Ilion High School - Class of 1917

The Utica Herald Dispatch - June 26, 1917

School Exercies

Commencement To-night

Article 2

Commencement To-night

To-night the High School commencement will be held when the following programme will be carried out:

The program was as follows:

March, "X'nder the Double Eagle" (Wagner), High School Orchestra; prayer, the Rev. Calvin H. French; "Influence of Woman In Society," Margaret Toomey; "Equal Wages," Lillian Burch; overture, "Mignonette" (Baumann), High School Orchestra; "Preparedness," Juyen J. Namminga; "Higher Education," Irene Sweet; "The Value of the Regents' System," Gertrude Burns (excused); violin solo, "Faust Fantasia de Concert. Op. 47" (D. Aluad), Constance A. Miller; accompanist, Miss Ruth T. Cafferty; "The Retention of the Philippines," Helen Maurice; "Lincoln in the High School," Irwin Simpson; medley overture, "Echoes from Naples" (Ascher), High School Orchestra; "The Value of Physical Training," Anita Kapfer; "Conservation," Warren Coleman; "Canada's Loyalty," Harriet Weaver; presentation of diplomas. Superintendent H. M. Schwartz; benediction, the Rev. Calvin H. French; march, "The Drummer Boy of '76", High School Orchestra.

The following are members of this year's class:

Latin Course
Lillian Melita Burch,
Gertrude Burns,
B. Lillian Dolan,
Helen Frances Maurice,
Constance Miller,
Mary Palmer,
Ruth Mary Steele,
Mary Irene Sweet,
Margaret Toomey,
Harriett Weaver.

English Course
Edwin Phelps Ashley,
Harry Myers Griswold,
John Thomas Tracy,
Anita Kapfer,
Irwin Simpson.

Scientific Course
Roy William Bennett,
Warren Chapman Coleman,
Everett Wandelt Day,
Juyen J. Namminga,
Edgar D. Dunning,
De Alton Holly Hill,
David Robert McLean.

Elective Course
Hazel Adams,
Dorothy Anna Casey,
Mary Ellen Costello,
Nellie Cecelia Cryan,
Gladys Mabel Davies,
Lloyd D. Harder,
Lyle L. Udell, * not listed in class roster
Raymond Thorpe Marhaver,
Elsie M. Robertson,
Helen Louise Stephens,
Grace Elisabeth Topping
Ernest Wardle * not listed in class roster