WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGEINSTITUTB, WEST VIRGINIA.

Eighty-Third Year

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COLLEGE AUDITORIUM

December the Nineteenth

A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR

AT SEVEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING

erbtr of ~XtrtistsPRELUDE-Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 1. S. Bach

Susan Toner, Organist

THE COMMENCEMENTPROCESSION

PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and Circumstance ElgarConcert Band

Me! Gillispie, Director

The MarshalThe Candidates for DegreesThe Faculty and Administrative OfficersThe President and Commencement Speaker

THE NATIONALANTHEM-To be sung by the audience(The audience will remain standing until after the invocation.)

THE INVOCATION-The Reverend Sue Culbertson

Pastor, Sixth Street United Methodist ChurchCharleston, West Virginia

MusIc-Sound the Trumpet PurcellConcert Choir

J. Truman Dalton, Director

THE INTRODUCTIONOFTHE SPEAKER-President Harold M. McNeill

THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS-The Honorable Daniel B. Taylor

Superintendent of Schools, State of West Virginia

Music-c-Live A-Humble BagleyConcert Choir

J. Truman Dalton, Director

<!e>rbtr of €xtrti~t5AWARD OF HONORS-

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Imorene M. Barron Martha Jane Norvell

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Robin Lynn SmithJanie Coffman Bailey*Thomas Edward DavisBruce Edward Greene

Linda StewartLaVaughan W. Silverstein"Sylvia Laverne Adams'"Sally A. McFann·

CUM LAUDE

Diane Marie ClineBarbara Ann LongJoanne Willis ParkerSarah Ellen GivenJacqueline Rose Lester*Johnnie Michael FosterBetty Norman McAdamPatty Hammond CopenJanet Lynn TyreeGloria Mae StephensIvan Norton HunterCarol Anita Hager

Beth Ann BurdetteJanet Kay Godfrey"Carol Ellen HubbardTamara E. Skeen HardmanRoy Lee McCallisterCheryl Ann RossiMary Dennise DoddRichard Leon StewartRoy Edwin Jones·Pete Zain·Charlotte Annette Jackson

erbtr of ~xerCi5tgTHE CONFERRING OF DEGREES-

The Candidates for the Degrees will be presented to Provost Edwin D. HoffmanIII the following order:

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Professor Virginia Edwards.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by Professor Andrew N.Aheart.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administrationby Professor Joseph Oden,

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Education by ProfessorSamuel Securro.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technologyby Professor Richard N. Gwinn.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Criminal Justice byProfessor Charles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Social Work by ProfessorMary Heiser.

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Home Economics byProfessor Lina Kelley.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate In Arts In Commerce by ProfessorJoseph Oden.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science In Criminal Justice byProfessor Charles M. Walker.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate In Science In Education by ProfessorSamuel Securro.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science in Industrial Technology byProfessor Richard N. Gwinn.

Candidates for the Degree of Associate in Science In Health, Recreation andSafety by Professor D. Tredway.

A Iter the Conferring of the Degrees by President H arold M. M cN eill, the names01 graduates will be announced by Mr. John L. Fuller, Registrar •

• Completed requirements for graduation August, 1974.

((anbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Sylvia Laverne Adams*Robert Thomas Atwood*William Paul BalonWilbur Scott Bodie*Gary Wayne Bosher*Theresa Swain BrownTom W. Carr*Barbaragail Jarrett Dancewicz*Herbert K. Derr, Jr.*Ralph C. Erb*John Cabell Gibson, Jr.Janet Kay Godfrey*John Douglas Greig*Lorraine Kaul*James Leonard, Jr.*Terrance David LowryEdwin Rhodes McClelland, Jr.

Joseph Earnest Moore, Jr.Gregory Doyle Moss*Miloslav NyplVirginia Ann PaxtonJohn Richard PayneGrey Strait PepplerDeborah Fay Phillips*Nancy Louise Pinney*LaVaughn W. Silverstein*Arcrena Ann Smith*J ames William Sheridan Smith, J r.*Richard Leon StewartAnn A. Taber*J ames Reginald TurnerLucia Pigott WebberRichard Leon Workman

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEMarvin E. CavenderBruce Thomas DillingerMohamed Lehar

Shutima Siddhidharm*Walter Maurice Wilkerson*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Fred Clay AllenThomas Ray Bailey*.Jerry Thomas BessHarold Jackson BoggessRoderick P. Brown, I1*Beverly Ann BurnsRobert Lee Carothers*Thomas Edward CasdorphArthur Keith Cottrill*Stephen Andrew DidierArnold Ray Dixon*Charles G. FerrellKathleen Riffle FewellJohnnie Michael FosterLinda Jean HaulseyWilliam Franklin Heishman, J r.*

David Lawrence Hull*Frederick D. J ackson*David R. KeeferWilliam Elliott KingEverett Patrick LeahyRobert Donald LewisRoger R. LovejoyRobert Wayne Lowery*Frederick Roberts McCom.as·Dennis James McConihayTimothy Duane MondayLinine N ayef N asr*Douglas Eugene Pauley*Cynthia Kaye PayneWilliam W. Phares, Jr.Janya Photisombut

ctCanbibate~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Continued)Ralph Edward Pinney*Robert Lee RamseyRobert Paul Rhinehart, Jr.Gail Davis RussellThomas Joseph SaundersDarrell Eugene SayreGary Michael ShaferJ ames Roger Sholes*

Sherry ju-chung Tang*Ova P. Taylor*George Hamlin TyreeGeorge McClellen WeekleyNorman Stanley WilkersonJimmie Williams*Danny Joe Workman*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION

Daryle Eugene AndersonJudy Gail ArthurJanie Coffman Bailey'"Phyllis J. BaileySusan S. BallangeeImorene ~1.BarronKaren Sue Barron*Norma Jean Belcher+Nancy Jeanne BlairSteven Kirby BradleyDenise Ellen BrumfieldCharlotte Kay BumgardnerAnn Daily BurdetteBeth Ann BurdetteVirginia Lynn CarperSara Jeanette CarterKathryn Kee Chenoweth=Diane Marie ClineCarol Ellen 'Hubbard CoJ1Patty Hammond CopenMarion R. CunninghamStephen Perry DavisA. Jean DisneyMary Dennise DoddThomas Joseph DoneganDonna Mae Estep*Deborrah Denise EvansMarion Kaye Floyd*Sarah Ellen GivenCarolyn Elaine Gold*Bruce Edward Greene

Carol Anita HagerDonald Clayton HairstonOllie Hylton Hairston, Jr.Tamara E. Skeen HardmanAnna Jean HendrickMichael Alan HoldenSusan G. HollyfieldWalter Garnet Hudnall, Jr.Diane Jane KnellDavid Lee KnightonRandall Scott Lemon"Jacqueline Rose Lester*Sharon Gaynell LewisBarbara Ann LongBetty Norman l\IcAdamEdwin Keith l\IcClureJohn Wayne l\lcComas*Sally A. McFann*Gregory Allen McGre\vFred L. Mcf'hersonCarolyn Virginia Martin*Alice Kay MickleKing E. MitchellAnita L. Mobley*Isorn l\Iobley, IIMichael Anthony Morrisl\Iargarette P. MorrisonDebra Lynn MossLinda Lou Nelson*Jack W. O'Dell

William Howard Page. Jr.Joanne Willis ParkerCynthia C. Payne*Gwendolyn Ann PooreBarbara Ellen Pressman*David Randell PughDannie Lee RainesAnna Louise Rawson*Cheryl Ann RossiSusan Fox Selby*Lois Elam Shrewsbury*

Robin Lynn SmithThomas Dewey SmithSandra Leah StanleyLinda StewartBetty Jean SzaszDebra Ann Dawson WebbJerome Kevin Williams*Terry Wayne WillisCharles R. Withers, II·Pete Zain, Jr.*

ctCanbibate~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EDUCATION (Continued)

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

W. Wayne BosticLarry David Crowder

Norman Gregory MolesChutitorn Muangmanee

Gloria Jean Brown*Kenneth Ray Cartwright*Milton Carl ClarkJerry Lewis DaleThomas Edward DavisJames Judy Dean, J r.Mary Alice GolphinLeonard Goodlowe*Gary Paul HamiltonBrooks Thomas HumphreysRichard Edward Ingram, J r.

Gayle D. JohnsonRoy Edwin J ones*Roy Lee McCallisterRobert Eugene PersingerJohn William Reppert, IWilliam H. Romine"WilIiam Edward Sawyers*Gloria M. Davis StephensRoland Edward StricklandEarl Theodore W ood*

Sherman C. Cunningham*William David DeHartLinville W. Hawthorne"Ivan Norton HunterPriscella Bell KearneyMildred Cavaso KincaidRuth Ann Law*

Marcel M. LawsonMartha Jane NorvellLarry David PageArlene Louise Prentice*David Keith ShafferJanet Lynn Tyree

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN SOCIAL WORK

((anbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN HOME ECONOMICS

Charlotte Annette Jackson

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTSIN COMMERCE

Wilma Jean DavisRichard Lawrence Hanson, Jr.'Charles Dale Harmon

Karen Lynn RhinehartHelen 1. Warren

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Sherman Richard BatmanLawrence Ray BoleyJerry Lewis Dale*Billy Keith EvansJeannette Barbara French*Oliver Gay Garrison*Kim Vincent HairstonCharles Raymond HartFrances Ann HaywoodDonnie L. Herrald*Richard Edward Ingram, J r.*Davis N. LewisEmmett Glenn Morrison

Carol Jean PauleyFranklin Bruce Perry, Jr.Ray Edward ReevesCorenne Denise SalterJoseph Lorentz SheltonGloria Mae StephensCarol Jean Thomas*Joseph TurnerLorraine Antoinette WalkerWilliam Manning Walters*Mary Alice WellsElvie Colin Wood

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN EDUCATION

Norma Gail HendrickJanet B. J ones*Elizabeth Eldridge McCray

Garry Dean PauleyBonnie Jean Casdorph Wheeler

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCEIN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Charles Robert BedwellWilliam Edward Hutchison

Steven William Stiltner

C!Canbibatt~FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE

IN HEALTH, RECREATION AND SAFETY

Robert Earl BailesLarry Allen CaldwellVictoria Sue Holsopple

Larry Alan Lovejoy*Vicki Lea Smith

Commissions of Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army Reserve Corps, will be awarded byLTC Stanley 1. Goldsmith assisted by SGM James W. Gupton from the ROTCstaff of West Virginia State College.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS COMMISSIONS

tEmile J. FarristtDavid L. Hull

Gayle D. Johnson

ttRandall S. LemonMichael A. MorrisJohn R. Payne

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETANATIONAL HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

Janie Coffman Bailey*Imorene Barron

Mary Dennise Dodd

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PIAN HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION

Janie Coffman Bailey*Phyllis J. BaileyImorene M. BarronAnn Dailey BurdetteCarol Hubbard CoIlPatty Hammond CopenTamara E. Skeen Hardman

Carol Anita HagerBarbara Ann LongSally A. McFann*Joanne Willis ParkerSusan Fox SelbyRobin Lynn Smith

ELECTED TO BETA KAPPA CHI

SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Bruce T. Dillinger

t Completed requirements May, 1974tt Completed requirements July, 1974* Completed requirements for graduation August, 1974.

<!&rber of ~xerci~e5REMARKS-

President Harold M. McNeill

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE-The Honorable William L. LonesomePresident, West Virginia State College Alumni Association

To join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of my college,nurturing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor inmy chosen profession and to make of myself a symbol of the best traditionsof my college-this is my commission and my challenge.

MUSIC- Alma Mater

RECESSIONAL-Sounding Brass . . . MaxwellConcert Choir

J. Truman Dalton, Director

MARSHAL-Associate Professor C. A. Burris

ASSISTANTMARSHALS-Assistant Professor Helen P. BaileyAssociate Professor Ancella BickleyAssociate Professor Clyde P. CampbellAssistant Professor Charlotte FinneyAssistant Professor Charlotte Ginestra

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