Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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The effects of this rebirth became mani- fest as soon as the general chaos of the strike had died down and the more seri- ous concerns of the free university and or final exams took over. Espe- cially affected were the graduating se- niors, whose final goal, regardless of political leaning, was a diploma. Graduation was not what it used to be. Some seniors, wishing to expre ss indi- vidual conviction, elected to forego the traditional cap and gown, wearing in- stead a coat and tie, and donating the money which would have gone for cap and gown to a scholarship fund for needy students.