McNear: It’s graduation time at Mendocino High — in 1926.

On Thursday June 3, 1926, nineteen students received their diplomas from Mendocino High School during the annual commencement ceremony. This was one of the largest classes MHS had seen to date, consisting of nine women and ten men. In 1916, nine students had walked across the stage, and in 1906, five students.

The 1926 edition of The Boom yearbook gives more detail on the graduating class. Their class motto was “Keep Clean and Keep Going.” Their class colors were green and white, and their class flower was the azalea.