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INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR
THE FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL
Corntnencernen t
MAY THE TH IRTIETH
nineteen hundred and forty-eight
at four o'clock in the afternoon
The Health, Physical Education and Safety Building
FROM THE FEDERAL LAND-GRANT ACT" ..... to the endowment, support, and maintenance of, at least, one collegewhere the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and clas-sical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learningas are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as thelegislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote theliberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits
~ and professions in life."-Approved July 2, 1862 and August 30, 1890. WestVirginia State College is a land grant college.
Opder 01 exercisesORGAN PRELUDE-"Festival Toccata" Fletcher
PROFESSOR T. D. PHILLIPS
THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-
Processional-"War March of the Priests" Mendelessohn
The Marshal
The Candidates for the Bachelor's Degree
The State Officials and Representatives
The Faculty and Administrative Officers
The President and the Commencement Speaker
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
INVOCATION-
MUSIC-"The Death of Minnehaha" Coleridge-Taylor
A CAPPELLA CHOIR
PROFESSOR GLADYS J. GREENE, Director
THE RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONOR GUESTS-
MUSIC-"The Lord Bless You and Keep You'" Lutkin
A CAPPELLA CHOIR
PROFESSOR GLADYS J. GREENE, Director
THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS-
PERCY L. JULIAN
Director of Research and Manager of Fine Chemicals
The Glidden Company, Chicago, Illinois
~warJ of SlonorsSUMMA CUM LAUDE
James Louis GilreathJeannette McPherson Gates
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
George Robert KentOda Kathryn CarmichaelElizabeth Christina MalloryNona HairstonLaura Mae Alexander
CUM LAUDE
Edward GreerJewell Nanette MeansJosephine Louise FreemanMarcella Loretta Meacham
THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-
The Candidates for the degrees will be presented by the Dean andProfessors in the following order:
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts by Dean Harrison H.Ferrell.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science by Dean Harrison H.Ferrell.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Music by Professor TheodoreD. Phillips.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Education by ProfessorHarry W. Greene.
Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture by Pro-fessor J. J. Mark.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration by Professor Richard H. Homburger.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education byProfessor Harry W. Greene.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Horne Economicsby Professor Mae Belle Jones.
Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineer-ing by Professor Frederic Lacy.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanic Arts byProfessor Frederic Lacy.
CandidatesFOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF ARTS
Adams, Samuel LeviAlexander, Laura MaeAnderson, Calvin CoolidgeBranson, StephenBrown, WilbertCarr, JuanitaCarey, Gloria ReginiaCundiff, James E.Davis, Alzona JamesDavis, Leo AlexanderDavis, James ElijahFelder, William HantzFloyd, Samuel JosephGardner, Robert GeorgeGentry, Myrtle LeeHolmes, Perry WarrenJackson, Jean JacquelineJohnson, Elvira WatsonKirk, Ruth AlmyraLawson, Hattie HyltonMerriweather, Barbara Randolph
McKenzie, Loratius LuciusMadison, Waite HuntMeacham, Marcella LorettaMeans, Jewell NannetteMurray, Lillian ElizabethNunn, William GoldwinOwens, Lane AugustusRadford, William AndersonReed, Harold BaxterReed, Samuel CecilScott, Essalene LanoraSmith, Richard KeldueTaylor, Barbara LaureaSpencer, RonaldThurmond, Edna MaeTrail, William RandolphWessels, William CornellWilkes, James ClintonWilliams, Charlotte MarieYelder, Serena Strother
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Brown, James GilbertCooper, AnnieDavis, Virgil Houston
Gilreath, James LouisLewis, Berdell MarieStockton, William Melvin
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Daughtrey, Kathryn Emile Williams, Christine
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
Anderson, Deborah ElizabethCampbell, Juanita MarguriteDaniels, Lavera BeatriceDaugherty, Ethel MonitaHawkins, Elizabeth BeatriceHoward, Edna VirginiaJackson, Deveria Ann
Jackson, Gloria EdytheLong, Flossie SanfordPulliam, Thelma LouiseRhea, Juanita AlbertaRichardson, Anna LeeRobinson, Lillian Belle
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
Mitchell, Eugene
Candidates!
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Childs, Vivian OdessaCox, Judith HelenaFelder, Beatrice WilliamsGates, Jeannette McPhersonGraham, Annie RuthGray, Vance EdwardFielding, Herbert Ulysses
Freeman, Josephine LouiseJames, EdwardNeal, Charles OliverStrader, ElmerWilliams, Mabel LouiseWinston, Lydia Louise
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Bannister, AdellBritt, Jessie MaeBurrus, Chester ArthurCarmichael, Oda KathrynDavis, Frank MaxieDouglas, Edward LeonGreer, EdwardHairston, NonaHarris, Willis LoranHopkins, Lelia MaeHousen, Jack HobertKent, George Robert
Law, Lawrence ThomasLee, Nellie LoveLee, Owen GriffinMallory, Elizabeth ChristinaMurphy, James EdwardPatterson, JosephSmith, Barbara LouiseSmith, Clarence HubertValentine, Jewell MadelineWebb, Gladys CorneliaWhitted, Cora GwendolynWilliams, Clyde Luck
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HOME
ECONOMICS
Anderson, Dorcas EsterDyer, Marjorie HelenPrice, Ida Ruth
Sanders, Marionette E.Snow, Lois EvangelineTrust, Coyal Virginia
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
Whitehead, John Lyman
FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANIC ARTS
Baynes, Robert LeeConnalley, Cain NapoleonGuyton, M. B.King, William Lee Grant
Martin, DavidQuinn, Percy LeRoyRance, John GilbertWallace, Thomas Douglas
•THE ALUMNI STATEMENT-
MR. E. A. BOLLING
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE (Honoris Causa)
PERCY L. JULIAN
THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-
THE PRESIDENT
MUSIC-Alma Mater
MARSHAL
Professor Daniel L. Ferguson, '09
ASSISTANT MARSHALS
Professor L. P. Drain, '27
Mrs. C. G. Brown, '31
Mr. S. M. D. Broadnax, '40
Miss F. M. Wagstaff, '41
Miss E. O. Farmer, '45
Miss A. L. Marbury, '46
Mrs. F. W. Smith, '46
RECESSIONAL-"Coronation March" Meyerbeer
ERNEST WADE '30
ALMA MATEROf West Virginia State College
MARTHA SPENCER '31
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