Southern Connecticut State University - Laurel Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Commencement Over ITIOO graduate and undergraduate degrees were awarded at the 74th annual commencement exercises on Iune 7th. ln a departure from tradition a member of the graduating class, Frank Wargo, delivered the Commencement address. He called today's college student protesters a distinct minority who do not represent the feeling of 98 per cent of the students across the country. That 98 per cent, vvargo said, the 'Other Voice' and somehow it must be heard above the protesters. SCSC President Hilton C. Buley, in conferring degrees on the largest graduating class in the college's history, praised the achievements of both students and faculty. Addressing those gathered at the outdoor exercise, Buley pointed up the critical role played by colleges and universities in helping to shape the world of tomorrow. Our faculty, he said, is willing to have its success measured by the accomplishments of our graduates. In scholarship, in activities and in service, our students are building enviable reputations for themselves and for Southern Connecticut State College. In his address Wargo said, At 6:30 every evening when Americans sit down in front of their television sets or pick up their newspapers to see and hear what is going on in our country, they always seem to hear about that two per cent, It is no wonder, then, why the American public is being turned on by the younger generation. The rest, the overwhelming majority, Wargo said, are rarely seen or heard. But they're there. They go into industry, business or teaching, they enroll in graduate school or join the Peace Corps or go into the service. These are the people who help keep our country strong, these are the people who go unnoticed, but who are always there. Ask the two per cent what they want or where they are going and most of them won't be able to give you an answer. Wargo conceded change was both healthy and necessary, but that it must be accomplished in a non-violent manner because violence begets violence. Somehow, he concluded, the voice of the 98 per cent must be heard above the protesters so that at 6:30 when Americans pick up their newspapers or turn on their television sets and see our colleges and universities in the hands of that small minority and throw their hands in the air and ask what is wrong with our younger generation, they will hear that 'Other Voice' saying: 'We are here, we are trying hard, won't you please give us a chance? Two graduates were awarded bachelor of science degrees summa cum laude fwith highest honorsl. They were: Barbara Farrington of Milford, and Karen Spargo of Hamden.

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