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

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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.

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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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Progressing up one of several sand dunes, Freshmen are Unaware of The grueling iourney ahead of Them which has been Trclveied for many years. 26 Orientation SepTember 7, 1965 brought many new and eager faces To Volpo's campus 05 The members of The class of 1969 arrived for OrieanTion Week. During This week sTudenTs were kepT busy wiTh assemblies, The ineviTGbie placemenf exams, and meeTings wiTh advisers. Social life was noT TorgoTTen eiTher. Each day freshman mailboxes conToined whiTe mimeogrophed sheeTs ouTIining The varieTy of social ocTiviTies planned for Them. These included GeT AcquainTecl NighT, SkiT NighT, when The freshmen were given Their TirsT opporTuniTies To meeT PresidenT Krefzmonn, mixers, STunT Night, and perhaps The mosT memorable of all, The Dunes Picnic. In addiTion, The new sTudenTs were bombarded wiTh The seemingly endless IisTs Of housing rules and reguleTions. Freshmen quickly become c:c- quoinied wiTh pink slips, blue slips, meal TickeTs,.sign-OUT sheeTs, end roommoTese Soon SepTember 18 arrived and The 1075 freshmen omcially regisTered cs universiTy sTudenTs. Newly acquainted, This freshman couple siops To rest and chat on Their hike To Lake Michigan.