Berkeley High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Berkeley, MO)

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aflfgi Billie Bush, Salutotorian, was a new student at Berkeley Senior High this year, and in her address she expressed her feeling of satisfaction for the educational opportunities which she received in her senior year. it Mr. Leeory King presents the Curator Awards from Missouri University to seniors ranking in the upper ten per cent of their class scholastically. Many Honored at Graduation Exercises Temptation was presented as a piano duet by Dan Baul and Charles Neumann in the graduation program. 183

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As Valedicforian of The Graduating Class of i963, Jane Howe spoke on The imporlance of The help and guidance which parents should give their children. Superintendent of Schools, Mr. T. L. Holman, commended the graduating class as being one of 'rhe finest ever while also reminding them that there was still a lot ahead of fhem To accomplish. 182

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One Hundred Fifty GraduaTe in TwenTy-Fif'Th Anniversary Year In keeping wiTh The Trend Toward greaTer educaTional sTrides during This TwenTy-TiTTh anniversary school year, Berkeley graduaTed iTs largesT class when l5O seniors received Their diplomas May 23, 1963. Because each sTudenT could inviTe only six guesTs To aT- Tend The graduaTion exercises in The audiTorium due To The size of The class, close-circuiT Television was used so ThaT oTher friends mighT aTTend graduaTion exercises and share The exciTemenT and joy of This occasion. The school's cafeTeria accommodaTed a few hundred addi- Tional guesTs, where The close-circuiT Television was re- ceived. In addiTion To special music provided by a senior en- semble direcTed by Miss Shirley Brown, a solo was sung by Gary Kloeppner and a piano dueT was presenTed by Charles Neumann and Don Baul. Senior High School Principal, Mr. Leeory King, presenTed special awards and scholarships To deserving seniors. Special recogniTion To The upper TO percenf of The class scholasTically was also given by Mr. King. Clark TripleTT spoke in behalf of The Senior Class in presenTing gifTs To The school. These gifts included spe- cial clip-on microphones for fuTure dramaTic producTions of The school and a donaTion To The PTA Scholarship Fund. The ValedicTory Address was given by Jane Howe and The SaluTaTory Address by Billie Bush. Mr. King presenTed The class individually To SuperinTend- enT of Schools, Mr. T. L. Holman, who awarded each graduaTe wiTh his diploma. Judy Poe was pianisT for The Processional and Reces- sional Marches.