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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA
Seventy-Sixth "ear
The Seventy-Second
~nnual (!Commencement
FLEMING HALL LAWN
May the Twenty-Seventh
AT TEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN
WEST VIRGINIA STATE COllEG~ARCHIVES
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PRELUDE-The Great Gate of Kiev MussorgskyThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Leon E. Thompson, Conductor
THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-
Processional-Pomp and Circumstance ElgarThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Leon E. Thompson, Conductor
The MarshalThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Faculty and Administrative OfficersThe Recipients of Honorary DegreesThe President and the Commencement Speaker
THE HYMN-The National AnthemTo be sung by the audience(The audience will remain standing until after the invocation)
THE INVOCATION-
The Reverend John HellerPastor, Grace Lutheran Church
St. Albans, West Virginia
M usrc-s-Lacrymose (from Requiem in D Minor) MozartThe College Choir
Professor Gladys B. Johnson, Director
THE CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES-Drue E. CulumnsDoctor of Laws
Miles Clark StanleyDoctor of Laws
THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS-
MILES CLARK STANLEYPRESIDENT, WEST VIRGINIA LABOR FEDERATION
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The College ChoirProfessor Gladys B. Johnson, Director
AWARD OF HONORS-
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Sharon Kay Christie Janice A. Nease Virginia D. Gillespie
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Marjorie MathesonPatricia S. KefferCharles L. U rlingSharon Rudolph Lilly**
Ogden** Brenda S. BlackCarolyn S. BrittonSandra T. Craig
June B. Sinclair**Delores J. PayneThomas S. Bragg
CUM LAUDE
Sandra K. FiggattReginald BessSandra K. LovejoyPatricia C. AndersonIda Marshall Price*Jane T. Cox
Richard D. NelsonBernadette L. HamiltonJohn W. Perry, Jr.Cyrena Dove Burnside**Billie C. Clark
Sue Ellen Anderson**Joan M. JoplingDonnalee CockrilleDorothy M. WillsNorman Alfred Brown*
THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-
The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Edwin D. Hoffmanin the following order:
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Sophia P. Nelson.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Frederick A. Clement.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration byProfessor Theodora Rutherford.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor L. V.Jordan.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics by ProfessorMae Belle Jones.
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology byProfessor Mark Friedlander.
Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Arts in Commerce by Professor TheodoraRutherford.
Alt~r the COllferring of the Degrees by President William J. L. Wallace, the name«0/ graduates will be announced by Mr. J. Douglas Anderson, Registrar.
* Completed requirements for graduation January, 1967.•• Completed requirements for graduation August, 1966.
€anbibattSFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Harry Dale Adkins**Sue Ellen Anderson**Ladonna Beatrice Ashby**Michael Edward BainJacqueline Ann Baskin*Edward Graham BellFelix Paul BlackBobby Dare BolandBeverly Ann Boston**Horace J assen BrittonOrville Harold Casto, Jr.John Theodore ChildsSharon Kay ChristieMarsha J 0 ColesJane T. CoxSandra Theresa CraigRobert Sherwood Exton*George Matthew FerrellRobert Bennett GarrettJon Terry GossardEdward L. Haddix
Mildred Lorraine HopkinsMary K. HyerStephen Ray King**Richard Lee McCloud*Constance R. McGeeDonna Crawford MackeyDarnley McGregor Osborne**Joe Prado, Jr.Paul A. Revaleon, Jr.*Marlyn Elizabeth RobertsonMichael Joseph RussellPaul Ray SaundersClark Edmund SchulzCharles Patrick Shaffer*John Richard Shoup**Antonio Bernard SmithRachel Barbara SmithJames Benj amin Stephens**Robbin Edwin L. Washington*Janet Mae WatsonBrainard Ray Williams
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Benny Wade Blackshire*Charles B. Bolden**Stanley Ervin Bostic*Morris Shandell ClarkLoman Lee Cottrill**Joan Moonteen JoplingWilliam Othel Kiser**Frederick R. LyonRobert David Mullins**
Richard David NelsonNick NicholasRobert Amos NicholsJohnny Powell*Gerald Bruce Redd**Homer I. Rose, Jr.**James D. White**James Albert Wilkerson, Jr.**Dorothy Mae Wills
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Robert Alfriend Allen, Jr.Marvin Richard AustinThomas Stephen BraggAlan B. BrownN arong Buranamontri**Erskine Earle Cade*Ronald Phillips CampbellBobbie Jean Clarke
J ames Brooks Cobb*Koharig G. DerBoghosian*Cecil Thurin FlaggJerry E. GarrettWilliam Leroy Green**Maurice Robert Gregg*Milton Charles GrimesMichael Lee Hackett
((anbtbatt~B.S. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)
J ames Fredric HamricDavid A. HartHarold Wilson Hartman, Jr.Dale Richard HillJohn Sherman Holcomb*Richard JarrettFranklin Pierce Justice, J r.*Sharon Rudolph Lilly **Robert Eugene Long*Bernard Kimani Maina**J ohn Wesley Perry, Jr.Paul Raymond Rowand*Bobby Lee Scales**
Raymond V. Shingler*Floyd Douglas SimpsonChester Ray SmalleyKenneth Wayne TeetsJames Joseph UmohCharles Lee UrlingThavorn VarikarnDavid C. VaughanJesse L. Watts*John Charles WilesLarry Lee W oodfellVahan Haik Zahgkuni
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN EDUCATION
Everett Lee AdkinsPatricia Carolyn AndersonCathern Sue ArmstrongCarl Gary ArringtonDorothy Evelyn Ashworth**Adeeb Bassitt**Carolyn Elizabeth BennettReginald BessReginald Duran BillupsBrenda Sue BlackKathryn D. Bodkins*George Nathaniel BookerCarolyn Sue BrittonMary Josephine Brooks**Norman Alfred Brown*Luther Stanley Bryson*Stephen Bukovinsky **Cyrena Dove Burnside**Michael David BurtonJanice Eloise CabbellBetty Louise CardwellJulie Scott Carter*William Carter*Billie C. ClarkDonna Sue Clark**Edward Guy Cleavenger**Edna C. CochranDonnalee CockrilleCharles Raymond ColemanPamela A. CollinsRobert Lawrence CookeImogene Coon*Edwin Conrad Cooper*
George C. Cunningham*Joseph Blake Davis*Ruth Davis*Lillian Louise DeHartPaul Douglas Dillman*Gwendolyn Ann EalyEdward Marshall Edmonds**Charles E. EdwardsThomas David Edwards*Elaine Theresa EnglishDouglass C. EvansSandra Kay FiggattJ ames Elliot FisherRuth Lynn FisherVarel Dean Fisher*J ames David FoldenWilliam Walker FortuneDavid Paul Gabehart*Virginia Dumont GillespieLucille Landis Goff**Cozie M. GoodwinJoan Evelyn HairstonMarjorie Halstead*Bernadette Lorraine HamiltonGabriel Samuel HardemanB. Blondelle HarrisSylvia Ann HarrisT'assie E. HarrisJohn N. Heller*John William HelmJohnny Lee HillCharles Morsell Hodges*Paul Erwin Hughes
Qtanbibatt~B.S. IN EDUCATION (Continued)
Sackey C. G. HunterErnestine E. J ackson*·Sandra Beller JamesRichard Amon JonesSherwin S. W. JonesBetty Jane J ordan*Robert F. Kapp*Patricia Short KefferDarlene Marie King**Marshall Lynn KirtleyHarold Noel KocherElsie Elizabeth Lanham**Stanley Creed Lilly*Carolyn Ella Livisay*Anna Belle Looney*Audrey June LoughinSandra Kay LovejoyVirginia Neeley McTeer*Dorothy Bartlett McWattersWilliam E. Magnus**Sara Melvina Mason*Nancy K. Miles*Betty Ann MorrisEdgar Leeman MossJanice Ann NeaseMary Kate NeelyMarjorie Matheson Ogden**Dianne Letitia Owens**Joan Juanita PauleyDeloris J. PayneRobert Joseph Peaker**
Mary Jeanette Poe**Ida Marshall Price*Carolyn June Ramsey**J. Diane ReddRada Gladys Rhodes.Nell C. Rime*Leo James Russell, Jr.Joe Carroll SaundersRobert Edward Scalzo*·June B. Sinclair**Diana Lou Sansom Smith.Helen Watts Sovine**Linda Sue StephensEva M. Stokes**Alta Corrine Stone*Harriet L. Strait*Helen Marie Strickland*Elizabeth Reed ThomasBetty Jean Tidquist*Terry Edward Tremback*J oretta Leauntine Tyson**Bobby Carrol Unrue*Norma Roslyn VanRielFrank Carver WainwrightMarseenia Lee WalkerRuth Elayne WallerFrances Poling Williams**Roger Clarence WillisMary Margaret W oeber*Bonnie M. Wood**Denzil O. Woods*
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN HOME ECONOMICS
Mary E. Coleman Jacqueline Marie Todd Crenshaw
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
J ames Carroll O'DellJohn Luther Rumbaugh
Nopphorn Suebsiri
FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF ARTSIN COMMERCE
Sheila Odaris Croner*. Carolyn Sue Hopkins
ctCanbibatt5Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will beawarded by Lt. Col. Marvin E. Billups, assisted by Captain Donal D. Hogan fromthe ROTC staff of West Virginia State College.
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS
Marvin R. AustinReginald D. BillupsDenny W. Blackshire**Charles B. Bolden*Charles R. Coleman
Maurice R. Gregg**William L. Green*Charles M. Hodges*':'William E. Mangus*Robert A. Nichols
Gerald B. Redd*John C. Shoup*David C. VaughanJesse L. Watts**
ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MU
HONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY
Patricia Carolyn AndersonReginald BessBrenda Sue BlackThomas Stephen BraggCarolyn Sue BrittonAlfred Brown*
Sharon Kay ChristieSandra Theresa CraigSandra Kay FiggattBernadette Loraine HamiltonJoan Monteen Jopling
Patricia Short KefferSandra Kay LovejoyJanice Ann NeaseDelores J. PayneDorothy Mae Wills
ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA
NATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY
Sharon Kay ChristieDonnalee Cockrille
Virginia Dumont Gillespie Edward L. Haddix
ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PI
AN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION
Patricia Carolyn AndersonReginald BessCarolyn Sue BrittonBillie C. Clark
Donnalee CockrilleSandra Kay FiggattSandra Kay LovejoyVirginia McTeer*
Joan J. PauleyDelores J. Payne
ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI
SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY
Bobby D. BolandJoan M. Jopling
Richard D. NelsonRobert A. Nichols
Dorothy M. Wills
ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHI
NATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY
Carolyn Sue BrittonBillie C. Clark
Virginia D. GillespieSandra B. James
Janice A. Nease
ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI
NATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY
Patricia Carolyn Anderson Reginald Bess Carolyn Sue Britton
~rbtr of ~Xtrti~t~THE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT-
The President
GREETINGS-
Dr. S. J. BaskervilleWest Virginia Board of Education
THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-
Attorney William L. Lonesome, '33President, West Virginia State College Alumni Association
To join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of my college, nur-turing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor in my chosenprofession and to make of myself a symbol of the best traditions of my college-thisis my commission and my challenge.
RECOGNITIONOF STATE OFFICIALS ANDHONORED GUESTS-
MUSIc-Alma Mater
RECESSIONAL-Fanfare and Recessional •..••••..••.•. Ployhar
The Symphonic Wind EnsembleDr. Leon E. Thompson, Conductor
CO-MARSHALS-
Professor Emeritus Daniel L. Ferguson, '09Professor Marvin D. Mills, '47
ASSISTANTMARSHALS-
Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28Professor Chester A. Burris, '48Professor Charlotte Ginestra, '63Professor Sharleen Corbett, '35Professor Roland L. Sevy, '59
ERNEST WADE '30
ALMA MATEROf West Virginia State College
MARTHA SPENCER '31
l~~~~~~•We11 love her more as days go by,And send her praises to the sky;To j)lace her over all the rest,And keep her e'er the dearest and the best,
Shadowed 'neath a deep blue sky:Is State for whom we'll live and we'll die--Arl.sel 0 men of God and sing;We're loyal, and to her we'll always cling