b&w photograph
Good condition: ink lines along the left border (at top and bottom), right border (at top and bottom), superior border (right portion), inferior border (right portion ), stain on inferior border (centre left) which runs diagonally in an NW to SE direction, minor diagonal crease originating in inferior left corner and terminating in superior right corner, and small transverse crease superior left corner.
Procession of 1978 convocation in front of Burke Building (Inglis St. side), heading to the Canadian Martyrs' Church. The front portion of a car can be seen in the right foreground, as well as the rear portion of a van or truck in the left background. Graduates are holding candles.
From Art Gallery. The following typed label is on the reverse (superior centre): Please Return To: Information & Public Relations, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., B3H 3C3. The following typed label is on the reverse (centre): Saint Mary's Graduates carry candles to their Baccalaureate Service. The following typed label is on the reverse (inferior to centre): 80 Calendar p.167. 'Baccalaureate procession May '78 H. Solvenson" written on reverse (inferior centre) in pencil. Various ink marks and scribbles on reverse of the photograph. Also found in the Academic Calendar 1980/81, p.167.