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A look at campus over the last 150 years.
Commencements
Athletics
Academics
Student Life
Campus Scenes
St. Lawrence Commencement
The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same--in some cases at least. Commencements from the past look amazingly similar to Commencements today. It's nice to know that tradition and ritual are honored through the years.
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Faculty process in order of
seniority. Commencement is one of two formal events at which
faculty robe in the academic regalia of the institution at which
they earned their highest degree. The colors of the lining of
academic hoods express the discipline in which the faculty member
earned that same degree. Some colleges have distinctive robes
and caps, as well. |
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Today's graduating classes number
about 500 students, while past classes have been as small as
six in the earliest years, and approximately 200-300 in the
mid 20th century. |
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Student speakers always have
been part of Commencement. Today, the president of the senior
class and the winner of the Joan Donovan Speech Contest address
their classmates. |
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| The late Frank Piskor congratulates a new graduate,
left, and President Daniel F. Sullivan'65 does the contemporary
honors. |
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| Commencement has been held in Gunnison Chapel, Appleton Arena
(shown at left), Weeks Field, and since 1986, the library quadrangle,
now Creasy Commencement Commons |
Creasy Commencement Commons shows the 3,000+ people who attend
Commencement. |
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