Word: severants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Would War II heightened the pomp and seriousness of the traditional Commencement ceremonies this morning in the Sever Quadrangle as Harvard's first War Class JH 25 years received their degrees, and prepared to step into their place in the fight for freedom...
...morning chapel service, in accordance with an ancient tradition, the officers of the University, Faculty members, representatives of church and state, and special guests, all in academic gowns or formal attire, will lead the procession of members of the graduating classes and Alumni from the Old Yard quadrangle to Sever quadrangle, where the morning exercises are to be held. The procession will be headed by Dr. Reginald Fitz '06, of Brookline, Mass., University Marshal and Lecturer on the History of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School...
Traditional Sever Exercises
...stately custom which has varied little in three centuries, the High Sheriff of Middlesex County, Joseph M. McElroy, will call the morning exercises in Sever quadrangle to order, striking the platform thrice with his scabbard. Other ceremonies harking back to Harvard's early Colonial days and its heritage from the English universities will be the seating of the University President in an ancient Tudor chair; the participation of church and commonwealth officials; the adherence to traditional forms of speech in presenting candidates for degrees; and the Latin Oration by a Senior...
After luncheon, at 1:30 o'clock, all Alumni of the University will form in procession, directed by Chief Marshal of the Alumni, Richard Harte '17, of Williamstown, W. Va., to march to the exercises held annually by the Alumni Association in Sever quadrangle. Parading in order of class seniority, the Alumni will pass in review before President Conant, members of the Harvard governing boards, and the Commencement dignitaries, who will stand on the steps of Widener Library...