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VOL. 3, NO. 1
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA
JULY, 1974
369 GRADUATE N 91
56 Seniors Receive Degree Honors
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Stetson University students, faculty
and administration observed the university's 91st annual commencement with
the conferring of 369 undergraduate and
graduate degrees June 2 in the Forest of
Arden.
Families and friends watched as the
graduates marched across the outdoor
stage to receive their "sheepskins" from
university president Dr. John E. Johns
who commended the graduates on their
dedication to education and challenged
them toward making a real contribution
to a better nation.
Fifty-six seniors were graduated
with honors including four summa cum
laude, 25 magna cum laude and 27 cum
laude.
Nineteen half-century diplomas were
conferred on members of the class of
1924, six of whom were present at the
Ceremonies. continued on page I
PROCESSIONAL — Mace-bearer Dr.
Gilbert Lycan, professor of history,
leads the baccalaureate processional
June 2. Others in the processional include, left to right: graduates William
T. Newsome, III, Palatka, and Micki
Rowland Dunn, DeLand; Stetson President Dr. John E. Johns; Stetson Chancellor Dr. J. OHie Edmunds; Rev. Clyde
B. Lipscomb, Jacksonville, who delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
$100,000 KRESGE FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDED
The Kresge Foundation of Troy,
Mich., has announced a $100,000 grant
for the Stetson University Activities
Center. William H. Baldwin, president
and trustee of the foundation made the
announcement.
Stetson president Dr. John E. Johns,
in acknowjedging the grant on behalf
of the university, said the foundation's
gift will help complete financing of the
31.65 million facility.
"We're elated in receiving this an-
ouncement," Dr. Johns said.
Earlier this year, Dr. Johns and W.
vfichael Chertok, vice-president for
levelopment, visited the foundation
offices to present a special proposal
and to discuss the new facility on
Stetson's campus. The announcement
of the grant, according to Dr. Johns,
followed approval of the $100,000
grant by Kresge trustees.
The Kresge Foundation is a private
trustee corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Michigan. Its
purpose is to "promote the well-being
of mankind."
Established in 1924, the foundation
has made appropriations totaling more
than $175 million during its 50-year
history.
Stetson's new activities center is
the result of extensive planning by the
administration and faculty of the university to provide a facility for a complete campus activity program,
including inter-collegiate basketball,
intramural and other recreation programs. It also will serve such activities
as commencement, convocations, theatrical productions and music and lecture series.
"This is truly an activities center,"
Dr. Johns emphasized. He said the university is proud to have not only one
of the finest sports and convocation
facilities in the South, but a building
that will serve so many other univer
sity and community purposes.
Stetson will have, for the first time
since enrollment passed 800, a forum
to accommodate the entire student
body under one roof at the same time.
"The new activities center will
strengthen the total educational program of the university," Dr. Johns
pointed out.
The president expressed appreciation to the Kresge Foundation "on
behalf of the entire university community, for this generous gift and for
the tangible expression of the foundation's trustees in supporting independent higher education."
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