Washington University's long and tradition-rich history will be chronicled in a 700-page book written by Ralph E. Morrow, Ph.D., professor emeritus of history in Arts and Sciences. The book will be published in October. The archival photograph above, taken during the University's 1907 Commencement, shows faculty members, left, leading the academic procession through Brookings Quadrangle. In the University's early years, Commencement was held in Francis Gymnasium, and the faculty, graduates, friends and family would proceed from Brookings Quadrangle across campus to the gymnasium. The faculty members pictured are on a walkway that today stretches in front of Beaumont Pavilion, the site of modern Commencement ceremonies. (To read more about Morrow's history of the University, click here.) Photo courtesy of Washington University Archives.
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