Graduation 1962 x 2

Graduation day ... on the left, the year was 1961, and Miss Margie was graduating from high school. The photo on the right was college graduation a year later, 1962.  Different cap and gown ... same pose/foot placement!

Mom/Margie started her sophomore year at Murray High School, but then the family moved, and her junior and senior year were at Olympus.  Mom wrote in her history ...

Olympus was a very big school, with 720 in my graduating class in 1961, so I didn’t get well acquainted in my two years there. I went from being “a big fish in a little pond” to being “a little fish in a big pond.”

After high school, Margie went to Stevens Henager College ...

I received a full-tuition scholarship to Henager’s Business College, so I went there and graduated in 1962. I was voted by my classmates at graduation as “The Secretary most likely to Succeed.” 

Mom's memories after seeing these photos ...

I remember I graduated #20 academically out of the 720 graduates at Olympus. I only know because I asked one of my business teachers to write me a letter of recommendation, and she dictated the letter to me in shorthand and had me type it up! She found out my academic standing amongst the graduates, and wrote it in the letter.

The top 10% of graduates (I think it was) were invited to turn in a possible speech for graduation, but I don't think I bothered to do it. Then they chose the speakers from those submitted.

I'd had so many business classes at Olympus that I was able to graduate from Steven-Henager in one year. They said any of their students could come back free for a refresher course for the rest of their lives for employment help. I wondered if they would really honor that.

Just a note of interest ... Stevens–Henager College was a private college, was one of four educational institutions affiliated with the Salt Lake City-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education. Established in 1891, the college had campuses in Idaho and Utah. It closed abruptly in August 2021.

While there wasn't any memorabilia found from the high school graduation, 

there was an invitation and a program saved from the college graduation. 

Mom/Margie is there on the first page, second from the bottom on the right side. Marjorie Norman ... graduation was just shortly before the wedding, when she became a Westra. Marked with ** which meant "Graduated with high academic honors". 

Dad/Lamar graduated from South High School in 1955. While there are many memories written up (check out Dad's history, school memories and the post with his school yearbooks), no memorabilia or photo was found to showcase the high school graduation.  Dad went on to the U for a couple of years, then on his mission, then back to the U to meet Margie, and to graduate. 

There are pictures of this event.

While we weren't able to locate the actual diploma or commencement program - this outline of activities for graduation gives some insight into all the goings on. As stated, graduation was June 11th, on a Monday, with Mom/Margie's graduation June 16, that following Saturday. Busy week for young Mom and Dad!