Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The official close of the school year is heralded by the commencement exercises held in the Granada Theatre. In February, one hundred forty-nine degrees were conferred hy the Gradu- ate School, of which three were doctors of educa- tion and four were doctors of philosophy, four- teen degrees were conferred by the School of Nursing, sixty-nine by the College of Commerce, ninety-five by the College of Arts and Sciences, and thirty-nine by University College. Pt.O.T.C. commissions were awarded to five men. COMMENCEMENT Rev. Stewart Dullard, dean of the Graduate School. helps Dr. Frederick D. Rossini into a doctors hood as Very Rev. james F, Maguire, SJ., prepares to confer the degree of doctor of science honoris cause on Dr. Rossini at the February COITI- mencement exercises. In February, honorary degrees were pre- sented to two men in recognition of their con- tributions to their respective fields. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Vincent V. Cooke, director of the Catholic Charities for Chicago, received the degree of doctor of laws lzonoris causag and Dr. Frede- rick D. Rossini, chairman of the department of chemistry at Carnegie Institute of Technology, received the degree of doctor of science honoris causa. 28 The keynote speaker at the February exer- cises Was Dr. Norman Burns, professor of educa- tion at the University of Chicago and secretary of the North Central Association. Dr. Burns, who has also held posts as the director of study for the Arkansas commission on higher education and as educational consultant to the governments of Pakistan and Iraq, spoke to Loyolan graduates on The Importance of Higher Learning?

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Fair-gocrs go round and round on the ferris wheel. The Commerce Council's Fair Booth asks, Lemon meringne, ., anyone? The Rambler's Five strike up the band for the Loyolans as they promenade through the main tent. The first prize for the raffle was a gray-white 1960 Triumph TR-3 with a bright red interior and a white convertible top. The displaying of the car in the Lake Shore Union during the many weeks before the Fair, plus the mailing of the raffle books to the students Ctwo new raffle gim- micksnl proved to be very successful. The chairman of this year's fair was Michael A. Serritella. This chairmanship culminated his senior year and many important University stu- dent-positions. Sub-chairmen were: Hank Tufo, Kay Dwyer, Bob McCauley, Angelle Alessi, Tony XVard, Mike Caldwell, Jerry Atwood, lack Nicholson, Tom Murray, Gene Nelson, Don Sprengel, and Jack Doyle. 27

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