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BACCALAUREATE SERVICES Ishpeming High School Auditorium Ishpeming, Michigan Sunday, June 10, 1945 3:00 P, M. PROGRAM Processlonal Hymn . ................ . . . . . .. O Master Let Me Walk With Thee Invocation Lift Thine Eyes Elijah .. .................. ........ - ........... . .. Mendelssohn Scripture Reading . ..,.. .. Sanctus from the St. Cecel Baccalaureate Sermon . . . Hymn ....... ....... Benediction Recessional Class Colors: Blue and Gold Processional ......... , . President's Address .... . Duet-Arlene Bess, Joann Johnson ia Mass . . . ................. . . . Mixed Chorus ' n5b5L5hl1'wA515y Barat ' ' ' ..............-........-. CLASS NIGHT PROGRAM Ishpeming High School Auditorium Wednesday, June 13, 1945 8:15 P, M, Class Motto: Looking Forward to a Brighter Day ................................... when Moonbeams Softly Fan .. ..................... .. . . . .Matthew 13:1-23 . ............... .Gounod . . . Thc Quest for the Best . On Our Way Rejoicing Class Flower: Morning Glory . . . .Hail, Beacon Light . . . . . . . .Keith LeClair .........Seitz ............,...Dichmont Ma Little Banjo .............. ..................................... Senior Girls' Glee Club Class History-Statistics ...... ............. .......... c o mpiled and written by Walter Hansen Ethel Mae DeRoche Song of Love- Blossom Time ......... .............................. .... S c hubert-Romberg Indian Love Call ..... ,........................................... .......... .............. F r i ml Duet-Mary V. Hennessey, Keith LeClair Irma Isaacson Leonore Nigra, Class Giftatory-Prophecy. . . . . Barbara Johnson, Frances Roti, Helen Kaarto Elaine Laakso Night Song .............. ............ .................. ........... C l o key Indian 'Love Lament ..... ......... ........ . .... ........ ......... M a d s en Girls' Octet Presentation of Memorial ................ ......... M ary Lee Andrew Class Song ..... ........ ............. .... . . . Words by Marjorie Gothe Recessional . . ........................... ............... . Coronation March-Meyerbeer Processional . . . - COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Ishpeming High School Auditorium Friday, June 15, 1945 8:15 P. M. Invocation . .... Salutatoryz Meeting the Challenge ............... ............. The Prayer Perfect ...... ' ' ' ' ' ' 66555's615liiAi'tifijeE12i'ii- ' ' The Nobler Modes of Life . ............................ . The Bubble ..... ........ Summer Time . . . . . . . Valedictory: A Challenge t Over the Land Is April . . Crescent Moon .......... Presentation of Diplomas Recessional ............. Pugze Twenty-Two Mixed Double Quartet o American Women .............. ' ' ' 'eiiis 'dies' Cliih ' of. ....--.-...--...- -- . . . . . . Hail, Beacon Light Reverend C. C. Osterberg Mary Vaughn Hennessey Stenson . . . John Chillman Friml . . . . . Gershwin . . Bertha Johnson . ...... Charles Charles .. . Supt. O. E, Johnson . . . . . Auld Lang Syne l I
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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Speaking for the members of the Class of 1945 I bid you welcome to our Commencement Exercises. This night has been our goal for most of our livesg we have awaited, partly in joy and partly in sorrow, the anticipation of the unfolding future, but the sorrow over an empty place that it will leave in our everyday lives, This school has molded a major part of us like a great skillful sculptor. One year ago, the graduates of the 1944 class sat in these same places and were told by their President of ,the challenge confronting them. The clouds were darker then. Now even though we can lift up our heads and face the future with new resolve, our task is still a challenge, because the prospect of peace is always more challenging than fighting a war, We all have our ideals and ideas about happi- ness and peace, the ideals which most of us have in common are freedom and liberty. It is dif- ficult to define these terms, but we of the grad- uating class have lived for at least sixteen or sevent-een years without knowing anything ex- cept freedom and self-expression. Some of us in a few months will be fighting for these things, fighting so others might have a chance to en- joy th-em---people of France, Poland, China, and many other countries. Ours is a world of service, service of the in- dividual, Ours is a nation of service. Our in- dividual lives should strengthen and preserve the truths we hold to be self-evident. We can serve our city, our country, our God. We can serve the other fellow and he in turn will Serve us. Our motto is Looking ahead to a brighter day, and with this service idea in mind we, the Class of 1945, should not sit idly waiting and hoping for that day, but should strive to begin our new life with a conviction that we as in- dividuals can help make the world a little brighter. Here we are, at the end of a trail and at the beginning of a new one. All our lives will be a succession of trails that end and start at vari- ous intervals, But this end and this beginning is most significant in our lives, The trail that we have finished for most of us has been straight and smooth, but widening day by day. We will need great strength to keep our future trail straight and broaden our vision, to widen our path beyond the view of ignorance and pre- judice. With the help of our mothers, fathers, teachers, and friends we can hope for a well marked, well banked highway to a better to- morrow, This is the beginning of our Commencement exercises, this is the beginning of tue end of our high school days. This whole week will be one of the most pleasant in our treasure chest of memories. On behalf of the graduating class I would like to thank all who have had a part in making this possible, our parents, teachers, and many friends, May your wise counsel' and en- couragement bear rich fruit. May your hopes for us be realized. May we all confidently Look forward to a brighter day. -KEITH C. LECLAIR CLASS HISTORY-STATISTICS We, the members of the Class of 1945, have completed our formal education in the Ishpem- ing schools. The past four years of our high school days have been four years of strain and difficulty for our country, four years of blood- shed and brutality for the world, and four years of advancement and learning for us as students. Now, with victory over both of our enemies as- sured, we are faced with the problem not only of establishing and maintaining a peace, but of understanding and appreciating the privileges and freedoms that, as Americans, we have en- joyed. To safeguard the nation from subversive foreign influence, and from destructive internal danger, the people must be well informed, phys- ically fit, and mentally alert, Let us examine the graduating class to see what preparation it has had for such requirements, Most of us began school in September of 1932, at which time 143 were enrolled in the local kindergarten. The present graduating class numbers only 76, which is small in comparison with former years. Of this number 84W have always attended the school systems of Ishpelning. Four who entered as seniors this year, Andrew DellAngelo, Norman Hoiem, Roy Oja, and Keith Forsberg are already in the service. Three others, who were in school until their junior year, Roland Hill, James Willey, and Robert Olds, have been in service for a year or more. The influence of the home is of great im- portance in molding the characteristics and qualities desirable in the future world, In an analysis of our home background, we find that a. surprisingly small percentage, only 43W of the class, had foreign-born parents, compared with 59W of last year's class. Forty-two per cent of the fathers are in some way connected with mining, our chief industry. Six of us speak some language other than English at home. The fact that divorce and separation are practically non-existent shows that we have the basis for a happy home life, Seventeen of us have lost a parent. The increased need for labor may ac- count for the fact .that 23 9? of our mothers work outside of the home, compared with only 127 of last year's class, Twenty-two of the seniors are trusted with the family car on occasion, and a majority of us, 46, are licensed drivers, Half of the class own bicycles. A majority of the class members have small chores to do around the house. The home, then, is aiding in develop- ing the character and the sense of responsibility that is necessary for carrying out the duties im- posed upon us by life in a democracy. The ancestry of the seniors as a group 'fol- lows the general pattern of past years, as might be expected, since we do not have a migratory population. This year the Finnish are the pre- dominating group, although they are not in the majority. The Swedish come next, with the English, French, Italian, Irish, Scotch, German, Danish, and Norwegian following in that Order. Our formal education has included the stand- ard high school courses, with 31 seniors grad- uating from the Science Course, 12 from the General, 11 from the Commercial, 10 from the Manual Arts, 7 from the History and Social Science, and 5 from the Home Economics Course. Running parallel with this formal education Page Twent y-Three
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