{"id":3351,"date":"2009-06-11T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T16:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/2009\/06\/11\/3351\/"},"modified":"2009-06-11T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T16:19:14","slug":"3351","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2009\/06\/11\/3351\/","title":{"rendered":"New Flickr set celebrating the history of commencement at OSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/osuarchives\/3555284058\/in\/set-72157618556250155\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/wp-content\/blogs\/17\/uploads\/3555284058_abd1a5cf52.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"3555284058_abd1a5cf52.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s a magical time of year&#8230; The flowers are blooming, families are beaming, graduates are throwing their caps &#8212; and it&#8217;s time for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/osuarchives\/sets\/72157618556250155\/\">new Flickr set<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The first commencement took place at OSU in 1870, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/osuarchives\/3555359962\/in\/set-72157618556250155\/\">though the class was a bit smaller than you would expect today<\/a>. Robert Veatch gave the valedictory address, &#8220;Utility of Science,&#8221; at the June 30 commencement ceremony and Alice Biddle, who was only 16 years of age when she received her degree, read a paper called &#8220;Progress of Mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The location has changed, from the College Chapel in the Administration Building (now Benton Hall) to the College Armory (now the Gymnastics Training Center) to the Men&#8217;s Gymnasium (Langton Hall) &#8212; before <em>finally<\/em> settling in Gill Coliseum for the first time in 1950. Ceremonies were held in Gill until 2001, when the first outdoor commencement ceremony in Reser Stadium on June 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1950: Families were requested not to bring babies or small children to baccalaureate services or commencement exercises. Childcare was provided in the Orchard Street Nursery School for a charge of 50 cents per day.<\/li>\n<li>1970: Controversy erupted in 1970, when the university implemented a Faculty Senate requirement for seniors to take finals. This meant that commencement was moved back to the Sunday after finals week and that blank diplomas were given during the ceremony. A boycott of commencement was called by the student body. Ultimately the administration rescinded the policy.<\/li>\n<li>Eremurus flowers, grown especially for OSU commencement by the A.J. Stone Family of Amity, Oregon, decorated the Coliseum (and previously the Men&#8217;s Gymnasium) from 1948 through 1991. The flowers are commonly called Desert Candle or Fox-tail Lily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/osulibrary.oregonstate.edu\/archives\/chronology\/commencement\/chronology.html\">visit the History of Commencement page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a magical time of year&#8230; The flowers are blooming, families are beaming, graduates are throwing their caps &#8212; and it&#8217;s time for a new Flickr set! The first commencement took place at OSU in 1870, though the class was a bit smaller than you would expect today. 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