Paul Kirk leads ROTC Commissioning Ceremony

ROTC commission candates were greeted at a pre-Commencement ceremony by former U.S. Senator Paul G. Kirk ¹60‹once an Army ROTC cadet himself‹on behalf of the fiftieth reunion class.

In accepting the extra challenges imposed by their demanding extracurricular choice, they had already demonstrated leadership, he said, and were first in their class to answer "a fundamental question: not ŒWhat shall I do with my Harvard degree?¹ but ŒOnce I¹ve received a Harvard education, what shall I do as a citizen?¹"

Reminding them of the Dexter Gate to the Yard on Massachusetts Avenue, adorned with President Charles William Eliot¹s exhortations "Enter to grow in wisdom" and "Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind," Kirk told the future officers, "Read it and feel good about yourselves."

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