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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...
...when the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, the Mayors of Boston and Cambridge, and other public officials, officers of the Army and the Navy, dignitaries of the church, and candidates for degrees, alumni, and special guests, in cap and gown or other formal attire solemnly marched into Sever Quadrangle...
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...