View a RealVideo presentation of "Clarissima" from the 1999 Commencement ceremonies. (You need the free RealPlayer 8 Basic.)

View a RealVideo presentation of "Clarissima" from the 1998 Commencement ceremonies. (You need the free RealPlayer 8 Basic.)

An enduring Commencement tradition, "Clarissima," was composed by Brenton C. Patterson and written by Ralph W. Taylor, both from the class of 1911. New lyrics were written by the late Dean B. Doner, a Vice President of BU from 1973 to 1986.