Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Neither the rainy weather nor a broken leg hindered this proud senior from commencement ceremonies. With their programs in hand, these happy seniors wait to begin the com- mencement exercises.

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Hans Conreid Hans Conreid, familiar to many as Uncle Fanoose , spoke on April 2nd in Memoriai Chapelt After quipping tor a few minutes, he read The Cataract to an audience who through his interpretation actually felt the trickling, flowing, and gush- ing of a cataract. Next, he portrayed the Daniel account of Nebuchadnezzar and the fiery furnace, during which the audience was as alert as it hearing the taie tor the first time. Mr. Conreid dedicated his reading of a humorous love ode to the gentlemen in the audience. To close the hour Mr. Conreid varied the mood and recounted Lincoln's Prayer from John Brown's Body which showed a cliFterent depth to his artistry. He joked in the beginning of the hour that one hour didn't give him enough time to display all of his talent; this was quite apparent to his audience. Candidates for the presidency and other of- fices reveal piatfarms to students by statements in the Torch. Victorious Knueppel supporters show their en- thusiasm at the unexpected results of the 6'60 tion in Union headquarters 23 In an interview after the convocation, Hans Conreid answers students ques- tions in the Great Hall. Student Senate Election Resulting in the unforeseen election of one man to both the omces of vice-president and president, the 1965 Student Senate election was one of the most unusual in Vaipois history. Candidates for the oftice of president were Bill Miller, Bob Miertschin, and Dick Virgil until the night before students went to the polls, when Miller and Miertschin withdrewt On April 30, 1965 Art Knueppel, otticial vice-presidentiai candidate, was elected president by a write-in vote of 959 and vice- president by a vote at 1303. Knueppel accepted the office of president, and the vice-presidency was left unfilled until the 1965 fall semester when Phil Deters was elected by senators. Sole candidate for secretary, Joyce Pelz, received 1499 votes from the 1720 students who voted.

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Commencement CommencemenT is The climax To The TradiTional Senior Week of Valparaiso and, in a larger sense, To The growTh 0T exper- iences and knowledge gathered in four years aT Valpo. The week included fraTerniTy and sororiTy farewells and class parTies aT The Armory and of The Dunes. The BaccalaureaTe held on Sunday evening was followed by The PresidenT's RecepTion in GreaT Hall. The CommencemenT, adhering Ta long TradiTIon, was held on The lawn of SOUTh Campus on Sunday afTemoon. Rev, Joseph SITTIer, Professor of The Univer- siTy of Chicago DiviniTy School, delivered a ThoughT provoking message To The capped and gowned graduaTes and Their families and friends Over five hundred degrees from The College of ArTs and Sciences, The College of Engineering, and The school of Law were conferred by PresidenT Kreszann. In addiTion, eighT degrees of MasTer of ArTs in Liberal STudies were awarded from V.U.'s new graduaTe school. The Univer- si'ry also conferred five honorary docToraTes. Leaving Valpo for The IasT Time as sTUdenTs, The graduaTes realized The True meaning of commencemenT-a beginning. Under The proTedion of canvas, faculfy members participate in The Sunday afTe moon com mence men? exercises AHenTive graduates solemnly listen To PresidenT Q P. Kretzmcnn.