Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Three Ivy League Leaders-President Dodds of Princeton, . Wriston, and President Pusey of Harvard 377 Seniors from Brown and 170 from Pembroke. Captain Frederick W. Laing administered the oath of allegiance to 51 Seniors who won com- missions at the completion of their NROTC training. The honorary degree list was one of the best in years. Honorary LL.D.'s went to: George M. Humphrey, U. S. Secretary ol the Treasury; Pres- 1ident Harold W. Dodds of Princeton; Clarence B. Randall, Chairman of the Board of Inland Steel Co. and recently Chairman of President Eisen- hower's Commission on Foreign Economic Policy; President Nathan M. Pusey of Harvard. Receiving Doctor of Science degrees were Dr. Fiorindo A. Simeone, '29, Director of Surgery at Cleveland City Hospital, and Dr. Alex M. Bur- gess, '06, Chief of Medicine of the VA area med- ical office in Boston. The Rev. Gordon E. Bige- low, '24, minister of the First Baptist Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, received an honorary D.D., while Merrill K. Bennett, '19, received the rarely accorded Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

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The receiving of commissions by Leaving the platform after the ceremony. 51 Seniors having completed their NROTC training. Commencement Week comes around each June, and with it a magical atmosphere that is hard to describe. It has often been said that the eraduation festivities at Brown are the most im- pressive in the world. The 186th Commencement included the familiar entities of importance Reunion, with its boisterous, sentimental, but happy reclaiming of lost moments; Under the Elms, with the distinguished guest speaker Dr. Merrill K. Bennett, '19, the Director of The Food Research Institute at Stanford University; an Alumni Dinner, Graduate Convocation, Bacca- laureate Service, President's Reception, messages of thoughtfulness, Senior orations, official acts, elections, honors, and the University's hospitality. Judge Fred B. Perkins, '19, Secretary of the Corporation, started the activities in the proper vein with a light but meaningful address at the Senior Clambake. Campus Dance was a big and bustling party, reminiscent of the unregulated splendor of Fitzgerald's twenties. Parents, under- graduates, faculty, alumni, administration, and friends met in genial celebration around the start- ing blocks to the road of life. And then a bright morning and a procession. Henry S. Chafee, '09, Providence industrialist and civic leader and Past President of the Associ- ated Alumni was Chief Marshal of the commence- ment lines that wound their way into the First Baptist Meeting House. There George S. Mor- fogen and Paul B. Taylor were the Senior Orators. Back on the Green, from the historic Manning Chair, Dr. Wriston handed degrees to 27

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The start of the processionReunion members pass in review. ident Bigelow.