WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR

THE FIFTY-FIFTH

~nnual (!Commtttttment

MAY THE TWENTy-EIGHTH

A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY

AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

THE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING

FROM THE FEDERAL LAND-GRANT ACT

" .... to the endowment, support, and maintenance of, at least, one college where theleading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and in-cluding military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agricultureand the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectivelyprescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrialclasses in the several pursuits and professions in life." Approved July 2, 1862 andAugust 30, 1890. WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE IS A LAND GRANT COLLEGE.

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ORGANPRELuDE-"Andante in G" BatisteProfessor T. D. Phillips

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-

PROCESSIONAL- "War March of the Priests" MendelssohnThe Marshal and the Assistant MarshalsThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe Faculties of the CollegeThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Administrative OfficersThe President and the Commencement Speaker

HYMN FORTHE AUDIENCE-The National Anthem(The audience will remain standing until after the Invocation)

LED BY THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE BANDEdward C. Lewis, Director

o say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.o say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

THE INVOCATION-James Kelly, Jr., Dean of Men

MusIc-"Hail, Bright Abode" (from Tannhauser) .... WagnerTHE A CAPPELLA CHOIR

Professor Gladys J. Greene, Director

THE RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONOR GUESTS

<!&rberof \exercisesM uSIc-CCBattle Hymn of the Republic" Ringwald

THE A CAPPELLA CHOIR

Professor Gladys J. Greene, Director

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

WALTER PHILLIP RE UTHER

President of the United Automobile Workers of AmericaDetroit, Michigan

AWARD OF HONORS

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Adolphus Dunbar Lee, Jr. Clinton Eugene Ward

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Claude Clarence DicksonLucius Augustus Blount

Henry Lincoln MooreJ ames Millard Garrison

CUM LAUDE

Shirley Benton RobinsonMelvin Wesley NealDelores Phillipp a Martin

Joseph Augustus JonesLuella Eudora Williams

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE DEAN AND PRO-

FESSORS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Dean Harrison H. Ferrell.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Dean Harrison H. Ferrell.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Music by Professor Theodore D. Phillips.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Education by Professor Harry W.Greene.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture by Professor Madi-son Broadnax.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Pro-fessor Richard H. Homburger.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor HarryW. Greene.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics by ProfessorMae Belle Jones.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanic Arts by ProfessorFrederic Lacy.

After the conferring of degrees by President John W. Davis, the names of the gradu-ates will be announced by Registrar Daniel P. Lincoln.

((anbibatt5FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Adams, HarveyAdderly, Ellis BravetAlexander, 1ames LloydAncrum. DavidArchie, Richard SamuelBaker, RobertBarnes, Clarence EdwardBrooks, Hunter OtisBrown, Maxwell RolandCarson, Smith, 1r.Chiles, Doris ElizabethConnor, Lyman AlexanderDeBerry, AlonzoDivens, Frank AlfredElmore, Robert B.Ewell, Mary IonFairfax, Charles EdwardFigg, Charles HenryFloyd, RobertGalloway, Sylvia ChristineGault, john CalvinGriffith, 1ames RooseveltHahn, Milton EdgarHamilton, j ohn WesleyHardwick, William Seborne

Holmes, j ohn DavisHunter, Barbara JaneKerns, 1ames HarveyLeonard, Roscoe EdwardLyle, J ames AustinMills, Margaret MolynMorgan, Juanita LesleNeal, Melvin WesleyPalmer, Paul O'NeillPhillips, Helen ThelmaReaves, Osborne EugeneReeves, Joseph DanielReynolds, Herbert WilliamRobinson, Douglass De WittRose, Francis CabelSanders, Charles StreeterSaulters, Wade EdwardSaunders, Ruth EmmalineSayles, Alvin AudreyStewart, Charles EugeneStrother, MargieThomas, Thelma RayeWallace, Rosa GeraldineWitcher, Louis Jackson

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Blount, Lucius AugustusBlythe, Robert FranklinCabbell, Thomas RichardDickson, Claude ClarenceFranklin, Frederick Con teeGarrison, James MillardHyatt, William RoyKerr, Otho Edgar

Lee, Samuel Reginaldl\1cDonald, Walter EverettMills, Theodore HenryMoore, Henry LincolnShellcroft, William WesleyThomas, Paul WilliamTyler, SolomonWilson, Asbury

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC

Anderson, Thomas JeffersonBeard, Margaret JaneClark, Clarence WilliamDexter, Dorothy

Moore, Norma YvonneWelch, Virginia MaudeWilliams, Luella Eudora

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

Brown, Constance BernardeanBrown, Lucille EvelynClark, BeatriceGist, Gladys Crawford

Hale, Barbara AnnHolmes, Myrtle ElectorJackson, Marian FrancineJohnson, Mozelle Yvonne

(!Canbtbatt5FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

(Continued)Lee, Jean ErnestineLewis, Mary Lou SistrunkMcKinney, James RoyMarshall, Martha Virginia

Pepper, Norma AquillaRowden, Iris CamillaStaley, Vivian HarriettSutton, Jane Leola

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICUL'FURE

Kent, Warren Eldridge Quash, James McClure

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Amos, Benjamin AnthonyAshurst, Jules LeonBrown, JackBurney, William LeeCauley, William JamesClaybrooks, JeremiahCooper, William HerbertCummings, Luel EloisDavis, TyroneDearing, Ulysses SidneyDubose, Grover AdopheGriggs, Francis McKinleyGross, Isadore Henry, Jr.Harriston, Emery DerwoodJackson, Charles ElmerLee, Adolphus DunbarMaxwell, Joe Stanley

Perkins, Leslie BarronPlowden, Raymond DavisPrice, Benjamin LowellPrunty, Herman MathewRevels, Bruce LoftonRichardson, WillieRobinson, Shirley BentonSeeney, Leonard CalvinSmith, Robert HobsonThomas, Howard H.Tyree, Georgia EstelleVernon, Gordon LeeWard, Clinton EugeneWilliams, John DeWittWilliams, Oswald P.Young, James Stanley

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION

Adams, Ivan LorraineBailey, James ArrelansBibb, Edward GeorgeCannaday, Irvin, Jr.Carter, James BoydClark, Ella ClaytonDennison, Theodore RooseveltEnty, Frank EdwardFloyd, JohnFranklin, Roland LeroyGillium, Richard AlexanderGist, John HenryGivens, Pauline RuthHarrington, Dolores FrancineHarris, Frank HenryHarris, Rubye Lee

Heath, Marcella VeronaHines, Roland AngelineJackson, Doran RenfordJewell, John ThomasJ ones, Clara DollyJones, Joseph AugustusJones, Julia CashLee, Jerry Myers, Jr.McAllister, LucilleMills, Carol ChandlerNicholson, Charles RobertNutall, Martha MittieNutall, Mary GenevievePettis, Willis James, Jr.Primm, Beny J ene

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION

(Continued)Strickland, Bernice VivianTanner, Lillie MaeWagner, Howard VincentWatkins, Elizabeth CarterWickliffe, Edward Vernon

Williams, J ames PhenixWilliams, J oettaWilliams, Martha AnnWilson, Moley ClarkWilson, Robert, Jr.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

HOME ECONOMICS

Arthur, Christine ElizabethFew, Blanch LouiseLawrence, Christine Marie

Lewis, Ruby DoloresMartin, Delores Philippa

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

MECHANIC ARTS

Allen, Charles RichardBeale, Thomas PrestonBoston, Joseph AlexanderBower, Euly LevaleroBradshaw, SylvesterDonald, John AllenHarris, Charles, Jr.McAllister, RaymondMcArtis, WilbertMinor, Lemuel Wesley

Orr, William HenryPrice, Garvey EloricRobinson, Samuel Edgar DeweyShuford, Vance RobertThigpen, HaroldWaller, Grover MelvinWilliamson, Lynwood FilmoreWimberly, AltonWoods, Jefferson William

CANDIDATES FOR REGULAR ARMY COMMISSIONS

Dubose, Grover Adophe Garrison, James Millard

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICER RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Alexander, James LloydCarson, Smith, Jr.DuBose, Grover AdopheFigg, Charles HenryGarrison, James MillardHahn, Milton Von

Bacon, Frank, Jr.Broadnax, EdwardBurrell, WellingtonDavis, Ira LeeFullwood, Charles JamesGriffin, John R.Haggins, Edward T.Hughes, Maurice L.Hunt, Joseph C.Johnson, James, Jr.

McAllister, RaymondPerkins, Leslie BarronPrimm, Beny J eneReaves, Osborne EugeneWaller, Grover Melvin

Johnson, James T.Lee, EugeneMcDowell, EugeneMcPeters, CharlesSmith, FrankTillotson, CliffordTowles, Jeff H.Trueitt, JacksonWilliams, Glenn E.

c9rbtr of ~xtrti~t~CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES

WALTER PHILLIP REUTHER Doctor of HumanitiesPresented by Dr. Thomas E. Posey

VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT Doctor of LawsPresented by Dr. William J. L. Wallace

RALPH JOHNSON BUNCHE Doctor of HumanitiesPresented by Dean Harrison H. Ferrell

ELECTED TO ALPHA DELTA SIGMA HONORARY SCHOLASTIC

SOCIETYIvan Lorraine AdamsJ ames Millard GarrisonAdolphus Dunbar LeeJoseph A. JonesDelores Phillippa Martin

Henry Lincoln MooreMelvin Wesley NealShirley Benton RobinsonClinton Eugene WardLuella Eudora Willams

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI HONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Lucius Augustus BlountRobert Franklin BlytheThomas Richard CabbellClaude Clarence Dixon

J ames Millard GarrisonOtho Edgar KerrHenry Lincoln Moore

COLLEGE ALUMNAE CLUB OF KANAWHA COUNTY, INCORPORATED

Fellowship Award of $1,000 for Graduate StudyWinner, 1950 - Miss Ivan Lorraine Adams

THE ALUMNI STATEMENT-

Miss Myra C. FairfaxPresident of the Alumni Association of the College

THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT

The President

Musto-e-Alma Mater

LED BY THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE BAND

Edward C. Lewis, Director

RECESSIONAL-"Grand March" (from Aida) •••..•.•.•• Verdi(The audience will remain seated during the recession)

Professor Daniel L. Ferguson, '09, Marshal of the College

Professor L. P. Drain, '27, Assistant MarshalMiss Odaris Farmer, '45, Assistant MarshalMr. James Wesley Lynch, '43, Assistant MarshalMr. Felix T. Warren, '36, Assistant MarshalProfessor P. Ahmed Williams, '27, Assistant Marshal

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