Commencement

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Graduation ceremony with Fr. Reger, no date. Four students in front have their backs to the camera wearing graduation robes. Fr. Reger is in front of the students with his back to the camera as well and is not wearing a hat like the students.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Graduation ceremony in Old Gym, 1957. Graduating students are seated in the center wearing their robes while friends and famly are seated off to the sides. They are listening to Fr. Walter(?) giving a speech at the podium. Directly behind the speaker is an altar with lit candles and a crucifx next to an American flag.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Graduation ceremony in the Abbey church, 1964. Mass being held (Baccalaureate mass?) in the Abbey. There are a group of monks up by the altar (21 standing around) and more seated behind the altar (5 shown). In front of the altar are the graduating students (Middle section) and their friends/family off to the sides and on the balcony overlooking the altar.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Graduation speech in the Old Gym, 1950s. Fr. Walter(?) giving a speech up on the podium to an audience of clergy members (seated to the speaker's right and behind him), graduating students (seated closest to camera), and students' families in the bleachers.

Scope and Contents Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Baccalaureate Mass in the Abbey church, 1962-1964. Five monks dressed in white (3 at the left podium and two at the right podium) are giving Communion to the graduating students who are in their robes but do not have their hats on. The students are all standing (Most in the pew and others are walking up to the small altars where the monks in white are) and are closest to the camera while in the background there is the altar behind the monks...

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Baccalaureate Mass in the Abbey church, 1962-1964. Photo taken from behind the altar during Baccalaureate Mass. Priests are facing the congregation, which is both on the ground level and in the balcony.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo: Ceremony outside with ROTC and clergy members, no date. 15 people standing outside the SJU Music Building, some in uniform, some in graduation robes, some in clergy robes, and a faculty member in commencement robes.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photos: All nine photos shots from a high angle of Baccalaureate Mass taking place on the steps of the south entrance of the SJU Music Building, no date.

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Baccalaureate Mass, 1950s? Priests and monks standing around an altar. Photo 2: Commencement Day Mass, 1951. Mass in progress outside of the Quad. Photo 3: Commencement Day Mass, 1951. Mass happening on the porch of one of the east entrances to the Quad. Photo 4: Commencement Day Mass, 1951. A bishop stands in front of the altar during the Mass. Photo 5: Commencement Day Mass, 1951. Mass continuing on the porch entrance to the Quad.

Scope and Contents Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s hoto 1: Commencement Day Mass, 1951. Photo of Bishop and priests sitting during the commencement outside of the east porch of the Quad. Photo 2: Graduation day, 1942. Large crowd of people gathered outside the the SJU Music Building after graduation. Photo 3: Commencement day ceremonies,1951. Priests processing out of the front entrance of the Great Hall for graduation. Photo 4: Commencement day ceremonies, 1951. Priests and bishop standing on the...