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May 22, 2005
Under cool damp skies on the quadrangle, 409 men and women received bachelor of arts degrees today at Amherst College. In his traditional address Amherst President Anthony W. Marx spoke about a founder of the college, Noah Webster. The lexicographer Webster’s “aim was always clear: Terras Irradient; to illuminate the world; not the more constrained Communitas irradient, which arguably would have been more ‘realistic.’ Graduates, how often you will be told in coming years to be ‘realistic.’ I hope you are told this; it will be a sign you are pursuing your ideals.”
Speeches & Multimedia
- Read the transcript of the Commencement Address by President Anthony W. Marx
- See photos from Senior Assembly 2005
- Read honorand citations for 2005 honorary degree recipients
- See the Baccalaureate Service Gallery
- See the Commencement Photo Gallery