· " .., friends and relatives gather outside the Administration to congratulate the graduates after the ceremonies. CEREMONIES over, three graduates pose for the lost snapshot in front of the lily pond before bidding friends good-bye. THE FACES OF SPRING Spring rebirth ceremonies represent for graduating class Spring is a time of renascence. Superficially at least, graduation presents a picture of completion - of termination. Yet college is not an end in itself, rather it is a beginning - a rebirth. Baccalaureate and commencement speakers Roy F. Osborne and Carr P. Collins presented students with some final challenging thoughts. Then college students received their diplomas and became graduates . Their transformation completed, 240 individual graduates made exoduses from Harding College. For most the future was less than certain. Yet uncertainty need not produce fear or pessimism. Hopefully, they went forth prepared to accept the challenge of life as capable and ver<~ tile men and women. 77
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