Commencement ceremony script, 1963 - 1964

Item — Box: 01149

Identifier: 001 003 000 05 0071

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Commencement Records include commencement ceremony invitations, programs, scripts, and transcriptions of speeches given. Each year, a commencement guest speaker is invited to deliver words of wisdom and inspiration to the graduating senior students; correspondence with prospective guest speakers and the speaker's biographical information and or curriculum vitae may be in this record series. Also of note are sheet music and lyrics for a Nightingale commencement song. Invitations include the date of commencement, with later invitations also including the location and enclosing admission ticket(s). Programs typically are dated and set forth the order of events for the commencement ceremony, songs to be sung (which may include lyrics and/or music notation), names of speakers, and names of the graduates. Ceremony scripts are used by the head of school for speaking cues to conduct the commencement ceremony. Scripts may include names of award recipients, the following year's Council and student leadership representatives, names of speakers, and other ceremony details.

Dates

1963 - 1964

Extent

1 copies : Includes an index card with words to the senior class.

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Typescript is the 1963 commencement ceremony script, with handwritten annotations for the 1964 commencement ceremony. The list of graduates receiving diplomas is for the Class of 1963. There is no list of graduates for the Class of 1964.

Includes a list of school officers and House Presidents for 1962-63 and 1963-64, an Honor List for 1962-63 and 1963-64, recipients of the Senior Athletic Cup (also known as the De Forest-Choate Cup), the Middle School Athletic Cup, the Edna Hill Robillard Scholarship recipient for 1962-63 and 1963-64, and names of the Class of 1963 diploma recipients. Also includes a brief biography of the 1963 commencement speaker, the Reverend Bryant M. Kirkland.