UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Cap and Gown Day Convocation !; 1963 I l NORTHROP MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM r t WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 22 i ~ AT ELEVEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK !r t• ,'i • THE HoNORABLE CHARLES W. MAYO, M.D. First Vice President and Chairman Rochester THE HoNoRABLE MARJORIE J. HowARD (MRs. C. EDwARD) Second Vice President Board of Regents Excelsior THE HoNORABLE DANIEL C. GAINEY Owatonna THE HoNORABLE BJARNE E. GRoTTUM Jackson THE HoNORABLE RoBERT E. HEss White Bear Lake THE HoNORABLE FRED J. HuGHES St. Cloud THE HoNORABLE A. I. JoHNSON Benson THE HoNORABLE LESTER A. MALKERSON Minneapolis THE HoNORABLE WILLIAM K. MoNTAGUE Duluth THE HoNORABLE A. J. OLSON Renville THE HoNORABLE OTTO A. SILHA Minneapolis THE HoNORABLE HERMAN F. SKYBERG Fisher DR. 0. MEREDITH WILSON President DR. LAURENCE R. LUNDEN Secretary MR. CLINTON T. JoHNSON Treasurer MR. STERLING B. GARRISON Assistant Secretary This Is Your University CHARTERED in February, 1851, by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota this year celebrated its one hundred and twelfth birthday. As one of the great Land-Grant universities in the nation, the University of Minnesota is dedicated to training the young people of today to become the leaders of tomorrow. Each year our graduates leave our campuses to add new skills and knowledge to the existing resources of our state. They have been trained here as physicians, lawyers, engineers, social workers, teachers, journalists, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, farmers, businessmen-to name only some of the careers for which we offer preparation. Since its founding, the University has awarded more than 165,000 degrees, each one in recognition of the successful completion of an exacting academic program. In addition to giving collegiate instruction to more than 30,000 students annually on its Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester campuses, the University offers, through its Schools of Agriculture and its General Exten­ sion Division, specialized training designed to assist those who wish to study on a part-time basis. It offers further educational opportunity throughout the state by providing county agents, home agents, 4-H club agents, and recreation and health consultants who give effective instruction to residents of the state • 1 in their own homes. In the diversified research laboratories on the University's five campuses, l at the several agricultural experiment stations scattered throughout the state, at the Rosemount Research Center, the Cloquet Forest Research Center, the Cedar Creek Natural History Area near Bethel, the Fruit Breeding Farm and the Arboretum at Excelsior, the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station, the Hormel Institute at Austin, and at University Hospitals, University scientists are working on countless research experiments of vital importance to the future health and welfare of us all. These projects, of which only a few are mentioned here, are concerned with cancer, heart surgery, taconite, gamma irradiation, cheese-making, teacher training, municipal government, school surveys, and development of new varieties of grains, fruits, and flowers. THE UNIVERSITY is acknowledged to be the cultural hub of the Northwest. It is the home of the University Artists Course, Radio Station KUOM, the University of Minnesota Television Hour, the University Theater, the Minne­ apolis Symphony Orchestra, and the local performances of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Through the University of Minnesota Program Service, the University brings renowned artists and lecturers to more than a million and a half persons living in the area it serves. The people of Minnesota are proud of their University, not only because it is one of the leading state universities in the nation, but also because of the extent and quality of its services from which they, their families, communities, and organizations benefit. Their interest in the University is a dynamic thing and expresses itself in many ways. Contributions from them have made it pos­ sible for the Variety Club Heart Hospital and the great Mayo Memorial Build- -iii- ing to be constructed. Through the American Legion and its auxiliary posts all over the state, thousands of friends have made generous donations to provide an endowed research professorship in heart disease. Generous contributions have built the Masonic Memorial Hospital, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Cancer Research Center, and Diehl Hall (which houses the biological-medical library and additional medical research facilities). Equally generous have been the contributions made by corporations, asso­ ciations, foundations, trade unions, clubs, and individuals, whose tireless efforts have made hundreds of scholarships and fellowships available to promising students each year. Chiefly because of financial difficulties, only one-half of the state's high school graduates of marked ability enter any college or university. Friends and supporters of the University, recognizing the need to alleviate this situation, continuously try to increase the number of scholarships and the amount of money available for scholarship assistance . .Much of the University's thought and energy must be directed to planning for the anticipated increases in future enrollments. At present nearly half of the students participating in a program of higher education in the state attend the University of Minnesota. If our enrollment continues to increase as ex­ pected and if the other colleges in the state continue their enrollment growth according to the estimates they have themselves made, not less than 55,700 full-time college-level students will be attending the University in 1972. This will mean that more teachers, more civil service staff members, more land and more buildings will be needed. THE 1961 LEGISLATURE granted the University $49,068,181 for general operations and maintenance during the 1961-6.3 biennium. In addition, the University received $6,938,423 for University Hospitals; $4,432,496 for special appropriations, including special extension and research activities; and $7,789,­ .351 for new buildings, land, and for the rehabilitation of existing buildings. Each year the University publishes and widely circulates a summary finan­ cial statement, which is available to anyone upon request, as is a much more comprehensive and complete statement for those who wish to make a special study of the University's income and expenditures. The summary financial statement of 1961-62 showed that the University's current income amounted to $97,799,438.73 and the current expenditures, transfers, and adjustments amounted to $97,800,406.54. Of the total received, $8,728,544.63 came from student tuition and fees; $11,688,647.86 from activi­ ties relating to educational departments such as Hospitals, Dental Clinic, Cancer Detection Center, and University Theater receipts and the sale of bulletins and agricultural products; $1,687,180.03 from intercollegiate athletics; $15,065,- 926.00 from such services as the dormitories and dining halls, printing, the laundry, the University of Minnesota Press, the Department of Concerts and Lectures, and the Health Service; and $23,140,602.50 from trust funds, includ­ ing gifts, grants, donations, and income from endowments and research contracts for instruction, research, prizes, scholarships, and the care of the sick. Also $2,699,858.78 came from federal appropriations for instruction, research, and agricultural extension. The state provided $34,808,668.93 or 35.6% for the University's total operating costs. -iv- Funds expended for the construction and remodeling of buildings and the purchase of land amounted to $10,204,703.01 . • • • "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" These words, engraved on the fa~ade of Northrop Memorial Auditorium and an intrinsic part of the fabric of the University of Minnesota, express the purpose of the University, the spirit in which it was founded, and the motivation for its academic endeavors throughout the 112 years of its history. Its students, supported by its faculty, its administrative officers, and its alumni, form the heart of the University structure and the means by which it is enabled to translate these ideals into reality. Linked by countless ties to the University's history, and creating, out of their own college experience, another chapter in that history, the students are its most articulate spokesmen to the communities of the State and beyond. Those who have distinguished themselves by academic achievement, the ones whom we assemble to honor today, are in a particularly felicitous position to do this. Speaking, as they would be doing, as academic leaders, they can present an enlightened interpretation of the University's needs, progress, and goals as few others can do. Theirs is, perhaps, a unique task. It is also one of utmost responsibility. But the University welcomes this service, proudly convinced that its own students are its most eloquent ambassadors and that, in their hands, rests its greatest security . ;i' ; ~ t ! I l ~ t r1 I If t~ -v- Order of Events PROCESSION: Before the procession starts, the Frances Miller Brown Memorial Bells, played by Mr. Daniel Chorzempa, SLA '63, University Carillonneur, will be heard from Northrop Memorial Auditorium. During the procession, the Uni­ versity Concert and Symphony Bands, conducted by Assistant Professor of Music and Bandmaster Frank P. A. Bencriscutto, D.M.A., will play from the steps of the Auditorium. The procession will move from the front of Coffman Memorial Union, across the footbridges, up the Mall, and into the Auditorium. Leading the procession will be the Mace Bearer, Professor Ike J. Armstrong, B.S., Director, Physical Education and Athletics, Faculty Marshal. Next in the line of march will be the Color Guard, made up of University Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC cadets and midshipmen. Following will be the graduating students, marching by colleges, with the faculty and the President marching last.