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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1978)
^Tsity; tamt '^ngy ''tscanli 't oloven > ran ts Inn wltiirt an; '^■a, Lid 'airman, )1( »gv an| mitteesfa Hea 'staff raduation sacrifice hat paid By SCOTT PENDLETON Battalion Staff Naturally, a capacity crowd filled Rollie. And the robes of the fac- ilty and graduates had been seen in lozens of similiar ceremonies. To a casual observer, Saturday’s lommencement exercise would lave looked like any other. But few casual observers would 1 'ts. Il( iave been found in a cross section of l , l< l , lc 4he crowd. Take the parents. Their feelings . pride and satisfaction were any- hingbut casual. They had made too ■‘''(I, Di nany sacrifices in order to see this 'ery ceremony. The same went for brothers and ,ent ^ inters. Though their attendance iar y Mel eemed more often dutiful than de- ighted, they didn't fail to be in- IniZti! lerested when at least one graduate i'i'Ay'll irossed the stage. For the graduates themselves, here was no question. They were be key participants, and their triumphant grins showed it. For the University, it was a con venient opportunity — while the ndenlli paduates were seated in one room Farlar,; -to remind them that they are ex- lent h pected to make something of them- «lves. “I hope you have developed the ad of ft( bility to separate fact from opinion, bepir md that you have developed the .apability ol making sound decisions ind forming defensible opinions idlerii )a sed on fact, Chancellor Paul W. ylurrill of Louisiana State Univer- iity said. Some graduates sensed the tradi- lent aif ion of the ceremony. They thought )fivy covered halls, sagacious pro-, essors, and all the other romantic rappings of academia. Others were impressed with the leremony itself. As ceremonies go, [raduation is monumental. It rivals be coronation of the Pope for color md attendance. And why not? In the grand cycle >f existence (birth, graduation, ieath) it represents the least ran- ■ lorn, if not most significant event. lApi To all of the graduates who at- l/vl tended, the ceremony was a few lours of dessert after years of dining 'W 1 ' >n food hard to swallow and harder to digest. 4V „ii C | ® ut to at least one graduate, he dl mere *>' knowing that he had finished e lieiiffl W8S su ® c ' en t- Instead of attending ildsli*^ 1 ' 5 own graduation ceremony, he ien«tl| we " tfishin g- iflesd’l ^ ust ima g' nc d myself walking ■ across stage and receiving my dip- iwnrtl loma," he said. “To me, that wits e\v clw® enough.” ^ Roach spray infant; jaunt blamed United Press International HOUSTON — A teenage woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $5,000 for killing her 3-month-old nephew by spraying ■rim in the face with roach spray. A jury Monday sentenced Patricia Wesley, 19, after convicting her of involuntary manslaughter. 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