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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE
SIXTY-FIRST YEAR
INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA
THE FIFTY-EIGHTH
~nnual ((ommtntttntnt
MAY THE THIRTy-FIRST
A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREEAT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON
THE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING
FROM THE FEDERAL LAND-GRANT ACT
" ..•. to the endowment, support, and maintenance of, at least,
one college where theleading object shall be, without excluding
other scientific and classical studies, and in-cluding military
tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to
agricultureand the mechanic arts, in such manner as the
legislatures of the states may respectivelyprescribe, in order to
promote the liberal and practical education of the
industrialclasses in the several pursuits and professions in life."
Approved July 2, 1862 andAugust 30, 1890. WEST VIRGINIA STATE
COLLEGE IS A LAND GRANT COLLEGE.
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ORGANPRELUDE-"Adoration" ......•........... BorowskiProfessor T.
D. Phillips
THE COMMENCEMENTPROCESSION-
PROCESSIONAL-"WarMarch of the Priests"
The MarshalThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe State
Officials and RepresentativesThe Administrative Officers and
FacultyThe President and the Commencement Speaker
Mendelssohn
HYMN (To be Sung by the Audience)-"THE STAR SPANGLEDBANNER"
Francis Scott Key
Led by the West Virginia State College Concert BandLeon
Thompson, Conductor
(The audience will remain standing until after the
Invocation)
THE INVOCATION-James Kelly, Jr., Dean of Men
Music-"Give Me Your Poor" . RingwaldA CAPPELLA CHOIR
Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Director
THE RECOGNITIONOF STATEOFFICIALSANDHONOR GUESTS-
MUSIc-"Marche Slav" TschaikowskyThe West Virginia State College
Concert Band
Leon Thompson, Conductor
THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS-
RUFUS B. CLEMENT, A.B., B.D., A.M., Ph.D.President, Atlanta
University
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Relations Club of West Virginia State College
AWARD OF HONORS
CUM LAUDli
Frank Smith
Warren Ray Owens
Anita Smith Jenkins
Clarence McKinnon
Lonnie Pack Smith
THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-
THE CANDIDA1'ES FOR THE DEGREES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE DEAN
AND PRO-
FESSORS IN THB FOLLOWING ORDliR:
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
Theodore D. Phillips.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Education by
Dean Harrison H.Ferrell.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration by Pro-fessor Richard H. Homburger,
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by
Dean Harrison H.Ferrell.
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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics by ProfessorMae Belle Jones.
Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial
Engineering by Pro-fessor Frederic Lacy.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanic
Arts by ProfessorFrederic Lacy.
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After the conferring of degrees by President William J. L.
Wallace, the names of thegraduates will be announced by Registrar
Daniel P. Lincoln.
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([anbtbatts
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Buckner, Donald RaymondConley, Dorse TheodoreFelton, Yvonne
BernitaFerguson, Betty juneGarland, Martha MaeHall, Evelyn
ElizabethHarris, Edna Cleolohnson, Whittington BernardKing, Bessie
BerniceMcRimmon, HelenManning, lames AlfredMason, Mary Kathryn
Myree, Ida MaeRobinson, Cornelia 1eniferRolle, Yvonne
AugustaScott, lohn ThomasSmith, Lonnie PackThomas, Mamie
EstellaWarrington, Helen ElizabethWhiten, Evelyn ThomasWhitfield,
Esther EloiseWilks, Rita YvonneWood, Henryene Belton
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Anderson, Donald FrederickBowser, Cornelius DonaldBusch,
TheodoreChiles, Thomas Wendell lr.Cook, Aurora LouFrance, George
M.Height, Lewis Franklin
1enkins, Anita SmithLewis, Lee CarlosMcElrath, Frank
EugeneMiller, Clive LukeMonroe, Elsie PaulinePoole, Ronald
Hampton
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Anderson, Margaret 1aneBrayboy, Helen DeloresCowser, William
GeorgeCrawford, Anita YvonneHughes, Edmond Beauregardj ohnscn,
Dorothy Elizabethj ohnson, 1eanne 1ustyne
Owens, Warren RayRogers, Clarence TeemoSmith, Barbara
DeloresSmith, j uanita LoisTurner, j ohn LincolnWilliams,
Marguerite Reddick
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN EDUCATION
Bradley, Etta WalkerBrooks, Bettie LeeBrown, Willia
DeloresBurns, CelestineCooley, Mildred LouiseDade, Doris
PriscillaDavison, Alice FredericaGrasty, Odessa Diana
Greene, Marilyn StokesHarris, Mary EllisLawrence, 1acqueline
EvelynNapier, Emma 1eannePinkard, ElaineScott, Geraldine
EstellaTelfair, Thelma RudineWaldon, Celia Marie
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FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
1McAllister, EvaRice, Haynes Jr.
Smith, FrankWells, William Taylor
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION
Coles, William HenryFoster, Lita MaeGill, Norma JeanHines, J
orettaJones, Mayola HelenMeade, Melvin CarrollPharr, Barbara
L.Newman, Francisco Beale Jr.
Ponder, Eddie GeneSmith, Sara ElaineSummers, Earl EmanuelThomas,
William ShermanTowles, Juanita DawnWade, Gerald HamptonWhite,
GeraldineWoolridge, George Jack
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN HOME ECONOMICS
Boddy, Clora EstellCoates, Billie JeanConner, Bette Jane
Phillips, Norma BeatriceSatterfield, Helen Yvonne
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
Jackson, Harold Russell
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN MECHANIC ARTS
Brown, LouisCotton, Clarence LeonHall, J erorneLawrence, Herbert
LeonMcBride, Randolph
McKinnon, ClarenceMillard, Edmund LloydScott, Frank WesleyWair,
Ralph MontgomeryWair, Richard McKenzie
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((anbibatt5Commissions of Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery
Officers Reserve Corps, will beawarded by Lt. Col. Orion N. Page,
P.M.S.&T. assisted by the following officers fromHeadquarters,
West Virginia Military District, South Charleston, West
Virginia:Athal E. Burgan Robert L. Marshall Arlie Metheny
Capt., MPC Capt., Infantry 1st Lt., Infantry
The following officers from the R. O. T. C. Staff of West
Virginia State College:Lt. Col. Orion N. Page Capt. Marion I.
Johnson
Arty-USAR, P.M.S.&T. Arty.-USAR, Asst. P.M.S.&T.Maj.
Robbin E. L. Washington Capt. Russell H. Dawson
Arty.-USAR, Asst. P.M.S.&T. Arty.-USAR, Asst.
P.M.S.&T.Capt. Roscoe C. Cartwright CWO James E. Burke, III
Arty.-USAR, Asst. P.M.S.&T. USA, Adjutant
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICER RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS
Anderson, Donald F.Anthony, James E.Busch, Theodore I.Butler,
Rodye E.Cabell, Marsden W. Jr.Cherry, Walter A.Chiles, Thomas W.
Jr.Clark, Leroy W.Crosby, NathanielDeDaviess, OsceolaFerguson,
James L.Fisher, John C.France, George M. III
Hill, Clarence O.Hobbs, DonaldHughes, Edward B.Johnson,
Whittington B.Jones, John L.Lee, Henry C. Jr.Lewis, Lee C.Major,
Eddie B. Jr.Manning, James A.Martin, Haywood M. Jr.McGhee, Acie
Jr.McLemore, Andrew G.Meggison, Robert H.
Newman, Francisco B. Jr.Oates, John T.Owens, Warren
R.Poindexter, CarrollPoole, Ronald H.Rice, Haynes Jr.Scott, Frank
W.Smith, Robert F.Taylor, JohnnyWade, Gerald H.Wells, William
T.Wilson, Francis V.
ELECTED TO ALPHA DELTA SIGMA
HONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY
Theodore BuschBette ConnerAnita Smith JenkinsClarence
McKinnon
Warren OwensHaynes Rice, Jr.Lonnie Pack Smith
ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI
NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY
Helen McRimmon
ELECTED TO DELTA PHI ALPHA
NATIONAL GERMAN HONORARY FRATERNITY
Donald AndersonTheodore BuschThomas W. Chiles, Jr.Lewis
Height
Anita Smith JenkinsFrank McElrathClive MillerYvonne Rolle
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ELECTED TO BETA KApPA CHIHONORARYSCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Theodore BuschAnita Smith Jenkins
Elsie Monroe
THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-
MISS MYRA E. FAIRFAXPresident, West Virginia State College
Alumni Association
To join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of my
college, nurturingits growth and promoting its program, to serve
with honor in my chosen professionand to make of myself a symbol of
the best traditions of my college-- this is my com-mission and my
challenge.
THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-THE PRESIDENT
MUSIC-ALMA MATER
Led by the West Virginia State College Concert Band
RECESSIONAL-CCMarche Pontificale" ..•••••••••••• GounodProfessor
T. D. Phillips
(The audience will remain seated during the recessional)
MARSHAL-
Professor D. L. Ferguson, '09
ASSISTANTMARSHAL-
Professor L. P. Drain, '27Dr. P. Ahmed Williams, '28Mr. Felix T.
Warren, '36Mr. Wesley Lynch, '43Professor James Wilson, '48
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ERNEST WADE '30
ALMA MATEROf West Virginia State College
MARTHA SPENCER '31
name we'll ev-er praise and re-wr~ '1'1s '\\'estVI,..ID-1a.~
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We'll love her more as days go by.And send her praises to the
sky;To place her over all the rest,And keep her e'er the dearest
and the best,
Shadowed 'neath a deep blue sky;Is State for whom we'll live and
we'll die--Arise! 0 men of God and sing;We're loyal, and to her
we'll always cling