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I agree.EMERSON COLLEGE 130 Beacon Street, Boston 16, Massachusetts PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT KE 6*3340 RELEASE: CITATION FOR HONORARY DEGREE OF LITT.D. GIVEN TO RED SKELTON NOVEMBER 5, I96I Richard Bernard Bkelton, consummate entertainer, versatile actor, skilled artist of the television screen: Emerson College for more than three quarters of a century has been engaged In the teaching of speech and the dramatic arts. Before ever the radio or the television had emerged to enrich the vast potential of the human voice and histrionic skill, Emerson was seeking to dis- cover and perfect the expression of the natural personality. Through the wilderness of an age of bombast and rhetorical oratory, the founder of this College lead the way to the promised land of sincerity of speech and integrity of communication. You have brought rich talents and an indefatigable drive to your profession carrying the art of pantomine to new heights. Your peers recognize you gladly as princeps facile among them. Millions know and love you for your discerning and humorous exposition of contemporary American life on the television screen. Those who know you even more intimately honor you for your countless good works and the sincerity and depth of your character. (MORE) Founded 1880 Co-Educational Accredited Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees