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Monday, June 22, 1953
Troy Summer Session Classes Begin Today
3245 SC Students Graduated At 70th Commencement Exercises
College days ended June 13 for 3245 men and women at SC’s 70th annual commencement exeicises.
President Fred D. Fagg Jr. conferred degrees of Bachelor of Arts upon 2027 graduates in ceremonies in Alumni Memorial Park on the campus in front of the Do-heny Memorial Library building.
Master of Arts degrees went to 875; Doctor of Dental Surgery diplomas to 102'; Doctor of Philosophy, 85; Doctor of Medicine, 66; Doctor of Education, 29, and Doctor of Pharmacy, six. Certificates were presented 55 persons.
Main Speaker U.S. Sen. William F. Knowland of California was the commencement speaker.
An honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Senator Knowland "in recognition of distinguished achievement in the field of public service.”
Senator Knowland, chairman of the Senate Republican policy committee and acting floor leader, started his legislative career in the State Assui»bly in 1933.
Other honorary degrees were
conferred by President Fagg upon:
Mrs. Louise Treadwell Tracy, founder of the John Tracy clinic for deaf and hard-of-hearing preschool children, Doctor of Humane Letters.
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Dr. Burrell O. Raulston, dean of the SC School of Medicine, Doctor of Science. Dr. P.aulston was ill in a hospital and could not be present. His degree was accepted for him by Dr. Gordon Goodhart, school dean of the medical school.
Dr. Seeley G. Mudd, first vice president of the SC board of 'trustees and former dean of the medical school, Doctor of Laws.
Prof. William C. deMille, founder and head of the SC department of drama who will retire from the faculty August 31, Doctor of Letters.
Speaking to the graduating class,* President Fagg said:	"As
the years pass, you may place greater importance on understand- : ing than on knowledge, on per- j sonal happiness than on material j success, on service to other# than j
self interest, on spiritual growth to physical comfort.
Congratulates Student«
“Give—to your utmost capacity —to improve the relationships between individual man and man, between peoples of diverse backgrounds and beliefs, to keep your country strong, and to maintain the freedom of mankind from those persistent forces which seek the enslavement of body and mind. We congratulate you on this day of graduation and send you forth with great confidence and pride.”
Special awards went to numerous persons. These included: Call Alumni Achievement Trophy, Lewis K. Gough, Class of 1931; Gimbel Medal and Award, to student who has shown the most cooperative attitude in ath* letics, James Herbert Sears; Tro-janeer Diamond Award, to student who by exhibition of physical skill and sportsmanship contributed most to the fame and reputation of university in the year, Jack Wells Davis.
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Englishmen Among Visiting Professors
From abroad will be: Dr. Joseph A. Lauwerys, professor of comparative education at the University of London, and Prof. William W. Robson of the English department at Oxford University.
Lauwerys will instruct special courses in advanced education for social growth .education and the world order, and comparative education during the entire summer session while Robson will give a six-week course on contemporary British poetry and the theory of poetry.
London Visitor
Lauwerys has been on the faculty of the University of Ixmdon for the past 20 years and is now chairman of the Board of Studies in Education and joint-editor of the International Year Book of Education. His outstanding achievements in science, including a doctorate degree with cum magnum laude honors, has given him a fellowship in the Royal Institute of Chemistry. He is author of numerous books in both scientific and educational fields.
Prof. Robson has been lecturer in English at Oxford since 1950 and has been a fellow of Lincoln college since 1948. He earned his BA and MA degrees at New college and Oxford.
Other Visitors
Other outstanding educators of the Summer Session faculty will be: Dr. James M. Hughes, Northwestern university; Dr. Milton Schwebel, New York university; Dr. George Whaples, Indiana university; Prof. Loren Mozley, University of Texas; Dr. Shirley Cooper, American Association of School Administrators in Washington, D.C.; Prof. Alice Lohrer, University of Chicago; Dr. J. Lewis Robinson, University of British Columbia; Dr. Claude A. Buss, Stanford university; and Dr. Roy E. Simpson, state superintendent of public instruction.
JOHN D. COOKE . . . summer session dean
Summer Session Dean Welcomes New Students
In welcoming the students of the 1953 Summer Session, may I express the hope that you will find here the instruction, the associations, and the mental stimulation that you desire. It has been our aim and purpose to present the courses, work* shops, seminars, and practician* to assist you most in playing your part in the world of today.
As you find a great variety of courses, ho will you find a cosmopolitan student body — students from every state in the union and from many foreign countries. Southern California, more than any other university, is characterized by the large enrollment of out-of-state students. Many visiting professors (Continued on l'age
First Program of Summer Music Series Starts Wed.
The School of Music will sponsor twelve concerts and recitals beginning Wednesday evening at 8:30 in Hancock auditorium, Raymond Kendall, Dean of the School of Music, announced.
The first three recitals will feature Miss Lillian Steuber, pi- I anist and associate professor of piano. Wednesday night, June 28, and July 1 Miss Steuber will play the Beethoven Sonata Series.
Tli# following three concerts [
are called the Festival of Baroque Music. The first of the series, July 5, will 1m? directed by Alice Eiders and will present music of Schütz, Bach, Purcell, Lubeck, and Remeau.
July 7 Irene Robertson, organ* ist and associate professor of music, will play music of Frescobaldi, Pachelbel, and Buxtehude. Ju* ly 8 the music of Tunder, Dow* land„ Handel, and Carissimi will be played.
TROJANS TAKE THEIR last walk above as 3245 of them received degrees from SC June I 3 at the 70th annual commencement. President Fred D. Fagg Jr. conferred the degrees on the
students. Sen. William F. Knowland gave the commencement address to the crowd assembled in Alumni Memorial park for the ceremonies.
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Students and faculty members from all over the nation will pick up the books again today as Troy starts Summer Session classes. Faculty members from 26 universities and colleges will be among the guest instructors, said Dr. John D. Cooke, dean of the Summer Session.
In addition to giving courses in specialized fields, the 84 visitors will take part in nine workshops during the six and ten-week6
sessions.