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Of the 113 members of Warsaw's class of 1954, approximately 105 survive.
Thursday, on behalf of that graduating class, Dr. Ron Warner - a '54 graduate - presented Warsaw Community High School and the media center with an illuminated globe.
He told the students the world has become a much smaller place during the last 50 years and this was represented by the world globe the class gave to WCHS.
"Symbolically," Warner told the students, "we are giving you the world."
In an interview after the convocation, Warner said the globe is valued at $2,600-$3,600. The class also is providing WCHS with a new set of atlases to go with the globe, he said.
The gift came about during class reunions when 1954 classmate Graham Kreicker originated the idea of giving a gift to the school as a token of the class' appreciation for all the school did for them as youngsters.
"It's just something we thought of," Warner said.
Hopefully, he said, the globe will be used in the media center for research purposes mainly and so students "will have a better orientation of how the Earth is shaped." By giving students "the world," he said, the class hopes they will study the world, take care of it and be responsible citizens.
The globe is on an oak stand and is approximately 24 inches in diameter and 3 feet high. A brass plate will be attached to it later stating the globe is a gift to WCHS from the class of 1954 on their 50th anniversary.
After sitting through the entire recognition convocation, Warner said he was very impressed with it. "The ceremony held today was a completely student-oriented program."
The teachers and staff did a great job with it, especially organizer Sandy Carmichael, WCHS guidance counselor, Warner said.
"It was very impressive to see. A job well done."
The community has much to be proud of in its school. He said he's visited many high schools over the years, but Warsaw "is a very good school. It's well maintained and supervised. An excellent job."
Warner has been a German professor at Ball State University for 39 years.
