I do not easily confer this title on others.

Some institutions confer the title on the class member chosen to deliver the final graduation address, regardless of the speaker's academic credentials.

The statute did not confer a title upon these local agents of federal authority, but subsequent statutes and court decisions referred to them most frequently as district attorneys.

Historically and traditionally, however, schools confer the title upon the top ranking graduate of the class, who thereby earns the honor of delivering the valedictory address.

Some schools may feature co-valedictorians in lieu of conferring the title on a single individual from among the graduating class.