Graduation '90* (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 Darulyn // • i.ii i i nii • in , I'm/ U I S I • 1 • III ( II \ Mill KS • 111 , | .'l, | I We ship your stuff home! lY 1 tu l(XX) pounds, computers, stereos. TV's ( i ODE '“‘"—I ■ r 1 !y Fn.-w ODE ■ ■ ODE ■ '■ 1.'■ r - "'vi ODE 1 I I - tma a