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White House Photographs
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Reverend Charles R. Smyth, Headmaster of the Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey (at lectern), delivers the invocation during commencement exercises at American University. Left to right: Reverend Warren H. Bright, Jr., Minister of Glenwood Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio; Ralph C. John, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (in back); President John F. Kennedy; unidentified (in back); Reverend Smyth; Dr. Hurst R. Anderson, President of American University; and John M. Reeves, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. John M. Reeves Athletic Center, American University, Washington, D.C.