1 00:03:47,297 --> 00:03:47,363 [Trumpet Allemande 2 00:03:47,363 --> 00:03:49,783 music plays] I'll ask the Reverend Rudolph McKissick, 3 00:03:50,434 --> 00:03:53,772 pastor of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church and member of the 4 00:03:53,772 --> 00:03:57,227 board of directors of the University of North Florida Foundation 5 00:03:57,694 --> 00:04:01,600 to pronounce the invocation. 6 00:04:06,306 --> 00:04:07,024 Let Us Pray: 7 00:04:08,776 --> 00:04:10,846 Oh, God, Our help in ages past. 8 00:04:12,264 --> 00:04:14,267 Our hope for years to come. 9 00:04:16,036 --> 00:04:18,223 Our shelter in a stormy blast 10 00:04:18,223 --> 00:04:20,860 in our eternal home 11 00:04:21,227 --> 00:04:23,563 before the hill in order stood, or Earth 12 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:27,852 received her frame from everlasting 13 00:04:27,852 --> 00:04:32,676 thou art God through endless years the same. 14 00:04:33,844 --> 00:04:37,082 We thank the O God for this occasion. 15 00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:40,537 We thank thee O God for the leaders. 16 00:04:41,405 --> 00:04:45,494 We thank thee O God for those who have been the student. 17 00:04:46,545 --> 00:04:48,514 We pray thy divine power 18 00:04:48,514 --> 00:04:51,452 and will upon and within their lives 19 00:04:52,203 --> 00:04:54,339 that as they move from this place, 20 00:04:55,023 --> 00:04:57,243 they will as soon as possible, 21 00:04:57,844 --> 00:05:01,449 be united in other areas of this, our world 22 00:05:01,899 --> 00:05:05,104 to help bring together about this society 23 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:10,595 and the hearts of men and women, boys and girls through learning everywhere. 24 00:05:11,162 --> 00:05:13,866 Bless us in this hour and grant unto them us 25 00:05:13,866 --> 00:05:16,803 they peace, thy power and thy presence. 26 00:05:17,204 --> 00:05:20,642 We ask in his most holy name, amen. 27 00:05:28,903 --> 00:05:30,472 Please be seated. 28 00:05:37,866 --> 00:05:39,234 I have some short announcements, 29 00:05:39,234 --> 00:05:42,055 I hope that everything is short today in view of the temperature. 30 00:05:44,575 --> 00:05:45,059 Immediately 31 00:05:45,059 --> 00:05:47,312 following the ceremony, there will be a reception 32 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,001 in the library 33 00:05:51,001 --> 00:05:53,037 just to my left and to your right, 34 00:05:53,905 --> 00:05:56,725 and it's air conditioned in there. 35 00:06:00,914 --> 00:06:04,052 Today, I want to take this opportunity to 36 00:06:05,654 --> 00:06:10,110 express a little pride by announcing that two of our faculty members are performing 37 00:06:10,110 --> 00:06:14,683 this afternoon in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. 38 00:06:15,101 --> 00:06:17,354 Dr. Gershon Yessin, Professor of music. 39 00:06:17,921 --> 00:06:18,489 And Mr. 40 00:06:18,489 --> 00:06:22,277 William Brown, Associate Professor of Music. 41 00:06:22,778 --> 00:06:24,764 In addition to that, 42 00:06:24,764 --> 00:06:27,434 I'd like to express our appreciation to the students 43 00:06:28,636 --> 00:06:30,705 who are assisting today as ushers, 44 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:34,260 and they're headed by Mr. 45 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:38,082 Tom Fallon, who is vice chairman of our General Assembly. 46 00:06:38,533 --> 00:06:41,353 They're assisted by our ... 47 00:06:41,353 --> 00:06:44,408 National Service fraternity and others. 48 00:06:45,075 --> 00:06:48,280 The reception also will be assisted by students 49 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:52,502 and will be hosted by the University of North Florida Faculty Wives Club. 50 00:06:55,456 --> 00:06:58,844 Today, we have many distinguished guests here. 51 00:06:58,878 --> 00:07:03,935 They are two in particular, which I'd like to recognize uh, Senator 52 00:07:03,935 --> 00:07:08,157 Lou Brantley, Senator Lou Brantley, I believe, is here, if you rise Lou. 53 00:07:08,190 --> 00:07:12,129 We're certainly delighted to have you here and appreciate your coming. 54 00:07:12,129 --> 00:07:16,051 [Applause] And the honorable Eric 55 00:07:16,051 --> 00:07:20,290 Smith, representative from our area here, we're pleased to have you here. 56 00:07:20,290 --> 00:07:24,747 [Applause] These gentleman that just returned from a rather arduous 57 00:07:24,747 --> 00:07:29,587 ordeal in Tallahassee, and we think they've done us very proud. 58 00:07:30,605 --> 00:07:32,975 one last announcement 59 00:07:32,975 --> 00:07:35,879 in case of rain, which some of you may welcome, 60 00:07:35,895 --> 00:07:39,450 I believe the wind is blowing this microphone. 61 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:41,670 Uh, if we do 62 00:07:42,154 --> 00:07:46,710 find that the rain is imminent, we will make one or two choices. 63 00:07:46,710 --> 00:07:48,212 We will either 64 00:07:48,663 --> 00:07:51,383 rush through program so that we can avoid getting wet 65 00:07:51,383 --> 00:07:54,655 or we will curtaiil it, depending on the imminence and the 66 00:07:56,123 --> 00:07:59,127 severity of the approaching rain. 67 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,585 Whether I can keep it or not, 68 00:08:06,204 --> 00:08:07,723 I now recognize Dr. 69 00:08:07,723 --> 00:08:10,243 Roy L. Lassiter Jr. 70 00:08:10,243 --> 00:08:14,282 Vice President and Dean of Faculties, but the purpose of making 71 00:08:14,282 --> 00:08:16,201 a presentation. 72 00:08:21,341 --> 00:08:24,045 At this first commencement, it is appropriate 73 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:27,166 that a member of the faculty and staff be recognized 74 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:30,971 for significant contributions to the development of the university. 75 00:08:32,106 --> 00:08:35,344 The first presidential medallion and citation is to be presented 76 00:08:35,344 --> 00:08:39,433 to Miss Lucille Dorothy Jans, assistant director of Libraries 77 00:08:39,433 --> 00:08:42,487 for Technical Services and Acquisitions Librarian. 78 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:45,975 Miss Jans is hospitalized in California 79 00:08:45,975 --> 00:08:49,030 and is unable to be present to receive this award. 80 00:08:49,814 --> 00:08:53,553 She has asked that one of our colleagues, Miss Dorothy Paine Williams, 81 00:08:54,404 --> 00:08:57,525 associate university librarian and associate professor 82 00:08:57,525 --> 00:09:01,330 of Library Science, received the award on her behalf. 83 00:09:02,415 --> 00:09:05,018 I will ask University Marshall Samuel Lee Russell 84 00:09:05,169 --> 00:09:10,543 and director of Libraries Andrew Farkas to escort Miss Williams to the platform 85 00:09:11,894 --> 00:09:13,563 at this time. 86 00:09:33,624 --> 00:09:35,227 Lucille Dorothy Jans 87 00:09:35,227 --> 00:09:39,282 joined the staff as acquisitions librarian in September of 1970, 88 00:09:39,583 --> 00:09:42,370 and thus she was among the earliest of the university staff. 89 00:09:43,254 --> 00:09:46,359 But she was given the added responsibilities of assistant director 90 00:09:46,359 --> 00:09:50,498 of Libraries for Technical Services in August of 1971. 91 00:09:51,332 --> 00:09:55,655 During her service with the university, she has directed the acquisition of over 92 00:09:55,655 --> 00:09:58,876 119,000 volumes involving 93 00:09:58,876 --> 00:10:01,263 expenditure in excess of $1 million. 94 00:10:02,114 --> 00:10:04,834 Miss Jans is a warm and understanding person. 95 00:10:05,552 --> 00:10:07,688 She is a talented musician and linguist. 96 00:10:08,322 --> 00:10:13,630 She has exceptional ability and expertise in her chosen field of library science, 97 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:17,769 and she loves books and the wisdom and knowledge that they contain. 98 00:10:18,670 --> 00:10:20,773 Miss Jans exemplifies 99 00:10:20,773 --> 00:10:24,662 the devotion, high ability and diligence which have become 100 00:10:24,662 --> 00:10:27,933 the trademark of the University of North Florida faculty and staff. 101 00:10:29,018 --> 00:10:30,219 Mr. President, 102 00:10:30,219 --> 00:10:30,937 because of our 103 00:10:30,937 --> 00:10:35,260 continuing and substantial contributions to the development of the University 104 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:39,682 of Florida, North Florida, I nominate Lucille Dorothy Jans 105 00:10:39,682 --> 00:10:42,820 for the first presidential citation and medallion. 106 00:11:02,848 --> 00:11:05,134 The citation reads as follows 107 00:11:06,269 --> 00:11:08,405 the University of North Florida. 108 00:11:08,405 --> 00:11:11,042 This citation and the presidential medallion 109 00:11:11,042 --> 00:11:14,964 are presented to Lucille Dorothy Jans in recognition 110 00:11:14,964 --> 00:11:19,087 of distinguished and dedicated service in the building of the library collection 111 00:11:19,404 --> 00:11:24,544 at the University of North Florida on the 10th day of June 1973. 112 00:11:25,045 --> 00:11:25,646 Thomas G. 113 00:11:25,646 --> 00:11:28,166 Carpenter President. 114 00:11:33,056 --> 00:11:33,590 To Dr. 115 00:11:33,590 --> 00:11:35,543 Carpenter, Dr. 116 00:11:35,543 --> 00:11:37,879 Lassiter other platform guests, 117 00:11:38,897 --> 00:11:41,534 the members of the University of North Florida family. 118 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:46,942 It is indeed a privilege and a pleasure that I accept this award today for Mr. 119 00:11:46,942 --> 00:11:52,466 Jans for Miss Jans is not only a colleague, she's a friend. 120 00:11:53,267 --> 00:11:58,074 I sincerely believe that a person should receive their flowers 121 00:11:58,374 --> 00:12:01,912 while they can yet smell the fragrance of their petals. 122 00:12:02,363 --> 00:12:05,601 And this is what the university is doing for Miss Jans today 123 00:12:05,951 --> 00:12:08,722 and I thank you on her behalf. Thank you. 124 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:27,298 I will now recognize Dean Jim Carlton Haywood 125 00:12:27,298 --> 00:12:29,434 who will introduce the commencement speaker. 126 00:12:36,427 --> 00:12:38,847 Graduates, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, 127 00:12:39,898 --> 00:12:43,920 while the University of North Florida's very first graduation speaker, 128 00:12:44,605 --> 00:12:46,941 we have a man noted for being first. 129 00:12:48,093 --> 00:12:50,396 He's one of the first within academic circles 130 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,968 to literally start at the bottom and work his way to the top. 131 00:12:55,103 --> 00:12:58,057 Within ten years, he rose from the director 132 00:12:58,524 --> 00:13:01,678 of housing at the University of Florida to become 133 00:13:02,963 --> 00:13:05,166 president of a brand new university. 134 00:13:06,068 --> 00:13:09,656 He's one of the first to have the distinction of being on the initial 135 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:14,579 planning staff of three different new universities within the same state. 136 00:13:15,748 --> 00:13:17,584 In 1964, 137 00:13:17,584 --> 00:13:21,806 he helped Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton get off the ground. 138 00:13:22,641 --> 00:13:26,246 Later, he moved to Pensacola with the University of West Florida, 139 00:13:26,346 --> 00:13:30,935 his business manager, where he subsequently became vice president. 140 00:13:32,337 --> 00:13:33,272 In August 141 00:13:33,272 --> 00:13:38,796 of 1969, the Florida Board of Regents chose him to become president 142 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:42,301 at his own new university. 143 00:13:42,301 --> 00:13:44,905 In addition to the extensive administrative post 144 00:13:44,905 --> 00:13:49,578 our speaker has held, he's one of the first to have the distinction 145 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:53,967 of serving as two different types of vice presidents of the same university. 146 00:13:55,286 --> 00:13:56,971 He possesses the diversity 147 00:13:56,971 --> 00:14:00,960 of skills to have served as the administrative vice president 148 00:14:01,528 --> 00:14:05,216 and the academic vice president for the University of West Florida. 149 00:14:06,935 --> 00:14:10,373 And I should not forget to mention that our speaker 150 00:14:10,373 --> 00:14:13,561 has also taught in the classroom as an instructor. 151 00:14:14,612 --> 00:14:18,117 Therefore, he can appreciate the achievements of new graduates 152 00:14:18,685 --> 00:14:21,271 from many vantage points. 153 00:14:21,455 --> 00:14:25,027 Our speaker attended public schools in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 154 00:14:25,711 --> 00:14:29,099 and went on to Georgia Tech University as an outstanding athlete. 155 00:14:30,301 --> 00:14:31,135 He received his 156 00:14:31,135 --> 00:14:35,057 master's degree from Baylor University and a PH.D. 157 00:14:35,057 --> 00:14:37,894 degree in the field of economics from the University of Florida. 158 00:14:39,997 --> 00:14:41,433 It is very fitting 159 00:14:41,433 --> 00:14:46,356 that the speaker for the first graduating class of the University of North Florida 160 00:14:47,124 --> 00:14:49,527 be the man most associated with 161 00:14:49,527 --> 00:14:51,930 first within the State University system of Florida. 162 00:14:53,850 --> 00:14:56,337 It is my deep honor to present 163 00:14:56,337 --> 00:14:59,574 the president of the University of North Florida, Dr. 164 00:14:59,574 --> 00:15:03,146 Thomas Glenn Carpenter. 165 00:15:03,146 --> 00:15:08,553 [Applause] Thank you, 166 00:15:08,553 --> 00:15:09,822 Dean Haywood. 167 00:15:13,193 --> 00:15:15,830 Candidates for a degree. 168 00:15:16,214 --> 00:15:18,617 Faculty and staff of the University of North 169 00:15:18,617 --> 00:15:21,671 Florida and platform guests, 170 00:15:21,855 --> 00:15:24,225 parents, friends, distinguished guests. 171 00:15:26,895 --> 00:15:28,381 It is indeed 172 00:15:28,381 --> 00:15:33,721 a very personal pleasure for me to be here today, I would have been disappointed, 173 00:15:33,755 --> 00:15:34,456 quite frankly, 174 00:15:34,456 --> 00:15:37,543 had anyone else been given the opportunity to make this first address. 175 00:15:39,847 --> 00:15:41,282 Over the years, I have been 176 00:15:41,282 --> 00:15:45,404 privileged to participate in a great many commencement ceremonies. 177 00:15:45,821 --> 00:15:49,243 So many, in fact, that I can't really number them now. 178 00:15:50,895 --> 00:15:53,682 And I have participated in various capacities 179 00:15:53,682 --> 00:15:56,386 frequently as the principal speaker. 180 00:15:57,588 --> 00:15:59,641 Yet this occasion is, for me, 181 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:03,062 the second most important 182 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:06,016 event of this nature in my life. 183 00:16:06,016 --> 00:16:08,136 The first, of course, was my own graduation. 184 00:16:08,136 --> 00:16:12,191 And from your vantage point, I suspect that you can understand my priorities. 185 00:16:14,227 --> 00:16:16,447 This occasion is different. 186 00:16:16,447 --> 00:16:19,718 It's another very important first for the University of North Florida, 187 00:16:19,718 --> 00:16:23,740 and therefore I suppose it has some historical significance. 188 00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:29,081 It's more than that for those of us on the faculty and staff 189 00:16:29,081 --> 00:16:33,788 however, for your presence here today, and this ceremony 190 00:16:34,622 --> 00:16:36,842 demonstrates that all the necessary pieces 191 00:16:36,842 --> 00:16:40,413 were put together in time for us to meet our commitment to you. 192 00:16:43,568 --> 00:16:44,252 It proved to 193 00:16:44,252 --> 00:16:48,425 be a little more difficult task, I suspect, than many of us 194 00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:52,330 had anticipated, so I'd like to take this opportunity to commend those members 195 00:16:53,265 --> 00:16:55,718 of our faculty and staff who made it possible. 196 00:16:58,322 --> 00:17:02,027 Now, traditionally, a commencement speaker exhorts his audience of graduates 197 00:17:02,027 --> 00:17:06,933 to boldly face the challenge of the future and confidently tackle the sticky 198 00:17:06,933 --> 00:17:10,689 but hopefully transient problems of the world out there. 199 00:17:11,356 --> 00:17:14,944 You know, problems like world peace, social justice, 200 00:17:15,278 --> 00:17:18,816 a national economy, environmental quality and the like. 201 00:17:20,168 --> 00:17:23,223 I'm going to brush over such advice today where you've 202 00:17:23,239 --> 00:17:28,029 neither been isolated or insulated during your stay here at the university. 203 00:17:28,997 --> 00:17:31,033 You certainly are aware of the major problems 204 00:17:31,033 --> 00:17:34,038 of the outside world 205 00:17:34,038 --> 00:17:36,458 and certainly aware of the problem and the challenges that 206 00:17:36,458 --> 00:17:37,843 those problems afford you. 207 00:17:40,113 --> 00:17:40,413 But I'm 208 00:17:40,413 --> 00:17:43,567 also confident that you realistically recognize that 209 00:17:43,567 --> 00:17:49,843 there are more immediate and for you more personal issues such as food and shelter 210 00:17:49,843 --> 00:17:54,082 and clothing and a rewarding career and your family's welfare. 211 00:17:54,683 --> 00:17:55,801 Happy life, 212 00:17:56,318 --> 00:17:58,388 all those things that frankly, everyone 213 00:17:58,388 --> 00:18:01,659 devotes his time to. 214 00:18:01,659 --> 00:18:03,061 These are the type of challenges 215 00:18:03,061 --> 00:18:06,582 which will likely absorb your time and energies for some years to come. 216 00:18:06,582 --> 00:18:11,372 I'm not suggesting that you will have no influence on the problems of the war. 217 00:18:12,190 --> 00:18:15,662 I'm simply observing that you will in all likelihood, think 218 00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:21,036 first things first and that by now, you probably have a pretty good idea 219 00:18:21,036 --> 00:18:23,506 of how you intend to do that. 220 00:18:24,908 --> 00:18:27,278 And by our actions here today, we're declaring 221 00:18:27,278 --> 00:18:30,833 that we believe your experience here and at other schools you've attended 222 00:18:31,951 --> 00:18:32,668 has made you 223 00:18:32,668 --> 00:18:35,506 educationally prepared to succeed in your endeavors. 224 00:18:37,191 --> 00:18:39,278 We believe and sincerely hope 225 00:18:40,079 --> 00:18:42,298 that you will do well 226 00:18:42,298 --> 00:18:45,536 because, quite frankly, your performance and satisfaction reflects 227 00:18:45,536 --> 00:18:49,291 upon our efforts and our judgment that we'll be watching you 228 00:18:49,291 --> 00:18:51,394 with a great deal of interest. 229 00:18:52,746 --> 00:18:55,433 Bidding you farewell and godspeed today, 230 00:18:56,134 --> 00:18:58,921 even without words of advice or lasting wisdom, 231 00:18:59,756 --> 00:19:02,760 has its emotional aspects, 232 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,412 not the sentimentality 233 00:19:04,412 --> 00:19:07,433 of pushing fledglings from the nest sort of thing. 234 00:19:08,485 --> 00:19:11,272 But you haven't been here long enough to have been shaped 235 00:19:11,272 --> 00:19:13,408 or molded to any significant degree. 236 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,031 And incidentally, those who succeed you in later years will not have been here 237 00:19:18,031 --> 00:19:18,782 long enough for that. 238 00:19:18,782 --> 00:19:21,085 I suspect we just aren't designed to do that. 239 00:19:22,921 --> 00:19:25,742 But ours is a different feeling. 240 00:19:25,742 --> 00:19:26,610 We're going to miss you. 241 00:19:28,412 --> 00:19:29,247 You've been members of 242 00:19:29,247 --> 00:19:31,867 the first class to enter this infant institution 243 00:19:33,052 --> 00:19:37,141 student body, which will probably never again be as small. 244 00:19:38,793 --> 00:19:40,913 It's been a group that shared with us the good things 245 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,900 and the bad things and survived the 246 00:19:45,035 --> 00:19:48,006 problems of startup and debugging 247 00:19:48,006 --> 00:19:50,225 that are associated with our newness. 248 00:19:51,477 --> 00:19:54,932 You've been here when the snack bar was a vending machine and table outside. 249 00:19:55,483 --> 00:19:59,038 There were no walkways from the parking lots and no outside lights. 250 00:20:00,122 --> 00:20:02,075 You've been moved from classroom to classroom 251 00:20:02,075 --> 00:20:04,946 when we were testing a scheduling system. 252 00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:09,385 You patiently endured all sorts of nuisances and we appreciate 253 00:20:09,385 --> 00:20:10,821 your indulgence. 254 00:20:12,006 --> 00:20:14,158 Matter of fact, I haven't really had an opportunity 255 00:20:14,158 --> 00:20:16,612 to speak to you as a group because we have not 256 00:20:16,612 --> 00:20:19,833 and as you can certainly see, still do not have an auditorium. 257 00:20:21,268 --> 00:20:21,602 But you 258 00:20:21,602 --> 00:20:25,558 put up with all of this and you've helped us shape our procedures and our plans, 259 00:20:26,526 --> 00:20:29,062 and they are better now than they were before you came. 260 00:20:30,297 --> 00:20:33,151 And we promise that they will improve continually. 261 00:20:34,503 --> 00:20:37,374 That is, with your help. 262 00:20:38,459 --> 00:20:40,545 When you earn your degree here, you have acquired 263 00:20:40,545 --> 00:20:43,532 a good education, which will stand you in good stead. 264 00:20:44,484 --> 00:20:46,804 Wwhen you leave, you will not be forgotten by us 265 00:20:46,804 --> 00:20:49,975 and we urge you not to forget the university. 266 00:20:49,975 --> 00:20:53,212 While it's true that we will 267 00:20:53,212 --> 00:20:56,634 probably emulate all good self-respecting colleges 268 00:20:56,634 --> 00:21:00,923 and seek out wealthy alumni and solicit funds for our foundation. 269 00:21:01,207 --> 00:21:03,810 That's not the type of remembrance that I'm 270 00:21:04,261 --> 00:21:06,898 speaking of at this moment. 271 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:09,184 We need your input, 272 00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:12,456 especially after you graduated and enter other pursuits 273 00:21:13,674 --> 00:21:14,692 to make us 274 00:21:14,692 --> 00:21:17,162 and to help us make our programs more valuable 275 00:21:17,813 --> 00:21:21,151 to the students currently enrolled, and to better enable us to serve 276 00:21:21,151 --> 00:21:25,323 those not regularly enrolled but in need of more additional education. 277 00:21:26,842 --> 00:21:31,732 We must know which courses are beneficial and which are not, admitting 278 00:21:31,732 --> 00:21:34,836 that some may fall into that latter category. 279 00:21:36,238 --> 00:21:38,642 We need to know what methods are most effective 280 00:21:39,743 --> 00:21:42,247 and simply in general, what we can do 281 00:21:42,247 --> 00:21:45,234 in order to do a better job. 282 00:21:45,551 --> 00:21:48,622 Have said, and I sincerely believe that you've received 283 00:21:48,622 --> 00:21:51,777 a good education by the standards we recognize today, 284 00:21:52,861 --> 00:21:56,116 but I also believe that there will always be room for improvement, 285 00:21:56,433 --> 00:22:00,005 that our standards and our objectives 286 00:22:00,388 --> 00:22:03,693 must be constantly reviewed. 287 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,996 I do not intend now to diminish 288 00:22:06,263 --> 00:22:08,883 in any way your achievements by earning your degree, 289 00:22:09,635 --> 00:22:13,940 you performed satisfactorily within a very traditional curriculum 290 00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:17,729 pattern, which is universally accepted in higher education today as 291 00:22:18,296 --> 00:22:20,066 one criterion of quality. 292 00:22:21,668 --> 00:22:22,886 We deliberately adopted 293 00:22:22,886 --> 00:22:25,323 these traditional patterns to assure that your degree 294 00:22:25,890 --> 00:22:29,245 would be meaningful in comparison to the same at other institutions. 295 00:22:30,563 --> 00:22:32,766 I'm satisfied that this was a wise decision. 296 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:36,572 However, I am personally not convinced that it will continue 297 00:22:36,572 --> 00:22:38,791 indefinitely to be the best approach. 298 00:22:40,377 --> 00:22:42,997 First, let me say that while I consider myself 299 00:22:42,997 --> 00:22:47,320 an educator in the professional sense, I do not consider myself an expert. 300 00:22:48,622 --> 00:22:51,542 I do take some solace in the conviction 301 00:22:51,542 --> 00:22:54,096 that true experts are exceptionally rare, 302 00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:58,435 and therefore one person's opinion is not automatically invalid simply 303 00:22:58,435 --> 00:23:02,274 because he doesn't get paid for his advice. 304 00:23:02,691 --> 00:23:06,396 I believe that you should and you will witness some rather dramatic 305 00:23:06,396 --> 00:23:10,018 changes in education in the future, particularly 306 00:23:10,435 --> 00:23:12,838 in higher education. 307 00:23:13,222 --> 00:23:15,626 I used the term dramatic advisedly for 308 00:23:15,642 --> 00:23:19,014 I personally don't have a clear picture of the future for me. 309 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:23,553 Only that the traditional approach will probably become the exception 310 00:23:23,553 --> 00:23:24,922 rather than the rule. 311 00:23:26,390 --> 00:23:29,228 We all recognize that change in the air. 312 00:23:29,228 --> 00:23:32,899 Innovation and its attendant glamor has become the name of the game. 313 00:23:33,684 --> 00:23:36,855 And incidentally, the generator of sizable grants. 314 00:23:36,855 --> 00:23:40,877 Experiments in education induced far fewer 315 00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:44,532 snorts and sneers from the traditionalists than they did a few years ago. 316 00:23:45,684 --> 00:23:48,354 Today, it seems that practically everyone who is anyone 317 00:23:48,354 --> 00:23:51,942 is trying to do his own new thing in colleges all over the country. 318 00:23:52,193 --> 00:23:54,095 And this isn't bad. 319 00:23:54,095 --> 00:23:58,001 Or at least the effort to improve is commendable in most instances. 320 00:23:59,052 --> 00:24:00,821 But it seems that not many of these projects 321 00:24:00,821 --> 00:24:03,642 have really caught on yet to the extent, at least, that they have 322 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:07,547 materially shaken the faith in the tested and time honored 323 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:11,820 programs, methods and schedules of the typical college and university. 324 00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:16,793 As an example, in recent years, many of the nation's old large 325 00:24:16,793 --> 00:24:18,796 and prestigious universities undertook 326 00:24:18,796 --> 00:24:22,334 a bold plan designed to aid in the solution of social problems 327 00:24:22,785 --> 00:24:26,357 by widening the opportunity for higher education to disadvantaged. 328 00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,694 And this was a laudable intent, 329 00:24:29,694 --> 00:24:33,416 but they did it by establishing quotas for admitting students who were unprepared 330 00:24:33,416 --> 00:24:37,455 to compete with their classmates and thus they guaranteed frustration. 331 00:24:38,690 --> 00:24:41,928 To counter this, a number of programs and degree programs 332 00:24:42,228 --> 00:24:45,049 suddenly appeared, which were obviously created to permit 333 00:24:45,049 --> 00:24:48,537 students to graduate who could not succeed in established programs. 334 00:24:49,272 --> 00:24:51,441 Again, this would not have been so objectionable 335 00:24:51,441 --> 00:24:56,164 if the degree prepared these students for meaningful competition after graduation. 336 00:24:56,164 --> 00:25:01,422 As it is, there are graduates today from respected institutions who, 337 00:25:01,939 --> 00:25:04,910 in my opinion, have been seriously shortchanged. 338 00:25:06,228 --> 00:25:08,632 In this instance, it appears that well-meaning educators 339 00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:10,851 failed in their experiment because they confuse 340 00:25:10,851 --> 00:25:13,672 the acquisition of a degree with the gaining of an education. 341 00:25:14,606 --> 00:25:18,478 Innovation in and of itself is not necessarily good. 342 00:25:18,478 --> 00:25:22,284 On the other hand, there is an educational technique 343 00:25:22,284 --> 00:25:26,056 enjoying a rebirth in popularity and which has gained a considerable 344 00:25:26,056 --> 00:25:29,177 amount of respectability but alas, 345 00:25:29,177 --> 00:25:33,382 not commensurate funding and that is cooperative education. 346 00:25:33,382 --> 00:25:35,635 It's so old, It's new. 347 00:25:36,470 --> 00:25:40,042 It's a form of apprenticeship that predates universities as we know them. 348 00:25:40,042 --> 00:25:43,797 But cooperative education until quite 349 00:25:43,797 --> 00:25:47,001 recently was limited, largely to some engineering schools. 350 00:25:47,936 --> 00:25:50,473 Now it's being utilized in almost every field. 351 00:25:50,573 --> 00:25:53,977 There's even one University of the East that is totally co-opt, 352 00:25:53,994 --> 00:25:57,733 but I don't foresee that we will ever move that far in that direction. 353 00:25:59,485 --> 00:26:01,605 I could go on citing examples to support 354 00:26:01,605 --> 00:26:05,126 my contention that the innovations which survive and the changes 355 00:26:05,126 --> 00:26:08,331 that matter are those which produces discernible 356 00:26:08,514 --> 00:26:11,034 benefit for the student. 357 00:26:11,452 --> 00:26:14,389 It sounds simple, doesn't it? 358 00:26:14,389 --> 00:26:17,126 But it's not so easy. 359 00:26:17,126 --> 00:26:20,631 In the first place, in order to evaluate a total program effectively, 360 00:26:21,315 --> 00:26:23,635 it is necessary to establish specific, 361 00:26:23,935 --> 00:26:25,972 meaningful and measurable objectives. 362 00:26:26,923 --> 00:26:30,294 This is the most difficult task facing educators 363 00:26:30,912 --> 00:26:33,048 who would improve their field. 364 00:26:34,584 --> 00:26:37,938 The problem would be more manageable, of course, if we lived in a society 365 00:26:37,938 --> 00:26:41,576 where youngsters were assigned a career field early in their formative years 366 00:26:42,077 --> 00:26:45,499 and then were required to follow a program designed especially for 367 00:26:45,499 --> 00:26:47,985 and limited to that particular occupation 368 00:26:49,371 --> 00:26:53,293 with a specific performance level in a given location is the objective. 369 00:26:53,877 --> 00:26:57,415 The problem of multiple variables would be enormously reduced, 370 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:02,956 and this is quite common in some of the European and Far Eastern nations. 371 00:27:03,941 --> 00:27:06,528 This is an approach that is much more manageable, 372 00:27:06,528 --> 00:27:09,615 but not particularly desirable. 373 00:27:10,917 --> 00:27:14,872 Our objectives have always included less tangible but no less 374 00:27:14,872 --> 00:27:19,913 desirable goals, such as an appreciation for man's cultural heritage. 375 00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:25,120 We can measure attainment only in this instance by comparing students' 376 00:27:25,337 --> 00:27:29,543 performances against rather arbitrarily determined standards. 377 00:27:30,294 --> 00:27:33,081 And it may be that we concern ourselves much too much 378 00:27:33,565 --> 00:27:35,601 with measure in this type of program. 379 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,157 And the University of North Florida Adventure course concept, for instance, 380 00:27:40,157 --> 00:27:43,495 represents an effort to meet one of the objectives established 381 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:47,384 for our students and is in effect, something of an innovation. 382 00:27:48,469 --> 00:27:51,823 I hope that all of you have had an opportunity to participate 383 00:27:51,823 --> 00:27:54,861 in this program for I feel it is one of those changes that matter, 384 00:27:55,812 --> 00:28:01,170 even though benefit to you as a student may not be quite so discernable. 385 00:28:01,170 --> 00:28:05,142 In our system where we revere freedom of choice 386 00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:09,147 and consider a good college education one which is broad enough and deep enough 387 00:28:09,147 --> 00:28:13,754 to prepare students to avail themselves of a variety of post-college opportunities, 388 00:28:14,471 --> 00:28:16,975 it is apparent that objectives must necessarily 389 00:28:16,975 --> 00:28:20,964 be somewhat broad and almost impossible to quantify. 390 00:28:22,316 --> 00:28:25,537 If you accept that statement, then the door is open 391 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:28,991 to question the traditional approach most of us follow. 392 00:28:28,991 --> 00:28:33,481 What is the justification for the four year college calendar? 393 00:28:35,267 --> 00:28:36,719 Why not three? Or Five? 394 00:28:36,719 --> 00:28:38,822 Why have any established period at all? 395 00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:43,261 What is the magic in a four year, uh four month term? 396 00:28:44,730 --> 00:28:46,048 What about a three month term? 397 00:28:46,048 --> 00:28:47,584 Why fit every course 398 00:28:47,584 --> 00:28:51,756 in every discipline into an arbitrarily fixed number of class meetings? 399 00:28:51,756 --> 00:28:56,246 For that matter, what establishes the scope of a particular course? 400 00:28:57,214 --> 00:29:00,502 And why does it take an arbitrarily determined number of courses 401 00:29:00,502 --> 00:29:03,005 which were arbitrarily limited or expanded 402 00:29:03,572 --> 00:29:06,243 to fit into arbitrarily established time periods 403 00:29:06,243 --> 00:29:09,681 in order to certify competence in a field which probably doesn't lend itself 404 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:13,236 to competency measurement anyway? 405 00:29:13,236 --> 00:29:15,923 What does a college degree mean? 406 00:29:15,923 --> 00:29:21,297 At this point, I suspect I should address my remarks also to the faculty. 407 00:29:21,364 --> 00:29:22,632 Well, I think they have their attention. 408 00:29:24,985 --> 00:29:25,353 I'm not 409 00:29:25,353 --> 00:29:28,473 really suggesting that we chuck everything and reinvent the wheel 410 00:29:28,473 --> 00:29:32,763 because I can answer my own questions from the practical point of view. 411 00:29:34,081 --> 00:29:36,985 I'm just not sure I agree philosophically 412 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,624 with those practical answers. 413 00:29:41,542 --> 00:29:45,330 And some ideas which we will be thinking about and talking about around here after 414 00:29:45,330 --> 00:29:50,037 you graduates have gone and your advice can help us in our deliberations. 415 00:29:51,238 --> 00:29:53,274 I believe, for instance, that true 416 00:29:53,274 --> 00:29:57,280 continuing education, both credit and non credit 417 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,635 should be one of the most important objectives for a university, 418 00:30:00,785 --> 00:30:03,622 especially especially one in an urban environment. 419 00:30:04,774 --> 00:30:07,594 I'd like us to explore the possibility of catering 420 00:30:07,594 --> 00:30:11,182 to our alumni through complimentary or reduced fee programs, 421 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,505 so a degree from here entitles you to a lifetime education, 422 00:30:16,289 --> 00:30:18,576 much like the yearbooks or supplements, 423 00:30:19,177 --> 00:30:22,264 which maintain the currency is a good set of encyclopedias. 424 00:30:23,550 --> 00:30:25,769 I like our faculty to explore the feasibility 425 00:30:25,769 --> 00:30:28,289 of breaking away from time constraints on courses. 426 00:30:28,807 --> 00:30:32,128 Other schools have done it and has interesting possibilities. 427 00:30:33,296 --> 00:30:35,316 I'd like us to earnestly strive to offer 428 00:30:35,316 --> 00:30:39,505 a truly customized program based upon an individual 429 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:43,110 student's needs and desires determined by the best available methods. 430 00:30:44,044 --> 00:30:47,783 This would involve introduction of subject matter not now available 431 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:51,738 and in the possible elimination of some which are less significant. 432 00:30:51,738 --> 00:30:55,777 In the same vein, I'd like to see artificial barriers 433 00:30:55,777 --> 00:30:59,482 between disciplines abolished so that we can address ourselves 434 00:30:59,482 --> 00:31:02,003 more directly to the individual student's needs. 435 00:31:03,087 --> 00:31:05,941 I'd like a continuing exploration of career 436 00:31:05,941 --> 00:31:08,662 fields currently considered sub baccalaureate, 437 00:31:09,546 --> 00:31:12,183 but with potential for upgrading by an alert 438 00:31:12,717 --> 00:31:15,838 and responsive institution. 439 00:31:15,838 --> 00:31:18,242 Most of all, I like ideas, 440 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:20,812 suggestions and proposals for improvement 441 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:25,618 from faculty members and alumni, students and staff. 442 00:31:27,271 --> 00:31:29,841 Afterall, It's all in the family. 443 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,696 The University of North Florida is new, 444 00:31:33,696 --> 00:31:36,367 but our foundations are already set solidly. 445 00:31:37,335 --> 00:31:40,623 We are growing physically and we will grow in stature. 446 00:31:41,624 --> 00:31:45,613 We have a commitment to meet and we have the dedication to do so. 447 00:31:46,564 --> 00:31:49,335 We're about ready to flex our muscles and stretch out. 448 00:31:50,686 --> 00:31:53,140 Let's make sure our movements are right 449 00:31:53,657 --> 00:31:56,111 and that all of us will forever take pride 450 00:31:56,611 --> 00:31:59,499 in our association with this institution. 451 00:32:01,117 --> 00:32:03,504 For now, we view graduates farewell. 452 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:06,792 We want you to come back 453 00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:07,927 soon. 454 00:33:05,473 --> 00:34:23,931 [Music 455 00:34:23,931 --> 00:35:42,373 Solo--Hear 456 00:35:42,373 --> 00:38:19,273 ye Israel] 457 00:38:51,250 --> 00:38:54,371 I now recognize the vice president and dean of faculty 458 00:38:54,505 --> 00:38:57,409 for the presentation of candidates for degrees. 459 00:39:02,833 --> 00:39:05,453 Dean Willard Osborne Ash of the College of Arts 460 00:39:05,453 --> 00:39:09,859 and Sciences, will present the candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree. 461 00:39:16,251 --> 00:39:17,069 Will the 462 00:39:17,069 --> 00:39:19,806 candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree 463 00:39:20,557 --> 00:39:23,161 please rise as I call your name 464 00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:25,764 and remain standing to all the names have been called 465 00:39:26,816 --> 00:39:48,296 [Names of students are read]. 466 00:40:34,109 --> 00:40:43,655 Mr Vice President, 467 00:40:44,623 --> 00:40:47,711 these candidates have met all the requirements for the degree 468 00:40:47,744 --> 00:40:51,783 Bachelor of Arts and have been recommended for that degree 469 00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:54,253 by the College of Arts and Sciences faculty. 470 00:40:56,556 --> 00:40:58,910 Please be seated. 471 00:40:58,910 --> 00:41:02,815 Dean James 472 00:41:02,815 --> 00:41:06,537 Milton Parrish of the College of Business Administration will present 473 00:41:06,537 --> 00:41:10,926 the candidates for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. 474 00:41:10,926 --> 00:41:17,285 Will the candidates for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree please 475 00:41:17,285 --> 00:41:21,875 rise as their names are called and remain standing until all have been called 476 00:41:23,293 --> 00:41:28,384 [Names of students 477 00:41:28,384 --> 00:41:56,756 are read.] Mr. 478 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,275 Vice President, 479 00:41:58,826 --> 00:42:01,947 these candidates have all met the requirements 480 00:42:01,947 --> 00:42:03,916 for The Bachelor of Business Administration degree 481 00:42:03,916 --> 00:42:08,005 and have been recommended by the Faculty of the College of Business Administration. 482 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,593 Please be seated. 483 00:42:11,593 --> 00:42:15,132 Dean Ellis Floyd White of the College of Education 484 00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:18,286 will present the candidate for a Bachelor of Arts in Education. 485 00:42:22,992 --> 00:42:26,748 Will Estus Rhoden Stone please rise. 486 00:42:29,151 --> 00:42:30,302 Mr. Vice President, 487 00:42:30,302 --> 00:42:34,642 this candidate has met the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Education degree 488 00:42:35,042 --> 00:42:37,846 and is recommended by the Faculty of the College of Education 489 00:42:37,863 --> 00:42:39,665 for that degree. 490 00:42:42,169 --> 00:42:44,322 Will all of the candidates for the bachelor's 491 00:42:44,322 --> 00:42:46,909 degree please rise. 492 00:42:49,362 --> 00:42:50,864 Mr. President, 493 00:42:51,181 --> 00:42:54,753 these candidates have met the requirements for their respective degrees 494 00:42:54,753 --> 00:42:57,757 and are recommended by their college faculty for those degrees. 495 00:42:59,042 --> 00:42:59,593 Thank you, Mr. 496 00:42:59,593 --> 00:43:01,095 Vice President. 497 00:43:01,846 --> 00:43:05,685 And by the authority vested in me, by the Board of Regents of the State 498 00:43:05,685 --> 00:43:10,808 University System of the State of Florida, I hereby confer your respective 499 00:43:11,893 --> 00:43:14,263 baccalaureate degrees with all the rights, 500 00:43:14,614 --> 00:43:18,970 privileges and emoluments there, and to appartaining. 501 00:43:18,970 --> 00:43:23,743 I believe now it's customary for you to move your tassels if you so desire. 502 00:43:27,098 --> 00:43:28,650 Please be seated. 503 00:43:32,338 --> 00:43:35,759 Will the university marshall please escort the new degree 504 00:43:35,759 --> 00:43:38,730 holders to the platform to receive their diplomas? 505 00:43:40,015 --> 00:43:43,203 And Dean William Ray Baggett will call the names of the candidates 506 00:43:43,203 --> 00:43:46,975 as they come onto the platform. 507 00:43:46,975 --> 00:43:49,295 Gentlemen, if you will rise with me to meet 508 00:43:49,312 --> 00:43:51,064 these candidates. 509 00:44:02,113 --> 00:44:05,484 [Names of students 510 00:44:05,484 --> 00:44:12,126 are read 511 00:44:15,197 --> 00:44:44,421 as they receive 512 00:44:44,421 --> 00:45:03,914 their diplomas.] 513 00:45:03,914 --> 00:45:13,661 [Applause.] 514 00:45:16,315 --> 00:45:59,291 [Names of students are read 515 00:45:59,291 --> 00:46:06,451 as they receive their diplomas]. 516 00:46:06,451 --> 00:46:09,321 [Applause.] 517 00:46:35,708 --> 00:46:35,891 [Names of students are read as they receive their diplomas]. 518 00:46:35,891 --> 00:46:42,450 Will the new degree holders please be seated? 519 00:46:42,450 --> 00:46:47,624 [Applause] 520 00:46:47,624 --> 00:46:53,048 I now 521 00:46:53,048 --> 00:46:56,653 recognize Dean Ellis, Floyd White of the College of Education, 522 00:46:56,653 --> 00:47:00,075 who will present the candidates for the degree Master of Education. 523 00:47:05,632 --> 00:47:09,237 Will the candidates for the Master of Education degree 524 00:47:09,237 --> 00:47:13,160 please rise, your names are called and remain standing? 525 00:47:16,347 --> 00:47:17,599 The master of Education 526 00:47:17,599 --> 00:47:30,133 degree 527 00:47:30,133 --> 00:47:37,660 [Names of students 528 00:47:37,660 --> 00:47:42,667 are read]. 529 00:47:48,725 --> 00:47:50,845 Mr. Vice President, 530 00:47:52,731 --> 00:47:54,433 I present the candidates 531 00:47:54,433 --> 00:47:56,453 for the master of Education degree. 532 00:47:57,354 --> 00:48:00,325 Each of these has completed the requirements for the degree 533 00:48:00,475 --> 00:48:04,797 and are individually recommended by the Faculty of the College of Education 534 00:48:04,797 --> 00:48:06,767 for that degree. 535 00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:09,320 Mr. President, 536 00:48:09,704 --> 00:48:13,176 these are the candidates for the Master of Education degree. 537 00:48:13,192 --> 00:48:16,130 They have met the requirements for that degree and are recommended 538 00:48:16,130 --> 00:48:18,833 individually by the Faculty of the College of Education. 539 00:48:19,484 --> 00:48:22,188 Thank you, Mr. Vice President. 540 00:48:22,489 --> 00:48:25,192 Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me 541 00:48:25,192 --> 00:48:28,046 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida, 542 00:48:29,181 --> 00:48:31,100 I hereby confer upon you 543 00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:35,356 the Master of Education degree with all the rights and privileges 544 00:48:35,356 --> 00:48:37,676 and the emoluments thereunto and appertaining. 545 00:48:39,379 --> 00:48:43,751 Mr. Marshall, will you please escort the graduates to the platform in order 546 00:48:43,751 --> 00:48:47,306 that they may receive their diplomas and be vested with their hoods? 547 00:48:48,191 --> 00:48:50,928 Dean George Wesley Corrick will hood the graduates. 548 00:48:59,423 --> 00:49:04,897 [Students 549 00:49:04,897 --> 00:49:15,829 names are 550 00:49:15,829 --> 00:49:26,777 read and 551 00:49:26,777 --> 00:49:42,416 hooded] 552 00:49:42,416 --> 00:49:58,054 [Applause] 553 00:50:30,332 --> 00:50:35,222 I will now ask 554 00:50:35,372 --> 00:50:37,842 Reverend McKissick to pronounce the benediction. 555 00:50:42,415 --> 00:50:43,850 Shall we stand? 556 00:50:48,290 --> 00:50:50,593 And now under the God of our fathers 557 00:50:52,195 --> 00:50:54,865 who was the past 558 00:50:54,865 --> 00:50:56,835 is the present 559 00:50:56,952 --> 00:50:58,721 and shall be the future. 560 00:50:58,721 --> 00:51:04,696 Unto him, we give honor, glory and power from this time forth and even forever. 561 00:51:04,729 --> 00:51:06,615 More Amen.