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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
2
The Muscatine high school Class of 1903 delivers a reflective program highlighting friendship formed in school life. The remarks discuss enduring ties built on shared teachers, subjects, and common interests, noting graduates will receive diplomas tomorrow night and remain friends beyond graduation.
The graduating class thanks teachers, parents, and friends for four years of high school guidance. They honor a late classmate Cora and share hopes as they depart into the wider world, invoking auf wiedersehen and pledging to return as alumni in years ahead.
Homer D. Junkin delivers a valedictory urging classmates to value high school experiences. He notes the last school exercise, the near vacation, and the need to remember fellow students. He expresses gratitude for the class’ loyalty and hopes for lasting good will.
The passage notes the 1993 class holding its regular class day exercises with a cordial welcome to parents and friends. It presents a formal assembly scene as the graduates gather for a ceremony typical of school events.
The Class of 1903 recalls its entry as 62 freshmen, jokes from seniors, and the growth to seniors. They describe field trips, sleigh rides, parties, changes in teachers, a new business department, and a final year of activities including a river trip and a ball game, ending with reflections before senior year.
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