View a RealVideo presentation of "Clarissima" from a previous Commencement ceremony:

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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.