1988 Convocation Program

Gaudeamus Igitur

1. Gaudeamus igitur, 2. Vivat academia, 3. Alma Mater floreat,

Juvenes dum sumus; Vivant professores, Quae nos educavit;

1. Post molestam senectutem, 2. Vivant membra quaelibet, 3. Dissitas in regiones,

Post jucundam juventutem, Vivat membrum quodlibet, Caros et commilitones, "]

Nos habebit humus.

Semper sint in flore.

Sparsos congregavit,

lTanslation fry Professor Dat/id Sweet

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1. Let us rejoice, therefore, while we are young.

Let us rejoice, therefore, while we are young.

After pleasant youth, after bitter age, The earth will hold us, the earth will hold us.

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(then) the academy, live "professores", (then) the academy, live "professores", each limb, live all limbs. they always be in bloom, may they always be in bloom.

3. Fruitful mother, may she flower, she who has raised us. ~ Fruitful mother, may she flower, she who has raised us.

Into distant regions, who had been scattered, She has brought together, she has brought together.

Accompanist: Laura Earls

MAY 5,1988 Three-thirty in the afternoon Lynch Auditorium

ORDER OF CEREMONIES Procession Invocation The Reverend Christopher Rabay, O.Cist.

Introductory Remarks Robert F. Sasseen President of the University

Greetings to the Class of 1988 John E. Paynter Provost and Dean of the College

Announcement of Senior Plans and Awards Sybil Novinski Registrar and Associate Dean of the College

Presentation of Departmental Awards Department Representatives

Valedictory Charles E. Baumann

Special Presentation Senior Representatives

Address Francis R. Swietek Associate Professor of History

Closing "Gaudeamus Igitur"

Benediction The Reverend John Gregory Kelly

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