Brigham Young High School Graduation Program Collection

Brigham Young High School
Graduation Program Collection

1904 to 1968

BYH Class of 1921

Since BYH's first graduation in 1904 until the final one in 1968, 65 graduation programs were printed. We had 21 of them until 2016, when we obtained 18 more. In 2017 we received a gift of the program for the Class of 1948. We now have 61 percent of the 65 programs!

BYH graduation programs are rare documents. They were usually distributed to parents and others in the Commencement audience, but were not given to the graduates themselves.

The new graduates were understandably focused on receiving their diplomas, then scattering to the four corners of the earth after the Commencement.

These programs are not official documents. Sometimes they included people who did not graduate, and sometimes they inadvertently omitted some who did graduate. Nevertheless, we have found that they are often more accurate than senior class photos and yearbooks.

If you possess a BYH graduation program that does not appear below, we invite you to send it in -- we would like to include it! Please help us to reach 100 percent!

Contact: yhigh@ymail.com

1904

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

Brigham Young High School 1904 Grad Program 2

Brigham Young High School 1904 Grad Program 3

Brigham Young High School 1904 Grad Program 4

The above 1904 BYH graduation program lists less than half of the known graduates of that class. The others may have participated in a separate commencement exercise. For example, the Commercial high school program often held separate graduation programs.

1905

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

The above 1905 BYH graduation program lists about half of the known graduates of that class. We are currently searching for the 1905 high school program for the Commercial students.

1906

Still needed

1907

Still needed

1908

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

The above page says "Brigham Young University" when in fact all of the names on the following two pages are Brigham Young University High School graduates.

It appears that a four-page portion of this program is missing. The traditional commencement program page listing speakers and musical numbers is missing. More than half of the BYH seniors known to have graduated that day are missing. The four known Brigham Young University graduates of the Class of 1908 are not listed. If you have a complete 1908 program, please share it with us.

1909

Still needed

1910

Still needed

1911

Still needed

1912

Still needed

1913

Still needed

1914

Still needed

1915

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

Brigham Young High School Grad Program 1915 - 3

The above graduation program of the BYH Class of 1915 lists less than 75 percent of the students known to have graduated from BYH in 1915.

1916

Still needed

1917

Still needed

1918

Thanks to Kent Graham Jarvis, BYH Class of 1960

Click for larger version

1919

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1920

Still needed

1921

Still needed

1922

Still needed

1923

Still needed

1924

Still needed

1925

Special thanks to Ray Eldon Crowther, Class of 1925
& Joan Crowther Hamilton, Class of 1957

1925 BYH Grad Program - 2 [Click to enlarge]

The above 1925 BYH graduation program lists about half of the known graduates of that class. The others may have participated in a separate commencement exercise. For example, the Commercial high school program often held separate graduation programs.

1926

Still needed

1927

Still needed

1928

Still needed

1929

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1930

Still needed

1931

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1932

Still needed

1933

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1934

Still needed

1935

Still needed

1936

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

Note: We were not there, but it is quite probable that the five student speeches listed above in this 1936 program turned out to be the most boring, insipid orations ever delivered at any Brigham Young High School Graduation Exercise in history. We extend our belated sympathies to everyone involved in any way.

1937

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1938

Special thanks to Cindy Bigler Gladwell, daughter of Mark Huish Bigler, Class of 1938

1938 BYH Graduation Program -3B - Click Larger

1939

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1940

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1941

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1942

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1943

Still needed

1944

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1945

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1946

Thanks to Burl J. Bushman, BYH Class of 1946,
& Stirling S. Broadhead, BYH Class of 1946

1947

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1948

Thanks to Joan Bullock Richan, BYH Class of 1952
& to F. P. "Pat" Richan, BYH Class of 1948

1949

Thanks to Robert Hague, BYH Class of 1949

1950

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1951

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1952

Thanks to Joan Bullock Richan, BYH Class of 1952
& Margaret Hayward Taylor, BYH Class of 1952

1953

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1954

Still needed

1955

Thanks to Paul R. Hoopes, BYH Class of 1955

Brigham Young High School 1955 Grad Program 2

Brigham Young High School 1955 Grad Program 3

Brigham Young High School 1955 Grad Program 4

Brigham Young High School 1955 Grad Program 6

Brigham Young High School 1955 Grad Program 5

1956

Thanks to Irwin Wiser, BYH Class of 1956

1957

Thanks to Herbert R. Greer, BYH Class of 1957

1958

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1959

Still needed

1960

Thanks to Lance S. Rich, BYH Class of 1960

1961

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

1962

Thanks to Stephen M. Clark, BYH Class of 1962

1963

Thanks to BYU Special Collections

We do not know the meaning of the cross outs on some of the names. It might indicate graduates unable to attend Commencement, or students who did not fulfill graduation requirements by Commencement but who may have qualified after summer school, or some other explanation.