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(iraduatinfi seniors of Inter (lenities, such ns these students in the 1‘fOs, relaxed for the e*enl nnd
seemed to enjoy the ceremony n hit more than their predecessors.
History
Continued from Pace IIH
practice of collecting those
fees is a now a thing of the
past, it is more difficult for
graduating classes to organ
ize their efforts in the form of
a gift, Richard said
One of the few things that
has remained the same over
time is the practice of not
handing out the actual diplo
ma at graduation. Students
have always had to wait for
their final grades to be turned
in before they could receive
their diploma.
During the very first com
mencement in 1878, those
five graduating students were
handed a rolled up piece of
paper that told them they
would not get anything until
they paid a "diploma fee" of
$20 That may not sound like a
lot of money today, but at the
time it was the equivalent of
one term's tuition
Up until the end of World
War I. the diplomas students
received were huge docu
ments printed up on sheep
skin
One distinctive feature of
early graduation ceremonies
was the reading of a class
poem Until the turn of the
century, one student was cho
sen each year to write a poem
that was read at commence
ment
Graduating classes quickly
outgrew the third floor of Vil
lard Hall, and the ceremony
was moved to McArthur Court
in the early 1900s Com
mencement exercises were
held there until 1968, the year
of the move to Autzen Stadi
urn It was also the beginning
of a decline in the number of
students actually taking part
in commencement
It wasn’t until the late
1970s that the number of peo
pie going through the ceremo
ny picked up again
Like every class before
them, this year s graduates
will hear speeches from peo
pie offering advice, encour
agement and words of wis
dom
The speech given by Judge
Deady to the class of 1879
may be as relevant today as it
was then On that occasion,
he told the students who had
assembled not to lose sight of
the real meaning of lift? His
speech was titled To Be or
To Have ” Deady let them
know which of those two
things fie thought was most
important
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