Beckham CO. OK  Commencement Exercises at Sayre High School, 1915

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 The Sayre Standard May 27, 1915
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF SAYRE HIGH SCHOOL
The commencement exercises of the Sayre High school came last Thursday
evening at the close of a week of social events in which the young people
always delight at the end of the school year. The exercises were held at
the Methodist church and this, the largest and most commodious building
in the city, was crowded to overflowing. The Senior class consisted of
eight members, four boys and four girls, all of whom aquitted themselves
with credit to themselves and their teachers at the exercises Thursday
evening. The graduates were Oren Youker, Lea Elizabeth Hill, Nancie Ethel
Puckett, Florence Mona Leeper, Nett Belle Smith, Clarence LeRoy McDonald,
Mark Allen Leeper and John Paul Russell. The following program was rendered:
Invocation - Rev. L.A. Betcher
Chorus - "Welcome Merry Springtime" High School
Piano Solo - "Birds of Spring" Lange - Ethel Puckett
Salutorian - "Triumphs of Perseverance" - Ethel Puckett
Trio - "Oh Lovely Night" - Florence Leep, Nett Smith, Ethel Puckett
Valedictorian - "Courage to Dare" - Oran Youker
Piano Solor - "Valse Cparice" - New land - Lea Hill
Address - Dr. C.R. Day, University of Oklahoma
Chorus - "The Red Scarf" -
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Presentation of Diplomas - Rev. J.E. Gwatkin
Benediction - Rev. L.A. Betcher