University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Memorial Drive Committee. Joan of Lorraine by laxwell Anderson, produced by the Roister Doisters, played two evenings for ing role. The annual Burnham Declama- tion was held in the Old Chapel Auditorium. Faye Hammel won first prize and Alice Chorebanian, second. Another annual event was the issuing of the Collegian ' s page the Mother ' s Day Weekend au- diences. The Roister Doisters did excellent job, with Doris an Abramson playing Joan, the lead- of outstanding student leaders. Track, tennis and baseball were in full swing with an erratic season. Students tried to concentrate more on studies as finals became a reality. 29

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The month of May, 1948, brought many changes to the Uni- versity. Acting President Ralph A. Van ]Meter was officiaUy chosen the thirteenth president. Not only was the problem of securing a president settled, but Senate. Spring Day provided tem- porary relief for overburdened and frustrated students. The educa- the students finished their new constitution. This plan was to change the student governing board by combining the women ' s student government, W.S.G.A., and the men ' s Senate into a joint tional and entertaining Bay State Dairy Classic drew an enthusiastic crowd. A novel Cabaret Dance was sponsored by the 1948 War

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Commencement Week June 4-7 Activities of Commencement Week began for University seniors on June 3 with the Senioi- Banquet at Toto ' s. Alumni reunions, Soph- Senior Ball, and the Roister Bols- ter production of Joan of Lorraine made up the week-end program. Baccalaureate services were Sun- day, June 6, in Bowker Auditori- um with Rabbi Herbert Weiner of Rochester, N. Y., delivering the Baccalaureate address. That eve- ning Class Night ceremonies fea- tured the Pipe and Hatchet Ora- tion, the Class Ode by Janet Shoenberg, the senior class address by Bob Lynch, and the planting of the ivy with Tina Romano giv- ing the Ivy Oration. Three hundred and sixty-four candidates received their hard- earned sheepskins at the Seventy- eighth Commencement Exercises of the University on Monday, June 7, 1948. J. Edgar Park, President Emeritus of Wheaton College, was the Commencement speaker; the Rev. David J. Powers gave the invocation. Five men who received honorary degrees from the University were Louis Lyons, Herbert Hayes, Har- lan Kelsey, Julian Eaton, and Joseph Bartlett. Phi Kappa Phi Scholar Irving Ratner and Plu Beta Kappa Schol- ar Elinor Galusha received the coveted highest honors of the Class. 30