ORDER of EVENTS THE PROCESSIONAL The Frances Miller Brown Memorial Bells, played by Janet Orjala, '70, Liberal Arts, will be heard from Northrop Memorial Auditorium before the procession starts. The University Symphony Band Ensemble, Symphony Band I, and Symphony Band II, conducted by Assistant Bandmaster Fredrick A. Nyline, will play from the steps of the Auditorium during the procession. The line of march, from the lower Mall into the Auditorium, will be led by the Mace-Bearer, Associate Professor Ramon M. Fusaro, M.D., Ph.D. Following the Mace­ Bearer will l:e the Color Guard, made up of Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC Cadets and Midshipmen; the University ROTC Tri-Service Band, conducted by Midshipman Peter A. Misslin, '69, Education; the graduating students, marching by colleges; the faculty and staff; and the President. In the 1\uditorium. the audience is asked to remain seated so that all can see the procession. As the Mace-Bearer enters the Auditorium, Professor of Music and Uni­ versity Organist Heinrich Fleischer, Ph.D., will play the Processional. The Mace-Bearer will present the Mace at the center of the stage. Graduating students will take places on either side of the middle aisle. Other honor students, freshmen to seniors, will sit in orchestra seats next to those reserved for graduates. When faculty members, march­ ing last, hav'e assembled on the stage. the Mace-Bearer will place the Mace in its cradle to signal the beginning of the ceremony. THE CEREMONY PRESENTATION OF COLORS: As the Color Guard enters the Auditorium, the audi­ ence will rise and remain standing for the Presentation of Colors, the National Anthem., and the Invocation. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: The audience and Professor Roy M. Schuessler, M.M., Department of Music. INVOCATION: The Reverend Gordon Dahl, Senior Pastor of the Lutheran Campus Ministry, Twin Cities Campus. PRESIDING: Vice President for Academic Administration William G. Shepherd, Ph.D. SPEAKING FOR THE CLASS OF 1969: Mr. Joe Kroll, '69, Liberal Arts outgoing Presi­ dent of the Minnesota Student Association. THE FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE of the University of Minm~sota Senate is responsible for the University's annual Cap and Gown Day Convocation. Serving on the Senate Functions Committee are the follow·ng: MR. ROY A. SCHUESSLER, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Music and Chairman of the Senate Functions Committee MR. WILLIAM L. • UNN, Dire( tor of Unh ersity Relations and Secretary of the Senate Functions Committee COLONEL WILLIAM D. BEARD, U.S.A.. Professor and Head of the Department of Military Science DR. W. DONALD BEATTY, Professor of History and Recorder of the Office of Admis­ sions and Records MR. FREDERICK E. BERGER, Director of the Nolte Center for Continuing Education DR. JOI IN W. CLARK. Professor and Chairman of the Department of English DR. JOHN A. DETTMANN, Head of the Department of Business Administration, Uni­ versity of Minnesota Duluth MISS KAREN GOTSTEINER '71, College of Liberal Arts MR. WESLEY J. F. GRAnOW, Director of the Audio-Visual Education Service DR. EDWIN L. HAISLET, Executive Director of Alumni Relations MR. JOSEPH LEVFRONE, Custodial and Grounds Superintendent MR. LARRY LIEN. 69. College of Liberal Arts MR JAMES S. I OMnARD, Director of the Department of Concerts and Lectures MISS MARILYN MARGOLIS, '69, University College DR. TRUMAN R. NODLAND. Professor of Agrir::ultural Economics DR. 1II.O J. PETERSON. Professor and Chairman of the Department of Agricultural Education MR. RICHARD J. WT:LSH, Uni\-ersity Relations Representative, University of Minne­ sota, Morns DR. DON \LD R. Z NDER, Director of UniHrsity Student Unions and • ssociate PIO­ fessor of Educational Psychology ON EACH CAP AND GOWN DAY, the Alumni Association invites the graduating class uf fifty years ago to be guests at the Convocation. Members of the C ass of 1919 heading the Committee £01 the Golden Anniversary Reunion are: Dr. Owen H. Wan­ gensteen Minneapolis, Chairman; Judge Thomas F. Gallagher, Minneapolis, Vice Chair­ man; and Mr. Charles E. Olson. Minneapolis, Treasurer. FACULTY AWARDS CAP AND GOWN DAY CONVOCATION MAY 27, 1969 Traditionally, the Cap and Gown Day Convocation gives fitting recognition to outstanding students. But it is equally fitting that the University of Min­ nesota give special recognition to faculty members who are in so many ways responsible for the achievements of these students. This year, six faculty members have been selected, upon the recommendation of the All­ University Council on Liberal Education, to receive Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation-Horace T. Morse Awards in recognition of their outstanding con­ tributions to undergraduate education. Each will receive a University cita­ tion and a $1,000 grant provided by the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation. They are: STANLEY DAGLEY JOHN D. McRAE Professor of Biochemistry Assistant Professor College of Biological Sciences of Pharmaceutics RAYMOND J. LAMMERS MERLE P. MEYER Associate Professor Professor of Forestry of Speech and Theatre Arts University of Minnesota, Morris THEODORE E. UEHLING, JR. Associate Professor TONI A. McNARON of Philosophy Associate Professor of English University of Minnesota, Morris We of the University, as we recognize the generous contributions of these six educators to the richness of academic achievement, are grateful for the opportunity to signalize the continuing interest of the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation in the quality of teaching the Awards represent. We are proud, too, to keep alive in the Awards' title the memory of Horace T. Morse, Dean of the General College from 1946 to 1966, whose imaginative dedication to the improvement of teaching has left an indelible impression on the quality of undergraduate education at the University. THE CAP AND GOWN TRADITION Caps and gowns are a tradition at the University of Minnesota as at most universities. But twenty Commencements passed, after the first class of two graduated in 1863, before caps and gowns were introduced. The "new tradition" was not always popular. In 1907 the men in law, medicine, and engineering refused to wear the gowns because they considered them effeminate. But the rebellion proved to be a losing cause. The 1903 graduating class set aside a day during Commencement Week to be known as "Ivy Day." The black-garbed procession began at the Armory on University Avenue and ended at Old Main, the first building on campus. (Old Main was destroyed by fire in 1904, and Shevlin Hall now stands on its site.) The seniors, after planting ivy near Old Main, decided to "leave the spade used on this occasion to be used by succeeding classes. Each class is to carve its numerals upon the handle." The spade long ago disappeared. The class of 1906, celebrating its Class Day by a "gown procession around campus," planted an oak instead of ivy. It met on the Knoll to sing its class song and other songs and to relive its college experiences. In 1907 the gowned procession ended with speeches and farewell addresses, and in 1911 President Cyrus Northrop agreed to wear his doctor's gown and march with the seniors in the "cap and gown parade." The Cap and Gown Day convocation as we know it now began to take shape in 1912. The seniors marched in procession to the Armory (Northrop Memorial Auditorium was built in 1928) where deans and faculty members, in academic dress, waited on the plat­ form. President George E. Vincent's speech on the history and significance of academic costume reflected the tone of Cap and Gown Day- academic dress is a symbol recogniz­ ing learning and achievement. This was the year the special day for seniors was given its present title. In 1913 the event became an honors convocation, with the announcement of senior honors and names of new members of the senior honor societies. Cap and Gown Day today recognizes all University honor students, freshman to graduate. 1 BOARD OF REGENTS THE HONORABLE LESTER A. MALKERSON .......... Minneapolis Chairman THE HONORABLE MARJORIE J. HOWARD (MRS. C. EDWARD) .. Excelsior Vice Chairman THE HONORABLE ELMER L. ANDERSEN St. Paul THE HONORABLE LYMAN A. BRINK Hallock THE HONORABLE DANIEL C. GAINEY ...... Owatonna THE HONORABLE HARRY B. HALL, M.D.... .............. Edina THE HONORABLE ALBERT V. HARTL .................... Fergus Falls THE HONORABLE HERB L. HUFFINGTON, M.D. Waterville THE HONORABLE FRED J. HUGHES .. ......... St. Cloud THE HONORABLE WILLIAM K. MONTAGUE .. Duluth THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. RAUENHORST Olivia THE HONORABLE OTTO A. SILHA Edina ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS PRESIDENT MALCOLM MOOS VICE PRESIDENT DONALD K. SMITH, Administration VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD, Academic Administration VICE PRESIDENT LAURENCE R. LUNDEN, Business Administration VICE PRESIDENT STANLEY J. WENBERG, Educational Relationships and Development VICE PRESIDENT PAUL H. CASHMAN, Student Affairs 2 SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, and PRIZES Recipients for the 1968-1969 academic year Academy of General Dentistry Award Agricultural Sophomore Scholarship Sponsor: Academy of General Dentistry. Sponsor: University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Awarded: To the senior student in the School of Dentistry who Awarded: To a sophomore in the College of Agriculture, For­ has demonstrated special ability in the general practice of estry, and Home Economics; on the basis of academic perform­ dentistry. ance, leadership, faculty appraisals, and financial need. Bernhard H. Ellingson, '69, Minneapolis Terrence Sturm, '71, St. James Advance Foundation Scholarships Air Force Association Award Sponsor: Advance Foundation, Spring Park. Awarded: To entering students, preferably freshmen entering Sponsor: Air Force Association, \Vashington, D.C. directly from high school; on the basis of scholastic achieve­ Awarded: Annually to an Aerospace Studies 400 Air Force ment, leadership potential, vocational promise, personal attri­ ROTC Cadet; on the basis of demonstrated leadership char­ lmtes, and financial need. acteristics, personal appearance and attributes, promotional Steven M. Anderson, '72, Thief River Falls potential, and rank within the upper five percent of his Air Richard E. Backley, '72, Minneapolis Force ROTC class and the upper ten percent of the school's Steve R.