Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Th da that nd d high hool be on their way to college or to l job, leaving high school fa behind. Seated around 8:15, th graduates settled down for series of speakers, all stressin the immenseness of the gradt ates' next step in life. Whil speaker Curry luneau, fror Touch Center, pointed towar jesus as the answer, Senior Kare Brinkley stressed the importanc of time in the graduates' lives. For a lighter touch, Senior Bo Reilly and Paul Sonnier Iaugl' ingly sang You've Got a Friend' Later two graduates seeming! characterizing the Class of 191 as lighthearted, skipped arm i arm down the ramp after receiv ingtheir diplomas. Whatever the class charact l graduation moved to completig at 9:45. Graduates went on t parties or family get together bringing with them the memo of their first graduation and thell last bit of high school. l With a large smile, Barron Hobli receives his diploma from Building Pri cipal Dale Stafford. Barron's maj exclamation was Thank God I fina got it. Afterwards Barron and To Hoffman danced back to their seats.

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in conversation, Sarah Keenan her keys and cap preceding the night ceremony. Most seniors not arrive at the scheduled time but by the time 7:30 arrived, the were formed to march out. Gradu- clustered before the ceremony, up on the news with friends ixing their robes and caps. Seniors reminded that caps should be par- tothe ground. I turned around and someone hit me in the head with the point of their cap. So ended high school for loyce Johnson along with 525 other members of the Class of 1979. Even though the ceremony started at 8:00 p.m., May 29, sen- iors had to meet at the Coliseum at 6:45 to have a roll check and to file outside in alphabetical order. The special practice session the Thursday before made the cere- mony a little less confusing for them, however. As the Y's and W's entered the Coliseum, the band playing Triumphant Entry, parents, teachers and administrators took their last view of the high school students they knew. By the end of the summer, the seniors would Anticipating the beginning of the cere- mony, anxious graduates await the arrival of late comers before organizing their entrance procession. inar iff 33' Commencement speaker Curry luneau draws a smile from his audience during his Baccalaureate speech. To the left of the podium are School Board President, Mr. Charles Meeks, General Superin- tendent Mr. Henry Wheeler, Mr. john Buchanan, Invocation Speaker, Rev. lames L. Killen lr., School Board Mem- bers, Dr. Evelyn Clark and Dr. jack Christie, Superintendent for Adminis- tration, Mr. Wade Pogue, Senior Grade Level Principal, Mrs. Sherrill Fisk, Dep- uty Superintendent 'for Personnel, Mr. Les Tucker, Administrative Principal, Mr. lames King, Assistant Superintend- ent for Fiscal Control, Mr. George Hagan, and Superintendent for Busi- ness, Mr. Nolan Morgan. To the right of the podium are Senior Karen Brinkley, Baccalaureate speaker, and Building Principal, Mr. Dale Stafford. graduation 61

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ling farewell to the Class of '79, Rob- iing anticipates the future. It was of sad looking out at everybody thinking l might not ever see them said Robert. In ,rv ne -Jk 'vr' -JN 'T aying gold honor cords, Magna Lau e graduates were asked to .The top SQA in the class was desig- as Magna Cum Laude, and the OZ was designated as Cum Laude. 'ng for everyone to arrive, Susan er and Kelley Smith oof-off. commented, I think alot of peo- ot impatient at the commence- -they were looking ahead to the .s they were going to go to after- S ,, Entering the Coliseum, Ronnie Stukalin and Tracy Surber get ready to pair off and walk down the aisle. The whole time Ronnie felt sick, and he kept tell- ing me to get his parents and sneak him out, Tracy laughingly remarked. Dressed in whitefblack tuxedos, luniors Chris Wallace and Andy Schroth usher the seniors in. Chris explained, l really enjoyed being an usher because a lol ol' my friends were graduating, and it was neat being down there with them. graduation hi