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THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Announces Its .Marclt eommcJlccmcJlt 1960 NORTHROP MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17 AT EIGHT-THIRTY O'CLOCK Universitl/ 0/ Minnesota THE BOARD OF REGENTS Dr. James Lewis Morrill, President Mr. Laurence R. Lunden, Secretary Mr. Clarence E. Larson, Assistant Secretary Mr. Clinton T. Johnson, Treasurer Tbe Honorable Ray J. Quinlivan, St. Cloud First Vice President and Chairman The Honorable Charles W. Mayo, M.D., Rochester Second Vice President The Honorable James F. Bell, Minneapolis The Honorable Edward B. Cosgrove, Le Sueur The Honorable Daniel C. Gainey, Owatonna The Honorable Richard L. Griggs, Duluth The Honorable Robert E. Hess, White Bear Lake The Honorable Marjorie J. Howard (Mrs. C. Edward), Excelsior The Honorable A. I. Johnson, Benson The Honorable Lester A. Malkerson, Minneapolis The Honorable A. J. Olson, Renville The Honorable Herman F. Skyberg, Fisher As a courtesy to those attending functions, and out of respect for the character of the building, be it resolved by the Board of Regents that there be printed in the programs of aU functions held in the Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium a request that smoking be confined to the outer lobby on the main floor, to the gallery lobbies, and to the lounge rooms, and that members of the audience be not allowed to use cameras in the Auditorium. ~ltis 11 VONr Ulfiversifu CHARTERED in February, 1851, by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota this year celebrated its one hundred and ninth birthday. As from its very beginning, the University is dedicated to the task of training the youth of today, the citizens of tomorrow. How well it has succeeded is indicated by the number of physicians, lawyers, engineers, social workers, educators, journalists, dentists, veterinarians, farmers, business men-community and civic leaders in all fields-who have gone from its several campuses to participate actively in the upgrading of the welfare of the citizens of our state. During the period of its existence the University has awarded more than 146,000 degrees to its students who have completed the rigorous training demanded by the complexities of modern society. In addition to the enormous task of giving collegiate instruction to more than 26,000 students on its Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth Campuses, the University offers, through its Schools of Agriculture and its General Extension Division, specialized training designed to assist those who wish to study on a part-time basis. Still in addition, its staff members who are county agents, home agents, 4-H Club agents, and recreation and health consultants give effective assistance to citizens of the state in their very homes. But the University of Minnesota, like all great universities, has expanded far beyond its early teaching and training programs. In the diverse research labora tories on its three campuses, 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 Mayo Foundation at Rochester, the Hor mel Institute at Austin, and at University Hospitals, University scientists at anyone moment are working on countless research experiments of vital im portance to the future health and welfare of us all. These projects deal with such matters as cancer, heart surgery, taconite, gamma irradiation, cheese making, teacher training, municipal government, nuclear energy, school surveys, and new varieties of grains, fruits, and flowers, to mention only a few. THE UNIVERSITY is recognized as the cultural hub of the Northwest; it is the home of the University Artists Course, Radio Station KUOM, the Twin City Area Educational Television Station KTCA-TV, the University Theater, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the local performances of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Through the University of Minnesota Program Service, the University brings to more than a million and a half people in the area it serves, artists and lecturers of quality and talent. The people of Minnesota are proud of their University, not only because it is on~ 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, living thing and expresses itself in many ways. Contributions from them have made it possible for the Variety Club Heart Hospital and the great Mayo Memorial Building to be constructed. Through the American Legion and its auxiliary posts all over the state, thousands of friends have made generous donations to 3 provide an endowed research professorship in heart disease. Further contribu tions have made it possible for the University to build the Masonic Memorial Hospital and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Cancer Research Center and are making it possible to construct Diehl Hall (which will house the biological medical library and additional medical research facilities). Equally generous have been the contributions made by corporations, associa tions, foundations, trade unions, clubs, and individuals, whose thoughtful co operation has made hundreds of scholarships and fellowships available each year to students of promise. Chiefly because of financial difficulties, only one-half of the Minnesota high school graduates of high ability enter any college or uni versity. Because of this, the friends and supporters of the University are con stantly trying to increase the number of scholarships and tlle amount of money available for such assistance. Over recent years, much of the University's energy has gone into the neces sary planning for the anticipated increases in future enrollments. At present about half of the students in Minnesota colleges and universities attend the University of Minnesota. If the other institutions continue to take this same percentage of these students, not less than 47,000 full-time, fully matriculated students will be attending the University in 1970. This means more teachers, more civil service staff members, more land, and more buildings. THE 1959 LEGISLATURE granted the University $49,068,181 for general maintenance during the 1959-61 biennium. In addition, the University will receive $8,879,748 for University Hospitals; $4,141,355.69 for special appro priations, including special extension and research activities; and $14,457,150 for new buildings, land, and for the rehabilitation of existing buildings. Each year the University publishes and widely circulates a summary financial statement, which is available to anyone upon request as is a much more com prehensive and complete statement for those who wish to make a special study of the University's income and expenditures. The summary financial statement of 1958-59 showed that the University received $88,524,771.68 and spent $88,520,513.75. This includes a total of $14,333,868.14 received from student tuition and fees, hospital and other de partment receipts; $1,205,359.98 from intercollegiate athletics; $13,941,035.89 from such services as dormitories and dining halls, printing, the laundry, the University of Minnesota Press, the Department of Concerts and Lectures, the University Theater, and the Health Service, and from the revolving funds; and $1,205,359.98 from trust funds, including gifts, grants, donations, and income from endowments and research contracts for instruction, research, prizes, scholarships, and the care of the sick. Also, $3,176,924.03 came from federal appropriations for instruction, research, Agricultural Extension, and plant expansion. Of the total of $88,524,771.68 which the University received for 1958-59, $38,410,936.10, or 43.4 per cent, came from the state. All students at the University, their families and friends are invited to con tinue their enthusiasm and interest in the University of Minnesota. Graduates are especially urged to identify themselves willi the Minnesota Alumni Associa tion and the Greater University Fund and to return as frequently as possible to visit us here at llie University. Order "/ events ASSEMBLING OF THE AUDIENCE: As degree candidates and their friends and families reach the Minneapolis Campus of the University from 7:45 to 8:15 p.m., they will hear the Frances Miller Brown Memorial Bells being played from Northrop Memorial Auditorium by Miss Helen Garvey, '60, Carillonneur. Admission to the March commencement exercises is by guest card only. Guests will be seated as they arrive and will remain seated until the colors are presented. PRELUDE CONCERT: From 8:00 to 8:30 p.m., the University Concert Band Ensemble, conducted by Instructor in Music and Bandmaster Gale L. Sperry, Ph.D., will play: Jericho Rhapsody - - Gould Hartshorn - - Whear Folk Song Suite - - Williams 1. March, Seventeen Corne Sunday 2. Intermezzo, My Bonny Boy 3. March, Folk Songs from Somerset PROCESSIONAL: Perstare et Praestare - - James ON THE STAGE: As candidates for degrees enter the Auditorium at 8:30 p.m., the curtain will be opened. Seated on the stage, from left to right, are: Professor Ole Gisvold, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, Marshal; Assistant Professor Olaf E. Kolari, Ph.D., Institute of Agriculture, Marshal; Recorder True E. Pettengill, M.S., Admissions and Records; Associate Dean Huntington Miller, LL.B., General Extension Division; Associate Dean J. William Buchta, Ph.D., College of Science, Literature, and the Arts; Dean Richard L. Kozelka, Ph.D., School of Business Administration; Colonel Robert O. Bowen, USMC, Professor of Naval Science; Dean of Students Edmund G. Williamson, Ph.D.; Dean Robert B. Howard, M.D., College of Medical Sciences; Dean Harold Macy, Ph.D., Institute of Agriculture; Dean Robert E. Summers, M.S., M.E.; Presi dent Arthur S. Adams, Sc.D., American Council on Education, Commencement Speaker; President James Lewis Morrill, LL.D., University of Minnesota; Vice President Laurence R.