1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Open Forum 9A (1973) FOU2640H 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 (Presenter) Welcome to Alexandra Palace, where The Open University's... 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,000 first congregation attended by 3000 people, has just finished. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,000 600 of the first 900 graduates were presented to the University's... 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 ..second Chancellor, Lord Gardiner, whose installation began the ceremony. 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,000 (grand fanfare) 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:42,000 (grand fanfare and organ music) 8 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 (Presenter) The symbolic moment of installation. The Vice Chancellor robes... 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000 ..Lord Gardiner in the official gown of navy blue edged with gold. 10 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Walter Perry: By the authority of the Royal Charter I hereby install you... 11 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Gerald, Baron Gardiner of Kittisford, Chancellor of The Open University. 12 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Gerald Gardiner: I declare that I will , to the best of my abilities... 13 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,000 ..strive always to uphold the objects of the University as defined in... 14 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 ..article three of the Charter and to maintain the... 15 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,000 ..articles and statutes of the Charter in spirit and in fact. 16 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 (Walter Perry) And I now invite you Sir as Chancellor to... 17 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 ..take the Chair at this congregation of The Open University. 18 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 (Presenter) After Lord Gardiner's installation as Chancellor, 19 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Dr Perry the Vice Chancellor conferred on him the first... 20 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 ..of The Open University's honorary degrees. 21 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 To avoid association with any one faculty the University has... 22 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 ..chosen the degree "Doctor of the University" for honorary graduates. 23 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 (Walter Perry) My Lord and Chancellor. It is the wish of the Senate that you... 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:15,000 ..should yourself be the first recipient of an honorary degree of The Open University. 25 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 (Walter Perry) By the authority of the Senate of The Open University I... 26 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,000 ..confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of the University. 27 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 (applause)