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THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER One Hundred and Eighteenth Annual Commencement Ceremonies SUNDAY, JUNE SECOND NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT In keeping with the nature of the ceremonies and in order that all may see and hear without distraction, it is requested that those in attendance refrain from smoking and conversation during the ceremonies and from moving onto the floor to take photographs. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Academic Attire The distinctive attire of those participating in the academic procession represents a tradition that reaches at least as far back as the fourteenth century when gowns similar to today' s became the required dress at many European universities. Gow1u were then a common form of apparel for both the clergy and the laity but today they survive chiefly in eccle siastical or academic ceremonies such as the one we shall witness this afternoon. The symbolism of the American style of regalia is described below. Variations may be observed in the attire of the graduates of for eign universities and of the several American institutions which have departed from tradition. The gowns for the three levels of degrees differ primarily in the sleeve. The bachelor's gown has long pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master's gown is usually worn open and has long square-cut sleeves with slits through which the forearms protrude. The doctor's gown has large bell-shaped sleeves with three velvet crossbars on the upper portion of the arm and velvet trimming down the front of the gown. The mor tarboard derives from the Oxford cap and is generally black with a black tassel, although color is sometimes used to indicate the field in which the degree was awarded. Gold tassels denote the holders of doctorates. The most colorful portion of the academic costume is the hood which varies in length from three feet for bachelor's degrees to four feet for doctorates. The color of the lining indicates the institution which granted the degree. The University's color is yellow. For the nine colonial colleges the colors are: Harvard, crimson; William and Mary, green, gold, and silver; Yale, blue; Pennsylvania, red and blue; Princeton, orange and black; Columbia, light blue and white; Brown, brown; Rutgers, scarlet; and Dartmouth, green and white. Space does not permit listing the colors of all the colleges represented in the procession. The color of the edging of the hood indicates the subject to which the degree pertains, for example: Arts, Letters, and Humanities, white; Commerce, Accounting, and Business, drab; Dentistry, lilac; Education, light blue; Engineering, orange; Law, purple,' Medicine, green,- Music, pink,- Nurs ing, apricot,' Philosophy, dark blue; Science, golden yellow; and Theol ogy, scarlet. Commencement Ceremonies W. ALLEN WALLIS, President, Presiding THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMENCEMENT ENSEMBLE Conducted by Professor Hunsberger COMMENCEMENT FANFARE Howard Hanson ENGLISH FOLK SONGS Ralph Vaughan Williams March-Seventeen Come Sunday Intermezzo-My Bonny Boy March-Folk Songs from Somerset PROCESSIONAL THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO BE SEATED AFTER THE PLACING OF THE COLORS AND WHILE THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION ENTERS COMMENCEMENT HYMN Directed by John C. Braund INVOCATION THE REVEREND ROBERT H. BEAVEN, A.B., B.D., M. Litt., Ph.D. ADDRESS HEDLEY WILLIAMS DONOVAN, A.B., B.A., Litt. D., L.H.D. Now editor-in-chief of all Time, Inc., publications, Mr. Donovan began his news-gathering in 1937 as a reporter for theWashington Post. He had just returned from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar for three years after his graduation with high honors from the University of Minnesota in 1934. In 1942, he left the Post to join the Navy, serving as an intelligence officer until the end of the war. He joined Time, Inc., as a writer for Fortune in 1945, and became managing editor of that maga zine in 1953. Six years later he was editorial director for Time, Inc., and, in 1962, he became a member of the company's board of directors. When the late Henry R. Luce became editorial chairman of the company in 1964, Donovan succeeded him as editor-in-chief. CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Candidates of the College of Arts and Science Presented by Dean Clark Candidates of the Eastman School of Music Presented by Director Hendl Candidates of the Department of Nursing Presented by Professor Hall Candidates of the University School of Liberal and Applied Studies Presented by Dean Ludlow Candidates of the College of Engineering and Applied Science Presented by Dean Loewy Candidates of the College of Education Presented by Dean Fullagar Candidates of the College of Business Administration Presented by Dean Meckling CONFERRING OF MASTER'S DEGREES Candidates for Master's Degrees Presented by Dean Fortner CONFERRING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Medicine Presented by Dean Orbison Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Education Presented by Dean Fullagar Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Presented by Director Hendl Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Presented by Dean Spragg THE EDWARD PECK CURTIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING EMORY REMINGTON Presented by University Orator Bernard N. Schilling CoNFERRING OF PRESIDENTIAL CITATION WILLIAM EDwARD DooLEY Presented by University Oratot· Bernard N. Schilling Thy Glorious Deeds Have Inspired My Tongue from Samson Georg Frederic Handel William E. Dooley CONFERRING OF UNIVERSITY CITATIONS TO ALUMNI GEORGE MICHAEL MULLEN, B.A. MARY STEICHEN CALDERONE, A.B., M.D., M.S.P.H. Presented by University Orator Bernard N. Schilling CoNFERRING OF HoNORARY DEGREE HEDLEY WILLIAMS DONOVAN Presented by University Orator Bernard N. Schilling THE GENESEE Directed by William E. Dooley RECESSIONAL THE AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL STUDENTS AND FACULTY HAVE LEFT THE AUDITORIUM BUSES MAY BE BOARDED AT THE EXCHANGE STREET ENTRANCE FOR THE RIVER CAMPUS; AT THE BROAD STREET ENTRANCE FOR THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE FOR THE SCHOOL OF NURSING. Diploma Ceremonies For the Baccalaureate and Master's candidates, ceremonies will be held at 2:30 in the locations indicated below: College of Arts and Science Anthropology Harkness 320 Biology Dewey 114 Biology-Geology Dewey 307 Chemistry Lattimore 304 Economics Harkness 210 English Wells-Brown Room- Library Fine Arts Arts Library Foreign & Comparative Literature Periodical Room-Library Geological Sciences Dewey 307 General Science Dewey 206 History Todd West Languages & Linguistics Reserve Reading Room-Library Mathematics Harkness 115 Music Music Lounge-Todd Philosophy Harkness 114 Physics & Astronomy Bausch & Lomb 109 Political Science Harkness 315 Psychology Morey 321 Sociology Harkness 315 College of Business Administration Lower Strong Auditorium College of Education Upper Strong Auditorium College of Engineering and Applied Science Hoyt Hall Department of Nursing Whipple Auditorium-Medical Center Eastman School of Music Kilbourn Hall- Eastman Theater School of Medicine and Dentistry (Master's) Susan B. Anthony Lounge University School of Liberal and Applied Studies Women's Residence Center Commencement Reception Graduates and guests are cordially invited to the Commencement Re ception. President and Mrs. Wallis will receive graduates and their fam ilies in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library. EMORY BRACE REMINGTON Musicians, brought to technical perfection under leadership that makes them play better than they know, may fear admire, but rarely love their despotic benefactors. Discipline, severity, the pursuit of style and finish-all that the term professionalism implies will inspire affection only for one who is equally great as a teacher and a human being. Such is the unique achievement of Emory Remington, for near half a century the most celebrated and the most beloved teacher of a single instrument in the annals of the Eastman School of Music. Born in Rochester, he returned after study in New York and Philadelphia to become almost simulta neously principal trombonist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Trombone in the Eastman School of Music. Himself a master of the instrument, he created his own method, his own "school" of performing, teaching a legato, singing style that distinguishes his pupils as coming uniquely from his hand. Their presence on the roster of premier symphonic and operatic orchestras throughout the Western world testifies to the phenomenal consistency and effectiveness of the Remington mode. The University of Rochester, in recognition of his 46 years of unbroken success, bestows upon Emory Remington the seventh of the Edward Peck Curtis Awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching. WILLIAM EDWARD DOOLEY The performance of operatic music in the 20th Century has been marked by a phenomenon called the "American Voice," the sonorous yet lyrical baritone heard in the voices of Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles Thomas, Leonard Warren, and Robert Merrill. Popular acclaim now adds to this majestic company the name of William Dooley, at once the most Ameri· can and the most international of the talents that grace the lyric stage in our time. A Californian of Irish descent, he brought to the University of Rochester his fine natural gifts and here achieved an ideal union of the study of music and of English literature. After service in the armed forces and continued study in Germany, he advanced with remarkable assurance through provincial houses into the West Berlin Opera itself. A heroic capacity for work had prepared him for the supreme moment of his early career, the role of Iago in a performance of Verdi's Otello, starring the renowned Italian soprano, Renata Tebaldi. But they who had come to applaud "LaDiva Serena" remained to cheer the triumphant American. Of equal talent in music, drama and voice, William Dooley now com mands a repertory of more than 40 roles, standing forth in the world of music as the versatile, authoritative "house baritone" indeed indispens able to the contemporary production of grand opera.