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

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MARTHA SPENCER '31

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