MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI

Twenty-nine seniors of the class of 1937 of Wilton High School received their diplomas at the 58th annual high school commencement exercises held in the school auditorium last Thursday evening.

Stressing the value of education in fitting one's self to better meet the challenge of present day conditions, Rev. Vance Webster, pastor of the First Baptist church of Muscatine, told the graduates that "The life that counts is the prepared life of those willing to pay the price of preparedness."

Rev. Webster's address was the feature of the evening's program which also included the presentation of awards and honors to various members of the class who earned distinction during their high school careers.

The program opened with playing of the:

Procession: by Miss Elizabeth Martin
Invocation: by Rev. G. F. Meier
Song: "Forget Me Not" by Girls' Glee Club
Talk: by Hilbert Marolf (senior class representative)
Introduction of Speaker: Bernard Duffe, class president
Address: Rev. Vance Webster
Presentation of Class: Supt. A. C. Baumgartner
Presentation of Diplomas: H. R. Maurer, Jr., president of Board of Directors
Song: "Flying Clouds" by the Girls' Glee Club
Benediction: by Rev. J. M. Newgard

The class motto was "The Higher We Rise the Broader the View," the class flower; yellow rose, and the colors; royal blue and gold.

The class roll was as follows:

CLASS OF 1937

Kennet Atkinson

June Collier

Howard Coss

Loraine Darting

Bernard Duffe

Marion Einfeldt

Otilda Erickson

George Freeland

Richard Fulton

Thomas Grings

Paul Hain

Bernice Hanson

Mildred Johnson

Robert Leech

Bernice Lenker

Harry Luethye

Katherine Maher

Dean Marolf

Hilbert Marolf

Eloise Martin

Irwin Maurer

Stella Niles

Florence Norton

Rita Roederer

Elizabeth Romann

Kenneth Rottman

Vera Soukup

Helen Woodhouse

James Valet

CLASS OF 1937 WIN MANY HONOR AWARDS

The honor roll of eight Wilton high school seniors with an average of 90 per cent or better for their four year course was announced at the Commencement exercises Thursday night: They were as follows: Kennet Atkinson, Bernard Duffe, Harry Luethye, June Collier, Florence Norton, Vera Soukup, Otilda Erickson, Bernice Hanson.

Students acquiring recognition in declamatory work were: Florence Norton, Hilbert Marolf, James Valet, Eloise Martin, Mildred Johnson, Vera Soukup.

Typing awards for 45 or more words per minute went to June Collier, Paul Hain, Bernard Duffe, Katherine Maher, Florence Norton, Eloise Martin, Bernice Hanson, Otilda Erickson, Mildred Johnson, Helen Woodhouse.

Typing roll of honor for 50 words or more in a 15 minute speed test: Florence Norton, June Collier, Eloise Martin, Mildred Johnson, Bernard Duffe.

Awards for three years work in Glee Club: Mildred Johnson, Rita Roederer, Stella Niles, Bernice Lenker, Loraine Darting, Marion Einfeldt, Florence Norton, June Collier, Otilda Erickson, Elizabeth Romann, Eloise Martin, Tom Grings, Paul Hain.

Recognition in athletics: Thomas Grings, Kennet Atkinson, Irwin Maurer, Paul Hain, Bernard Duffe, Howard Coss, Richard Fulton, Harry Luethye, Robert Leech, George Freeland.

Recognition in essay contest work: Vera Soukup.

Attendance records: Richard Fulton, perfect attendance for seven years; Kennet Atkinson, perfect attendance for four years.