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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 13.2/ 1 1993 c.2 lOOth Commencement Utah State University 1 3 .2 /1 1993 Commencement Ceremonies Program Vwti' The One Hundred Annual Commencement Ceremonies 5 June 1993 Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Utah State University 400 North Academic procession route and locations of college graduation ceremo n ies. 2 One Hundredth Annual Commencement S chedute o f Events Friday, June 4 , 1993 Reserve Officer Training Corps 10:00 a.m., Eccles Conference. Center Auditorium 11:30 a.m., Reception fo llows Spouse Recognition Ceremony 12:00 p.m., Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan ‘Theatre H ooding Ceremony for Masters and Doctoral Candidates 2:00 p.m., Chase Fine Arts Center, Kent Concert Hall College Open H ouses 3:30-4:30 p.m., College locations President's Reception 4:30-5:45 p.m., David B. Haight Alumni Center A reception hosted by President and Mrs. George H . Emert for all graduates, their parents, families, friends, and alumni Graduation Smorgasbord D inner and Pops Concert 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Smorgasbord Dinner, Taggart Student Center, Carousel Square 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., Pops Concert, Chase Fine Arts Center, Kent Concert H all Saturday June 5, 1993 Academic Procession 8:30 a.m., Old Main to Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Commencement Ceremony 9:30 a.m., Dee Glen Smith Spectrum College Graduation Ceremonies 12:00 noon College o f Education, Dee Glen Sm ith Spectrum College o f Family Life, Chase F ine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre College o f Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Chase Fine Arts Center, Kent Concert H all College o f Natural Resources, Eccles Conference Center Auditorium College o f Science, Taggart Student Center Ballroom 2:00 p.m. College o f Agriculture, Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre College o f Business, Dee Glen Sm ith Spectrum College o f Engineering, Chase dine Arts Center, Kent Concert Mall Commencement Picnic Luncheon 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., ‘University HPER Field 3 Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, June 5, 1993 President George H. Emert, Conducting 8:30 a.m. Academic Procession Old Main to Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 9:30 a.m. Processional “The Crown o f Chivalry" ‘University Symphonic Band Perry Fletcher 9:35 a.m. Presentation o f the Colors Air Force and Army ROTC National Anthem “S tar Spangled Banner" University Symphonic Band Francis Scott Key President's Greeting President George H . E mert Musical Selection “Battle Hymn o f the Republic " University Symphonic Band arranged by John Rutter with combined USU Choirs and the N orthern Utah Choral Society Address to Graduates E. J. (Jake) Garn, Former U. S. Senator Musical Selection “Midway March" University Symphonic John Williams Recognition o f the Colleges' President George H . E mert Professors o f the Y ear and Presentation o f the Eldon J. Gardner University Teaching Award Presentation of the D. Wynne Thorne President George H . E mert Research Awards Presentation o f the E . G. Peterson President George H . E mert Extension Award Conferring o f Degrees President George H . E mert Conferring o f Honorary Degrees President George H . E mert E. J. (Jake) Garn Citation read by Bonnie F . Nielsen, Chair, Board of Trustees Royce S. Bringhurst Clark Bal lard, Member Board of Trustees William Rolfe Kerr James W. Bingham, Vice Chair Board o f Trustees Jay H. Price Jim D. Laub, Member Board o f Trustees Terry Smith Frank Maughn, Jr., Member Board of Trustees Concluding Remarks President George H . E mert Musical Selection “Alma Mater Hymn" University Symphonic Band Theodore M. Burton Recessional "Regal Procession " University Symphonic Band Clifton Williams University Symphonic Band Conductor Dr. Dennis Griffin Assisted by Dr. Nicholas Morrison Director o f Choral Activities Dr. W ill Kessling Rebroadcast o f Graduation Ceremony on the V alley Channel-36 Sunday, June 6 at 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. 4 The history of academic heraldry reaches School of Graduate Academic back into the early days of the univer Studies (EdD, PhD) Gold sity. A statute of 1321 required that all "Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors" of The white ribbon with the Greek Key Heraldry the University of Coimbra wear gowns. on the robe of a graduate identifies an In England, in the fourteenth century, inductee into Phi Kappa Phi, the Na the statutes of certain colleges forbade tional Scholastic Society, Those wearing "excess in apparel" and prescribed the gray collars are Mortar Board Senior wearing of a long gown, which may Honor Society members, the National have been counted necessary for warmth and Academic & Service Society. A gold in the unheated buildings frequented by braided cord draped over the cowl will medieval scholars. Hoods were used to distinguish a graduate of Honors. cover the head until later replaced by the skull cap and eventually by academic caps. Both Cambridge and Oxford have Hoods made academic dress a matter of univer Academic hoods are worn by recipients sity control to the inclusion of even its of advanced degrees. The master degree minor details; and in Laudian days in hoods are three-and-one-half feet in Oxford, any tailor who changed the au length and are lined with the official thorized design "even by a nail's color or colors of the college or univer breadth " was punished by the vice-chan sity conferring the degree, which at Utah cellor of the University. When Ameri State University are navy blue and white, can colleges and universities desired to displayed in a heraldic chevron. The adopt some suitable system of academic doctoral hood consists of a larger and apparel, it seemed best to agree on a longer assemblage of institutional color system which all might follow. Accord draped over the recipient's shoulders ingly, there was held on May 16,1895, at and falling well down the back. The Columbia University, a conference of binding or edging of the hoods is of representatives of the boards of various velvet or velveteen, three inches wide interested institutions. From that meet and five inches wide for the masters and ing came a code of academic dress for doctors degree, respectively. the colleges and universities of the United States, which most institutions of higher learning have adopted. Caps Academic caps come in two forms: the Gowns traditional mortarboard (from Oxford), a square cap; and a soft cap which re The academic gown for the bachelors sembles an oversized beret (the Cam degree has pointed sleeves and is de bridge model). The mortarboard, used signed to be worn dosed. The gown for by Utah State University, is worn with a the masters degree has an oblong sleeve, tassel. Black tassels designate any de open at the wrist. The sleeve base hangs gree; colored tassels designate major field down in the traditional manner. The of learning, and gold tassels indicate rear part of its oblong shape is square doctors and governing officials of insti cut, and the front part has an arc cut tutions. away. The gown is so designed to be worn open or closed. The gown for the doctors degree has bell-shaped sleeves Academic Procession and may be worn open or closed. The commencement procession origi nates at Old Main and the line of march Colors extends out the new East Wing across the quad to the Library then north to the For all academic purposes, including Spectrum. The procession is composed trimmings of doctoral gowns, edging of of three divisions: (1) color guard, Uni hoods, and tassels of caps, the colors versity president, Regents and the Board associated with the different academic of Trustees, administrative officers, and disciplines are as follows: special guests; (2) the faculty; and (3) candidates for degrees, with candidates Agriculture Maize for advanced degrees in the lead and Business Drab others in groups according to the de Education Light Blue grees for which they are candidates. The Family Life Maroon procession will stop at the tunnel en Engineering Orange trance to the Spectrum, the first two Humanities, Arts divisions dividing so that the candidates and Social Sciences White for graduation pass between them and Natural Resources Russett enter the hall first. Science Gold-Yellow 5 Commencement Speaker Honorary Degree E .J. (Jake) Garn has been a dedicated public servant o f the people o f Utah fo r nearly three decades. □ This political career began with election as Salt Labe City commissioner and then mayor. Elected to the United States Senate in 1974, he won two additional terms with the largest margins in a statewide political race in Utah history. He chaired the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and served as its ranking Republican member. The Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Rules Committee benefitted from his skills, as did numerous important subcommittees. □ In April, 1985, he fl ew as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. The seven-day shuttle flight was the culmination of a love of aeronautics that began in childhood and included being a U.S. N avy pilot and a member o f the Utah Air N ational Guard.