The Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana Public Schools 1871 Commencement program appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 25 May 1871 – Page 3, Column 2

Commencement Exercises of the Public Schools.
The following is the programme of the commencement exercises this evening at the Methodist Church.

• Music—Kyrie Eleison—From Mozart’s 12th Mass.
• Prayer.
• Salutatory—W. Z. Yonge.
• The Lawyer’s Monopoly—Lewis Hopping.
• All sorts of Minds—Marion W. Stark.
• Music—Flute and Organ.
• Election Reform—Frank Trester.
• Knowledge never dies—Henrietta Wright.
• Music—Duet—Crystal Cave.
• Civil Service—George Hopping.
• Jewels—Mary Cobb.
• Music—Flute and Organ.
• Self Education—W. Z. Yonge.
• The Moss—Emma Shockley.
• Valedictory—Marion W. Stark.
• Diplomas presented.
• Music—“The heavens are telling”—From “The Creation.”
• Benediction.