University of California Riverside - Tartan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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tif. New lL. to r.J University President, Robert Sproul, Chairman of the Board of Regents, Edward Dickson, UCR Provost, Gordon Watkins, Governor Goodwin J. Knight, and President Deane Malott of Cornell. Dedication On Friday, October 22, l954, the new College of Letters and Science on the Riverside Campus of the Uni- versity of California was dedicated and officially took its place among the older institutions of the United States. The ceremonies began with an im- pressive procession of the delegates sent from many universities and col- leges to the gymnasium, already packed with students and Riverside townsmen. An invocation was given by the Reverend Edwin E. Reeves, Minister of the Riverside First Meth- odist Church, after which an address of welcome was given by Dr. Gordon S. Watkins, Provost of the Riverside campus. Governor Goodwin J. Knight then officially presented the buildings to the University of California. ln his presentation address he expressed profound faith in our future as pre- ordained to greatness in the field of education. Mr. Edward A. Dickinson, Chairman of the Board of Regents, accepted the buildings on behalf of the University. ASUCR President, Charles Young. Robert Nisbet, Dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCR.

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Dedication Week ' The campus of the University of California at Riverside was es- tablished in l907, operating as a Citrus Experiment Station, for which it justly became world famous. During the spring semester of i954 a new college ot letters and science opened its doors and classes to students. ln October, l954, ceremonies were held to dedicate the new college. Delegates from New- foundland and Canada to Ha- waii, frorn the ancient and hal- lowed institution ot Harvard University to the very recently begun Long Beach State Col- lege came to wish our new school a long and honorable career in the field of liberal education. mam xmnmgpum is 'mama H was-ensues 'H is A r T T - . a W 5 gf . a F 5 25 3 5 fafgfilll rn. -mmizxffliivs rn.. zegtgeg.. f Q- . . using?-. S l3 Www-w.asQ5 B

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Ceremony Greetings to the delegates were then extended by Dr. George H. Arma- cost, President of the Western College Association, Dr. Robert A. Nisbet, Dean of the College, and Mr. Charles E. Young, President of the Associated Students. Following these greetings the UCR Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. William H. Reynolds, sang selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and The Messiah by Handel. The main addresses of the after- noon were delivered by Dr. Robert G. Sproul, President of the University of California, and by Dr, Deane W. Malott, President of Cornell Univer- sity. President Sproul stated that he was quite pleased with the brilliant faculty which had been acquired for the new college, praised the ener- getic administration and expressed a supreme confidence in our future. Ceremonies were brought to a close with a benediction by Reverend Reeves and the Choral Society's rendition of Purcell's Ceremonial Music. Deane Malott is the recipient of the first honorary degree conferred at UCR., following his dedication speech. The academic procession makes its way towards the dedication ceremonies, led by Paul Straubinger.