St Vincent College - Tower Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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101' hall 'lihe Senior Ball, given annually by the senior class, is considered one of the outstanding social events of the year since it is the last university affair for departing seniors. Strictly formal, it is a combination dinner-dance. Last year, it featured the music of Russ Weaver and his orchestra with featured vocalist,Marion Gillette. The scene of the 1953 Senior 'Ball' was the Latin Quarter. For the first time in the history of the affair, favors were provided for the ladies. Don Brown was the chairman of the highly successful event.

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For advanced Spring Carnival publicity, various students of the University traveled to the television studio and gave a cross-section of the various booths and costumes that would be later seen at the Carnival. All students who participated were members of the Com- munications Arts Department. Through this stunt, the Carnival was given added appeal which helped in its subsequent success.

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W 1532, ,V ms- ,M ..,., V ,n.,,,,.,,,s5 V' 5,,54.,- f f- af :ws Q.. ., CUMMENI EME T On the night of commence- ment a diploma ls handed from the Rev. Celestin J. Steiner, S.J., to a graduating senior of the University of Detroit. To each of these people their degree means something personal which only they can really know. As they sit awaiting the end of the ceremony which will mark the termination of their formal edu- cation, the parents and relatives sit in the stands, forgotten for the most part. Mothers and fathers watch their children and maybe they remember the first time a puzzled look lit up the 'Face of their child. Something makes the parents smile and they don't know why. People often smile and wonder why they do. For graduates . . . congratulations and another handshake as the former students file back into their seats. Looking in on a new life 'for many. Conrad Hilton, '53 speaker, addressing the graduates Mixed reactions attend the moments after the ceremony