1977 Admiral King Sheepskin

The article in the Morning Journal about the Lorain High School Class of 2011 being allowed to select which high school they wanted on their diploma (Admiral King, Southview or Lorain High) made me go and dig mine out of storage. It had been years since I had seen it.

Courtesy of Morning Journal website

The Admiral King version that the graduates could select is actually pretty nice, with the school crest on it. (See photo at left.) Mine has a large, nondescript school board logo on it instead.

I hate to say it, but I agree with the letter to the editor in which the letter writer didn't like the idea of giving the graduates the choice. The two former high schools simply don't exist any more – why is the school board pretending that they do now?

As someone who cares about history and accuracy, I just don't think it's right.

Anyway, one thing that I do like about my diploma is the nice rendering of the school building that is on the left hand side of the diploma.

While studying the rendering, I began to walk the hallways again in my mind. I guess you never forget the layout of your high school, since it was such a big part of your life.