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

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With the inauguration of Dr. White, we look forward to even greater things, is the alumni greeting and prophecy that Edward Zink expresses. Inside Memorial Gymnasium, 3500 spectators stand for the invocation.

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A President Takes Office Kent ' s inauguration of its sixth president, Dr. Robert I. White, on Oct. 25, 1963, was a master- piece of planning, sparkling with academic color and an atmosphere of good feeling. Inaugural events began with a procession of 300 presidents and representatives of the nation ' s leading colleges, universities and learned societies, public officials and the Kent faculty. Inside Mem- orial Gymnasium, the dignitaries and an audience of more than 3000 heard Dr. White take the oath of office. The president ' s address, official greet- ings, the benediction and music by the university symphony band added to the pomp of the cere- mony, coordinated by a special faculty committee. After a recessional march, the day ' s activities progressed with a luncheon and informal recep- tion for 600 guests in the new Eastway Center and a formal evening reception sponsored by the Fac- ulty Women ' s Club. KSU ' s incumbent confers with inaugural speaker. Part of the procession of 300 dignitaries enters Memorial Gymnasium.

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Speakers Welcome White Guest speaker for inauguration day was Dr. Fred Harvey Harrington, president of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin and specialist in American diplomatic history and the Civil War period. In the whole history of higher education, Dr. Harrington said, there has never been a bet- ter time for an able academic leader to become a university president. For ours is an age of educa- tion. . . We in America have come to see that our prosperity, our democratic institutions, our cul- ture, all depend on education. Other speakers welcoming President White into office were Terry Moran, Student Council president representing Kent students, and faculty representative Prof. Chester E. Satterfield. Speak- ing for the alumni was Edward Zink, president of the Alumni Association. Chief Justice Kingsley Taft brought greetings from the state. Rev. Her- bert Van Meter, of the First Congregational Church, San Mateo, Calif., presented the invoca- tion and benediction. This is the right day to begin as university president if one is vigorous, believes in expansion, academic freedom . . ., notes Harrington. Such a president is Bob White. Terry Moran pledges support of students.