COMMENCEMENT/CLASS DAY EXERCISES* , NDAC/SU.
Programs. 1895-present
2.5 l.f.

(* Note – Also includes Senior Preparatory and Manual Training High School [Agricultural and Manual Training Model High School; Agricultural and Manual Arts High School] announcements and programs.)

BOX 1

A Finding Aid

1 Class Day Exercises - Programme & stationary - Class of `95 - 1895
2 Second Annual Program of the Class of `98 - College Chapel - June 23, 1896
3 Second Annual Class Day Exercises - The Class of `99 - June 21, 1897
4 Listing of “Exercises” for Commencement Week - June 17 - June 21, 1899; Annual Class Day Exercises – Class of 1901 – June 19, 1899; Annual Program - Class of `00 [1900] - Agricultural College Chapel - June 20, 1899
5 Invitation to attend the exercises for Commencement Week - June 8-12, 1901; Program, Class of `01 - Agricultural College Chapel - June 11, 1901; Baccalaureate Address, President J. H. Worst, “A Broader Mission for Liberal Education...” - Agricultural College Chapel, June 9, 1901
6 Program - Eighth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College, Order of Exercises, Fargo Opera House, Wednesday, June 11, 1902
7 Invitation to attend exercises for Commencement Week & Program - June 4-9, 1903
8 Request of presence at Class Day and Commencement Exercises, the evenings of June 6th & 7th, 1904; Invitation to attend Commencement Exercises, June 2 – 7, 1904; Tenth Annual Commencement, June 7, 1904
X No information – 1905
X No information – 1906
X No information - 1907
9 Invitations - Commencement Exercises - June 8th & 9th, 1908; orange cardboard type of badge with black ribbon - “1908 Class Day Exercises College Campus 3 P.M., June 8, 1908”; Cordial invitation to attend Commencement Exercises, College Chapel, 1908
10 Commencement Program, June 4-8, 1909 (card); Baccalaureate Service, June 6, 1909; Class Day Program, June 7, 1909; 15th Annual Commencement Program, June 8, 1909;
Senor Preparatory Program, April 16, 1909
11 Sixteenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - Class Day Exercises - College Armory - Monday, June 6, 1910; Sixteenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - College Armory - Tuesday, June 7, 1910; Senior Preparatory Exercises, Friday, May 27, 1910
12 Program: - Senior Class Play - Seventeenth Annual Commencement of the North Dakota Agricultural College - “The Professor’s Love Story” - College Armory - Monday, June 5, 1911, Program, College Armory - Seventeenth Annual Commencement - June 2-6, 1911 – Also includes information on Morrill Act; history of College, mission of college, faculty listing, and building/facility photographs; Senior Class Play, program, College Armory, June 5, 1911, 8 pm; Commencement Address - President John Henry Worst, “The Emancipation of Agriculture.”
13 Eighteenth Annual Commencement - Program, May 31 – June 4, 1912; Baccalaureate Service, N.D.A.C. Armory, June 2, 1912; Eighteenth Annual Commencement, June 3, 1912 – Class Day Exercises and Senior Class Play, N.D.A.C. Armory
14 Nineteenth Annual Commencement, Baccalaureate Exercises, June 1, 1913; Nineteenth Annual Commencement, Class Day Exercises and Senior Class Play, June 2, 1913.
Second Annual Agricultural and Manual Training High School Commencement - program - May 29-30, 1913.
X No information – 1914 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 1, folder 3)
15 Twenty-First Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 5 - June 8, 1915 - Senior Class Play, June 5th; Commencement Exercises, June 8th ; Baccalaureate Address by John H. Worst, President, “The Stewardship of the Soil”
X No information – NDAC commencement – 1916 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 1, folder 5)
16 Fifth Annual Agricultural and Manual Training High School Commencement - program - June 8-9, 1916
17 Official Program - Twenty-Third Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 9 - June 12, 1917
18 Official Program - Twenty-Fourth Annual Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 8 - June 11, 1918; name card of Anna Marie Kellog - candidate for degree in Home Economics Program; Fourteenth Annual Industrial Course Commencement - March 17- 18, 1918; Seventh Annual Agricultural and Manual Training Model High School Commencement - June 6-7, 1918 Program
19 Honor of your presence at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Commencement, Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - June 14-17, 1919; Program - Eighth Annual Agricultural and Manual Training Model High School Commencement - June 12-13, 1919
X No information – 1920 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 2)
X No information – 1921 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 3)
20 Public Programs - Commencement Manual-Season - 1922 - Twenty-Eighth Annual Commencement, North Dakota Agricultural College - June 9-12, 1922 - Official Program
21 Commencement Manual - Twenty-Ninth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - Friday, June 8 - Monday, June 11, 1923; Public Programs - Nineteenth Annual Industrial Commencement - Program - March 12, 1923
22 The Commencement Manual - Thirtieth Annual College Commencement - June 11-16, 1924
X No information – NDAC Commencement – 1924 (SEE: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs, Print Material, box 2, folder 5)
23 Public Programs - High School Commencement - Fourteenth Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 17-18, 1925
24 Commencement Concert, College Armory, June 13, 1926; Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Second Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 11-14, 1926; Public Programs - The Twenty-Second Annual Industrial Course Commencement - March 21-22, 1926
25 Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Third Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 10-13, 1927
26 Public Programs - The College Commencement Programs - The Thirty-Fourth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 8-11, 1928; Commencement Address, John Lee Coulter, President - “The College and The State;” School of Agriculture - Eighteenth Annual Commencement - Tuesday, March 20, 1928
27 Program - The Thirty-Fifth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 6-10, 1929
28 Program - The Thirty-Sixth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 13-16, 1930
29 Program - The Thirty-Seventh Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 12-15, 1931; The Thirty-Seventh Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 15, 1931; Public Programs - The High School Programs - Twentieth Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 11, 1931
30 Program - The Thirty-Eighth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 10-13, 1932; The Thirty-Eighth Annual College Commencement – The Commencement Exercises - June 13, 1932; Public Programs - The High School Programs - Twenty-First Annual Agricultural and Manual Arts High School Commencement - June 9, 1932

BOX 2

1 Program - The Thirty-Ninth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 2-5, 1933; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - June 1, 1933
2 Program - The Fortieth Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - June 2-4, 1934; The Fortieth Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 4, 1934; The Fortieth Annual Commencement - The Baccalaureate Exercises - June 3, 1934; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 31, 1934
3 Program - The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - May 31-June 3, 1935; The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 3, 1935; The Fortieth Annual Commencement - The Baccalaureate Exercises - June 2, 1935; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 29, 1935
4 Program - The Forty-Second Annual College Commencement - North Dakota Agricultural College - Official Program - May 29-June 1, 1936; The Forty-First Annual College Commencement - The Commencement Exercises - June 1, 1936; The Fortieth Annual Commencement – The Baccalaureate Exercises - May 31, 1936; Program - Commencement - Manual Arts High School - May 26-27, 1936
5 Program - The Forty-Third Annual College Commencement - June 6-8, 1937 - North Dakota Agricultural College - Commemorating The Seventy- Fifth Anniversary of The Founding of the Land Grant Colleges in America (1 plain green/1 glossy green); Commencement Invitation (Rueben L. Smith’s card), June 6, 7, 8, 1937
6 Program - College Commencement - The Forty-Fourth Annual College Commencement - June 5-6, 1938; Program - Mid-Year Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College
Commencement - December 12, 1938
7 Program - March Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College Commencement, Graduation Convocation sheet - March 10, 1939; Program - June Commencement - The Forty-Fifth Annual College Commencement, Academic Procession Information - June 4- 5, 1939; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession Information - December 11, 1939
8 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement, Academic Procession Information - March 14, 1940; Program - Spring Commencement and Fiftieth Anniversary - Golden Jubilee 1890-1940 - June 9-10, 1940; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession - December 9, 1940
9 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 14, 1941; Program, Academic Procession Information - The Forty-Seventh Annual Spring Commencement - June 8-9, 1941; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement, Academic Procession Information - December 8, 1941
10 Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 13, 1942; Program - The Forty-Eighth Annual Spring Commencement - May 24-25, 1942; Program - Summer Commencement - July 31, 1942; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Fall Commencement - December 18, 1942
11 Graduation Program - Class #2 - Officer Candidates School #1 - Army Administration Schools - January 6, 1943; Program - North Dakota Agricultural College - Winter Commencement - March 12, 1943; Program - The Forty-Ninth Annual Spring Commencement; Program of Events - May 23-24,1943; Program - Summer Commencement - July 31, 1943; Program Sheet - Fall Commencement - December 17, 1943
12 Program Sheet - Winter Commencement - March 10, 1944; Program - The Fiftieth Annual Spring Commencement - May 21-22, 1944; Program Sheet - Summer Commencement - July 28, 1944; Program Sheet - Fall Quarter Commencement - December 15, 1944
13 Graduation Exercises - Army Specialized Training Reserve Unit - March 2, 1945; Program Sheet - Winter Quarter Commencement - March 16, 1945; Graduation Invitation
Program - The Fifty-First Spring Commencement; Academic Procession Information - June 10-11, 1945; Program Sheet - Fall Quarter Commencement - December 21, 1945
14 Program - The Fifty-Second Annual Spring Commencement; Academic Procession Information - June 16-17,1946
15 Program - The Fifty-Third Annual Spring Commencement - June 15-16, 1947
16 Program - The Fifty-Fourth Annual Spring Commencement - June 6-5, 1948
17 Program, commencement line-up - The Fifty-Fifth Annual Commencement - June 6, 1949
18 Baccalaureate Service – June 4, 1950; Program - The Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement - June 5, 1950
19 Program - The Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement - June 4, 1951
20 Program - The Fifty-Eighth Annual Commencement - June 2, 1952
21 Baccalaureate Service – June 7, 1953; Program - The fifty-Ninth Annual Commencement - June 8, 1953
22 Program - The Sixtieth Annual Commencement - June 7, 1954
23 Program - The Sixty-first Annual Commencement - June 6, 1955
24 Program - The Sixty-second Annual Commencement - June 11, 1956 (1 clean copy, Dean Russell’s copy with notes)
25 Program - The Sixty-third Annual Commencement - June 10, 1957
26 Program - The Sixty-fourth Annual Commencement - May 26, 1958; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1958; Clippings
27 Program - The Sixty-fifth Annual Commencement - May 24, 1959 (1 clean copy, Dean Russell’s copy with notes); Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 24, 1959; Clippings
28 Program - The Sixty-sixth Annual Commencement - May 22, 1960; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 22, 1960; Clippings
29 Program - The Sixty-Seventh Annual Commencement - May 21, 1961
30 Program - The Sixty-Eighth Annual Commencement - May 20, 1962; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 20, 1962
31 Program - The Sixty-Ninth Annual Commencement - June 2, 1963; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - June 2, 1963; Clipping
32 Program - The Seventieth Annual Commencement - May 29, 1964; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1964; Commencement Procession - May 29, 1964
33 Program - Commencement - Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of North Dakota State University - May 29, 1965; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1965; Clipping
34 Program - 72nd Annual Commencement - May 28, 1966
35 Program - 73rd Annual Commencement - May 27, 1967; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 26, 1967
36 Program - 74th Annual Commencement - June 1, 1968; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 31, 1968
37 Program - 75th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1969
38 Program & Invitation - 76th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1970; Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1970
39 Program - 77th Annual Commencement - May 28, 1971; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 27, 1971
40 Program - 78th Annual Commencement - May 27, 1972; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 26, 1972
41 Program - 79th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1973; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1973
42 Program - 80th Annual Commencement - May 24, 1974; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 23, 1974; Stage Party Script; Suggestions to Advisors of Ph.D. Candidates
43 Program - 81st Annual Commencement - May 23, 1975; Stage Party Script; Clippings

BOX 3

1 Program - 82nd Annual Commencement - May 26, 1976; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1976; Invitation to Commencement Luncheon - May 26, 1976
2 Program - 83rd Annual Commencement - May 27, 1977; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 28, 1977; Letter and return Procession card to faculty; Clippings
3 Program - 84th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1978
4 Program - 85th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1979; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 25, 1979
5 Program - 86th Annual Commencement - May 24, 1980; Stage Party Script
6 Program - 87th Annual Commencement - May 23, 1981
7 Program - 88th Annual Commencement - May 29, 1982
8 Program - 89th Annual Commencement - May 21, 1983
9 Program - 90th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1984
10 Program - 91st Annual Commencement - May 25, 1985
11 Program - 92nd Annual Commencement - May 24, 1986
12 Program - 93rd Annual Commencement - May 23, 1987
13 Program - 94th Annual Commencement - May 21, 1988; Flyer - Commencement Procession Request
14 Program - 95th Annual Commencement - May 27, 1989; Flyer - Commencement Procession Request
15 Program - 96th Annual Commencement - May 26, 1990; Procession Roster
16 Program - 97th Annual Commencement - May 25, 1991
17 Program - 98th Annual Commencement - May 23, 1992; Program Sheet - Baccalaureate Service - May 22, 1992

BOX 4

1 Program - 99th Annual Commencement - May 15, 1993
2 Program - 100th Annual Commencement - May 14, 1994
3 Program - 101st Annual Commencement - May 13, 1995
4 Program - 102nd Annual Commencement - May 11, 1996; Faculty Procession Roster
5 Program - 103rd Annual Commencement - May 10, 1997
6 Program, Procession Roster, Celebration - 104th Annual Commencement - May 9, 1998
7 Program, faculty registration – December Commencement - December 18, 1998
8 Commencement Program, faculty registration - May 8, 1999
9 Commencement Program, faculty registration - December 17, 1999
10 Commencement Program, letter, form for processional, Celebration - May 13, 2000
11 Commencement Program - December 22, 2000
12 Commencement Program - May 12, 2001
13 Commencement Program - December 21, 2001
14 Commencement Program - May 11, 2002
15 Commencement Program - December 20, 2002
16 Commencement Program - May 16, 2003
17 Commencement Program - December 13, 2003
18 Commencement Program - May 15, 2004
19 Commencement Program – December 17, 2004
20 Commencement Program – May 13, 2005
21 Commencement Program – December 15, 2006
22 Commencement Program – May 12, 2006

BOX 5 (Honorary Degrees)

1 June 5, 1939 – Claire Bailey Waldron, Henry Luke Bolley
2 June 10, 1940 – Arni Helgason, George Will, Philip Sheridan Rose, Milburn Lincoln Wilson, Henry Herbert Kildee
3 1943 – Major General James A. Ulio
4 July 16, 1946 – Leunis Van Es
5 June 1948 – Orin Alva Stevens
6 June 6, 1949 – Jack Pyle, Frederick Lawson Hovde
7 June 5, 1950 – Alex Lind, John Lee Coulter
8 June 4, 1951 – Clyde H. Bailey
9 June 2, 1952 – D. Milton Ladd
10 June 8, 1953 – Harlow Leslie Walster
11 June 7, 1954 – Robert Martinus Dolve
12 June 6, 1955 – William Frederick Sudro, Newell Pierce Beckwith
13 June 11, 1956 – Roy Johnson
14 June 10, 1957 – John W. Haw
15 May 26, 1958 – Melvin Brodshaug, Louis Manca, Duke de Vallombrosa
16 May 24, 1959 – Donald G. Fletcher, James C. Konen
17 May 22, 1960 – Robert Belgrove Parrott, Theodore Ellingson Stoa
18 May 21, 1961 – Edwin Justin Haslerud
19 May 20, 1962 – George A. Abbott, Harold Henry Flor, Charles Edwin Kellogg, Edward Arthur Steinhaus
20 June 2, 1963 – Irvamae Applegate, Patrick Henry Costello, Hilton M. Briggs, James Scott Long
21 May 29, 1964 – Reuben W. Askanase, William Bernard Baker, Ernest John George, Clarence Francis Kelly
22 May 29, 1965 – Alvin A. Johnson, Samuel Freedman, Lois Phillips Hudson, Lawrence Welk, Marlin G. Cline, H. Christine Finlayson, Lyle W. Phillips, Lawrence F. Tanberg, Clarice Gullickson Taylor
23 May 28, 1966 – Harold B. Bachman, Glenn J. Talbott, Leon O. Jacobson, F.O. Robert Pearson, Vernon O. Trygstad
24 December 15, 1966 – General Harold K. Johnson
25 May 27, 1967 – O. Meredith Wilson, Patrick E. Haggerty, Edward F. Knipling, Casper I. Nelson
26 June 1, 1968 – Clarence N. Nelson, Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
27 April 11, 1969, during the Presidential Inauguration for President L.D. Loftsgard – Secretary of Agriculture, Clifford M. Hardin -May 29, 1969 - Clifford H. Willson
28 May 29, 1970 – Gilmore T. Schjeldahl, Milton R. Young
29 May 28, 1971 – Lawrence Babcock Hall, George Albert Rogler
30 May 27, 1972 – Clyfford Still, Herbert Richard Albrecht
31 May 26, 1973 – William Lewis Guy, Gerald Wilson Hunter
32 May 24, 1974 – Mercedes A Bates, Reinhard Wolff
33 May 23, 1975 – Peggy Lee, Irwin R. Rector
34 May 26, 1976 – Paul M. Gallagher, Thomas S. Kleppe, Satenig S. St. Marie
35 May 27, 1977 – Harold Schafer, Albert Doerr, Larry Alfred Woiwode
36 May 26, 1978 – Mark Andrews, David W. Schindler
37 May 26, 1979 – Roland F. Harding
38 May 24, 1980 – Quentin N. Burdick, Beverly Pfeifer Lynch
39 May 23, 1981 – John L. McCormick, Jr., Louis D. L’Amour, M. Truman Fossum
40 May 29, 1982 – Katherine K. Burgum, Robert William Coon
41 May 21, 1983 – John S. Rouzie
42 May 26, 1984 – Brynhild Haugland
43 May 25, 1985 – Edwin M. Anderson, John H. Ladish
44 May 24, 1986 – James H. Critchfield, Richard P. Critchfield, William A. Schlossman
45 May 23, 1987 – Robert M. Hendrickson
46 May 21, 1988 – Marvin E. Jensen, Glen J. Schoessow
47 May 27, 1989 –Ernest G. Anderson, Howard M. Olson
48 May 26, 1990 – Stanley W. Bale, Warren B. Diedrich, David M. Gipp, William J. Grosz, Donald Kenna, Harold J. Klosterman, C. Warner Litten, Fred B. Scheel, Glenn S. Smith, Anee Stegner
49 May 25, 1991 – Lloyd O. Thompson
50 May 23, 1992 – Aldrich C. Bloomquist, Art Bunker, Harvey K. Nelson
51 May 15, 1993 – Robert O. Brandenburg, William Marcil, George A. Sinner
52 May 14, 1994 – Jean Mason Guy, Peter Schickele
53 May 13, 1995 – Jack Carter, Robert Spolum
54 May 11, 1996 – Philip Austin
55 May 9, 1998 – Lendal Kotschevar, Ronald Offutt
56 December 18, 1998 – James M. Sugihara
57 May 8, 1999 – Alf Clausen, R. James Cook
58 December 17, 1999 –Robert Dawson
59 May 13, 2000 – David F. Bernauer, Douglas J. Burgum
60 December 22, 2000 – Ervin E. Kaiser
61 May 12, 2001 – Catherine Cater, Evelyn R. Morrow Lebedeff
62 December 21, 2001 – Senator Byron Dorgan
63 May 11, 2002 – John Q. Paulsen, Fred G. Paavola
64 May 16, 2003 – Ian B. Edwards, Michael E. Hanson
65 December 17, 2004 – Charles F. Wald
66 May 13, 2005 – James Rosenquist




SEE ALSO: Souvenir Programs & Public Programs Series - North Dakota Agricultural College Commencement Programs - 1912-15, 1917, 1919-1921, 1923-1926, 1928; UA Acc 211 – President’s Subject Files, Commencement files 1969-1993


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