Dunbar High School Scrapbook

- Awards -

Valdictorian.......................................John A. Forney

Salutatorian........................................Helen M. Dodd

Balfous Award (All-Around Participation).................................Sharlotte R. Hackney

Boy's Athletic Award...............................Edward V. White

Girl's Athletic Award...............................William B. Brown

Commencement Exercises

Senior Class

Dunbar High School

DUNBAR AUDITORIUM

MAY 27, 1955

EIGHT O'CLOCK

LUFKIN, TEXAS

ORDER OF PROGRAM

THEME: Challengs To American Youth

PART I

Processional---- "Priest's March"..................................Mendlessohn

Invocation.................................................................Pearlie M. Sowell

Song.........................................................................School Chorus

PART II

Presentation of Class.................................................W. E. Williams, Sponsor

Introduction ..............................................................Annie L. Jenkins

Challenge To Health................................................Thomas E. Brewer, Jr.

Challenge To Intelligence.........................................Marjorie McGruder

Challenge To Our Continuing Education...................Mary L. Castle

Challenge To a Satisfactory Homelife......................Bobbie J. Shepherd

Challenge To Choosing A Vocation...........................Baker R. Berry

Challenge To Civic Responsibility.............................Hugh D. Thompson, Jr.

Challenge To the Worthy Use of Leisure...................Clarice Thomas

Challenge To Ethical Character................................Dorothy R. Forney

Conclusion...............................................................Joe M. Thompson

PART III

Song ......................................................................School Chorus

Presentation of Superintendent of Schools................Principal E. E. Cleaver

Presentation of President of School Board....................................................Mr. J. A. Anderson, Superintendent

Awarding of Diplomas..................................President of School Board

Solo.............................................................Norris Jackson

Special Awards and Remarks

Class Song.......................................................Senior Class

Recessional:

AWARDS

Valedictorian...................................................Joe Morris Thompson

Salutatorian....................................................Thomas E. Brewer, Jr.

Balfous Award (All-Around Participation).................Joe M. Thompson

CLASS MOTTO "We build the steps by which we rise from the lowly earth to the voltic skies".

CLASS COLORS Blue and White

CLASS FLOWER Blue Gardenia

CLASS OFFICERS

President	Thomas E. Brewer, Jr.
V-President	Baker R. Berry
Reporter	Clarice D. Thomas
Secretary	Annie Lois Jenkins
Sgt-At-Arms	Genoris Spencer
Business Manager	James E. Baldwin
Parliamentarian	J. A. Denning
Treasurer	Bobbie J. Shepherd
Student Council Representatives	Mary L. Castle,
	Pearlie Sowell

CLASS ROLL

Bailey, T. J.	Kirksey, Jo Ann
Baldwin, James E.	Kirkwood, Rufus H.
Berry, Baker R.	Little, Irma Jewel
Brewer, Thomas E. Jr.	Martin, James Elijah
Brown, Margie Nell	Major, Frank Paul
Butler, Fred Jr.	McGruder, Marjorie
Castle, Mary Lee	Modisette, Ivison Leon
Denning, J. A.	Lindsey, Charles E.
Durham, Henry	Norman, John W.
Dove, Arma J.	Powell, John Willie
Fears, Johnnie Lee	Shaw, Clarice J.
Forney, Dorothy Ree	Sowell, Pearlie Mae
Hightower, Bobbie L.	Spencer, Genoris
Hightower, B. W.	Spencer, Willie C.
Harris, Lillie Bell	Shepherd, Bobbie J.
Jenkins, Annie Lois	Thomas, Clarice D.
Jenkins, Fred D.	Thompson, Hugh D. Jr.
Jackson, Norris	Thompson, Joe Morris
Jones, Marlene	Thompson, Shirley Ann

CLASS ADVISORS Mr. Willie E. Williams, Chairman Mrs. Lillie B. S. Brown Mr. Eugene Finnie