Front Cover: CLASS COMMENCEMENT 1917 Page 1: The Class of Nineteen Hundred Seventeen of the DeKalb County Common Schools requests your presence at the Second Annual Joint Commencement to be held in the Court Theatre Wednesday, June twentieth at two o'clock Auburn, Indiana Page 2: (Blank) Page 3: FORENOON PROGRAM Music Invocation ............................................... Rev. F. A. Hall Oration - Self Reliance .................................. Karl Scattergood Recitation - Don't Fret .................................. Harvey Dawson Piano Solo - King of the Carnival ........................ Joe Culler Recitation - Thoughts for the Discouraged Farmer ......... Clara Schlosser Oration - The Chores ..................................... Ida Yarde Oration - Our Flag ....................................... Clyde Deetz Vocal Solo - School Bells ................................ Virginia Madden Recitation - Education ................................... Helen Reinig Recitation - I'm an American ............................. Laurence Wagner Recitation - The Flage that Betsey Made .................. Daniel Bice Oration - The Glory of Toll .............................. Orel Miller Recitation ............................................... Ralph Weber Essay - The Great American Disease ....................... Martha Eckert Duet ..................................................... Sophia Deetz, Bessie Deetz Recitation - Be Thankful that You Live in the U. S. A. ... Florence Rogers Recitation - The Spirit of the Age ....................... Annise Harding Recitation - The Dukite Snake ............................ Fannie Vallien Violin Solo - Schuler Concertino ......................... Lester Snyder Recitation - Our Flag .................................... Lotus Berry Oration - The True Story of Old Glory .................... John McGiffin Oration - Climbing ....................................... Elsta Moody Oration - Behind Time .................................... Howard Brand Recitation - Casey's Revenge ............................. Joseph Koch To the Graduates of 1917 ................................. Ethel Button Song - America ........................................... Graduates Page 4: AFTERNOON PROGRAM Music .................................................... Band Invocation ............................................... Rev. A. P. Bourns Music Class Address ............................................ Albert Stump Music Presentation of Diplomas ................................. Lida Leasure Music Benediction .............................................. Rev. A. P. Bourns Page 5: CLASS ROLL (This is double columned, but I'm putting it in one column.) Spencer Clarence Widdenfield Charles Butler Walter Beerbower Vernon E. Kline Otis D. Koch Mary L. Henderson Aileen Allen Margaret L. Thornburgh Roy Stalder Fannie L. Vallien Union Georgia Waggoner Hilda DeLower Glenn M. Heffley William D. Larowe Frank Brown Thomas M. Burroughs Elva A. Tess Murrel Widney Florence Rogers Laurel Carper Harold Abel Harvey M. Dawson Grant Martha Carper Mildred F. Kessler Russel J. Stroh Clyde H. Husselman Elbert G. Close Carl L. Barnhart Henry B. Mercer Troy Nancy A. Bryant Louis T. Hopkins Mina M. Dirrim Fern Fiser Arthur F. Keplar Russell Slentz Loren R. Rosenbery Glen D. McCellan Jackson Geo. G. Strong Jay Gerig Logan U. Levy Lotus V. Berry Ruth D. Houghton Vernna E. Warstler Vernon V. Culbertson Laurence Wagner Alta A. Farver Stafford Percival Pepper Dorothy Blaker W. R. Brown Loren J. Steckly Ralph W. Shultz Erman Kaiser Concord Portia I. Hadsell Catherine Kinsey Lileth Yeiser Parlia C. Nicholls Marjorie Curie Gladys Coons Kathryn L. Shull Daniel D. Bice Orville Todd Joseph Koch, Jr. Albert B. Hart Keyser Ida May Yarde Alonis J. Shutt Elsie Hathaway Albert B. Schumaker Orel S. Miller Blondenia Garen Thella Martz Fleta M. Schumaker John Yarde Edith Swander George R. Grogg Rosina Shoudell Douglass Putt Don G. Hathaway Richland Clayton E. Hartman Landis R. Pressler Gerald Weihmuller Fred L. Zinn Annise L. Harding Harold Weihmuller Clifton J. Shippy Lynn M. Slater Orval K. Fretz Fred Johnson Lyndes S. Burtzner Mildred Moody Osceen K. May Franklin Wayne Gunsenhouser Oland Fetter Elmer S. Hagerty Howard Freidenberger Bessie L. Jennings Olive Gurtner Page 6: Elizabeth Jackman Clare E. Jennings Olney O. Radabaugh Dorothy Thomas Stella M. Beres Angus L. Mock Ruth Platt Waldo Anthony Esther S. Hurraw Claud Richey Frances Werner Loren Souder Ellwood Kepler Columbia Wing Ralph Kepler Fairfield Clyde Deetz Edwina Sherlock Lawrence E. Hovarter Edna Fisher John K. McGiffin Henry T. Harmes Bessie M. Deetz Homer W. Stomm Carl W. Gardner Raphael A. Weber Martha B. Eckert Esther M. Lehmann Thilmer Rowe Zale F. Miller Howard Brand Grace M. hampshire Ruth Muesing Clarence H. Weirich Anna C. Freed Karl W. Scattergood Smithfield Mabel Hamman Helena M. Reinig Viola Royal Minnie Schlosser Ralph B. Ayres Clara Schlosser Luella Eaton Mildred P. Elliott Edna Lockhart (My Grandmother) Lloyd W. Miller Vern Bachtel Glenn W. Daniels Clark Ayres Arthur Blair Walter Renner Newville George W. Brown Mary Koch Mildred Pierman Samuel K. Meek Orin R. Murphy Henry Beree Agatha Coburn Ruth King Wilmington Milan O. Miller Joe Keller Ruth U. Ginder Lola Denney Lester B. Snyder Helen Dannells Pauline L. Wasson Remus Rigg Hilton G. Campbell Virginia V. Madden Delsie Lower Joe S. Culler Helen Ginder Gretchen Rudeck Don J. Keller Nathan R. Houser Fred W. Tomlinson Paul E. Eakright Lorris A. Hollinger Elbert Engle Ray Krafft Dawson Quaintance (My Grandfather) Elsta T. Moudy Roy A. Hankey Earl L. Mullet Butler Russell W. Housel Daniel D. Smith Altona Clifford Miller Ethel Button Aleda Hathaway Elva Quinn Thelma Leeson Corunna Rose M. Childs Ruby Bower Lena R. Reid Clair Olen Tuttle Edith Bard Page 7: CLASS MOTTO: America Means Opportunity CLASS COLORS: Red, White, and Blue FLOWER: Pink Carnation SCHOOL OFFICIALS: DR. HORACE ELLIS, State Superintendent LIDA LEASURE, County Superintendent TRUSTEES: H. L. Houser ............................................. Butler Township H. C. Hathaway ........................................... Concord Township Oron Bair ................................................ Fairfield Township Edson Beard .............................................. Franklin Township J. A. Husselman .......................................... Grant Township M. J. Shoudel ............................................ Jackson Township S. E. Shutt .............................................. Keyser Township Willard Tustison ......................................... Newville Township P. A. Foote .............................................. Richland Township H. M. Hamman ............................................. Smithfield Township P. A. Walker ............................................. Spencer Township C. S. Arford ............................................. Stafford Township Franklin Wise ............................................ Troy Township Frank Pyle ............................................... Union Township C. C. Cook ............................................... Wilmington Township John Weidner ............................................. President Altona School Board Dr. F. S. Browne ......................................... President Corunna School Board Page 8: HONOR ROLL: Ethel Button ........................................ 95 6-9 Percival Pepper ..................................... 95 6-9 Harold Weihmuller ................................... 95 1-9 Walter Beerbower .................................... 95 Clara Scholosser .................................... 93 7-9 Kathryn Shull ....................................... 93 2-9 Clair O. Tuttle ..................................... 93 Elva Quinn .......................................... 93 Mary Koch ........................................... 92 6-9 Alouis Shutt ........................................ 92 3-9 Margaret Thornburgh ................................. 92 3-9 Clifford Miller ..................................... 92 3-9 Karl Scattergood .................................... 92 1-9 Daniel Bice ......................................... 92 1-9 Fred L. Zinn ........................................ 92 Annise Harding ...................................... 91 6-9 Ralph Weber ......................................... 91 5-9 Howard Brand ........................................ 91 5-9 Zale F. Miller ...................................... 91 3-9 Dawson Quaintance ................................... 91 Orval Fretz ......................................... 90 5-9 Mary L. Henderson ................................... 90 3-9 Telma Leeson ........................................ 90 3-9 Homer Stomm ......................................... 90 2-9 Fred Johnson ........................................ 90 1-9 Lorris Hollinger .................................... 90 Back Cover: (Blank) Submitted & Transcribed By: Roxanne Romine - roxanne.romine@gte.net I don't think this is a high school graduation because my Grandparents would have been 15 & 16 years old. I found this program in a box of my Grandmother's things & thought maybe others would enjoy it!!!!