Burnham High School - Burgoblac Yearbook (Burnham, PA)

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rid CD35 GH. fm, X pg. Commencement Exercises BURNHAM HIGH SCHOOL Class of Nineteen Twenty-seven Thursday, June 2nd, 1927 Burnham Y. M. C. A. 'WJ Q Music .ee.... - .e... .S. S. W. Co. Band Invocation ..........f..4f..,Ae4...........,.....eee,.eee.....ee .A,Ae.,. R ev. G. L. Maice Salutatory, A Dozen Years of Schooling ..... A........,... . Ruth Pursel Music .,.... ......,.ee....,ee.,ee.eeeee ,.eeeeeee S . S. W. Co. Band Valedictory, What's Next ...... .... .......... Ruth Jacobs Address ...................,.............,...................................... Rev. Dr. J. E. Skillington Pastor First Methodist Church, Altoona, Pa. Music .................................. ..... S. S. W. Co. Band Presentation of Diplomas ............................................................ John L. Pandel Secretary, Board of Education Class Song ........ ...... . . ................. Graduates Benediction ...... ..,.... R ev. H. F. Brumbaugh TWENTY-S EVEN

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AA, 'A ft - -..ax f ,f- is 'L A . B T W X ,, - Um UHDG5 3?i- .,Y,-, -+,- V ..-L, Y 7 Baccalaureate Sermon E The Baccalaureate Services were held in the Burnham Methodist Church, Sunday evening, May 29th. The Sermon was preached by Rev. W. C. Swigart, pastor of the Burnham Brethren Church. The Theme was God's Perfect Law. Text: Psalm 19:7. The Law of the Lord is Perfect, converting the Soul. Address of Welcome rrreer.. r,.i Who's Who er...cr Class History ...,rc Class Anatomy eer,,rc Violin Solo or ,,... Class Reporter e,e,..e Class Prophecy v,er,i Motto Oration ,err. Male Quartette rr...., -1 Class Day Program May 31, 1927 ,- Russell Lauver er--WT--William Creighton James Jacobs, John Fagan Averil Creighton T,----,Paul Kanour ,e-e----,-rSusan Miller - ei.ere Ruth Pursel ee,eRuth Jacobs Russell Lauver-lst Tenor Joseph Hunter-2nd Tenor Wm. Creighton-lst Bass Lockwood Crownover-2nd Bass Wit and Humor rre... .ee,re...,.ri,...,.,,r.rr......r,e P Ellis Hamaker Class Scandal .,,.e.. ....vre M ary Hoopes Vocal Solo rrrr....e.e..,...r S....,........,..e.ree...r........,r P Alma Leeper Class Will ,rrrrrree.,.,errrr M r,., .,........e....r..,r........,.... K athryn Mowery Presentation of Gifts ,...e rrr., J ...,er.. Martha MacElWee, Roger Harper Mantle Oration r,....re.. - .rr.... , ,e,,... Senior Class President, Russell Lauver Junior Acceptance ...,ere rr....,e J unior Class President, Harry Pully Class Song r..,ee,er.,eeeee. ...,eee,...e,vee....,.,.....,,er.,....eee,e,e, C lass of 1927 TWENTY SIX

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I 1 I fill - 1 A ' CDH-DQS s 3, 1 W 2 fl'g ' iffy, v A- jr 5 gg, T, -jfggg COMMENCEMENTS-THEMES-SUBJECTS-SPEAKERS, 1916-1927 3 1916-Theme: Peace and Preparednessv Salutatory: Value of Preparedness ,..,, , ,,,,,,...,.... Valedictory: Expediency of Peace ..,.,,,,....,,,.. , ,,,,, , ,,,. Speaker: Prof. F. C. Bowersox, Lewistown, Pa. 1917-Theme: Woman - Success .......-.Otis Pandel ,,,.-..,BroWn Close Salutatory: The Woman of Today , ,,,,....,.. ,.....,....... C laire Shirk Valedictoryz Upward and Onward ....,,,,,...,...,,, ...,..7,, M artha Hamilton Speaker: Dr. M. S. Kemp, Watsontown, Pa. . 1928-Theme: The Cross and the Triangle ' Salutatory: The American Red Cross .,,.,,,.,......., . ..,,.o.,. ,........ A melia Harper Valedictory: Y. M. C. A. Work in the World War ......,,., .,-,,,Admiral Mertz Speaker: Dr. J. H. Yeager, Yeagertown, Pa. 1919-Theme: The End of the Great War Salutaotory: Peace ,C,.,.........,.,,,,,,,.,,,,, , .........7. ,....,. M arcellus Collins Valedictory: Victory ,.,.....,,,,.,,,,,,,, ...........,,,,, , 1 .........v,. Reta Leeper Speaker: Dr. C. C. Ellis, Huntingdon, Pa. 1920-Theme: Reconstruction Problems Salutatoryz Past Progress and the Present Peril .,,........,............ Minnie Lynn Valedictoryz Rebuilding the World by the Golden Rule ....,,,7,,,, Margaret Nagle Speaker: Dr. George P. Bible, Bellefonte, Pa. 1921-Theme: A High School Education Salutatoryz Open Sesame ...,. .,., , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. Valedictory: Treasure Hunting ..........,,i.. ..,.. Speaker: Dr. H. J. Whalen, Greensburg, Pa. ,.....-,Frank Shirk ........Paul Hamaker 1922-Theme: Citizenship Salutatory: The Citizen of Tomorrow--His Preparation ..,,.,...,, Harold Pursel Valedictory: The Citizen of Tomorrow-His Prospects ..... Speaker: Prof. F. H. Gaige, Millersville, Pa. 1923-Theme: Success Salutatory: Traits of Winners ,,,. ,,,, ,,,,,,, , , .7,.... Valedictoryx The Message of a Noble Life ,,,,.. 7 Speaker: Dr. Robert Bagnell, Harrisburg, Pa. 1924-Theme: Democracy 1925 1926 1927 Salutatory: A Religious Democracy ,,,, ,,,l.. Valedictory: An Intelligent Democracy ,.....,,.. Speaker: Rev. L. E. Bair, Greensburg, Pa. -Theme Home Salutatory: Home--Its Fireside ,,,,,,......,,...i......... Valedictory: Horne-Its Threshold ,,,,,,,.....,.,,,,,.,.. Speaker: Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh, Huntingdon, Pa. -Theme : The Sesqui Salutatory: America-150 Years Young ,.,,..... Valedictory: America-The Next 150 Years ....,,, Speaker: Dr. Ezra Lehman, Shippensburg, Pa. --Theme: Our Alma Matern Salutatory: A Dozen Years of Schooling .,,,,,..,...... Valedictoryz What's Next? ,,,,,,i................... . ............... Speaker: Rev. Dr. J. E. Skillington, Altoona, Pa. TWENTY-EIGHT Margaret Patterson Louise Stewart - ..,..,. . Bessie Mink .........Martha Johns ....,,,.Sara Dorsett ...-....Mi1dred Hamaker ..,,...Margaret Jacobs ....,..Mildred Sipe .,,....Evelyn Bay .-,.,....Ruth Pursel .1,.,,..Ruth Jacobs