St Edwards University - Tower Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1975-NINETIETH COMMENCEMENT James E. O’Neill, Ph.D. On the occasion of its Ninetieth Annual Commencement, St. Edward’s University was honored by the presence of Dr. James E. O’Neill, Deputy Archivist of the United States, as the main speaker. Dr. O’Neill was invested with the Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the academic and governmental spheres. Dr. O’Neill spoke to the assembled graduates on American attitudes toward the governmental process in the post-Watergate era. Americans, he said, have come to view their government and its representatives with a degree of mistrust and cynicism that could ultimately prove harmful to the democratic process. Dr. O'Neill stated that the proper response to the new disclosures of dishonesty and abuses in our government was not withdrawl, but a reasoned commitment on the part of each citizen to participate to the best of his own ability.

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