1968 Commencement Program
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UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA - Two Hundred and Twelfth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER Monday, May 20, 1968 10:00 A.M. jJ STAGE (1, ......II ,........I " Official Guests Medicine College for Women Graduate Medicine Wharton Law College Nursing Graduate Allied Fine Arts Medical Professions Dental Medicine Veterinary Medicine Wharton Graduate Graduate Arts& Sciences Civil& Mechanical Engineering Chemical Graduate Engineering Education Electrical Engineering Social Work Metallurgy Annenberg Guests will find this diagram helpful in locating the opposite page under Degrees in Course. Reference approximate seating of the degree candidates. The to the paragraph on page seven describing the seating and the order of march in the student pro colors of the candidates' hoods according to their cession correspond closely to the order by school fields of study may further assist guests in placing in which the candidates for degrees are presented. the locations of the various schools. This sequence is shown in the Contents on the Contents Page Seating Diagram of the Graduating Students .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 The Commencement Ceremony . 4 Background of the Ceremonies . .. .. .. 6 Degrees in Course . .. .. .. 8 The College of Arts and Sciences . 8 The Engineering Schools . .. .. .. 14 The Towne School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering ... ........ ......... 14 The School of Chemical Engineering . .. .. .. 15 The Moore School of Electrical Engineering . .. 16 The School of Metallurgy and Materials Science . .. .. 18 The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce . 19 The College of Liberal Arts for Women ....... .. ... ...... .. .. .... ............ ..... .. ......... 26 The School of Nursing ... ........................... .... ................ ... ................... ........ 31 The School of Allied Medical Professions . .. .. 3 3 The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . .. .. .. 34 The School of Medicine . .. .. 40 Division of Graduate Medicine . .. .. .. .. 41 The Law School . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 42 The Graduate School of Fine Arts . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 43 The School of Dental Medicine . .. .. .. 46 The School of Veterinary Medicine . .. .. .. .. .. 4 7 The Graduate School of Education . .. .. .. 48 The School of Social Work ... ........ .... ............. ...... ....... ........ ....... .. .... ...... ..... 51 The Annen berg School of Communications . .. .. 52 Certificates ... ..... ................. .. ... ........................................ ........... ... .................. .. ... 53 General Honors Program ...... ... ... .. ... .. ....... .... ......... ..... ... ....... .... .... .. .... .. ..... 53 Accounts and Finance ..... ... .. ............ ....... ....... .............................. ............ .. 53 Physical Therapy . .. .. .. .. 54 Occupational Therapy . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 54 Graduate Medicine ................ .. ................ .... ... ............... .. ....... ............. .. .. .... 55 City Planning ....................... ..... ...... ...... ... ... ............. ... ............... .... ... ........ .. 55 Oral Hygiene ... ....................................... .. ..... .. .................... ... ... ............. ... ... 55 Advanced Dental Education . .. .. .. ... .. .. 56 Social Work .......... ........... ....... ... ..... .. .. .... .. ....... ... ...... .. .. .. ... .... ... ... ... .. ...... .... 56 Commissions . .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 Military . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 Naval ............. ... ................ .. ... .... .. ...................... .. ........ ..... .. ............ ........... ... 58 Prizes and Awards ........ ... ... .. ........... ........... ............ .... ....................... .. .... ... ... .. ..... 59 Academic Honors . .. .. .. .. .. .. 63 Events Following the Exercises ... ........... ... ........ ............... .. .. ....... .. .... .. ..... .. .. ....... 70 The Commencement Marshals . .. .. 71 3 The Commencement Ceremony MUSIC The United States Marine Corps Band Quantico, Virginia Lieutenant Bobby E. Bequette, Conductor STUDENT PROCESSION ACADEMIC PROCESSION INVOCATION STANLEY E. JOHNSON, Chaplain THE NATIONAL ANTHEM INTRODUCTION GAYLORD P. H ARNWELL, President THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS WILLIAM S . PALEY Chairman of the Board of the Columbia Broadcasting System CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE The President ACADEMIC HONORS DAVID R. GoDDARD, Provost The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, the Invocation, the singing of the National Anthem, and Hail ! Pennsy lvani a!, and the Benediction, and to remain in place until all participants in the Academic Recession have le ft the Auditorium. 4 CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES The President FRANK LEAROYD BoYDEN Headmaster Doctor of Humanities Deerfield Academy JOHN ROYSTON COLEMAN President Doctor of Laws Haverford College JACOB FURTH Professor of Pathology Doctor of Science Columbia University FREDERICK MORTIMER GRAVES Executive Director Emeritus Doctor of Humane Letters American Council of Learned Societies NEAL ELGAR MILLER Professor of Psychology Doctor of Science Rockefeller University WILLIAM SAMUEL PALEY Chairman of the Board Doctor of Laws Columbia Broadcasting System JOHAN THORSTEN SELLIN Emeritus Professor Doctor of Science of Sociology University of Pennsylvania JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER Professor of Physics Doctor of Science Princeton University Presentations: RoLAND M. FRYE, Professor of English STUDENT CONCERN JoHN A. RussELL, JR. HAIL! PENNSYLVANIA! Hail! Pennsylvania! noble and strong; To thee with loyal hearts we raise our song. Swelling to Heaven, loud our praises ring; Hail! Pennsylvania! of thee we sing! Hail! Pennsylvania! guide of our youth; Lead thou thy children on to light and truth; Thee, when death summons us, others shall praise, Hail! Pennsylvania! through endless days. BENEDICTION The Chaplain ACADEMIC RECESSION 5 Background of the Ceremonies The first Commencement in 1757 comprised a dual morning-afternoon session, at which were graduated distinguished men of the day like John Morgan, physician in-chief to the American armies; Hugh Williamson and Francis Hopkinson, members of the Continental Congress; and Jacob Duche, first chaplain to the Continental Congress. Honorary degrees were conferred by the institution for the first time. During the 1760's the practice was introduced of distributing large printed broadsides among the audience along with the regular programs. In Latin, they were dedicated in the names of the members of the graduating class to the civil authorities, the Trustees, Provost, Vice-Provost, and professors, all by name and with many expressions of respect. The main body of each paper was a series of propositions, statements, or theses, classified under various academic heads, which presumably the graduating students were willing to defend against any assertions to the contrary. The origin of these papers was obviously to be found in the practice of medieval universities, and they reflected the constant stress laid upon the practice of disputa tion in the curriculum of that day. Provost Smith made an appeal to the audience for funds for the colonial College at the Commencement in 1764, and after the exercises two of the Trustees stood at the gate to receive "the free-will offerings of pious and well-disposed persons." The collection produced 40 pounds. The next year George Whitefield spoke in the build ing originally erected for his use 25 years before. The Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred on William White, the future first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Dr. John Morgan, who had just been appointed to the first professor ship of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in America, read his medal-winning essay on "The Reciprocal Advantages Arising from a Perpetual Union between Great Britain and her American Colonies." The July 4, 1781, ceremony was attended by the President and members of Congress, the family of the Minister of France, officers of the army, and other persons of distinction. The proceedings were suddenly halted while one of the students, Francis Murray, was in the midst of an address whose announced subject was Major Andre, the intermediary in the treason of Benedict Arnold during the previous year. Whether his remarks were unpatriotically favorable or unduly harsh is not known, but conferring of the student's degree was delayed until the following year. The guns of Gettysburg could almost be heard during the 1863 Commencement. The program explained the absence of one of the appointed speakers, George Straw bridge, by the annotation, "Excused-gone for defense of the State." One James W. Ashton, on leave from the army for the day, gave his oration in an old scholar's gown, borrowed from the Rev. Phillips Brooks, worn over the uniform of a lieutenant in the service of the United States. 6 The order of the participants in the academic procession has varied during these two centuries. During one period the Provost, Trustees, and visiting dignitaries led the procession, whereas at another time members of the graduating class entered the hall first. Of unique interest is the fact that in the early 1800's the janitor of the College led the procession carrying the diplomas for the graduates. For information of guests, the order for today's student and academic processions is as follows: the candidates for degrees by schools; the Macebearer; the Marshals; the Faculties and their Deans; the Officers, Associate Trustees, and Trustees;