WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTB. WBST VIRGINIA

Seventy-Eighth Year

The Seventy-Fourth

~nnual ((ommtnttment

FLEMING HALL I..IAWN

May the Eighteenth

AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE

.erbtr of <fxerci5e~PRELUDE-Poet and Peasant Overture . . . . . . . . . . .. Von Suppe

The Symphonic Wind EnsembleProfessor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-

PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and Circumstance ElgarThe Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Professor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

The MarshalThe Candidates for Baccalaureate DegreesThe State Officials and RepresentativesThe Recipients of Special HonorsThe 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 Robert W. StringerVicar, All Saints Episcopal ChurchSouth Charleston, West Virginia

Musrc-e-Requiem Aeternam (from "The Requiem") VerdiSharon Fisher, Soprano

The College ChoirProfessor Gladys B. Johnson, Director

THE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORSTHE HARRISON H. FERRELL CITIZENSHIP AWARD

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

Professor Ernest Reginald ArmsteadProfessor Andrew H. Calloway.Professor Emeritus Daniel L. Ferguson

HONORARY DEGREES

The Reverend Dunbar H. Ogden, Jr.Doctor of HumanitiesDr. Mildred Mitchell-BatemanDoctor of Humanities

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS-Dr. Mildred Mitchell-Bateman, Director'ATest Virginia Department of Mental Health

.Charleston, West Virginia

C!&rbtr of ~xtrtist~MUSIC-J oyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee ..... Beethoven-Simone

The College ChoirProfessor Gladys B. Johnson, Director

AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Cheryl Ann Casto

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Patsy Couch Jarvi.Gloria M. RobinsonConnie Morrison LarckPatricia Kay Chureh**

CUM LAUDE

Kathryn J. CoreyMargaritte Laurie RiffeRuth Ann GriggMartha June Collier.Audella Jean GreenleePhyllis Jean Hawes*.Betty Eggleton Barillaro.

Sue McFadden ShankLois Morri. Cox••Helen Jean Wood.··Ora Lee Chapman

Constance Louise CobbBarbara Ann PowellCarmalee S. LitteralOrenda Jones PauleyNina M. GilIe.pie**Shirley Elmore JohnstoneRuby K. Morrison·

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

Janet BaYI Snodgrass.Kathy Ann Sisson CobbConrad Burgen.Nelda Jean Herndon Decker

Elaine H. King.Ronald Stephen LeggeNancy Cavin PerryLois Ann TaylorBeth Spangler VickeraKitty Harter RhodemyreShirley Ann Wilson

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Dean Edwin D. Hoffman in thefollowing order:Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Hubert 1. Beatty.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Angie T. King.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Profes-

sor Guy R. Cassell.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education by Professor Harry

V. Scott.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology by Profes-

sor Mark Friedlander.Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics by Professor

Wilma B. Carroll.Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Arts in Commerce by Professor Guy R.

Cassell.Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Law Enforcement by Profes-

sor Charles M. Walker.Candidates for the Degree of Associate of Science in Industrial Technology by Profes-

sor Mark Friedlander.After the Conferring of the Degrees by President William J. L. Wallace, the names of

graduates will be announced by Mr. J. Douglas Anderson, Registrar.

* Completed requirements for graduation December, 1968.** Completed requirements for graduation August, 1968.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Carolyn Sue Booth·.Bruce Taylor BrowderJohn Roggie BrownLee Roy Carter •Anthony Conyen, Jr.Paul L. CrabtreeStephen Allen Davidson·Patricia Ann Davis"''''William Eugene Davi.Kay Matilda DunnKaren Lee Evans'"Patricia Sheryl GandeeDavid Lester Garrett*'"Jerry David Harrah*·Cona Darlene HarrisWilliam Everett Hick.Sheila Ann Hopkins·*Ben Arthur Hunter

Donald Rufus Jarrett**Craig M. Johnson·*Richard E. JordanDoris N. Lawson=William McCray, Jr.·Charles Lester MerchantHerman F. Miller, Jr.Francis M. MonguPatricia Darnella MooreYvonne Christine NidaThomas Allen Lowe PackCharles Robert Parkin.Larry Franklin Parsons'"Marjorie Kent PennLeonardo Roberto Polit.Roosevelt Powe.Denise J. Revell

Kitty Harter RhodemyreAnnette SiemiaczkoFaye Pugh Singh.Carl Edward SmithStephen Hivens Snodgra••••Cheryl Ann ThompsonCarolyn Audrey T'illman=Wilson Raymond Todd, Jr.·Alicia Groll Tyler'"Barbara Ann Walker'"Richard Lamont WashingtonRobert Lewis Webb*Judith Anne White'"Lynn Raymond Wilbur.Robert L, Wood., Jr.Jack Boyd YoungEiaens Harive Zvarguli.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Gary Benton BeaneDejehai Boonsaeng*Calvin Eugene Bowles*·Grant Michael CantleyNick Cani., Jr.Edwin Lewis ColemanGeorgette Bergeron ConnellyLeroy Dougla. Cunningham

Jerry Wayne Eden.Fong Lui Fu·Sami Mitri GhareebMichial LaRue HillLarry Lee HutsenpillerBill Rufus JoplingRonald Stephen LegceWillie Edd Lecnard+

Gar,. Allen LuikartDavid Harold Meek.Emil Baxter Nida. Jr.Margaret Evelyn RcseLen Andrew SuttleDonald Paul TewnseedRonald Eugene Towueead

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Margaret Ann BandyDouglas Baker BinfordRoger Lee BlackshireJame. Graham Borda•• Jr ••Conrad F. Burgeo.·Jame. E. ByrnsideDavid Lee Cassi.Jame. A. Childers, Jr.·Larry J. ConwayWarren Ray CornellRichard George Corn.Lavonne Jean Cunningham*Ralph Bryan Currey, IIHarry Leroy Davis, Jr.Rufus Wiley ErwinEdward Warner Field.*Doris Everdeen FranklinCarma Lou Gandee

David Nile Gardner*Thomas Allen Halstead.Willie Anderson HammettBilly Harold Hutchinson.John S. HutchinsonDonald McKinley HuttonCarol Antoinette JonesRonald Leamon KayserEduardo McDonald Lawrence.Shepherd LockettRonald Clayton Lyon.Roy Lee McClain*Edward Alonzo MadisonRobert Ernest Mandt*Thomas B. Miller.Minnie Lee Minton ••Carl F. Morrison=Clayton Donald Myen

Virul Parivudhiphong.**Everett Lee Person.Leland Walter Price, Jr.William Stephen Rice"'.Claude J. RobinsonGloria M. RobinsonSophon Sariwatta"'.Darrell Lee Sheet.Charles Richard Shreve ••David Eric Smith=Chiraporn SuebsiriJames Edward Tate.'"Henry Tinloey, Jr.Braxton Leon Toler, Jr.John Edward WataonKendall Ray Witt*Chester Ronald Wright

ctanbibattsFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION

Andrew Norwood Aheart, Jr ••Robert Lee Allport"'.Rebecca Ann AhtonPatricia Ann AveryLinda AzevedoWadke January Bailey.Martha Elizabeth Baker ••Howard L. BaldwinBetty Eggleton Barillaro.Leland Ray Bay.Sandra Kay BensenSue Carol Blake••Byron K. Bogg.Janet Louise Rowe Boivin.Gwendolyn Jane Bridge.Juanita Odeua Brook•••Barbara Jean Brothefl·.Evelyn BrownRebecca Jane BryanSandra Kay BurdetteFlorence Elizabeth CampJacqueline Marie Cannady ••Sandra Helena Carter.·Betty Simmon. Casto••••Cheryl Ann CastoEva Kitty Cavender+Kathryn Louise CavenderLoretta Mae Chandler=sOra Lee ChapmanKaren Ann McCaulley ChildersPatricia Kay Church"'.Alma M. Clarke··Constance Louise CobbKathy Ann Siuon CobbJoG race CokerMartha June Collier.Kathryn J. CoreyLois Morris Cox••••Jacqueline A. Crisp.Dolores Kay DaileyAlice Dorene Darby ••••Jo.eph Arthur Davis·Nelda Jean Herndon DeckerPhyllis Marie Dorc ••James Milton Drennen ••••Arlene DunbarJerry Lon DuncanJoanna Humphrey. DunlapMary M. Duran.Bryan Alan Elkin ••Welton Nathaniel ElliottNancy Escue Erb ••Naomi H. Evan ••••

Salvatore S. FeolaFay R. Foster·David James FrazerRobert M. FrazerMildred Ann Freeland·Robert Elli. FullerHelen Nulty Garska.Nina M. Gillespie ••••June Parker Gordon··Beverley Jeanne Gray·.Audella Jean GreenleeHelen Claire GriffinRuth Ann GriggPhylfis Jean Casto HallCorlista Helena HardmanNorma Jean HarperThomas Earl HartPhyllis Jean Hawu··Ralph Earl HelmVelma L. HendersonRegina Ramona HolstenSheila Kay Hopkins ••Florence Herrald Hurley.Eleanor France. HutchersonPatay Couch JarviaBeverly W. Ann Jeffefl Martin.Jacqueline Colista JeffriesThomas Eugene Jeffrie., Jr .••Laverne Eleanor JenningsEugene B. John.onShirley Elmore JohnstoneGreyann Louise KenneyHelen Elaine Key.Elaine H. King.Connie Morrison LarckCarolyn Dene LeftridgeBarbara Ann Lijo"'.Carmalee S. LitteralPeter Albert Hancock Longhi**Toby Allen McCallisterBetty L. McCormick'"Lois Ann McCormickDorothy Beatty Mallory.Carl G. Martin, Jr.'"LaVerne Arnetta MartinMary Daugherty Martin=Amanda Jane Maxwell··Janice Burden Metzger·Arlene Midget.Jerry Edwin Miller"'.Susan Barnes Miller"''''Ruth Eugenia Mitchell.George. Herbert Moore

Marjorie L. Moreland.Deloris Constance Morris ••Ruby K. Morri.on.Harry Haywood Mosby, IIViven Miller Mullin.Helen Louise MyersJoyce Aleine NeuerLarry Richard Nixon.Deborah Brown PackDrenda Jone. PauleyLeslie Carter Payne ••Garnett Hazel PearleNancy Cavin ParryJoyce Anne PiersonTheresa D. Polley.Imogene Rebecca Pope••Barbara Ann PowellCharles Richard PurcellMary Susann Coyer Rawling.Barbara Ann RedmanJudith Bowen RichardsonMichael Howard RichardsonMargaritte Laurie RiffeMarilyn Diane Seymour.Richard Allen Shaffer.Sue McFadden ShankFrances Deane Simms.Alice M. Smith ••David Lee Smith.Wanda Mae Smith ••Janet Bays Snodgrau·Ellen Louise Stephen.John Alexander StrickerJerry Randall TaylorLois Ann TaylorDouglas L. Tench.Barbara Jean ThaxtonPhyllis Ann TottenMartha Adaline Tucker.Beth Spangler VickeflJoyce Ann WalkerRonald Philip WallLois Jeanne WatsonMarie Brown Welch.Norman S. Welton Jr ••Diana Ruth WhiteSusan Margaret WhiteJ ewell Moses Whiteaide.·Alfred Leroy William ••Shirley Ann WilsonPhyllis Ann WindsorHelen Jean Wood •••CODDieHammond YQUDe

ctCanbibattsFOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Douglas Michael Bastian·.Alfred Freeman, Jr.John Roy Hart

Aaron Carlton Jone.Bruce B. Summers

Carl Lee Wright, Jr.·Richard Dale Zigmond

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN HOME ECONOMICS

Jeri Simon Moore

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF ARTS

IN COMMERCE

Albert Franklin Barnette, II.Patricia Ann Carter

Conjetta Kroeger CobbMary Katherine McCoy**

Jane Buhl Urling

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN' LAW ENFORCEMENT

Jell J. Bowe

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

John Edward. Oney·

Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps will be award-ed by Lt. Col. Marvin E. Billups, assisted by Major Harold L. Setzer from theROTC staff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

Leland R. Bay.Roger L. BlackshireAnthony ConyeraRichard CornsEdward Fieid.·

David N. Gardner*. 'I'bomes E. HartAaron C. Jone.Willie E. Leonard.Robert E. Mandt·

Herman F. MillerEmil B. NidaRichard A Shaffer*Donald P. Town. endRonald E. Townsend

Cheryl CastoConstance CobbOra ChapmanKathy Sissen CobbKathryn Corey

Cheryl A. CastoShirley E. Johnstone

Linda AzevedoBetty Eggleton Barillaro·Sandra Kay BensonJa~et L. Rowe Boivin·Cheryl CastoOra Lee ChapmanAlma Clarke"'.Constance Louise CobbKathy Sisson CobbMartha J. Collier'"Kathryn J. CoreyI.ois M. Cox·'"

Michael Cantley

Kathryn J. CoreyWelton N. Elliott

Wadke Bailey'"

Kathryn J. Corey

((anbibatt~ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA Mu

HONORARY SCHOLASTIC SOCIETY

Nelda DeckerAudella GreenleeRuth GriggCarmalee Litteral

Connie LarckMargaritte Laurie RiffeGloria RobinsonSue Shank

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA

NATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

Connie Morrison LarckCarma lee Litteral

Loi. A. Taylor

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PI

AN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Nelda Jean DeckerMildred Freeland.Audella Jean GreenleeRuth Ann GriggPhyllis Jean Hawes·.Patsy Couch JarvisShirley Elmore JohnstoneElaine King'"Connie Morrison LarckCarma lee LitteralDorothy B. Mallory.

Janice Burden M';tzger*Ruby K. Morrison*Drenda Jones PauleyBarbara Ann PowellMargaritte Laurie RiffeSue McFadden ShankJanet Bay. Snodgra ••*Lois Ann TaylorBeth Spangler VickenJoyce Ann WalkerHelen Jean Wood.··

ELECTED TO BETA KApPA CHI

SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Ronald Stephen Legge Len Andrew Suttle

ELECTED TO PI DELTA PHI

NATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY

Patsy C. Jarvis Nancy C. Perry

ELECTED TO SIGMA DELTA PI

NATIONAL SPANISH HONORARY SOCIETY

ELECTED TO LAMBDA IOTA TAU

NATIONAL LITERARY HONORARY SOCIETY

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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, nurtur-ing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor in my chosen professionand to make of myself a symbol of the best traditions of my college-this is my com-missionand my challenge.

RECOGNITION OF STATE OFFICIALS AND HONORED GUESTS-

Musrc-e-Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-Toccata Merziale ••..• " •••. Vaughan-Williams

The Symphonic Wind EnsembleProfessor Leon E. Thompson, Conductor

CO-MARSHALS-

Professor Emeritus Daniel L. Ferguson, '09Professor Thomas Cabell, '50

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-

Professor P. Ahmed Williams, '28Professor John Miller, '61Professor Charlotte Ginestra, '63Professor Helen P. Bailey, '59"Professor C. A. Burris, '48

ERNEST WADE '30

ALMA MATER01 West Virginia State College

MARTHA SPENCER '21

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•We'll love her more as de.ys go by.And send her praises to the sky;To place her over all the rest,And keep her e'er the dearest and the best

Shadowed 'neath a deep blue sky:It!; State for whom we'll Jive and we'll die-Aril;e! 0 men of God and sing;We're loyal, and to her we'll always cling