Commencements of the past at University of Detroit
Last week the University of Detroit Mercy sent off its latest set of graduates to their next phase of their lives. It wasn’t that long ago when commencement ceremonies were held a bit later in the year and graduates had to follow more compulsory rules to graduate. Check out the notice in the Varsity News, May 8, 1939: Up until 1966, commencement ceremonies were held a month later in June instead of early May like it is now. This changed...