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Show Schools Graduate Tomonw s Leaders Highland Hi KATHY SCHWERTZ An important first is taking place tonight at Highland High School in the spacious auditorium. MOTHER AND SON , GRADUATE TOGETHER Mrs. Thomas C. Madron and her son Thomas W. Madron,767 Bryan Ave., will receive their diplomas Saturday morning. Mrs. Madron, a kindergarten teacher at Liberty School, will receive a B.A. with major in elementary education and her son Tom a BJS. with major in political science. Tom Madron is president of the Young Demo crats chapter at the College. Beginning at 6:00 p. m. Salt Lake City's newest high School will hold its first commencement commence-ment exercise and graduate its first senior class. This class of 375 students stu-dents includes 186 boys and 189 girls. ... --.,1 I -pi y Clad in black and white caps and gowns for boys and girls respectively, the senior class will make its history making march, witnessed by parents, relatives, and friends, down the aisles to seats placed on the stage. Five students have been selected sel-ected as valedictorians for the class of '59. A symposium, conducted con-ducted with the theme "In the Time of Your Life. Live" by William Saroyan, will feature Mike 1 Soulier, Don Yactman, Mary Lynne Marsh. Kav Hayes, and Dixie Clegg Mrs . Madron and son Tom. M.. .,..alMH MMMWMWMB Student speakers selected for graduation. Bottom row: Carolyn Poulsen and Jeannine Wright. Second row: Karen Cheney, Mar go McMurdie, and Judy Thiede. Top row: Richard Cope ' : :; v7--- As representatives from the Board of Education George A. Christensen, Wallace F. Toronto, and Virgil H. Smith will attend with Dr. Marion Merkley giving the response. . Several selections will be rendered ren-dered by the A'capella choir directed dir-ected by Paul Christensen, music teacher. This memorable event will mark the conclusion of two years of singing together for the choir. Seniors have been stamping and mailing announcement cards to friends and relatives. They are allowed to give admittance cards to five persons a graduate. Following extensive tryouts these five students were chosen by a faculty committee who also named Jo Anne Lacey, Irene Hardy, and Ralph Nielson as alternate speakers. speak-ers. Mike, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Soulier, 2206 E. 17 So., will speak on "Knowledge Itself is a Power," Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zar E. Hayes, 2349Maywood Drive, has the topic, "I Am Only One, But I Am One". Don Yactman, Yact-man, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Yactman, 2306 Garfield Ave., will speak on "Understanding Binds All Men". The other speakers 'topics are: Dixie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will L. Clegg, 1901 Hillcrest Ave. "Life is a Measure to be Filled"; and Mary Lynne, daughter of Mr. ahd Mrs. M. Thirl Marsh, 2197 S. 22 E.,"Beginning Comes But Once." Dr. Fred Arbogast, principal at Highland, will address the graduates grad-uates and audience and will also receive the senior class gift at this occasion. Westminster Baccalaureate speaker. The Rev. S. Macon Cowles, Jr. SUBSCRIBE TO THE J.E. WPEPEUOENT Granite Hi JUDYHANSEN "She Will Remember..." part of the song of the "G" was selected as the theme throughout the 90-minute 90-minute program Friday night as into anything we want. It can be a stumbling-block on the road of success or a stepping-stone to greater things, " said Miss Thiede. Richard Cope pointed out a need for continued education in his remarks concerning "Goals Through Vocations." "We must remember that we are not merely the architects of our future careers ; we must think of ourselves as sculptors," said Mr. Cope. "We inherited our opportunity to take upon us the responsibilities of our great freedoms. We must be a thoughtful people, an informed people, a generous people in our dealing with others. The triumph of democracy, rests first and last on a nation's sound and enlightened enlight-ened citizenry. We are those citizens cit-izens and we shall never forget the teachings we have received at Granite," said Margo McMurdie speaking on the subject, "Our Priceless Heritage". "We know that one of our greatest challenges is to keep the traditions' of our America a-live, a-live, and the only way we can achieve this is through understanding under-standing and developing her culture," cul-ture," said Jeannine Wright. Carolyn Poulsen, who gave an evaluation of the thoughts of the speakers, said: "Tonight we have achieved one of the goals in life, one of the " important rounds on the ladder of happiness and success has been reached. To our parents who have sacrificed so much, to our teachers whose efforts have contributed to our mental growth, and to all those who have aided us in this challenging achievement in life, we wish to extend our appreciation apprecia-tion and thanks." an even 400 seniors robed in blue and white caps and gowns, were given graduation diplomas, diplo-mas, "Each of us has been given a set of tools, a shapeless shape-less mass, and one book of rules. From i ' .. V- -V: i ' " ' v ' f ' - . . ' . . ' ' .1 v.: v - . ' : i u v xvv f- these things we must make of our lives either a stumbling block or a stepping sone," said Judy Thiede, one of five student speakers , "The set of tools is our intelligence, in-telligence, our initiative, our courage, cour-age, and our perseverance. The book of rules is our parents, our teachers and all others who have influenced us. The shapeless mass, our future. By the use of tools and the book of rules we can make this mass, our future, Kathy Schwertz, columnist from Highland High School, Independent Staff, interviews award winning seniors, Mike Soulier, Kay Hayes, and Don Yactman. |