Viking_Yearbook_57

c 0 M M E N c E M E N T Dr. Cramer congratulates one of the graduating seniors. With great expectations, the one hundred and eighty members of the class of 19 57 marched into the Civic Auditorium and received bachelor of science degrees. All agreed that four years of diligence had not bee n in vain. In the future, they will be able to look back with pride at the great strides of Portland State College during these years. Without question, they will remember the obstacles and inconveniences th ~ y were confronted with, but they will remember the institutional recognition and acceptance too. Guest speaker for Portland State's second commencement was Oregon's Governor Robert D. Holmes. His topic was "Forever Freedom." In his address, the state's chief executive stressed the contemporary need for freedom of thought. He told the graduates, "You've been free to explore ideas and you've acquired the habit of freedom. But the perverse will to destroy freedom is always present in the world ... Freedom is destroyed whenever we cease to think, when we substitute words and slogans for rational thou ght, when we refuse to examine cultures that are strange to us, when we assert our way of life is best for all people for all time ... The real purpose of an educated man is to pursue truth, and the nourish– ment for thinking is freedom." The audience was greeted by Henry F. Cabell, member of the state board of higher education, who declared that Portland State was now a "permanent necessity," but urged that its supporters should rec– ognize and accept the needs of other institutions within the system. Philip G. Hoffman, faculty dean, presented the class of 1957, while President John F. Cramer con– ferred the degrees. Invocation and benediction wee offered by Rev. William E. Hallman, PSC instruc– tor in reli g ion. Graduate Donna Wick played one movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto with the college band under th e directi on of John Stehn, professor of music. Pro:::essional and recessional were presented by the band, \Yith \\'ill V. Norris as college marshal. 2