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‎Commencement History

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 === 1968 ===
 In [[1968]], commencement was not held on campus and the university president did not deliver the address, thanks to the fallout from the [[1968 protests|protests of that year]]. Instead history professor [[Richard Hofstadter]] delivered the address to the students gathered in [[St. John the Divine]], many of whom staged a walk-out on a pre-arranged signal- [[WKCR]] played "The Times They Are A'Changin"- and held a counter-commencement in [[Morningside Park]].
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	In [[1786]], New York was still the capital of the United States. The first commencement of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]] was considered such an important event in the city that, on [[April 11]], [[Congress]] actually shut down to mark the occasion "to support the important interests of education by their contenance, and grace the exhibitions by their august present".<ref>''The Massachusetts Spy'' (Worcester, Mass.), April 30, 1786</ref>		In [[1786]], New York was still the capital of the United States. The first commencement of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]] was considered such an important event in the city that, on [[April 11]], [[Congress]] actually shut down to mark the occasion "to support the important interests of education by their contenance, and grace the exhibitions by their august present".<ref>''The Massachusetts Spy'' (Worcester, Mass.), April 30, 1786</ref>
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		+	[[George Washington]] reportedly attends Commencement after being sworn in as [[President of the United States]].

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 ===1786===
-In [[1786]], New York was still the capital of the United States. The first commencement of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]] was considered such an important event in the city that, on [[April 11]], Congress actually shut down to mark the occasion "to support the important interests of education by their contenance, and grace the exhibitions by their august present".<ref>''The Massachusetts Spy'' (Worcester, Mass.), April 30, 1786</ref>
+In [[1786]], New York was still the capital of the United States. The first commencement of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]] was considered such an important event in the city that, on [[April 11]], [[Congress]] actually shut down to mark the occasion "to support the important interests of education by their contenance, and grace the exhibitions by their august present".<ref>''The Massachusetts Spy'' (Worcester, Mass.), April 30, 1786</ref>
 === 1811 ===

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-University Commencement in [[2024]] was completely canceled as a result of the fallout from the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]], which resulted in the sealing off of the [[Morningside Heights campus]] and fear of further protest action. Even [[Class Day]]s were relocated to the [[Baker Athletic Complex]].
+Despite being partly set up already, University Commencement in [[2024]] was completely canceled a week before the event as a result of the fallout from the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]], which resulted in the sealing off of the [[Morningside Heights campus]] and fear of further protest action. Even [[Class Day]]s were relocated to the [[Baker Athletic Complex]].
 == Google Books Archives ==

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 === 1968 ===
-In [[1968]], the university president did not deliver the address, thanks to the fallout from the protests. Instead history professor [[Richard Hofstadter]] delivered the address to the students gathered in [[St. John the Divine]], many of whom staged a walk-out on a pre-arranged signal- [[WKCR]] played "The Times They Are A'Changin"- and held a counter-commencement in [[Morningside Park]].
+In [[1968]], commencement was not held on campus and the university president did not deliver the address, thanks to the fallout from the [[1968 protests|protests of that year]]. Instead history professor [[Richard Hofstadter]] delivered the address to the students gathered in [[St. John the Divine]], many of whom staged a walk-out on a pre-arranged signal- [[WKCR]] played "The Times They Are A'Changin"- and held a counter-commencement in [[Morningside Park]].
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 === President's Address ===
-Whereas many schools invite a major public figure to deliver the keynote address at commencement, at Columbia that privilege has always been held by the [[University President]]. So you're gonna have to listen to [[Bollinger]]. Luckily he's (usually) a better speaker than e-mail writer.
+Whereas many schools invite a major public figure to deliver the keynote address at commencement, at Columbia that privilege has always been held by the [[University President]].
 This quirk is the reason for the annual complaints from Columbia undergraduates, whose [[Class Day]] speakers tend to be slightly lower profile, since a ceremony for 1,000 students doesn't have quite the pull as Commencement does. Students who expect the Class Day speaker to be high profile to make up for commencement are usually disappointed, though there have been some fine speakers in the past.

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 The [[1811]] commencement, held in Trinity Church, has gone down in Columbia history as "The Riotous Commencement."  A student was denied his diploma after he decided not to alter his commencement oration. He appealed to the audience and disorder broke out, leading to a number of arrests.<ref>Frederick Keppel, '''Columbia''', pg. 221</ref>
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 Commencement [[1941]] was tinged with sadness over the passing of baseball legend [[Lou Gehrig]], who had attended Columbia, from his eponymous disease just one day before.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/sports/baseball/for-the-columbia-class-of-41-it-is-always-the-day-after.html</ref>

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 == Google Books Archives ==
-*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SwgTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false University Commencement Programs (including list of all graduates) 1892-1907)]
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SwgTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false University Commencement Programs (including lists graduates) 1892-1907]
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=BgoTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR6#v=onepage&q&f=false University Commencement Programs (including lists graduates) 1908-1919]
 == External links ==
 *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ceremonies/commencement/index.html Commencement Website]