Florence received her diploma at Webster's first commencement ceremony on June 4, 1919. After graduation, she taught high school English in Savannah, MO and high school Math and French in St. Charles High School.

As she finished her time at the college, Florence wrote a poem about her experience (Waddock, 1919). In part it reads:

Happy is this parting Senior
Having such an Alma Mater,
Where the teachers and the students
Each for each with love and longing
Look upon these old traditions,
On these days now too soon passing.
Thus it was this Senior journeyed
Through her years at dear Loretto;
And for this she wrote her story,
So that all might feel encouraged,
Know what joy and pleasure forward
And for those who are at College.

References

Miss Florence Waddock, Loretto’s first graduate.... (1920, September 24). Listen!, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 2.
'Listen' welcomes home Miss Florence Waddock.... (1920, May 28). Listen!, vol. 1,, no. 6, p. 1.
Waddock, Florence. (1919, July). The class history. The Lorettine, vol. 14,, no. 3, p. 21-24.
Webster’s First 'A.B.'. (1930, January 22). The Web, vol. 6, no. 6, p. 2.

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