Graduates

(***Indicates those who appear in more than one picture.)

Graduation

Marking the completion of twelve years of study, one hundred and ninety-six students of the local high school were graduated in a commencement held on July 3, in block 16-17, fire-break. It brought to a close one of the most unusual school experiences for each of the graduates who a year ago were scattered all over the broad state of California. Leaving their caucasian teachers and schoolmates, each of the graduates came to Manzanar not knowing when a school would be established for the continuance of their education.

With much bewilderment these students attended "school" that first day, sitting on the floor and meeting their new teachers and fellow students. Lack of chairs, desks, equipment, and books hindered the teaching methods of caucasian and evacuee instructors alike. Slowly block 7 began to take on the atmosphere of a normal school as textbooks and desks began to arrive and linoleum and plasterboard were used to make the room more comfortable for the students.

Slowly the students began to settle down to serious studying. Even though their classes were held in a peculiar environment, the students felt they lacked the activities common in all high schools. With faculty encouragement, enterprising students arranged for the election of student body officers.

During the last semester a school paper was published by the students which bolstered student morale and developed a better school spirit.

As the last semester commenced for the summer class of 1943, they realized that a senior year would not be complete without the traditional prom and banquet. With zest these gala affairs were undertaken and completed with much success.

With these fond memories of their high school days these seniors were graduated in one of the most beautiful settings possible for such a solemn ceremony.

(1) First row, left to right: Masaye Nakahira, Yukie Mishima, Grace Oshio, Fumi Miyoshi, Tsuruko Matsuno, Natsuko Sakamoto, Mary Mitsuuchi, Mieko Chikasawa, Shizuko Hiroshima, Mary Enomoto, Ruth Saitow, Mary Aoki, Helen Kusuda, Yoshiko Kubota, Alice Muraoka, Chiyoko Nakasaki.

Second row, left to right: Bentley Wells, Hanako Murakami, Someko Tatsumi, Betty Ogura, Muriel Kawahara, Kiyo Kusunoki, Clara Seno, Grace Hatago, Hisako Nagai, Yaye Shimizu, Lily Omura, Betty Hashimoto, Grace Takahashi, Nanaye Shintani, Mitsuye Furuya, Mieko Kamo Michiko Mikami, Jane Tsuda, Toshiko Teraoka, Haruye Imahori, Lily Fukuhara, Midori Kunitomi, Hisayo Hori, Junko Hatae.

Third row, left to right: Tohoru Shishdo, Hitoshi Yasuda, Wallace Takeyama, Yuji Sato, Shigetomo Katayama, Toshihiko Sedohara, George Odahara, Henry Okamura, Takanori Imamoto, Masaru Matsumura, Roy Nakagawa, Yoshio Kusayanagi, Ben Nakaji, Masao Hayashida, Roy Higashida, Tatsuya Ueno, Toshiro Hara, Floyd Tanaka, Wataru Okamoto, Tadashi Uyeno, Jogi Yamaguchi.

(2) First row, left to right: Rose Murata, Fumiko Nemoto, Kazue Nishimoto, Ida Mori, Michiko Muraki, Toyoko Ioki, Hanako Shishido, Mihoko Yoshimura, Kiyoko Tanioka, Hisako Sakioka, Hatsumi Ryono, Michiko Sakamoto, Shizuko Kuse, Mary Ito, Josephine Seno.

Second row, left to right: Aiko Tani, Frances Koga, Kiyo Mio, Joyce Natsume, Masako Yokomori, May Uchida, Tomi Yonemoto, Haruko Nakata, Mitsuye Takemiya, Amy Fujiu, Yoshiko Kuramoto, Kazumi Kishi, Sumiko Kudo, Midori Ochi, Emiko Saisho, Flora Nishimura, Katsuko Kato, Mitsu Furuta, Yoneko Ikeda, Midori Tani, Yoshiko Fujii, Hatsuye Hamane.

Third row, left to right: Tommy Ajisaka, Saburo Matsumoto, Jun Okimoto, Hideo Toma, Hideo Hori, Martin Hochi, Henry Sakai, Susumu Myose, Teddy Ushijima, Saburo Kuwahara, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Harry Nakata, George Hirooka, Masaru Murata, Richard Kobayashi, Albert Kawamoto.

(3) First row, left to right: Patricia Torii, Momo Nagano, Karie Shindo, Mary Ono, Fumiko Watanabe, Shizumi Mizumoto.

Second row, left to right: Miyoko Sakai, Setsuko Takeuchi, Betty Kurosumi, Ruby Hori, Mary Uyeno, Sue Toyama, Matsuko Kodani, Sueko Mizumoto, Misao Nakagawa, Irene Mizutani, Florence Ban, Lucy Yonemitsu, Eva Tamaki.

Third row, left to right: Paul Takeuchi, ***, ***, ***, ***, Gary Okamoto, Tadashi Honjio, Yoshikatsu Nakayama, ***, ***, Toshimi Hori, Louis Kado, Roy Toda, Akira Nishizawa, Roy Nakashima, Henry Ohmoto.

(4) First row, left to right: Yoshiko Hamamoto, Janet Nakano, Reiko Ando, Amy Takahashi, Michiko Sugawara, Ruth Niguma.

Second row, left to right: June Hoshino, Masayo Uchiyama, Hideko Tokunaga, Mary Suzuki, Riyoko Nakamura, Chizuko Sakuma, Marie Hisamune, Margaret Handa, Teruko Akita, Emiko Takahashi, Ruth Uyemura, Michiko Iwasaki, Michiko Kamachi.

Third row, left to right: Naomi Ogimachi, Masaharu Marumoto, Fumio Takahashi, ***, Tooru Shimizu, Kenji Kyosai, Masayuki Higashi, Hiromichi Nakaji, George Shiba, Hiro Sasaki, Ben Masakatsu Horii, Atsumi Yamamoto, Dan Iwata, Yoshimi Minami, Noriyuki Iwasaki, George Ban, Bo Sakaguchi.

(5) First row, left to right: May Ichiriu, Mary Kageyama, Toshiye Nakadaira, Yoshiko Ogi, Florence Kuwata, Keiko Haga, Ristuko Uyeno, Kay Motooka.

Second row, left to right: Haruye Okuno, Emiko Oda, Murako Ishibashi, Jane Hamamoto, Dorothy Yoshizawa, Mary Kobayashi, Tomi Abo, Kyoko Yoshimoto, Itoyo Hashimoto, Chieko Kami, Reiko Uyeshima.

Third row, left to right: Yukiya Tatsumi, George Tamai, Yosh Yasuda, Kiyoshi Hayashi, Genzo Nishida, George Mayeda, Jimmy Yamaguchi, Tomotsu Noda, Hiro Yamazaki, Tsugi Arita, Tsutawo Urokogata, Sadao Kaizoji.

(6) First row, left to right: Yukio Mitsuuchi, Ben Harada, Sumio Ido, Yoshiteru Murakami, Yoshiaki Nakayama, Joe Takahashi.

Second row, left to right: Satsuko Yano, Tetsuko Murakami, Iris Akiyama, Hideko Minabe, Seiko Hiraide, Martha Katayama, Shigeko Fugii, Mariko Eto, Mary Nakagawa, Rose Katayama, Mary Ann Kadota, Shigeko Suzuki, Sakaye Akemoto.

(7) First row, left to right: Yoshiko Mori, Toshiko Umeki, Fumiko Tachibana, Haruna Torii, Yachiyo Nakagi, Kimi Ishikawa.

Second row, left to right: Kenji Ozone, Masaru Teshiba, Tadao Miyake, Tsutomu Kawahara, Hiromu Nakamura, Mitsuru Azeka, James Aiso, Stanley Yagi, George Fukayama, Towru Nagano, Ralph Adachi.