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prayers, hymns, and the presidents farewell address to the graduating class. Remember that improvising in the face of change is exactly what your liberal arts education has prepared you to do, Faust said. The opportunity to renew our mitments and remap our lives is a privilege given only to some generations. And this time its not just a possibility, its a necessity. Almost as old as Harvard itself, the service dates back to the first Commencement in 1642, and gives Harvard officials and clergy a chance to address the senior class before the more scripted events of Commencement itself on Thursday. The service, conducted by the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in