTERED in February, 1851, by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Min nesota, the University of Minnesota will next year celebrate its one hundredth birthday. While nearing this milestone, as from its very beginning, the University is dedicated to the task of training tjle youth of today, the citizens of tomorrow. How well it has suc ceeded is indicated by the number of doctors, lawyers, engineers, social workers, journal ists, dentists, farmers, businessmen, and community and civic leaders in all fields-good citizens all-who have gone from its several campuses to actively participate in the upgrading of the welfare of the citizens of our state. During the period of its existence, the University has awarded 97,532 degrees to its students who have completed the rigorous training demanded by the complexities and specialization of modern society. In addition to the enormous task of giving collegiate instruction to some twenty-two thousand students on its Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth campuses, the University offers, through its Schools of Agriculture, its General Extension Division, and its short courses, specialized training designed to assist those who wish to study on a part-time basis. Still in addition, its staff members who are county agents, home demonstration agents, and recreation and health consultants give effective aid and assistance to citizens of the state in their very homes. But the University of Minnesota, like all great universities, has expanded far beyond its early teaching and training programs. In its diverse research laboratories on its three campuses, at the several agricultural experiment stations, at the Rosemount Research Center, and at the University Hospitals, its scientists at any one moment are working on countless research experiments of vital interest to the future health and welfare of all of us. These projects deal with such matters as cancer, poliomyelitis, taxation, low-grade iron ore, cheese making, teacher training, municipal government, nuclear fission, new va rieties and strains of grains and fruits, supersonics and transonics, to mention only a few. THE UNIVERSITY is recognized as the cultural hub of the Northwest; it is the home of the Minneapolis Symphony, the University Artists Course, radio station KUOM, the University Theatre, and of the local performances of the Metropolitan Opera Com pany. Through the University of Minnesota Concert and Lecture Service and the School Assembly Service, the University brings to more than a million and a half people in the area it serves, artists and lecturers of quality and talent. The people of Minnesota are proud of their University, not because it is the second largest state university in the nation, but because of the extent and quality of its services from which they, their families, communities, and organizations benefit. Their interest in their University is a dynamic, living thing and expresses itself in many ways. Contri butions from them now make it possible for the great Mayo Memorial building and for the new Variety Club Heart Hospital to be erected over the corning months. Through the American Legion and auxiliary posts all over the state, thousands of friends have made relatively small gifts to provide an endowed research professorship in heart dis eases. Gifts to the Greater University Fund, each appropriately called "A Share in Great ness," now being made especially by alumni, are worthy of special mention. All students at the University, their families and friends are invited to continue their enthusiasm and interest in the University of Minnesota. Graduates are especially urged to identify themselves with the University Alumni Association and the Greater Univer sity Fund and to return as frequently as possible to visit us here at the University. I I Order of &vents THE ASSEMBLING OF THE AUDIENCE: Members of the Senior Class will form by colleges in front of Coffman Memorial Union, and the line of march will be up the center of the Mall into the Auditorium. University staff members and members of the Senior Cabinet will march last in the proces sional and will sit on the platform. As the processional is being formed, the Flemish Bells will be heard from Northrop Auditorium, Mr. Edward Berryman, instructor in music, playing. PROCESSIONAL: 1. The University of Minnesota Band, Mr. Gerald R. Prescott, Associate Professor of Music and Bandmaster, conducting, will play from the steps of the Auditorium until the processional has entered the Auditorium. 2. March from "Athalie" - Mendelssohn Mr. Arthur B. Jennings, Associate Professor of Music and University Organist. PRESENTATION OF COLORS: As the color guard, made up of University Army ROTC and Air ROTC cadets, and Navy ROTC midshipmen, enters the Auditorium, the audience will rise and remain standing. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (first stanza only): The entire audience and Mr. Roy A. Schuessler, Assistant Professor of Music, soloist. Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? INVOCATION: Reverend Alvin G. Lewis, Member, Minnesota Council of Religion and Adviser to Lutheran students, St. Paul Campus. PRESIDING: Dr. E. G. Williamson, Dean of Students. PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS OF 1950: Mr. George R. Thiss, Presi dent of the Senior Cabinet. ADDRESS: "The School of Experience," Mr. Donald N. Ferguson, Professor of Music, University of Minnesota. MUSIC: "Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3" and "Etude inC Minor, Op. 10, No. 12" (The Revolutionary) by Chopin, played by Mr. William Lindsay, Pro fessor of Music, University of Minnesota. 4 PRESENTATION OF HONOR STUDENTS: Dr. James Lewis Morrill, President of the University, assisted by Dr. E. W. Ziebarth, Professor and Chairman, Department of Speech. "HAIL! MINNESOTA," the University's Alma Mater song: The audience and Assistant Professor Roy A. Schuessler, soloist. Minnesota, hail to thee! Like the stream that bends to sea, Hail to thee, our college dear! Like the pine that seeks the blue, Thy light shall ever be Minnesota, still for thee A beacon bright and clear; Thy sons are strong and true, Thy sons and daughters true From thy woods and waters fair, Will proclaim thee near and far; From thy prairies waving far, They will guard thy fame At thy call they throng And adore thy name; With their shout and song, Thou shalt be their Northern Star. Hailing thee their Northern Star. RECESSIONAL: "Toccata in G" - Dubois Associate Professor Arthur B. Jennings, Organist This Cap and Gown Day Convocation is arranged by the Senate Committee on University Functions, in cooperation with the Senior Cabinet and the De partment of Concerts and Lectures. Faculty Marshals, wearing maroon gowns and gold caps are: Dr. Horace T. Morse, Dean of the General College; Mr. Julius Nolte, Dean of University Extension; and Mr. Keith McFarland, Assistant to the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, Home Economics, and Veterinary Medicine. Acting as Class Marshals, and wearing gold gowns and maroon caps are: the Misses Jane Klingle and Janet Anderson for General College; Joyce Ander son and Nobuko Ohno for the College of Science, Literature, and the Arts; Lilas Kammer and Darcia Willard for University College; Esther Overn and Ellen Rowland for the Institute of Technology; Grace Rivera and Ada Nakagiri for the College of Agriculture, Forestry, Home Economics, and Veterinary Medicine; Margaret Lubbe and Geraldine Bergo for the College of Education; Violet Wannow and Mary Schumacher for the School of Business Administra tion; Charlotte Wilson and Loretta Whiting for the College of Pharmacy; Phyllis Black and Charlotte Kjenstad for the Law School; Vuriel Anton and Marie Bentheimer for the School of Dentistry; Elsie Howe and Helen Peed for the College of Medical Sciences; and Mary Pat Shevlin and Florence Adams for the Graduate School. Uniformed cadets from the Army ROTC and Air ROTC and midshipmen from the Naval ROTC assisting in this Convocation are sponsored by the Joint ROTC Council, and are under the direction of Cadet Colonel Donald T.