Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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GRADUATION A new cycle begins as college life ends Just a Few days before, these gradu- ates were like any other college stu- dents, spending nights haunting the library, long days in labs and years in lecture classes. But their persistence finally brought them to the day that all col- lege students look forward to and strive for ... graduation. Texas Tech University graduated approxin ately 2,000 students during comencement exercises May 11 and 12. President Cecil Mackey presided over the May 11 ceremony, which was highlighted by an address by U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen. Graduates received their diplomas during individual college ceremonies MayJ2 in the Lubbock Coliseum, the Municipal Auditorium, and the Uni- versity Center Theatre. At a time when dinner can be cooked in seconds by a micro-wave oven, life and death problems are solved in one hour on an electric tube complete with commercials and men walking on the moon is old news, it would be easy to believe in instant success, but most graduates knew that wasn ' t the way in the real world. As a new phase in each graduate ' s life began, many graduating seniors expressed feelings of happiness that the hours of classes and homework were finally over, but there always seemed to be some hesitation. Graduates seemed to have mixed emotions about leaving old friends and the fun and the familiar essence of college life to begin a new cycle of life that was unfamiliar and even frightening. After years of struggling, graduates knew the struggle still was not over. Many graduates faced beginning new jobs in new cities with new people. Others faced such new experiences as marriage, or finding a job they wer qualified for. Still others had ma - : ' . -J l plans to continue their education in Graduate School, Law School or Medi- cal School. Each graduate knew that the persis- tence that had brought him to gradu- ation day was the persistence he would have to continue to achieve fu- ture success. 11 22-iji VrnUm

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