COMMENCEMENT 1967

THE number of degrees awarded by Dartmouth College each June continues to grow, and the 1967 Commencement, true to form, established a new mark. At exercises attended by some 5,000 persons in the outdoor setting of Baker Library's sun-bathed lawn, the College conferred 975 bachelor and graduate degrees on Sunday morning, June 11. And despite the long lines that filed across the canopied platform to receive diplomas individually - a personal touch assiduously preserved by Dartmouth - the graduation program went off without a hitch and even finished ahead of schedule.

Of the 975 degrees awarded, 767 were A.B.'s to seniors, 735 voted by the Trustees in June and 32 voted earlier in the academic year. Tuck School conferred the Master of Business Administration degree upon 104, and the Medical School the Bachelor of Medical Science degree upon 43. Thayer School, with a greater variety of graduate degrees, made 24 men Bachelors of Engineering, four Masters of Engineering, and two Doctors of Engineering. The College's graduate degrees went to 23 Masters of Arts, all in the sciences, four Masters of Science in the engineering sciences, and four Doctors of Philosophy.

Sartorially speaking, the six men who received doctoral degrees were the most interesting figures of the day. They wore for the first time the new Dartmouth doctoral gown and trencher cap, designed by the Commencement Committee and approved by the Trustees. The body of the gown is "Dartmouth dark green" with black velvet facing and three sleeve bars. An encircled green pine tree is embroidered on the black facing at chest level. The trencher cap is also dark green with gold metallic braid on its brim. With this unique academic regalia Dartmouth joins the ranks of a few American institutions and many European ones that have their own doctoral caps and gowns. (For a picture of the new Doctors on Commencement morning see the next page.)

The awarding of honorary degrees this year was almost completely a tribute to Canada in its centennial year. With the exception of Wesleyan University's retiring president, Victor L. Butterfield, who received the Doctorate of Laws, the men honored were all from the United States' neighbor to the north. The five Canadians were A. Searle Leach '31 of Winnipeg, chairman of the board of the Searle Grain Company, Doctor of Laws; Harold R. Robertson of Montreal, principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, Doctor of Laws; Robert H. Winters of Ottawa, Canada's Minister of Trade and Commerce, Doctor of Laws; Herman Northrup Frye of Toronto, literary critic and University Professor at the University of Toronto, Doctor of Letters; and Wilfred B. Lewis of Deep River, Ontario, senior vice president, science, of Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., Doctor of Science.

Dr. Winters gave the Commencement Address immediately after the conferring of honorary degrees. He called for a new kind of Marshall Plan that would send aid to the "Third World" of underdeveloped nations in the form of knowledge and knowledgeable men rather than of money and physical equipment. The great handicap among the lesser developed nations, he said, is "the critical lack of scientific, technical, and managerial skills so vital to the operation of a rapidly evolving economy." He praised this country for welcoming thousands of students from overseas and referred also to the educational efforts, on a lesser scale, being undertaken by Canada. "Through great international endeavors in the fields of trade and aid and education," he concluded, "it is my belief that Canadian-American relations can find their truest and highest expression." (The full text of the Commencement Address appears elsewhere in this issue.)

Other speakers at the exercises were Steve Guch Jr. '67 of Falls Church, Va., who delivered the Valedictory to the College, and President Dickey, whose traditional Valedictory to the Seniors was given at the conclusion of the conferring of Bachelor" of Arts degrees.

Guch cast doubt on the cliche that college provides "the best years of a man's life" and said that seniors who have worked seriously at Dartmouth "have found that the problems of the future and the efforts which must be expended in solving them hold the promise of the most satisfying years of their lives."

President Dickey spoke briefly but urged the graduates to accept their newly discovered individuality graciously and generously, not arrogantly. "If happily that higher learning should be your lot, you will know the privilege of going beyond self-assertion to the never-ended task of sustaining man's civilization in spite of himself. It is then that you personally will discover deep within yourself what is required of a man who is the stuff of an institution, not merely its beneficiary."

And then with the final words he has used at Commencement for many years - "And now, men of Dartmouth, the word is 'so long,' for in the Dartmouth fellowship there is no parting" - President Dickey sent the College's 196th graduating class into the wide, wide world.

With five of the six recipients from Canada, this year's honorary degree list had a distinct"northern neighbor" character. Canadians with President Dickey (I to r) are atomic scientistWilfred B. Lewis, McGill Principal Harold Roche Robertson, A. Searle Leach '31 of Winnipeg, Trade and Commerce Minister Robert H. Winters, Mr. Dickey, and Toronto author andcritic Herman Northrup Frye.

Men receiving doctoral degrees wore for the first time the new Dartmouth doctoral gown and trencher cap in dark green.

Two college presidents talking shop. Mr. Dickey with VictorL. Butterfield of Wesleyan, who received Dartmouth's LL.D.

Seniors marching to Class Day exercises swing by Dartmouth Hall to dofftheir caps to retiring Professors Arthur Wilson and John Wolfenden.

Family help in pinning on second lieutenant's bars after ROTC commissioning.

A clear, sunny day favored Commencement Luncheon and enabled seniors andtheir families, alumni, and faculty, to eatoutdoors beside the Leverone Field House.

Sachem Oration at the Old Pine stump.

The Class of 1967, made up of the "newbreed" of students, enjoys Class Day inthe Bema and gives the appearance of being like most Dartmouth classes before it.