Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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A smile, a handshake, and Con- gratulations greet the graduate. Climaxing four years of college life is graduation itself. Seven honorary degrees were also pre- sented at Commencement. The day arrived when at last the goal was realized— graduation day, June 3, a day dream- ed of four years before when one first entered into his college career. Sacrifices, disappoint- ment and joy have gone into those four years in order to make this day become a reality. The hopes of graduation in the mall vanished as the rains came and dampened the grounds, but the happiness within each graduate could not be dampened. Then came graduation it- self; and after the Commencement Address by Dr. Ben Mohr Herbster, each graduate received his cherished sheepskin. However, this day marked the beginning, the beginning of the giving of one ' s self to the world; for as The Reverend Eugene Wehrli, Baccalau- reate speaker, said, Of him whom much is given, of him much will be required. 25