Forty-fijth

Annual Commencement
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East Carolina College

Greenville, North Carolina

Monday, May Twenty-fourth
Nineteen Hundred Fifty-four

Ten-Thirty o'clock

 
Order Of Exercises

Organ Prelude
George Perry

Processional: “Pomp and Circumstance” st  «Elear

East Carolina Orchestra
Kenneth N. Cuthbert, Conductor
(Audience will remain seated during the processional)

‘‘America the Beautiful”
Invocation

“Grand March” from ‘Aida’

“Battle Hymn of the Republic” _........ ss . Waring-Ringwald
Combined Choirs East Carolina College
East Carolina Orchestra
Kenneth N. Cuthbert, Conducting

iHion. William B. Umstead
Governor of North Carolina

“If with All Your Hearts” from “Elijah” Mendelssohn

Elwood Keister, Tenor
George Perry, Organist

Announcement of Awards
Alexander B. Andrews Scholarship: Eleanor Sanderson

John B. Christenbury Memorial Award: Charles E. Huffman
Thomas C. Williams Memorial Award: Dorothy Smith Whitehead
James Fenly Spear, Jr., Memorial Award: Lucious Calvin Butt
Maria D. Graham Memorial Award: Martha C. Dickson

Presentation of Candidates for Degrees
Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, Dean

Conferring of Degrees
Dr. J. D. Messick, President

Alma Mater McDougle
(Remain standing for benediction)

Benediction

Recessional: ‘“Huldigungsmarsch” from Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite _... Grieg

 
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A. B. Degree Graduates -- 1953-1954

E. Metz Bizzell
Shelton Ward Bowen

Osear Hubert Browa Winterville
Jimmy Ellsworth Dunn ~ —--------- Ayden
Eugene Edward Emery, Jr. ------ Greenville
James Conrad Faulkner
Donald Louis Fratino
ZLarty Moore French, Jr. -
Lynwood L. Grissom —.-—-------- .
Lee Rawlings Hall
Z. Betty Jane Huffman
Ray Austin Hylton
Royce Claybourne Jordan
Wade Hampton Jordaa, Jr. —---. "Edenton

Salisbury, Md,
Kinston

Salisbury
Greensboro

James Franklin Lee

Margaret Ann Mansfield Edenton
Moulton Braxton Massey, Jr. ..- Greenville

Richand Napoleon Ottaway .. Wilmington
a <Mary Gwendolyn Richardson - Washington
Z Leon Henry Rouse, Jr. —---- Wilmington

Shelby Eugene Russ Wilmington

Mitchell Lee Saieed Greenville

Leon Hampton Sewell

Fred Louis Shelby

Edsel Wimberly Sholar

Richard Harrison Siler

John Pigott Sloan

Curtis Garrett Summers Norfolk, Va.

Julian Robert Vainright Greenville

Robert Lee Vickery, Jr. —---- Mooresville

Rodney Neale Walters Wilmington

Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Siler City
Wilmington

B. S. Degree Graduates -- 1953-1954

<Blars Charity Adams
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Rocky Mount
Pollocksville

ZQla Kelly Avent Fuquay Springs
William Horace Baker, Jr. —-----.--- Zebulon
Martha Ann Barrow Pollocksville

Z,Maxy Gerock Barrow -.-.------ .. Maysville

7 Adah Mayfield Bass —--------.-- . Tarboro
Waylon Thomas Bass -..- _ Garysburg
Wilben Crawford Bass Goldsboro
Jack Philip Benzie Rocky Mount
Betsy Parks Best Goldsboro
Dorothy Grey Best Goldsboro
Horace Gary Birchett, Jr. ... Hopewell, Va.
Wilma Deane Blackmon
Yvonne Lavenia Blackwell
Charles Ritchie Bike...

ZLoyce Bonner
Betty Sue Branch
George R. Brinson —-..---------------
Kitty G. Brinson
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer Brinson..Grantsboro
Jack Britt i
‘Vera Linder Broome

/ Marvin Eli Brown
Thomas Grant Bullock
Bobbie Jean Burch Raleigh
Hazel Glenn Burke —.. ........... La Grange
Grace Carolyn Burnette .. Hopewell, Va.

ZAnne Watson Butler Greenville
Martha Deane Byrd Maysville
Martin A. Byrd, Jr. —----------------- Tabor City

Arapahoe

Washington
E. Rockingham
Ayden

Thurston Callahan Whiteville
Paul Archibald Cameron, Jr. —--- Kiuston
Englehard

Belmont

/ Cecilia Dove Cartwright
{ Helen Rose Cherry
Marion Jennette Chesson
LZ. Eunice Olene Civils
7 Carolyn Lewis ‘Clapp
Mary Agnes Clark
Carol Reid Cofttey
Helen Estelle Collie
Thelma Oleta Collier
Margaret Joyce Conner
artha Sale Conway
Lemuel Clay Cook
Mary Sue Cook
Patricia Ann Corbett
James Bacon Corbin
John George Costulis
Hugh Donald Cox
Rachel Ann Cox -.----.------
Raymond Hoover Cox
Eliard Gray Croom, Jr. —---- Rocky Mount
Leonard Ray Culbreth ——--—.-- Greenville
/ Peggy Jean Malpass Culbreth -. Goldsboro
Walter Earl Culbreth, Jr. Goldsboro
Gladys Rosamond Daugherty Kinston
Evelyn Jean Davis
XMiriam Ruth Dempsey
Amelia Dillwyn Denton ... Bunn
Norma Ledbetter oie ~ Winterville
Mary Jean Dodd —-.----.-------- Four Oaks
WA Myra Gale Dorsey Wrightsville Beach

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Wilmington
Clarkton
Rich Square
Greenville
Cooleemee

Farmville
La Grange
Belhaven

Walstonburg

Fayetteville

 
Bettie Jane Dougherty
ZElizabeth Ann Duke
Anne Blackwell Durant

Charles Augustus Edwards

Dorothy Anne Edwards

LPegey Caldwell Ellers
John Norwood Elliott

James Blair Ellis
William Preston Emerson
Rose Hardison Ennett
Barb. hridige
McDonald Eure
Mildred Getchell Faison
Betty Lou Brickhouse Farless __
( Anne Fedoronko
Eugene Carl Fields
Mary Alice Fields Goldston
Charles Edgar Fishel Winston-Salem
ZMargaret Elizabeth Fleming __ Greenville
Edna Jean Flora Farmville
Tracy Formy-Duval Wilmington
Henry Eugene Gilbert, Jr. Bolivia
Oscar Wallace Giles Greenville
Mary Lee Gillette Jacksonville
Jane Elizabeth Godwin
Margaret Louise Grant

Fayetteville
Greenville
Wilmington
Greenville
Pendleton
Greenville
Chapanoke
Goldsboro
La Grange
Williamston
Nashville
Portsmouth, Va.

Aulander

La Grange

Goldsboro:
Trenton
Morrisville
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Robersonville

(Jean Taylor Gray
Mary Ellwood Green
Margaret Cameron Greene
Edna Joyce Griffin
Barbara Ann Grimes

Z ee Blue oes

7 Martha McKenzie Hall
John Caswell Hamilton Atlantic
Hupn artes, Jr= = = Greenville

Z Lettie Marie Harper Pikeville
Ervin Harrell Aulander
Elsie Cathryne Harrelson Whiteville
Thelma Margaret Harris _. Marshallburg
William Joseph Harris Goldston
Ann Wicker Harrison Greenville
Ida Ruth Hedspeth Pendleton
Florence Mae Helms Portsmouth, Va.
Johnny Carter Helms
Joyce Tyson Hillard
Betsy Jane Hobgood _.
Drusilla Bain Hodges
Ida Fay Hogan
Laurie Jane Holmes

fF Z Martha. Raye Honeycutt
Ray Sausman Hood
Major Irving Hooper
Marietta Hooper _.....___

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Chapel Hill
Whiteville
Salisbury
Greenville
Stumpy Point
Elizabeth City

 

Jerry Leo Horner

Zaks Ann House Nashville

Lincolnton
Aporothy Jean Howard
: Mary Ferebee Howard

7 ‘Mattie Evelyn Huber

Cleo Dora Huffman

Alex James Hurst, Jr.

Alice Dixon Jackson
<Susan Imogene Jenaette

Blonnie Ella Johnson Greenville
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<Melva Elizabeth Johnson Harrells

Miriam Johnson Wilmington
Zeelie Grex Johnson Garland

Edna Faye Jones Williamston

Edna Ruth Jones Stantonsburg
Ziuarlie Mae Jones

Russell Pascal Jones

Susie A. Jones

Edith Marie Jowdy

Betty Jane Jurgensen
Cloan Vivian Kelly

John Robert Kennedy
CPeggy Harper. Kennedy |
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~ Arthur “Henry King

James Leigh King

Leland Jewel King

Bessie Belle Kornegay

/ Coletta Mae Lahr
~ Barbara Ann Lamm

James Richard Langston

Billy Britton Laughinghouse __

/Jalianne Richetta Leimone

~~ Max Rudolph Lewis

James Harry Limer

_AAubrey Lee Little

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Thomas Ray Lupton
George Frank Lyons Greenville
George Amos MacMillan Greenville
John Wesley McAden, Jr. Washington
James Stuart McCormick

William Stanley McDowell

Mark Stancil McGlohon

Winifred Jeanette McGlohon ____ Willard
LaRue Wales McKinney _....._ Seranton
Kathryn Leona McLawhorn
Ola Ray McLawhorn
bees Vann McLemore

“William Gilbert McLeod

Kinston
Salisbury
. Greensboro

Salemburg
Halifax
Washington
Wilmington

Wilmington
Fuquay Springs
Wilmington

Albertson
Goldsboro

Winterville
Greenville

Fremont
Warrenton

Pactolus
Greenville

. Ayden
Henderson
Fayetteville
Burlington
Scotland Neck
Greenville

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PS Bell McNeill

Bessy. White Madry
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Agnes, Faye Mallard Mattie Boseman Shearin Whitakers
Edith Ann Mangum Rocky Mount ee Dwight Shoe Salisbury

Clyde Vernon March, Jr. _.. Rocky Mount r2 ‘Alice Jones Singletary Greenville
Magdalene Gitbs Marshall _. Engelhard “Anne Vernon Smith Tarboro
Clara Louise Mason Swan Quarter Eston Carlos Smith 1
Edna Marie Massad Ellen Lucille Sprinkle Asheville
Ethel Lee Massengill ; Julie Maxine Stanley Elizabeth City
Dolores Ann Matthews er George W. Starling Greenville
<Doris Mae Messer Margaret Irene Steele Bear Poplar
Jane Hooper Midgette Cleo Richardson Stott Greenville
Patricia Lina Miller i i il, Virginia Reel Strickland Bell Arthur
Jean Lewis i Alexander Collins Sutherland
Alma Lou Moore Edwin Charles Sutton Kinston
7 Barbara Jean Moore i Geraldine Swindell Belhaven

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/ Margaret_ Hamilton Moore Greenville CJanet Elaine Swinson
Eva Lynnette Murphy Rose Hill (Lena Maxine Taylor
Donnell Mayo Muse ia : Wilbur Paul Thompson Whitakers
< Peggy Lou Nash : Barbara Ann Tilley Fuquay Springs
ale Sabra Jane Nunalee ie Monna Jay Toler Washington
Sue Carl Oswald Wallace Victor Johnson Tucker i
ZBetty Ray Outlaw _...... Elizabeth City Lydia Camilla Turner _............ Conway
( Kathleen. Baun Ownley Elizabeth City Janice Newsome Turpin Farmville
John Thomas Painter Greenville Linwood N. Tyndall Greenville
Frances Louise Parker Pendleton (Lois Babson Vicars Greenville
Janie Margaret Parker Irma Wainwright Grifton
Robert Edward Pennington _ Rocky Mount Betty Rose Walker Whiteville
Tommy Garth Perry j Jane Holland Bond Wallace Windsor
Laura Frances Pope Helen Louise Walters Rocky Mount
Marcellus Blackman Pope III Wallace Ceti lena Warten Robersonville
John Robert Postas Franklin, N. J. Laura Chadwick West
Joanna Powell i A Della Frances Westbrook .. Princeton
Elbert Matthew Prescott New Bern Tillie Hodges White _.. Virginia Beach, Va.
(Aane Toler Proctor Rocky Mount Dorothy Smith Whitehead Oak City
Sylvia Gay Proctor Rocky Mount Nancy Lelia Beatty Whitehurst _ Mt. Holly
Frances Ann Radcliffe Betty Sue Whitfield Hurdle Mills
Dorothy Ragland ° - Charlotte Moore Whitfield Garland
Elizabeth Ramsay Ralston —_.... Washington AC ‘Vernie Bert Wilder Nashville
Delphia Tyson Rawls Robersonville Edward Martin Wilkins Lumberton
Jessie Ann Rice Sanford Eugene Benjamin Williams Kinston
Kathryn Thompson Rickards _.. Washington Lena Gwendola Williams Oakboro
Suzanne Hicks Rickards Charlotte Trudy Carr Williams Wallace
Emily Jane Rivenbark Rose Hill David Crowell Williamson Whiteville
Martha Janette Rivenbark ay <Carroll Washington Wilson
Margarete Ross Roberson —.. Robersonville Laura Thomas Wilson Middlesex
William Barry Rogers Tabor City Monteen Johnson Winstead _.. Tabor City
Sidney Payne Rogerson Anlander eee Louise Wood Spring Hope
Josephine Dixon Ross /Betty Heath Woolard Williamston
{Jo Ann Cothran Roueche Salisbury /Mamie. _Williams Wooten Hookerton
William H. Rowland Raleigh ~Ada Worthington Kinston
Gene A. Russell ladia Estelle Wright Halifax
Willie Ray Sears envill Doris Mae Yarbrough Prospect Hill
Josie Ray Sessoms

 
M. A. Degree Graduates -- 1953-1954

/ Bertha Johnson Adams -. renton Mary Sue McCutchen Fayetteviile

Arthur Stafford Alford Greenville ‘Millie Lancaster Moore Battleboro

Lucy Louise Black Fayetteville Evelyn Barden Rhodes __. - Walstonburg
Clarence Herring Butler Salemburg _/Dowald W. Roebuck ............. Stokes
< William Wayne Cox Walstonburg Robert Lee Shuford, Jr. __...... Thomasville
_ Braxton Lee Davis Snow Hill John Hobert Smith, Jr. —.......... Gastonia
Z_Virginia Easley Farmville =4Margaret Rawls Stancil _._. Greenville
Mary Grace Gaylord Winterville Douglas Wallace Swink Wilson
Mary Frances Greene _.. Roanoke Rapids Edward Nelson Warren _........ Falkland
Jean Abbitt Harriss Barbara Moore Wheeler Grifton
Mildred D. Hinton _......_..... Nashville Annie Laura Felts Whitehead Murfreesboro
Lucile Sugg Hooker Kiuston Annie Lee Whitford
Louisianna Queene Hurdle _.. Sharpsburg ._Mary Topp Young Greenville
Elizabeth Kindy Bre: ak h}

Commissioned Second Lieutenants, Air Force Reserve
1953-1954

Benzie, Jack P. Helms, Johnny C, Culbreth, Walter E. Jr.

Blake, Charles R. Hylton, Ray A. Emerson, William P.
/_French, Larry M. Jr. March, Clyde V. Emery, Eugene E.
ane = Sholar, Edsel W. Fields, Eugene C:

Sees Ape Ae Sloan, John P. Fishel, Charles E.

Hall, Lee R. Sts : : :
Kennedy, John R. Williamson, David C. Hooper, Major I.

King, Arthur H. King, James L. Lupton, Thomas R.

i McCormick, James S.
MacMillan, George A. ’
Piste, John “= = Alcock, Nolan C. Pennington, Robert E.

1 no Bass, Waylon T. Prescott, Elbert M.
ie ain ee 4, Bizzell, Ernest M. Russ, Shelby E.
4-Brewn, Marvin E. Sears, William R.
Corbin, James B. Byrd, Martin A. Jr. Sewell, Leon H.
2Sestulis, John G. Cameron, Paul A. Jr. Vainright, Julian R.
Elliott, John N. Cox, Hugh D.

Received AFROTC Certificates of Completion

Baldwin, William O. Russell, Gene A. Z Smith, Eston C. %G L&
Bowen, Shelton W. Saieed, Mitchell L. Bullock, Thomas G.
\ Laughinghouse, Billy B. Shelby, Fred L. Williams, Eugene B.

 
Alma Mater

Praise to your name so fair,
Dear Old East Carolina.

Your joys we'll all share

And your friends we'll ever be.
We pledge our loyalty

And our hearts’ devotion

To Thee, Our Alma Mater,

Love and Praise.

America The Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain.

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyound the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!