Item #009550 Commencement Program -- 1944 Upper Merion High School

Commencement Program -- 1944 Upper Merion High School

Upper Merion, PA: Upper Merion High School, 1944. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Off-white paper cover printed in dark blue; stapled. Includes portraits of valedictorian Rotraud Mezger, salutatorian Leona Cumminis, and class orators Elsie Smith and Robert Showmaker. Rotraud Mezger graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1948, married John Wilson Perry in 1950, and received her Juris Doctor in 1952; she practiced law in the District of Columbia and was admitted before the Supreme Court in 1962. Includes a poem by Mezger reflecting the graduating class's wartime experience. Three kinds of diplomas were offered: academic, commercial, and general. Five diplomas were awarded to men in the navy and one to a man in the army. Scarce. In Good Condition: cover is slightly soiled and creased; lower corners of third and fourth leaves are creased and torn, without loss of text; otherwise, clean and solid. Good. Item #009550

Price: $18.00