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Commencement ceremony script, 1962 Jun 7

 Item — Box: 01149
Identifier: 001 003 000 05 0070

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

  • 1962 Jun 7

Extent

1 copies : 9 sheets

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Materials Specific Details

Includes ceremony script, several alumnae updates, Honor List for 1961-62, recipients of the Senior Athletic Cup (also known as the de Forest-Choate Cup) and Middle School Athletic Cup, school officers and House Presidents for 1962-63, class gift, and a brief biography of speaker, Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Unlike some previous years' commencement ceremony scripts, this one does not include a list of diploma recipients.

Repository Details

Part of the The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives Repository

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