About 40,000 Iowa 12th-graders marked graduating from high school with caps and gowns. For some, there were also face masks.
“Each and every one of you have made
“As usual, this year’s class was the best in history.” The newspaper reporter who covered the Centerville High School class of 1896 must have been a cantankerous, but seasoned writer. And he certainly had attended more graduation ceremonies than he cared to in his lifetime.
