Edison High School - Torch Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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L. E. Smith Construction Company was awarded the contract for the senior high for a bid of 1,343,210 dollars. In 1951 the first step was taken toward the construction of Edison High School when the forty acres of the Beverly Hills Saddle Club were purchased from Dr. Walter Wright. By 1955 the junior high was occupied and work on the senior high had begun. Un Sunday, May 5, 1957, in the newly completed auditorium, Edison was dedicated: To the children we would serve . . . today and in the years to come. To education that is mean- ingful in a modern world. To teachers who are them- Dimensions of 983' 7 by 43' 8 make up the modern functional building de- selves dedicated to the respon- sibility they assume. The Edison dream had become a reality. Ill' signed by Black and West Company. Operation Sods, projects of 1954 and 1957, beautified our 40 acre campus with grass, trees, and shrubs.

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ammo Qedloow If I have spurred men to greater effort, and tif our work has widened the hori- -zon of man's understanding even a little and given a ' measure of happiness in the world, I am contentf' I As Edison reaches its tenth year as a school, we pause to look back at the many outstanding accomplishments which have placed Edison among the top schools in the nation. In every field of endeavor, from athletics to National Merit Scholarships, Edison has main- tained an extremely high level of achievement. Edison has not reached its zenith. Edison students will continue to emulate the great individual who set the example.

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In its tenth year Edison has an enrollment of 3,062 and a teaching staff of 123. amesake and Our School Pink Mfzgir, presented in 1956, Was the first production in the newly completed auditorium which seats 1,216. l In 1957-58 Edison had all six grades with a total enrollment of 3,237 and a teaching staff of 53 teachers in the junior high and 51 in the senior high.