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WDtme,NINETY-NINTHYEAR OFWEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTE,WESTVIRGINIAHazo W. Carter, Jr., PresidentJMib- tat OmmtnttmtntTHESIXTEENTHA.D. NINETEENDAY OF DECEMBERHUNDREDEIGHTY-NINEAT TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNINGFLEMINGHALLA Bicentennial Campus."approaching a century of excellence"

·t tVirginia tatt Grolltgt t TWHAT is West Virginia State College? It isall of us who believe in it---who absent or present,work in it and wish it well. Its constituency isthe living and dead and from them the college enjoys an unrestrained loyalty and willing service. Itis an exponent of truth which sweeps aside the petty jealousies of men and all propagandic proposalswhich would minimize or depreciate personality.It is an institution containing faults and dejectswhich challenge the constructive e./fortsof students,teachers, officersand graduates. It is incompleteand desires toremain so, to be in advantageous position for changing lift situations.WHATis West Virginia State College? It isspirit; it cannot be touched by hand; it is based upon communions between the living and those whothough dead yet live in an immortality made practical through enlistment in thecollegeprogram whichof necessity requires eternity for completion. Whatis the college? You and those graduates ahead ofyou are the college.John W. DavisFifth PresidentWest Virginia State ColJege1932

tll:bt cabtmic llroct ionThe Academic Procession is composed of administrators, honored guests, faculty,graduates and the College Advisory Board. This procession is led by a marshal, agraduate of West Virginia State College, who seats the graduates, faculty andplatform guests. The faculty enter by academic rank wearing costumes that had theirorigin in the Medieval English University system. The costumes were devised todistinguish academic persons from lay persons, since everyone wore robes or gownsto ward off the cold. The recession, then, is in reverse order with the platform guestleaving the dais first, followed by the graduates and the faculty.The colors of the academic dress have a Significance deeply rooted in the traditionof academic life and are specified by a uniformed code maintained by the AmericanCouncil on Education. Caps are black and are usually mortar boards with tassels.Doctors of Philosophy wear gold tassels usually of metallic thread; other degrees wearblack or discipline colors.The bachelors' gown is simple and black with long, pointed sleeves. Masters'gowns, also black, are longer than bachelors. Older gowns have sleeves thatterminate at the elbow while those since 1960 have sleeves extended to the wrist.Doctors' gowns are full, with bell-like sleeves. The front is marked by velvet panelsand the sleeves are marked by three velvet bars. While most gowns are black withblack velvet, one variation is to replace black velvet with velvet in the discipline color.A second variation is a colored gown usually of the university's colors.All hoods specify the level of degree, the discipline studied and the awardinginstitution. First, degree level is Signified by the size of the hood with bachelors'smallest, masters' larger, and doctors' quite large and of a different shape. WestVirginia State College does not awards hoods to bachelors. The width of the velvettrim also conveys the degree. Secondly, the discipline is indicated by the color of thetrim edging the hood to form the throat over the gown. Finally, the color of the hood'slining specified the awarding institution. The colors are displayed in combinationsthat are drawn from heraldry.The colors of the tassels worn by candidates for baccalaureate degrees representthe fields of study in which the degrees will be conferred. At West Virginia StateCollege the following colors are used to designate the various degrees.Bachelor of ArtsWhiteBachelor of ScienceYellowBachelor of Science in Business AdministrationDrabBachelor of Science in CommunicationsYellowBachelor of Science in Criminal JusticeVelvet BlueBachelor of Science in EducationLight BlueBachelor of Science in Industrial TechnologyOrangeBachelor of Science in Recreation ServiceYellowBachelor 01 Science in Social WorkCitronAssociate DegreesWhite

bt olltgt .mactOur academic procession is led by the chief marshal who carries in hishand the college mace, a ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority. Themace had its origin in the Middle Ages, being used first as a weapon by royalbodyguards to protect their monarchs in processions. Today the mace isprimarily used in academic or religious processions, particularly in Englishspeaking countries, and frequently before magistrates in Great Britain.The West Virginia State College mace has historical significance in that ithas been designed from a spindle from the staircase of West Hall, the secondbuilding constructed on this campus. The building was constructed in 1895,and was used as a dormitory for girls, dining hall, kitchen, storehouse, laundry, principal's apartment, office for the Board of Regents and parlor for thegirls.The academic mace being used today was restored by James Huffman, assistant director of admissions at West Virginia State College.GRAND MARSHAL-Associate Professor R. Charles Byers orProfessorProfessorProfessorE. Odaris Farmer '45Charlotte L. Finney '61Christopher Passero '84Rosa L. Pickel '52Roland L. Sevy '58Steven E. West '60

!&rbtr of xtrd t Barbara J. Oden, presidingInterim Vice-President for Academic AffairsTHE PRELUDE-BluePROCESSIONAL-PompTHETHETHETHELake Overture.WVSC Wind EnsembleDavid Williams, Conductor. John Barnes Chanceand CircumstanceWVSC Brass and Percussion. Edward ElgarMARSHALCANDIDATES FOR DEGREESFACULTYPLATFORM PARTYTHE POSTING OF THE COLORS. Reserve Officers' Training Corps Color GuardTHE NATIONAL ANTHEM(The audience will remain standing until after the invocation.)0, say can you see by the dawn's early lightWhat 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 bomb bursting in airGave proof through the night that our flag was still there.0, say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.THE INVOCATION .Maxwell PerrowInterim Pastor, Riverlawn Presbyterian ChurchTHE INTRODUCTION OFTHE SPEAKER.Hazo W. Carter, Jr.Ninth President, West Virginia State CollegeTHE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSPresident, Norfolk State UniversityMusic-Paul'sHarrison B. WilsonFugue.Concert Choir, J. Truman Dalton, ConductorTHE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORSAWARDSOF EXCELLENCETeachers of the YearBoone County-MarshaRakerClay County-JeffNestorKanawha County-NormaKingPutnam County-RamonaLockwoodSiquald Tveit

erber ofAWARDOFHONORS.Acting AssistantVice-PresidentASSOCIATEHIGHESTDEGREEfor AcademicEthel O. DavieAffairsPROGRAMSHONORSJoyce A, HundleyHIGH(fxerct e Betty Cook KellerHONORSBetsy Ilene Cohen"John Michael GaskinsStephanie Smith Hensley"Connie Jo McDanielJewell H. MeadowsDawn Christine JarrellAntoine L. KazanApril Dawn LeffewSonya Kay MartinSean Patrick RobinsonSusan StowersHONORSPeggy Jean AllisonMichael N. HagerMary Regina HigginbothamLeah Vaughn Huntzinger'BACCALAUREATESUMMACUMCUMYuvonne Denise PriestleyPatricia A. ShellDorothy McMillion ShurowScott Weldon SigmanRobin Ann Ferguson'Nancy Lee HermansdorferCarolyn Baker HizerMary Margaret HoggSarah Reed InghramPhilip Wayne MallettHilda Jean Maxwell*Martin Anthony MazzellaRobin Rene PenningtonJudith Beth RainesRose Marie StoneSusan Carole Stringer"Phyllis L. WeagelLarry D. HallLisa Dawn HedrickLori Beth MillerBeverly Ann NicholsCheryl Lynn NicholsNancyRobertElaineJamesLAUDELozetta Denise AdkinsChristina Jane ArvonCarol Christine BallardMary Frances BoyceRodney Duane Campbell'Jerry Lynn DobbinsDeborah Anna DunbarCUMPROGRAMSLAUDEIlona K. BallreichSherry Virginia CraigoAmanda Mynatt HollrahMACNADEGREELAUDELynda C. BoeseDolores Kay Cassell CovertRebecca Ann CrawfordSusan Lynette CurryEva Lynn Ellis'Ann Harper OsborneMichael RileyAnn WhiteScott White

rbtr of (fxtrcitittiTHECONFERRINGOF DEGREES-The Candidates for Degrees will be presented to Barbara]. Oden,Interim Vice- President for Academic Affairs, in the following order:Candidates for Associate Degrees by Paul E. Pierpoint, Chair and Director,Community CollegeCandidates for Bachelor of Arts Degree by David Wohl, Chair, Division ofArts and HumanitiesCandidates for Bachelor of Science Degrees by Corrine R. Davis, Chair,Division of Professional StudiesAfter the conferring of the degrees by President Carter, the namesof the candidates will be announced by John L. Fuller, Registrar.ctanbibattti tFOR THE DEGREEOF ASSOCIATERoy Lee Akers, Jr.Peggy Jean AllisonCheryl Summerfield AndersonCarl D. BeardBarbara Jean Harris Black'Robin Jill Boggs'Stephen Earl BowmanDavid Bruce BoydCandice Joyce Brewer"Stacy Lynn CaldwellOather Ray CantleyAngela Lynn ChambersJudy Lynn CritesDawnette Joan Douglas'Carla F. DunnNorman James FergusonJohn Michael GaskinsJack D. Gilbert, IIJimmy D. GilmoreFOR THE DEGREEBetsy Ilene Cohen'IN ApPLIEDSCIENCEChristina Lynn GrayRichard Edwin HanshawStephanie Smith Hensley'Billy Ray HudnallJoyce A. HundleyLeah Vaughn Huntzinger"Dawn Christine JarrellDavid Michael JonesAntoine L. KazanBetty Cook KellerPatricia Ann KuhlApril Dawn LeffewCarla Grace LeonoraBarbara Sue LyonsEverett Scott McCauleyConnie Joe McDanielJoann Danese (Wolfe) MaddoxJames E. Malone, WSonya Kay MartinOF ASSOCIATEJewell H. MeadowsDuane B. MonkJudy Leigh MorrisMichael Gay PauleyKevin Lee PetersRoger Alan PlymaleLisa Anne RigneySean Patrick RobinsonTerry Lee SnyderGeorge Craig Spaniol, Jr.'Timothy Wayne StalnakerSusan StowersValerie Lynn SuttonKristi Karol WagnerDavid Keith WhiteRobin Eleanor WhittGinger Lynn Williams'Michael Lawrence WittLee Ann Marie WrightIN ARTSMichael N. Hagert A name on the program does not assure that final degree requirements have been met.

anbibatt5FOR THE DEGREEOF ASSOCIATENancy A. Green'Bonnie Jean HarrisonFOR THEDEGREEMary Regina HigginbothamOF BACHELORBenjamin Bruce BarkeyJuanita Brown FaucettPatti .]o HarrisIda Maritiza JamesLynne D. Akers'Charles Delano Baisden, II'Leona Judith BeanEric Michael Binder'Joseph Wayne Blackshire'Patricia Leigh BrownRandy Douglas BucknerCarl R. BurgessJean Elizabeth CainRobin Elaine CarnsPaul Vernon Christian'Iarrel A. Clendenin'Jo Ann ClendeninShelia Rene Combs'Randy Brooks CraceNanci Virginia DuffieldFaith Dugan'Yvonne Marie Fauber'Robin Ann Ferguson'James Joseph Gatens"FOR THE DEGREETinki Knight WilliamsOF ARTSWendy Paige LandersScott Jason McKinneyPhilip Wayne MallettGenevieve Marie Monks'FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTSPatricia Ann CarnesD. Neal CarteJerry Lynn DobbinsJames Cecil FarrenShawn Patrick FarrenIN SCIENCEBACHELORMareda LynnAngela DawnJohn WilliamWilliam ToddBragg ReynoldsShannonShawkins'Toms'OF ARTS DEGREEMary Janice Marino-Lares'Dwayne W. Merritt'Cheryl Lynn NicholsGregory J. PattonNichelle Patrice PayneChristley A. PringleLois Marie Halstead QuinnPauline o. RempelRobert Michael RileyJohn Keith RobertsPatricia A. ShellCarol J. SmithSusan Rene SmithSherrill M. SnyderRose Marie StoneSandra Lynn Summers'Dianna L. Toler'Leigh Ann VanHoveCheryl Lynne Walker'Sharon Danbery Griffith'Theresa Ann Griffith'Pamela Kate Gwinn-MinimahLarry D. HallDave Gershwin Hamilton'Carolyn Baker HizerTeresa Lynn Hoff-HuntMichael Keith Holley'Kimberly Lynne HuffmanGregory Lee IcenhowerSusan Marie JackKimbra Delene JenkinsPhyllis Elisabeth JoachimMichael Lee Johnson'Deborah L. Kidd'Brian Andre' KingLarry Allen LewisSandra Leigh McCormick'Mary Sue McKnightJackie Lee MaddoxOF BACHELOROF SCIENCERussell Keith GoodRobin Miller HaasHilda Jean Maxwell'Linda MechlingMichael Y. NehmeNancy Ann Harper OsborneMatthew Sean Richter'Robert Kenneth Taylor