Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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PONDERING the experience ot being queen fm a cl,i . Her Majesty Mary Jo Kaylor looks o er an admiring courl. STUDENTS AND alumni pause a momeni lo enjo the swinging music of Harry James anil his baud. The baiul is plaving from a platform extended over Memorial pool. Singing, dancing end day Aher liiiuli tii c (ilitl cinwd ol ltKlc■llls, :iltiiiiiii. anci gtiests gathertd along Main sticci. Ai the soiincl ol appioaching intisii thc dancd ihcii lut ks to icw a (oloiltil pioccssion ol giaiid niaishalls, a Miiiliiig |ticcii anil (oiirt, and lloats behaving like peiled (liildtcn, ad- ing lip bclore llie onmipoienl judges. ' iewer,s nioxtil lo lionl iaiii|)iis loi a seal in the outdoor nuisi( looin as (he paiade passed on. Pastel dresses, blight c uinbei bunds, ,iiul harmoni ing oiees, blended against the spiingtime green ol the campus. Before the singers, the listeners blurred into a mass ol lorms and eolors on the hillside. Visitors depaited .iiul the (.iiiipus grew (|uiet ,is the sun set. In dorms, fraternity and soroi ii houses students were donning more lormal .iitire. exiiiedlv talking oxev the da . I oorbelK .nul bii zeis beg, in ringing as men callecf for their dates for an excning ol dancing lo the music of Harrv [ames. Hallway thiDugh the e eniug the .lir grew tense and filled with cxcitenrent— intermission and time for awards. Deha Gamma, Phi Delta Theta, Engleman hall and Johnson hall won toj) houois. All too soon ii was two o ' clock. The campus settled into shnirber and auoiher Cainjjus I)a was over. But happy memories (d the spring da were filed away to peek at now and (hen thioughoui (he (oming years.

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AS CAMPUS DA ■ cxc mils mi. suulciiis Ijiijiii In sIkhv the wear ami Ic.ii that loims Imni d.iss ol wc ' ikiii;; on lloals liii soiiu ' it ' s a liHi r iiifjht. 11 llAi ' PENS cvcrv spring, bcilh tin- rcndci I ' lap and Delta (.aiiiiiia eapttiiing fiist plaee in siiKiiity eompeliliun, litis was Iheii tititd conseciili e wintiing float. THESE ENTERPRISING Vdiinj ' nieit man- aged to .get ieser e seats Ini ihe paiade. THE WILD ANTICS ol Phi Delta lliela s -lokei ' .g.itiieieil a liist place IKiphv for tiie frateriiit ' s mantel. . nil. before Ihe jtid. ' os the )oker eertainlv was wild. 26

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Grads bid farewell to Kent amid tears and laughter ni RINC, CRAULIAl ' IUN, tliilduii reicivc iuiisci can That long-awaited Saturday, June 7. 1958, had ar- ri cd. Graduation day! Before the graduates was the orkl the ' had been trained to serve. Behind them lay the years ol preparation— proof of their sincere desire to succeed in life. iMeniorial gym was packed with 1000 relatives and friends of the graduates at this -15th annual spring com- mencement. Guest speaker was John S. Knight, publisher ol the Knight newspapers. An honorary degree of doctor oi knvs was conferred upon him during the exercises, rile first Kent State University Ahunni award was pre- sented to Pennsylvania physician Dr. W ' hiiknv l. Show, who received his bachelor ' s degree at Kent in 1941. Offering the invocation was the Rev. Mr. Herbert Myers, a 1943 graduate of Kent State imiversity and no v pastor of St. David ' s Chapel in Berkley, Michigan. The giatliiates represented .S8 cotmties and l()2 towns ,ind (ities in Ohio. Seven other states and Formosa. |apan, Korea, and Hawaii were also represented. Gradu- ate students came from 29 colleges and universities be- sides Kent State. There were 715 undergradtiate and 91 graduate students receiving degrees. A total of niire students were graduated smnma cum lauile, having earned the accumulati e a erage of a 3.8 or better out of a possible four point. Ten more students were graduated magna cum laude with a 3.6 or better, while 45 earned the ciun laude title, having a 3.3 or betier a erage. Dining the exercises 14 . rniy and seven Air Force ROTC cadets were sworir in as second lieutenants in their respective services. For the first time, two candi- dates for graduation were sworn in as second lieutenams iir the US Marine Corps. As the exercises ended, smiling faces showed pride ol achie emenl and hope for the ftittn ' e. SUMMIT MEETING, KSi: style. L.-r., University Vice-president Robert liite. Publisher John .S. Knigiit, and President George Bow- man oblige photographers prior to the commencement exercises, knight was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws. 28