University of Massachusetts Lowell - Sojourn / Knoll Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ACADEMIC PROCESSION THE CHIEF MARSHAL MARSHALS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS The Officers of the Class of 1963 The Candidates for Degrees in Elementary Education The Candidates for Degrees in Music Education The Candidates for Degrees in Secondary Education MARSHALS OF THE FACULTY The Faculty of Education The Faculty of Music The Faculty of Arts and Sciences The Guests of the Faculty The President of the College SCL

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THE COLLEGE SEAL The college seal derives from two medieval traditions — the chancellery seal and the family crest. By granting the chancellery seal, the papacy or crown endowed the university (originally no more than a loose confederation of scholars) with corporate existence and thereby established institutional educa- tion. This seal was no mere decorative design, however, and without it the university could neither teach nor grant degrees. The family crest was primarily symbolic and served merely to identify the members of the great medieval families either in battle or at affairs of state. Thus the shield, originally an instrument of warfare, was emblazoned with designs indicating something of the family ' s accomplishments on the battle-field. Eventually, however, both shield and designs lost their special warlike associations and together became the vehicles for systematically indicating the more generalized notions of family origins and virtues. The college, which originally was a residence for some of the university students brought together by common academic interests, was often endowed by one of the families, and as a testament of its gratitude, it frequently adopted the patron ' s family crest. The American college, which combines the functions of the English uni- versity and college, has brought together the symbolic system of the crest and the meaning of the chancellery seal. Thus the college seal reflects the purpose of the institution, the particular academic pursuits to which it is committed, and the authority from which it derives. The design over the shield, like the motto which supports it, reinforces the notions systematically developed on the shield itself. The new college seal, designed by Anneliese Cotton, ' 62, and recently adopted by the Student Government Association, reflects the commitments and aims of the State College at Lowell. Over the shield is the blazing torch, the symbol of truth, and the name of the college. Supporting the shield is the motto Vitai Lampada Tradunt ( They pass on the torch of life ), a phrase taken from the De Rerum Natura of Lucretius. In the center of a rightward bar, is the seal of the Commonwealth from which the authority of the college to grant degrees derives. In the right and left sectors of the tripartite shield are a book and a lyre, symbolizing both the chief interests of the college and the Platonic means through which learning is achieved. The book symbolizes the disciplines of education and the arts, the dialectical pursuit of truth, and the means of preserving knowledge, and the lyre symbolizes the discipline of music and the harmony of all knowledge in ideal truth. Thus, the book and the lyre together indicate the means by which truth is served and pursued. The color of the shield is blue and gold, the colors of the Commonwealth, which symbolize loyalty and devotion — loyalty to ideal truth, and devotion to the means by which it is pursued. The central sector is a band of gold in which is placed the blue shield of the Commonwealth. The right and left sectors are blue and contain the golden book and lyre. SCL

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SALUTE TO THE FLAG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM John Salerno, Class of 1963 Conductor C. Robert Spiewak, ' 66, Organist PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT Robert D. Merrifield President, Class of 1963 ANTHEM O Come, Let Us Sing— Kirk The Concert Choir Edward F. Gilday, D.Mus.A. Conductor PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES Daniel H. O ' Leary, Ph.D. President CONFERRING OF DEGREES Joseph Salerno Massachusetts Board of Education PRESENTATION OF HONORS Daniel H. O ' Leary, Ph.D. President ANTHEM It Is Good to Be Merry— Berger The Concert Choir Edward F. Gilday, D.Mus.A. Conductor COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Clement C. Maxwell, Ph.D. President Emeritus State College at Bridgewater RECESSIONAL