All photos courtesy of the Dartmouth Library.
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![Graduates lined up outside an old Wilson Hall](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-1892_1_1.png?h=de8c8e61&itok=5-PhqtHz)
1892. Graduates gather on East Wheelock Road with the marching band. Wilson Hall can be seen on the far left; Bissell Hall, a gymnasium, is the building in the center. Area photographer Howard H. Langill’s studio is in the foreground.
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![People sitting at the Bema, along with horse-drawn carriages](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-dartmouth-1887-class-day-bema-1.png?h=21880704&itok=J0dM2j31)
Circa 1887. Spectators and graduates listen to class day speeches at the newly constructed Bema.
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![Graduates at commencement in 1894](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/1894-commencement_1.png?h=291bbff0&itok=0_mw6aFT)
1894. A commencement scene in front of Dartmouth Hall. Rollins Chapel can be seen in the background.
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![A group of people gathered on a lawn wearing dressy attire](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-1892_2.png?h=7e45cfb8&itok=lTRsrEyd)
1895. Crowds congregate on the Green on class day.
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![A crowd of people and horses outside the Collis Center](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-classday1900s.png?h=e5672930&itok=DMY1QThX)
Early 1900s. A crowd assembles outside College Hall, constructed in 1902, on class day. The building, known today as Collis Center, replaced the A.P. Balch Mansion, which burned down in 1900.
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![A crowd of people standing around a large pine tree](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-class-day-pine-1895-1.jpeg?h=dfc654cb&itok=jLRNseKH)
1895. Graduates encircle the Old Pine after the completion of class day exercises in the Bema. Shattuck Observatory can be seen in the background.
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![Graduates forming an s-curve line marching to Bema](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-1903.png?h=7e45cfb8&itok=Hpv84h_9)
1903. Graduates march to the Bema. Shattuck Observatory and Bartlett Tower can be seen in the background.
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![People walking across the Green in 1907](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/1900-commencement-north-fayerweather-1.png?h=291bbff0&itok=nFzfYXqt)
Circa 1907. Commencement onlookers follow graduates returning from the Bema toward the newly rebuilt Dartmouth Hall. North Fayerweather, seen to the left, was completed in 1907.
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![Graduates sitting in Webster Hall](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/untitled-2.psdcommencement-1908-webster-hall-2-2%20%281%29.png?h=444fc133&itok=qZpLMYLM)
1908. Completed in 1907, Webster Hall was the site of commencement from 1908 through 1930.
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![Graduates and families sitting in lines in front of Dartmouth Hall](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-1913-dartmouth-hall-2.png?h=444fc133&itok=mwirwmNm)
1913. Graduates and onlookers gather in front of Dartmouth Hall.
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![Graduates sitting in the grass listening to a speaker](/sites/home/files/styles/3_2_lg/public/2022-07/commencement-1919-class-day.jpeg?h=d304afd0&itok=q7q95-lD)
1919. Graduates listen to Robert Proctor, Class of 1919, deliver “class prophecies” during class day exercises on June 23, 1919, in the Bema.