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William H. Barker, Donald Bertram Gilman, John Lawrence, and Thomas Broomel Rhines, all class officers in the graduating class, pose on the steps of Symphony Hall at Commencement 1932.

Original caption: "The seniors who will lead their class in the sixty-fifth graduation exercises of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Symphony Hall on Tuesday morning, June 7. Left to right: Donald B. Gilman, Quincy, president of the class of 1932; John Lawrence, Rutland, Vt., second marshal; William H. Barker, Norwich, N. Y., first marshal; and Thomas B. Rhines, Watertown, N. Y., third marshal. From John J. Rowlands, Director of News Service Mass. Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. FOR RELEASE IN AFTERNOON PAPERS OF SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1932."