Commencement Program

Annual commencement program from Manzanar High School at Manzanar Relocation Center, California, June 2, 1945.

Annual Commencement Manzanar
High School

Community Auditorium
MANZANAR, CALIFORNIA
Saturday evening, June 2, 1945
Following the Commencement program
the graduating class and their parents
will be honored by the Parent-Teacher
Association at a reception and dance in
the auditorium.

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Grateful acknowledgement is herewith
given to the staff at the Music Hall for
their generous contribution in time and
effort in making available the numbers
by the orchestra.
PROGRAM
Presiding, Ralph P. Merritt Project Director
PRELUDE—“The White Queen”..........by O. Metra
*PROCESSIONAL..........“Pomp and Circumstance”
*INVOCATION..........Rev. Yukichi Naito Manzanar Christian Church
WELCOME..........Roy K. Muto President, Class of 1945
GREETINGS..........Rev. Shinjo Nagatomi Manzanr Buddhist Church
“GOD OF OUR FATHERS”..........Ensemble Graduating Class
GREETINGS TO CLASS OF 1945..........Lyle G. Wentner Assistant Project Director
TROMBONE SOLO—“Ave Maria,” by Gounod..........Roy Nagawaka
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS..........Dean Edwin A. Lee University of California, Los Angeles
VOCAL SOLO—“Through the Years”..........Yukio Ogawa

PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS OF 1945..........Rollin C. Fox Principal
AWARD OF DIPLOMAS..........Genevieve W. Carter Superintendent of Education Howard K. Murakami Parent-Teacher Association
RESPONSE FOR GRADUATING CLASS..........Teruko Hayashi
*“STAR SPANGLED BANNER”..........Audience
*BENEDICTION..........Father Leo Steinbach Manzanar Catholic Church
*RECESSIONAL..........”Victorious Legions March”
*Audience Standing
Class Officers
PRESIDENT..........Roy K. Muto
GIRLS' VICE-PRESIDENT..........Kiyoko G. Nishi
BOYS' VICE-PRESIDENT..........Hisao Hashimoto
SECRETARY..........Yuriko Yamazaki
TREASURER..........Seizo Tanibata
HISTORIAN..........Ryoko R. Yano
GIRLS' ATHLETIC MANAGER..........Virginia T. Kikuda
BOYS' ATHLETIC MANAGER..........Masaru Kusaba Advisors
Mrs. Virginia A. Hayes Mrs. Beatrice H. White
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there,
Oh, say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Source: Manzanar National Historic Site, MANZ 0170/-016. National Park Service.

(MLA 8th Edition)