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Show Rhett Wintch Graduates at Ricks College TROPIC Rhett Wintch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wintch, Tropic, was among 1,329 receiving degrees April 18 at Ricks College in Rex-burg, Idaho. Over 900 students took part in the 96th annual commencement ceremonies held in the Hart Auditorium campus. Commencement speaker was Ardeth Green Kapp, Young Womens General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Special guests in attendance were Idaho Governor John Evans and Idaho Congressman Richard Stallings. President of Ricks College, Bruce C. Hafen, who will be leaving Ricks College to accept the position as the Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young Un-viersity in Provo, Utah, gave some farewell remarks to the class of 1985. Following commencement exercises, graduates were awarded diplomas at seven separate convocation ceremonies. There were 365 students graduating in Social Sciences, 174 in the Division of Religious and Family Living, 120 in Natural Sciences, 92 in the Industrial Science Division, 74 in Arts and Letters, 80 in Agriculture, and 425 students with undeclared majors recieved general education diplomas. |