The Seventieth ~nnual ((ommentementlibrary.wvstateu.edu/archives/Commencement-Programs/Commence… · Barbara Ann Holmes* Edward Frank Taylor MAGNA CUM LAUDE Charles Merton Stanton,

WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTB. WBST vaGINIA

Seventy-Third Year

The Seventieth

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FLEMING HALL LAWN

May the Twenty-Ninth

AT TEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE

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PRELUDE-CC London" Symphony (First Movement) HaydnThe Concert Band

Professor Donald Fischer, Conductor

THE COMMENCEMENTPROCESSION-Processional Ployhar

The Concert BandProfessor Donald Fischer, Conductor

The MarshalThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Faculty and Administrative OfficersThe Recipients of Honorary DegreesThe President and the Commencement Speaker

HYMN-The National AnthemTo be Sung by the Audience(The audience will remain standing until after the invocation)

THE INVOCATION-Dean James Kelly, Jr.

MUSIc-Medley: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor BerlinLand of Hope and Glory Elgar

The College ChoirProfessor Gladys B. Johnson, Conductor

THE CONFERRINGOF HONORARYDEGREES-P. K. BanerjeeDoctor of Laws

Damon J. KeithDoctor of Laws

William Simon JacksonDoctor of Laws

Lawrence Neale JonesDoctor of Laws

William J. ThompsonDoctor of Laws

Herbert W. RichardsonDoctor of Laws

THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS-DR. P. K. BANERJEEMINISTER, EMBASSY OF INDIA, WASHINGTON, D. C.

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M "R Life"USIC- omany 1 e .The College Choir

Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Conductor

Victor Herbert

AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Richard Alan CrossBarbara Ann Holmes*

Edward Frank Taylor

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Charles Merton Stanton, IIIVirginia H. Taylor**Hylda Henry MillerFrances S. McHenryPeggy Monk Dent**

Patricia Phelps SubletteJeanette Kay Metry*Elena Graham*Charles Franklin Shrader**Martha B. Schultz

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Charles Gordon SnodgrassDixie Lee Franklin*

Kathryn Merical May*

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Harrison H. Ferrellin the following order.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor F. S. Belcher.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Scienceby Professor Frederick A. Clement.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by

Professor Theodora Rutherford.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor L. V.

Jordan.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Technical Science by Professor

Frederic J. Lacy.

After the Conferring of the Degrees by President William 1. L. Wallace, the names ofgraduates will be announced by Mr. 1. Douglas Anderson, Registrar.

* Completed requirements for graduation January, 1965.** Completed requirements for graduation August, 1964.

~anbibattsFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Betty Jane BurksBill R. Cain··Roger Chalmers"Valedo Eurene ChappleJune Spicer ChurchCasandra Rebecca CooperRichard Alan CrossValorie Mongomery Dixie·Beatrice Audrey DoyleNeil Bennett DunsonRussell Prentice Gates, II·Wiliam Parnell Greene, Jr.James Nicholas HarperJerry Leigh HatcherDavid Everett KimbleMary Ann Lamar

Loretta Yvonne LewisFreddie K. Long'"Dolores Ann LovettLinda Louise McCormickVondon Ray McCormick, Jr .•Tames Orlando McDowelleJerry MillerWilliam Thomas O'Farrell, Jr .••Ilene Elizabeth PeeplesJames Lorenzo PerkinsCleovis Mankin Scott··Henry Seals, Jr.Charles Gordon SnodgrassJ ames Charles StewartJohn David Ware·'"

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

J ames Raymond Beller··Charles Max Coiner, Jr."'·Guiseppe Vittorio Cordioli**Walter Lewis DodsonDonald Lee GriffinRichard Emil Haas·William Odell Law*Ronald Franklin Layton··Philip Erwin Peters

Thomas Burton Rees, Jr.Charles Franklin Shrader••Alex Warren SkaffNorman L. Spencer**Charles Merton Stanton, IIIDaniel Lee Strait, IIJ ames Lewis StuddardGarland Ray Westfall*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Roderick Henry ArmstrongWalter G. Brady, Jr.Larry Thomas BrannonRonald Eugene CookRay William Cooper, Jr.·James Edward DawsonJerry W. Edwards··Charles Jackson Horsley"Richard KachnyczJames Lewis Morris··

Joseph Farrell PetersCarl E. Rogers*Robert Hayes Stewart, IIIKamol TiyaamornwongLynn Warren TyreeJames Pickard Vallandingham=Robert Raymond Vitello*Buford Rutherford Whitt, IIJack Dale Young

• Completed requirements for graduation January, 1965.** Completed requirements for graduation August, 1964.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

Madeline Gail AlexanderMary Catherine AndersonWilma J. AshleyNancy Lee BallVernon Augustus Bell"Stephen F. Bias'"Thomas Lynn Bonner"''''Frances Virginia BroadwayClarabell Brown"''''Roger McArthur Cabiness"''''Albert Lewis Calloway'"Bennie Carter"''''Toya Janice Chandlers=Connie Eileen ClarkRebecca Adele ClarkVirginia Dell ClineDoris Marie CollierJohn Charles CookRuth Ellen CornellDebbie Couch"Verna Willetts Croom"N orman Ray DeardorffPeggy Monk Dent"''''Yvonne Vivian DeShieldsEdward Ernest Dickerson, Ir ILarry Kelly Diehl'"James C. W. DixsonConn L. DrakeRichard Lee Dunlap"Joyce EasonGary E. Ellis·Judith Lynnette EllisCrystalee Trough EstlackKirkland Leonard FainJohn Luther Ferrell, Jr.Marilyn Miller FletcherHoward Douglas Forth'"Dixie Lee Franklin*Barbara Jean FreemanWilliam Henry Gamble, Jr.Judith Lusk Gandee"''''Phyllis Lee GandeeRobert Burns GilbertShirley J. Giles"''''

Edith Nelson Goode"'.Elena Graham+Harriet Elizabeth Greene=Eddy Lee Griffith.Freda Maxine HandleyNorma Ann Herald"''''Calvin Robert HicksDelores Ann Hill ••Mary Hardy am=Sevalyn Emily HillBarbara Ann Holmes=Frances Holmes'"Raymond Hayward Hopson, Jr .•Edith Waveney HorshamJada Chicquitla HunterMildred Catherine Huskins.Betty Ellen HyreSylvia Marie ImesNancy Lou IngramPatra Ellen Moss JanneyPaul Emerson Johnson, IIIHerman Horace Jones"''''Barbara K. Kellam'"Cheryl Mabel KelleyJoyce Annette KochNorma Jean Lacy'"Merle Oveida LeasureDonald Delano Lipscomb=Mildred E. Lyon"'*Mary Katherine Lytton"'*Carolyn Happel McCormick·Carol Ann Mary McFarlaneFrances S. McHenryCharles Lewis Mandt**Naomi Veronica MartinDelores Childress Mattox'"Kathryn Merical May*Charles Reed MeadowsJeanette Kay Metry*Carol Roberta Miller*Dane Thomas Miller**Hylda Henry MillerShi rley Jean Miller

* Completed requirements for graduation January, 1965.*'" Completed requirements for graduation August, 1964.

(tCanbibatt5B.S. IN EDUCATION (Continued)

Carol Fern MonroeRonald Douglas Morris**Mabel Hill Murphy**Barbara Ann Murray**H. Elmer Napier**Carroll Alexander OwensO'Christine Parker**Lydia Anne ParrisWilbur Mitchell Payne, Jr.Charlotte Sue Pickens*Dora Ann Pickens**Harold Leon Pickens*Marshall Larry PinsonRobert Lee Pugh, Jr.Patricia Ann ReynoldsMerrily Livingston RileyConstance Brenda RobertsonCarol Osborne Rose**Mary Elizabeth SavageMartha B. SchultzEdna Marie SelbeMarie SheltonDeanna Joyce ShobeSabah Samuel Shoshoo*

Judy Camille SimmonsFrancis Leighton Smith**Vera Ann SmootAnna Lee Stewart**Sharon Maynard Stone**Andrew Lewis Stratton, Jr.*Harold Leroy Stump*Patricia Phelps SubletteEdgar L. Taylor**Edward Frank TaylorTyrone Ronald Taylor*Virginia H. Taylor**David Hugo Tidquist, Jr.*Sandra Faye Tidquist*Larry Edwin Trent**Twila Jeane Walker*Betty A. WheatonCharles David Whit'e*David Paul White**Ruth E. WhitehillShirley Elaine WilliamsWilliam Elisha Willis**Wilbur Hurshell Winter, Jr.*Wallace Stanley Woodard*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN HOME ECONOMICS

Barbara Jeane Loundmon* Lillie M. Nash*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN TECHNICAL SCIENCE

Norma Lynn BarrickmanWalter David Birchfield"Raymond R. Sansom**

William Lowell ShankCarl Anthony Walker

* Completed requirements for graduation January, 1965.** Completed requirements for graduation August, 1964.

((anbfbatt~Commissions of Second Lieutenant, u. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will beawarded by Lt. Col. Joseph C. Hill, assisted by Sgt. Major Otha P. Swicegoodfrom the ROTC staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONSJames R. Beller** Robert B. Gilbert* Charles L. Mandt**Walter Birchfield* David A. Gilest Franchot Perkins+John W. Byrdt William P. Greene Robert L. PughRoger Chalmers* James N. Harper Raymond Sansom**Edward Dickerson Haywood Holdert Alex W. SkaffLarry Diehl* Dorsey Houchins'[ Robert H. StewartJerry W. Edwards** Herman Jones** James R. Vallandingham*

ELECTED TO ALPHA KApPA MuHONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Richard A. Cross Kathryn Merical May*Dixie L. Franklin* Jeanette Metry*Barbara Freeman Hylda MillerElena Graham* Martha SchultzBarbara Holmes* Charles M. StantonFrances McHenry Edward F. Taylor

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI

NATIONAL SPANISH HO NOR SOCIETYJeanette Metry* Edward F. Taylor

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHI

NATIONAL FRENCH HO NOR SOCIETYBarbara Freeman Sharon Stone**Jeanette Merry" Edward F. TaylorMary Savage Shirley E. WilliamsMartha Schultz

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAU

NATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETYJerry Miller Cleovis Scott*

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA

NATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY'Vilma Ashley Frances McHenryBarbara Kellam* Martha SchultzJames O. McDowelle Charles Snodgrass

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI

NATIONAL HONORARY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETYWilliam O. Law* Charles M. StantonAlex Skaff

t Comissioned in 1964 Summer Camp.* Completed requirements for graduation January, 1965.** Completed requirements for graduation August, 1964.

<!&rberof (fxerctseSTHE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-

The President

GREETINGS-

Dr. S. J. BaskervilleWest Virginia Board of Education

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-

Attorney William L. Lonesome, '33President, West Virginia State College Alumni Association

To join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of my college, nur-turing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor in my chosenprofession and to make of myself a symbol of the best traditions of my college-thisis my commission and my challenge.

RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS ANDHONORED GUESTS-

Musro=-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL- PloybarThe Concert Band

Professor Donald Fischer, Conductor

CO-MARSHALS-

Professor Emeritus Daniel L. Ferguson, '09Professor Marvin D. Mills, '47

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-

Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28Professor Minerva Napper, '31Professor Rosa L. Pickel, '52Professor George Williams, '27Professor Sharleen Corbett, '35