Article: Meeting House Commencement tradition in jeopardy at Brown U.

Alissa Cerny
University Wire
03-23-2006
(Brown Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Due to the large size of the class of 2006 and heightened enforcement of fire regulations, it will be impossible to seat the entire senior class in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America during the College ceremony, which is held on the Sunday of Commencement Weekend.

The Brown Corporation is considering two possible solutions to the problem and is expected to make a decision by the end of the month, according to Russell Carey '91, vice president and secretary of the University.

Carey informed seniors of the space constraint in an e-mail sent March 9.

Traditionally, the Meeting House, ...

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