Commencements

Then the Commencements were the events of the year.

A southern girl in '61 : the war-time memories of a Confederate senator's daughter, 1905

Some seasons later, I call to mind seeing, at the "Commencements" and "Exhibitions" of Harvard University, a girl, plain in appearance, but of dashing air, who was invariably the centre of a listening group, and kept their merry interest alive by sparkles of wit and incessant small-talk.

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Margaret Fuller 1830

Food for thought from an essay, "Catholic Commencements and Pro-Abortion Politicians," originally published on Ignatius Insight by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., in early June 2005:

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

Commencements, more people assembled, but he had never seen so many in proportion to the space, or had at all events never known so great a promiscuity to show so markedly as picked.

The Ambassadors 2003

John has seen one of the Commencements when the young Gentlemen delivered their Orations and received their Premiums, and Promotions which set his Ambition all afire.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1780 1973

The Committee has recently approved plans for keeping up antiwar pressure during the spring and summer, and will concentrate on planning Vietnam Commencements at many high schools and colleges.

Student Mobilization Wolin, Ron 1969

"Vietnam Commencements" can be extended to many more campuses if concerned students and faculty begin organizing at once.

Vietnam Commencements Berreman, Gerald D. 1968

In Friendship the summer was never fairly ushered in until Commencements were over.

Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters Mary Finley Leonard

After this he went to several Commencements for me, and ate the dinners provided; he sat through three of our Quarterly Conventions for me, -- always voting judiciously, by the simple rule mentioned above, of siding with the minority.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

Let us have a hall fit for Commencements, for Alumni and

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various