Washington High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Washington Court House, OH)

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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 1946 Organ Prelude-The Mystic Hour ..,.. -, .... - - Bfwi ' Karl Kay Processional ,-,, ,,v-A,H.g ,,l, ,,,..cKLC2lCl On, O King Etefllrlln Karl Kay Invocation KK.,-...,.W.. WDW, Ac cc .,.. Reverend H. B. Twining Vocal Solo- Speak To Me of Love ,C .C -- gAa.. ffdn Lffwif Stars In My Eyes --,Y ,A,..-. ,, --.., .,.Y F ritz Kf6i5lEf Nancy Ann Devins' Commencement Address -W .... Reverend Fay Leflleadofwx Dayton, Ohio Piano Solo-Clair de Lune ow... -. ..........,... -- .... Debussy Claire Frances Campbell Presentation of Class --- - ......C..... A. B. Murray Superintendent of Schools Presentation of Diplomas --, e,....,...., Ray Brandenburg President, Board of Education Remarks c-- .............. Stephen C. Brown Principal, Washington High School Benediction ,.-.... --..--- .--. .,... Reverend H. B. Twining Organ Postlude-Fzmczks -, ---W ......... -,-Sellerg Karl Kay 'Accompanist, Miss Mary Elizabeth Browning Congregation please remain seated during Processional and Recessional page lrvenlfen

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FIRST COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Tuesday Evening, June l3, 1876 Music - - lVlusic-Quartet - -- Oration -- lVlusic-Duet - - ,- Oration -- Music-Quartet Oration - Mlisic - Address - Quartet --- .... --- Presentation of Diplomas Music-Quartet -- Benediction --- -----.-- ---Homage to Verdi Prayer Reverend George Carpenter ---The Flag Thatff lV1wed zz Hundred Years ----Our Hundred Years Nettie Hegler ---------Speed My Bark ------- ------ -- ------ Reform-- Public Demand Herbert B. Nlaynard ---,, ,.,. -------- ---- D 11 rzcing over the VVn1Jes ------------, ---A Natiorfs Nursery Ella Simpkins ----------Overture to Fm Dia-vala , ---President of the Board of Education ---'Tis the Heart Makes the Home - ..-. --V ....-..-..--- Prof. M. E. Hard ,---Good Night-from the Opera of Martlza ----------------------Reverend S. Miller -Ohel jam satis- page sixteen

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HISTORY OF W. H. S. The first school held in YVashington was taught by Samuel Loofbourrow in 1813 on the east corner of what is now Paint and Hinde Streets. The second school was located on Market Street between Fayette and North Streets. The present high school site of about four acres was donated by Peter Wendell in 1854. The first building was replaced by a new building in 1884, but the present building wasn't erected until 1912. There was no formal program of education until 1874 when Supt P. Patterson set up an eight-year grade school with a three year high school. The students of high school age who were attending school in 1874 were given the privilege of completing a three-year course in two years. Three students 'took advantage of this. During 1939 an extensive building program was completed, which made it possible to organize a six-year High School. Since the first official classification of High Schools in 1903, VVashington has remained a first class High School, and il member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools :since 1910. Vocational, as well as academic courses, are now being offered. Through the Vocational departments it is possible to extend a more complete education to those wbo are not planning to attend college. Home economics, automotive and aviation mechanics, machine shop, and business education are offered. Our auditorium, in the new building, has a seating capacity of eleven hundred seventy-five. lVe have a beautiful Pilcher pipe organ with the pipes located in chambers on either side of the stage, while the movable console can be placed in the pit or on the stage at pleasure. page eighteen