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Warm Welcome Assured

"He was unanimously
approved by the Public
Occasions Committee," said
Mr. Patrick and added that
President Edgar F. Shannon Jr.
had written Mr. Dickey a letter
assuring him of a warm
welcome.

Mr. Patrick said that the
graduation speaker had not yet
been selected, although he said
"we have someone positive in
mind."

He added that they were
looking for "someone of
national prominence" and
mentioned the possibility that
the person they were
considering would probably be
booked up because of his
national stature."

Mr. Dickey won the
National Book Award for
Poetry for "Buckdancer's
Choice" and has written four
other volumes of poetry as
well as numerous essays and
articles. His new novel is
"Death's Baby Machine."