Viking_Yearbook_62

More caps and gowns were donned by this year's +" graduating seniors than by any other class in the c: history of Portland State College. The 600 seniors Q) who received degrees this year represented an E astonishing increase from the 72 graduated in 1955, when PSC first became a degree-granting Q) institution. Diplomas were given in 19 degree fields which make up the divisions of education, (J science, humanities, social science and business c: administration . E E Q) Events attended by members of the graduating class began May 13 with a reception by PSC President and Mrs. Branford Millar, followed the next evening by the Junior-Senior Prom. Representative Edith Green, chairman of the o House Subcommittee on Education, gave the prin­ cipal address at the June 10 commencement, held (J in the Civic Auditorium.