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FHS Class of 1913



Fairfield High School, Class of 1913


"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Thursday, May 29, 1913
Page 2, Column 2

COMMENCEMENT TONIGHT
Biggest High School Class Graduates in Handsome New Building.


The annual Commencement exercises of the Fairfield will be held this evening at eight o'clock at the new High School building. The of 1913 (sic) is composed of 40 girls and 12 boys.

Following is the program:
Chorus--"Spring Song". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson
Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Roy H. Polly
Chorus--"O Lovely Rose" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vince n
Address of Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . Elmer Fleagle
"The Nation's Triumvirate"--
  "The Mill Boy of the Slashes" . . . . . Nathaniel Birt
"A Great Statesman of New England" . . Cora Schaefer
"An Orator of the South" . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Young
Trio--"Angel's Song"
  Baga Trombone Obligato--             Raymond Cassel
"Originator of Decoration Day" . . . . . Edith Flinspach
"Editor of 'Observer'" . . . . . . . . Frances Hutchison
"Editor of 'The Liberator'" . . . . . . . . Gladys Conner
"Wendel Philips" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor O'Brien
Solo--"When Song is Sweet" . . . . . . Florence Loehr
"Charles Sumner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Wheeler
'National Literature" . . . . . . . . . . . Jennie Vernon
"Washington and Lincoln" . . . . . . . . . . Alvin Wendt
"The Rock of Chickamaugua" . . . . . Lucile Wisecarver
"Americanism" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Starr
Chorus--"The Old Flag" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson
Presentation of Diplomas . . . . . . . . . R. B. Louden,
  President Board of Education.


The members of the graduating class are:

Abbey Lucile Wisecarver
Laura Margaret Flindt .
Lela Blanche Sense .
Victor Joseph O'Brien.
Elizabeth May Emry.
Mildred Iona Clapp .
Ruth Young.
Louis Wheeler
Florence Helen Loehr .
Forrest Clinkenbeard .
Ruth Evangeline Davis .
Francis Vistilla Hutchison
Raymond Cassel.
Florence Gertrude Stephenson .
Elmer Edward Fleagle.
Hazel Sophia Black .
Raymond Holgate.
Helen Merien Starr.
Alvin William Wendt.
Mae Naomi Monson.
Nell Victoria Benson .
Mable May Ericson.
Gladys Delia Conner.
Jennie Lynn Vernon.
Mary Ruth Hudgel
Harry Percival King.
Mildred Kathleen Gaines.
Frances Thelma Spence.
Mary Ethel Rodgers.
Blanche Opal Banta.
Margaret McDonald.
Helen Elizabeth Crail.
Esther Baird.
Charles Griffith.
Harry Burkhart.
Edith May Yeager
Lillian Katheryn Black
Mable Claire Alverson .
Cora Lillian Schaefer.
Nathaniel Schultz Birt.
Lela Edith McCleary.
Mabel Elizabeth Lundquist.
Margaret F. McGaw.
Edith Julia Flinspach.
Helen Lucile Van Nostrand.
Carrie Annetta Webber.
Marguerite Anna Zeigler.
Bessie Gertrude Warren.
Esther Blaine Myrick.
Ivy Maude Galliher.
Alvin Leathers.
Eva Grace Whitmore.



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