Edison High School - Torch Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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1 STUDB TS TA EBREA School requires 7 hours out of 24 hours a day. What does an Edison student do within this time span? Some have spent their 7 hours in school figuring how to get out for seven hours. The art of skipping out was a delicate process if one wished to be successful. Students used any resource available such as forged passes, notes from home and misplaced absentee slips. Remember the day Mary went to the bathroom all hour and John took a long break over a short lunch hour? Though new faces attempted new schemes to break out, nothing had changed. Still the wrath of Mr. Miller hung over our heads, as we mumbled how the car broke down . . . For most students, they would have to wait till their senior year before they could officially label themselves free.,' 8 0 Opening

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2 TIMES, ATTITUDES CHA GE Times have changed and it's more than you've come a long way baby. Today's Edison students may wear the '50's fash- ions or be caught cruising Peoria, but the main difference lies in their attitude. This is the invisible line dividing then from now. Student's minds are being opened to view new ideals and concepts. They may be seen showing affection freely to their honey, studying alone in the courtyard or catching a smoke between classes, which points out that students no longer want to do things to be crowd-pleasers, but to be self-pleasers. Edison high schoolers be- came experimenters and explorers in de- veloping individual values to such con- troversial subjects as sex, marijuana, drugs and religion. Whether it be the morals of society, parents, individuals or the church, they had to decide for themselves what works best for them and to apply those values to make them fit. The difference between then and now is the difference be- tween yours and mine. Opening o 7

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LETS G0 BRUISI Hey, man, that's a cool set of wheels you got there. It sounded like a direct quote out of the 50's era, but hark! This was a quote heard in the Edison parking lot before and after school every- day. The maze, provided for student parking, looked like a jungle filled with natives on the loose. At the first of the year people leamed to beat the system by arriving early to park that car in a favorite spot which would also help beat the rush at 3:45. But such planning was of no avail because when the final bell rang, the drums began to beat and everyone was on the warpath in their mighty metal machines. With gritted teeth and a determination to defeat the forces of evil fcarsj which surrounded them Edison students attempted to make a break for it At last freedom was accomplished only to hear the sound of a siren which halted the escape with a ticket for speeding. 'air , Danelle Irvin talks with some of the visitors to the attendance of- ce one Monday morning. 2. Cars of all types can be seen in the dison parking lot, a popular place Monday through Friday. 3. tudents anxiously await their turn to talk with Mr. Miller. 4. One fthe most envied drivers at Edison, senior Danny Finnerty, cruises 1 his new Vet. Opening. 9