1869 Commencement Program

The first commencement exercise program includes the list of trustees, faculty, and order of the exercises. One of the addresses, titled “Forest Trees”, was delivered by Miles Rock, one of the five graduating students.

University Day. Inauguration of Packer Hall. Thursday, June 24, 1869. Lehigh University, Bethlehem (Pa.) 1869. Reproduced from the scrapbook of William D. Ronaldson, class of 1870.