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180th Commencement

June 1949
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180th Commencement
June 1949

TRADITIONAL Class Day ceremonies on the campus will open Dartmouth's 180th Commencement program Friday, June 10, at 4 p.m. This will be followed by a concert on the campus by the band at 7:30 p.m. and a reception by President and Mrs. Dickey at 8:30 p.m. for seniors, parents, faculty, alumni and other guests. A concert by the Glee Club at 9:30 p.m. in Webster Hall and a senior-alumni dance starting at 10 p.m. in Alumni Gymnasium will conclude Friday's program.

A meeting of the General Alumni Association at 12 noon and an EIL baseball game with Pennsylvania at 2:30 p.m. on Memorial Field will be the highlights of Saturday's events. Recent Dartmouth movies will be shown at 4 and 7:30 p.m. in 105 Dartmouth Hall and fraternity reunions will be held at 5 p.m. Banquets for the five classes holding reunions Commencement weekend are scheduled for 7 p.m. A second concert by the band will be held at 8 p.m. on the campus followed by the Dartmouth Players production of "You Can't Take It With You" at 9:15 p.m. in Webster Hall.

The Combined Commencement and Baccalaureate Exercises will be held Sunday, June 12, at 11 a.m. in the Bema, weather permitting, or in Webster Hall in case of rain. Bachelor degrees will be conferred upon approximately 475 seniors who will finish their undergraduate course this month. In addition 120 men who completed their requirements for bachelor degrees in February have been invited to take part in the Commencement program.