Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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MERRIMACK COLLEGE ANTHEM I Merrimack, your honored name Enchained our hearts to thee. Reverently we rise to claim Respect and loyalty Inspirations, Mould of nations, Abound within your walls; Children proud, we cherish having Known your hallowed halls. II May you grow in truth and wisdom Educative shrine, Reaping from the highest kingdom Recompense divine. Inspirations, Mould of nations, Abound within your walls; Children proud, we cherish having Known your hallowed halls. Lawrence Farrell Class of 1960

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AWARDS CARDINAL CLASHING MEDAL — Awarded to the First ranking student in the Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences Gold Medal and Cash Award of $25.00 — Maxine G. Vachon Class of ’65 Gold Medal and Cash Award of $25.00 — ex aequo Janice M. Gabrielski Class of ’65 EDWARD J. BL RNS MEDAL — Awarded to the First ranking student in the Division of Business Administration Silver Medal and Cash Award of $25.00 — Gwendolyn A. Baldwin Class of ’65 VERY REV. MORTIMER A. SULLIVAN, O.S.A., MEDAL— Awarded to the First ranking student in the Division of Engineering Silver Medal and Cash Award of $25.00 — Joseph C. Ghiloni, Jr. Class of ’65 BISHOP MARKHAM MEDALS Established by the late Most Reverend Thomas Markham, D.D., in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Markham Speculative Philosphy — Gold Medal and Cash Award of $50.00 Sameul S. Arcidy — Class of ’65 ex aequo Janice Gabrielski — Class of ’65 Practical Philosophy — Silver Medal and Cash Award of $50.00 Joseph Ghiloni — Class of ’65 ex aequo Louise Blanke — Class of ’65 LOYALTY AWARDS Awarded to the graduate who has manifested the greatest devotion and Loyalty to the ideals of the College Silver Medal and Cash Award of $20.00 Albert S. Conti — Class of ’65 ex aequo Gloria A. Luceri — Class of ’65

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CHARGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS President: Having been awarded the degrees which admit you to the roll of graduates of Merrimack College, you are entering this day a worthy company composed of all those everywhere who have enjoyed the privileges and who bear the re- sponsibilities of scholarly culture and training. Your Alma Mater has endeavored by every possible means to inspire you with a love for truth, an awareness of the responsibilities of citizenship and un- faltering loyalty to God. It is right and just at this hour you do publicly declare your purpose and I claim from you, who become Alumni and Alumnae of our College, a pledge which you will repeat after me. Pledge of Loyalty With a Solemn Sense of My Responsibility I Pledge Myself To Hold My Degree as a Sacred Trust, An Emblem of My Obligation to Serve To Hold It with Untarnished Honor to Myself, In Generous Loyalty to Merrimack And With Fidelity to My God, Devotion to My Country, And Charity to My Fellow-Men. President: May the Lord direct you in all your doings, and further you with His Con- tinued help; that in all your works, begun, continued, and ended in Him, you may glorify His Name and obtain everlasting life.