Commencement

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Graduates make their way to the ceremony, 1930s. A column of graduates walking to an unknown destination (commencement ceremony?). There are people lining the walkway (relatives, friends, and some monks) watching the graduates. Photo 2: Graduates leaving Music Building, 1930s. Graduates wearing their robes are walking out of the Music Building.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Baccalaureate Mass in the Monastic Gardens, 1953. Group of graduating students wearing robes and holding books (Bibles?) and standing out in the Monastic Gardens for a farewell Mass.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Graduation cap adjustment, 1950s? A woman wearing a white dress and hat adjusting a graduating student's cap.

Scope and Contents Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Commencement Ceremony, 1960s-70s A student walking down an aisle of the Abbey church after getting his diploma. In the background are more students obtaining their diplomas from the faculty and monks up at a podium. Photo 2: Commencement Ceremony, 1960s-70s Commencement taking place in the Abbey church with students walking up to the podium to receive their diplomas from faculty and monks. Around the podium are students to the front and left of...

Scope and Contents Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Graduates conversing outside the Abbey church, 1960s-1970s. Group of graduates having a conversation in front of the Abbey church main entrance. Two of them have their backs toward the camera--one on the right has "Hi Mom" in tape on his graduation cap. The third student with a mustache is facing the other two students as well as the camera and standing next to him is a young kid. Photo 2: Students standing for Commencement, 1960s-1970s....

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Graduates making their way to commencement ceremony, 1940s. Graduating students walking toward their commencement ceremony from the SJU Music Building. Photo 2: Graduation group photo, 1930s. Six graduating Architecture majors and Fr. Gilbert Winkelmann pose for a photo.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Graduation photo, 1954. Graduating students standing for a group photo with cars behind them. Photo 2: Three faculty members(?) stand for a photo, 1950s? Three men standing in front of the doors to Emmaus Hall(?) in commencement robes.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Baccalaureate Mass on the football field, 1953. 21 monks standing around the altar setup for the Baccalaureate Mass. 16 monks are dressed in white robes immediately around the altar and there are a further five dressed in their black habits to the left.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Commencement day speech, 1950s. A man giving a speech to the students and other people standing around him. There are 16 people total in the photograph with two people standing on each side of the speaker and the other 13 are directly behind him.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Baccalaureate Mass in the Old Gym, no date. Two monks are standing up in an elevated altar saying mass surrounded by a variety of different people. Next to the altar are a few more people. Monks in white robes are seated in front of the altar and in the bleachers are more monks and attendees of the Mass.