Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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BACCALAUREATE The sermon to the graduates was given by The Reverend E. Lansing Bennett, pastor of Sal¬ isbury ' s Presbyterian Church, on Sunday even¬ ing, May 31, in the high school auditorium. His sermon, The Rules of the Game , was more like an informal chat, and his vivid illus¬ trations drove home his points better than any pounding of the pulpit. He stated the four pri¬ mary rules -- courage, tolerance, sportsman¬ ship, and perseverance -- and illustrated each with striking examples taken from different parts of the sports world. After the concluding hymn and the benedic¬ tion, the graduates marched out to the familiar strains of Pomp and Circumstance . The Reverend E. Lansing Bennett The 1953 Commencement Exer¬ cises also took place in the high school auditorium, on the evening of June 4. The Reverend Arthur M. Doepp gave the invocation and benediction, and the guest speaker was Dr. Ken¬ neth R. Walker, professor of history atGoucher College in Baltimore. His address, The Quest For Security , emphasized the insecurities of the world that today ' s graduates enter. He stated that complete security was an illusion, that any real security must be found within one ' s self. After the benediction, members of the graduating class sang their Alma Mater, and to Verdi ' s Triumphal March , they took their final steps out of Wicomico High School and into the world. Alan Taylor, Class Orator Senior Class President Max Franks receives his diploma from Mrs. B. Lee Hay- man, member of the Wicomico County Board of Education.

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- SR. BANQUET Senior Class President, Max Franks, replies to the Toast to the Seniors.

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• % • [I SENIOR v Patsy Elliott was judged the Best Majorette of Maryland by the Auto¬ mobile Club of Maryland as a result of her performance at the School Boy Patrol Parade in Washington, D.C. AWARDS 1 FIRST ROW, LEFT-RIGHT: Ida Mae Hove, Francis Marion Gunby Award; Yvonne Willing, Salisbury Na¬ tional Bank Commercial Award; Patty Sullivan, Sons of the American Revolution Award; Virginia Tull, Les¬ lie Purnell White Athletic Award; Marie Dixon, Wi¬ comico Woman’s Club Award; Mary Mac Dick, Thom¬ as H. Williams ’’Old Home” Prize. SECOND ROW: Danny Wagner, Billy Mitchell Sportsmanship Award; Chuck Smith, E. Sheldon Jones Athletic Award; Ed Brown, Rotary Club Award and F.F.A. Farm Bureau Award; Bill Wyatt, Sons of the American Revolution Award; Bobby Hardiman, Sam Seidel Basketball Award; Russell Davis, Lions Club Scholastic Award; Kenneth Evans, Arthur Ahrens Memorial Award (Kiwanis) and The Class of ' 22 Award; Raymond Brown, William Collins Band Award.