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HIGH SCHOOL THREE 1920s GRADUATION CLASSES _____________________ SOURCE: Original programs for 1918, 1919 and 1921 graduation exercises of Solvay High School. _____________________ Twenty-third Annual Commencement of Solvay High School at Guild Hall Wednesday Evening, June 26, 1918 at eight o'clock Class Motto: Sacrifice and Serve Class Colors: Apricot and Saxe PROGRAM Military March - Orchestra Invocation - Rev. C.F. Littell Chorus - "Song of Deliverance" - S. Coleridge Taylor, HIgh School Glee Club Salutatory - M. Edna O'Donnell Selection - Orchestra Address - Mr. George M. Haight Piano Solo - "Fantasia Impromptu" - Chopin, Frederic W. Martin Tenor Solo - "Selected" - M. L.A. Duren Chorus - Soloists M. Edna O'Donnell and Ruth Forth with High School Glee Club Valedictory Presentation of Junior High Diplomas Presentation of Diplomas Orchestra SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES COLLEGE COURSE Eleanor Armstrong Arthur Donahue Elizabeth Ferguson Margaret Fennelly Earl Gedney Dorothy Handlon Marie Hayes Roland Howe Roland Hunt Katherine Jerome Harold Kelley Allie Kalinowski Frances Kanar Laura Male Kenneth Mellen James Newbold Edna O'Donnell Charles Rolfe Richard Rowland Marion Sidnam Mary Stewart Clifford Tennant NORMAL COURSE Anna Handlon HOUSEHOLD ARTS COURSE Elizabeth Dooley SALESMANSHIP COURSE Charles Farrell COMMERCIAL COURSE Esther Sullivan JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HOUSEHOLD ARTS Jessie Hay Anna Lutz Eleanor Stull COMMERCIAL Verna Bartlett Arthur Carlson Francis Conway James Conley John Dooghan Fred Erwin Frances Haberman Margaret Kennedy PRACTICAL ARTS Stanley Major Robert Williams GENERAL Eldred Timmins ACADEMIC Hilda Bennett Ruth Forth Marjorie Gedney Elizabeth Hammeken Bridie Horan Elizabeth Jerome Milford Kanar Laura Mills Marguerite McCarthy Mildred Martin Grace Martineau Mildred Myers Ellen Spillett Virginia Timmins _____________________ Twenty-fourth Annual Commencement of Solvay High School at Guild Hall Wednesday Evening, June 25, 1919 at eight o'clock Class Motto: Ever Onward Class Flower: Salmon Tea Rose Class Colors: Coral and Ecru PROGRAM Military March - Orchestra Invocation - Rev. O.D. Fisher High School Girls' Glee Club Salutatory - Hazel C. Mills Orchestra Duet - "Selected" - Ruth Forth, Michael Barnell Address - Dean Hugh P. Baker Vocal Solo - Helen M. Riley Harp - Hazel C. Mills Violin - Edward Donahue Valedictory - Doris M. Hicks Presentation of diplomas to Junior High Graduates Presentation of diplomas to Senior HIgh Graduates Orchestra - Miss Charlotte R. Brigham, Director; Miss Ethel C. Grub, Pianist GRADUATES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STENOGRAPHIC COURSE Ethel C. Grub Helen M. Riley COMMERCIAL COURSE Albert E. Bartlett Bernice M. Fulmer George A. Walter COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE Mary Elizabeth Coseo Erma Pauline Cornwell Doris M. Hicks J. Franklin Hyde Hazel C. Mills Harold C. Richardson Edward F. Rowan Helen E. Scutt J. Lisle Townsend Ernest E. Webber Byron S. West JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOUSEHOLD ARTS Cordia Barone Constantina Bome COMMERCIAL COURSE Genevieve Barrigan Louise Callan Mary Carey Elsa Cotier Helen Crozier Gladys Degan Ludwig Grub Martha Grub Ethel Hoare Madeline Kelly Olga Kelley William Kinsella Ethel O'Brien Albert Pope Helen Rutledge Mary Salvetti Dorothy Schmutzler Evelyn Scott Helen Steele Thornton Steingraber Irene Teller ACADEMIC COURSE Katherine Cornu Mary Cross Alton Dorchester Frances Duvall Paul Ely Joseph Fabio William Gray Louise Greene Lurana Hammeken Doris Littlewood Gladys Martin Daniel Mathews Mary Mills _____________________ Twenty-sixth Annual Commencement of Solvay High School at Guild Hall Wednesday Evening, June 22, 1921 at eight fifteen p.m. Class Colors: Turquoise and Ecru Class Motto: Vincit qui se vincit Class Flower: Sunburst Rose PROGRAM March - Orchestra Invocation - Rev. A.W. Battey Junior HIgh School Chorus Salutatory - Helen Dwyer Vocal Solo - Ruth Forth Address - Mr. Horace M. Stone Senior HIgh School Girls' Glee Club Valedictory - Ellen Spillett Presentatin of Diplomas to Junior HIgh School Graduates Chorus - Mixed Glee Club Presentatin of Diplomas to Senior HIgh School Graduates Orchestra GRADUATES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL COURSE C. Arthur Carlson Marjorie Gedney Frances Haberman Margaret E. Kennedy Albert E. Pope Charles W. Riley Helen M. Rutledge Margaret M. Stapleton COLLEGE PREPARATORY Catherine S. Barber Hilda P. Bennett Helen A. Dwyer Bridie M. Horan Solon W. Hyde Elizabeth Jerome Laura R. Mills Ellen F. Spillett Virginia T. Timmins Elizabeth Hammeken GENERAL COURSE Ruth Forth Mildred Martin JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL Charlotte Bonus Harold Campbell Caroline Caporin Helen Carlson Gladys Closson Bertha Cotier Thelma DeChane Doris Ellis Mary Galante Edith Hinsdale Inez Kernan Floyd Kimberly Harry Kimberly Grace Klotz Helen Klotz Cora Lawton Katherine Lundy Edna McShane Frances Morgan Rose Morris Elizabeth Morrissey Helen Mosher John Murphy Cecilia Prue Anna Ripski Charles Sims Clementine Snow Eva Soper Edith Spillett Mary Walsh Margaret Welch Gladys Wheeler Florence Williams Harold Wood COLLEGE PREPARATORY Edith Armstrong Lisle Blanding Leon Cohen Fred Darrow Albert Falkowksi LIrene Fennelly Duane Gedney George Haaf Harvey Hunt John Jackson Margaret Kanar Howard Kennedy Charles Kisella Edward McCollum Frances Mills Oldis Munroe Thomas Munroe Clara Newbold Leonora Pieri Walter Pope Hilda Putziger Salvatore Sandro Laura Scott Gifford Sherwood David Sidnam John Tindall Donald Voorhees Meta Walters William Welch Margaret White Frank Williams _____________________ Class Day Exercises Solvay High Schooool Class of 1921 PROGRAM 1. Orchestra 2. Address of Welcome - Charles Riley 3. Playlet Setting: "The Nest", an inn near Skaneateles Lake Characters: Three maids - Margaret Stapleton, Margaret Kennedy, Helen Rutledge Guests: A poetess - Catherine Barber Her companion - Hilda Bennett Legal friends - Albert Pope, Arthur Carlson Dwellers on facts - Helen Dwyer, Elizabeth Jerome A "grouch" - Marjorie Gedney A "trio" of entertainers - Mildred Martin, Ellen Spillett, Charles Riley Adviser - Ruth Forth Interlopers - Catherine Dwyer, Dwight Hinsdale A naturalist - Frances Haberman Prognosticators - Bridie Horan, Virginia Timmins Musicians - Elizabeth Hammeken, Laura Mills 4. Presentation - Charles Riley 5. Acceptancen - Mr. Duvall 6. Orchestra Pianist - Frances Haberman CLASS DAY COMMITTEE Miss DeLamater Miss Aldrich Miss Southworth Laura Mills Helen Dwyer Elizabeth Hammeken Albert Pope CLASS ROLL Charles Riley - President Marjorie Gedney - V. Pres. Frances Haberman - Sec. Mildred Martin - Treasurer Catherine Barber Hilda Bennett Arthur Carlson Helen Dwyer Ruth Forth Elizabeth Hammeken Bridie Horan Solon Hyde Margaret Kennedy Elizabeth Jerome Laura Mills Albert Pope Helen Rutledge Ellen Spillett Margaret Stapleton Virginia Timmins Class colors - Turquoise and ecru Class motto - "Vincit qui se vincit" Class flower - Sunburst rose _____ Contributed by Martha Perry Magill Copyright © 2002 Martha Perry Magill All Rights Reserved.