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GRADUATE AND SENIOR ACTIVITIES FEATURE OF COMMENCEMENT PLANS

CONFETTI BATTLE AND YALE GAME ON CLASS DAY

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When the Senior Class dons caps and gowns on Sunday afternoon, June 20, at 3.30 o'clock, the Commencement week program will be officially underway. Class Day takes place on Wednesday June 23, and Commencement on Thursday June 24.

President Conant will deliver the Baccalaurcate sermon in the Memorial Church on Sunday. Following the service President and Mrs. Conant will entertain the Senior Class at tea.

The Commencement Day exercises begin with the Class Chapel Service conducted by the Reverend Charles E. Park, of the First Church of Boston. This will be followed immediately by traditional "Commencement Parts" addresses and the presentation of honorary degrees and the degrees to students by President Conant.

Alumni activities will occupy the greater part of the afternoon. At this time the results of the balloting for Overseers and Directors of the Alumni Association and members of the Harvard Fund Council will be announced.

Class Day

The triangle formed by Winthrop House, Kirkland House, and the Squash Court Building will be the scene of the Class Day exercises which begin at 11:30 o'clock. These include the Class Oration, Poem, and Ode. Following lunch, the huge parade of graduates to the Stadium will take place. There the Ivy Oration is to be delivered, and the Confetti Battle held.

After the battle the classes will then parade to the baseball field and witness the Yale baseball game at 3:30 o'clock. In the evening the Pierian Sodality and the Glee Club will give a concert concluding the official program.

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