Milford Grammar School Commencement Booklet [June 13, 1929]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2023.161
Description
This Milford Grammar School commencement booklet belonged to Edward Merle Hildreth, a resident of Milford, and contains many personalized inscriptions by him and his peers. The front cover features a decorative yellow border and stylized vase of blue and yellow flowers over the words "Graduation Time." Each page features a blue and yellow border with an inspirational quote. Rather than an outline of the commencement ceremony, the booklet contains space to write memories and future plans, as well as two pages for signatures from one's classmates, which in Hildreth's are filled completely. He wrote that he had won $20 in gold for excellence classical subjects (Bowdoin Classical Prize) and noted graduation gifts he'd received, along with the giver (e.g. Wrist Watch -- Mother; Clothes -- Papa). The date of the commencement was June 13, 1929, though the Baccalaureate Address occurred on June 9.