>> BUT THE MORE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1974, NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO WALK THE STAGE FOR GRADUATION. A TORNADO DERAILED THE DAY, BUT NOW 50 YEARS LATER THAT GRADUATION WILL HAPPEN. NEWS FOUR'S AUSTIN VERSE HAS DETAILS. >> NEW TONIGHT IT WAS RIGHT HERE 50 YEARS AGO THAT A BIG STORM INTERRUPTED THE CLASS OF 1970, FOURS GRADUATION DAY AND THEY NEVER MADE IT UP EITHER. BUT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMING UP THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO RECTIFY THAT. >> PROUD OF GRADUATING MORE HIGH SCHOOL, OUTPOURING OF EMOTION WHILE PORING THROUGH OLD BUT MEANINGFUL MEMORIES. DONNA WISLER WAS RIGHT HERE ON THE MORE HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS 50 YEARS AGO IN 1974. WITH ABOUT 550 OF HER CLASSMATES, ALL EAGER TO GRADUATE. WE ALL GOT LINED UP AND WE JUST ON OUR PRAYER. >> WE GET UP IN THE STANDS ABOUT EXCITED.
BUT THIS PRAYER YOU SEE HERE THAT SHE'S HELD ON TO ALL THESE YEARS WOULD BE AS FAR AS THEY GOT THAT DAY AS THIS WALL CLOUD CAME UP TO CAMPUS, DISTRICT OFFICIALS CANCELED THE GRADUATION TELLING EVERYONE TO LEAVE AND THEY NEVER MADE IT UP FOR THEM. I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I'D WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD. I WASN'T THE BEST STUDENT AND I'D WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET MY DIPLOMA THAT FAST FORWARD 50 YEARS. IT WAS A SUPER CLASS AND THEY'RE STILL PRETTY ENGAGED WHISTLER. TAKING US BACK IN TIME WITH HER YEARBOOK GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR. BUT THIS TIME GRADUATION IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THE SCENE YEARS, THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY. WE'VE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET WALK ACROSS THE STAGE THIS YEAR AT 04:00PM AT THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
WHISTLER JUST GOT HER CAP AND GOWN IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK. I'M QUITE EXCITED. ALL TRIED ON HERE FOR YOU, FOLKS AS EXCITED AS CAN BE FOR BOTH HER AND HER CLASSMATES TO GET A CHANCE THAT SOMETHING THEY WANTED FOR YEARS. I'M TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO IN MORE AUSTIN PERCENT. OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4 GOOD FOR DONNA. THEY TELL US THEY PLAN TO HAVE THE REUNION JUST AFTER THE GRADUATION AND FOR ANY OF THEIR CLASSMATES WHO >> MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY SINCE 1974. THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR FAMILY .