Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Beverly Vander Molen delivers her ex- cellent valedicfory address which was Qypical of all her high school work. ax Charlotte Westcoif sings O Lord Most Holy . Peggy Procfor receives one Bill Pollard, presidenf of the Senior class, presents the ofthe seventy-one diplomas class gift, a portable plaiform, to Mr. Johnson. given out fhis year.

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Led by flag bearers Jim Hanchett and Bob Carlson and marshals Faith Mortenson and An- nette Robinson the Seniors march to Commence- ment. Rev. Edwin S. Johnson of Havertown, Pennsyl- vania delivers the address. 9- L-1 With beautiful weather overhead and the lux- uriant green ofthe Academy campus around the ninety-seventh annual Commencement of Whea- ton Academy was held on June 9. Except for the oversight of forgetting to have the Seniors change their tassels as practiced, the program moved along fine. The Seniors marched in on Pomp and Circumstance played on the organ by Wilson Augsburger. We were honored by the presence of the President of Wheaton College, Dr. V. Raymond Edman, who presided. In her valedictory address Beverly Vander Molen ex- pressed the thoughts of the whole Senior class as she revieved our stay at the Academy and what it now meant to us. Senior Charlette West- cott and the Senior Brass Trio of Bob Van Kampen, Bob Rasera, and Chuck Walles furnish- ed special music. Rev. Edwin S. Johnson in his address to the graduates urged them to stand stilI long enough to find out God's will and then go forward in His will. After Mr. Swanson awarded the honors, Mr. Melvin Johnson stood up and the moment we had all been waiting for was here. From the first one, Dan Volle, to Bob Rasera at the end of the line by handing out the diplomas, Mr. J graduated the largest Academy class - seventy-one. the exercises. GRADUATIGN E Dr. V. Raymond Edman, pre-sident of Wheaton College, presides over

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