Edgewood High School - Crusader Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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The School -- Edgevx ood l'l1gh School ot the Sacred Heart stands on a shvht h1ll overlook1ng Lake Vkmgra one of Mad1sons four p1cturesque lakes The spac1ous grounds and beaut1rul bu1ld1ng oller a pleasmg env1ronment md an 1ncent1xc to good study The school has grown w1th sur pI'1S1Ilg rap1d1ty and at present numbers about two hundred 1nd seventy stu dents Last year rounded oil the hltleth year of the schools ex1stence wh1ch was commemorated by a pageant g1V6I1 on May lZl11I'lIyl'1I'Slf by the ent1re stu dent body Staged on the black marble steps of the recently completed new bU1ld1Hg the pageant portrayed every 1mportant event 1n the h1story of the school The costum1ng was gorgeous and the mus1c carr1ed to the yast aud1ence was sweet and 1nsp1r1ng typ1fy1ng the sp1r1t of Edgewood It 15 an 1nterest1ng co1nc1dence that Albert Kelsey arch1tect for the h1gh school 15 the grandson of Governor Washburn The exter1or of the blllldlllg 15 very str1k1ng cream colored br1ck w1th black and wh1te tr1m The 1nscr1pt1on aboxe the arched doorvxay Laudare bened1cere prae The Ofce d1care IS the motto of the order ofSa1nt Dom1n1c The school IS part1cularly fortunate IU hav1ng an extens1ve campus whlch makes poss1ble many act1v1t1es The students enjoy a large pract1ce held a newly completed gr1d1ron two tenn1s courts and several baseball d1amonds The bu1ld1ng 15 large and complete In add1t1on to the class rooms and assembl1es two vnell equ1pped laborator1es a l1brary conta1n1ng an extraord1nar1ly large collect1on of volumes carefully selected for general reference a large gymnas1um and several recreat1onal rooms prow 1de opportun1ty for every typ o work and play Lectures and concerts g1ven by em1nent art1sts supplement the regular work of the school and are both educat1onal and cultural A retreat 15 held every year and g1x es the students an opportun1ty to put 1nto pract1ce the rel1g1ous tra1n1ng they haxe rece1x ed Work1ng play1ng praylng together br1ng the students 1r to closer un1on w1th one another and makes Edgewood a last1ng 1nflue1 ce 1n the1r lu es 1 Lt! Lllt vt tlo lag 1 O ll 1 ' '- '- a H1 ' - , - ' - 'Q Q i . 2 . N ,Ya . r ' ,. .. 1 . v 1 2 , - ., . . ' , f a . 4 . . Y ' 1 , . 9 . . Y . , . . ., ,I . . I . D . . . H . f v v 1 7 H 9 . .,.,, - . .. . .v. . . . a s . Y . . . . 3 9 , . Y. 7 9 ' . C Z 1 . Y V .Y . . . . . .. 17 .V ' v 3 i . - I - I . . i . , .V A 1 . J fair'

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The Faculty Edgewood I-hgh School has been under the able d1rect1on of the S1sters of Sa1nt Dom1n1c of S1ns1nawa WISCONSIN s1nee 1881 at whlch txme th1s beautxful prop erty was the gut ol box ernor Washburn Up to the year IQ 6 only g1rls were ad m1tted but at that t1me the new bu1ld 1ng was completed and afforded an oppor tunlty for the boys of Mad1son to attend a Cathohc h1gh school Father Leo Rummel IS the mstructor IH RCl1g1OH of the Freshman Sophomore and unxor classes The Freshmen and Sophomores are taught the fundamentals of Cathollc doetrlne and pract1ce The unlors make an 1ntens1ve study of the old and the new testaments Father Franc1s X Hurley mstruetor 1n Rehgxon m the Sen1or class d1scusses the problems that ar1se 1n the study of Apologeucs M155 Brophy a student IH the Umx ers1ty of WISCONSIN Phys1eal Educa t1on Department 15 rece1v1ng her praet1ce teaehxng IH two classes of g1rls gVmnast1cs Mr E I Wllke BS was graduated from the Un1vers1ty of The Front Entrance at Night WISLOUSIH 111 IQ 7 and slnce the fall of IQ 9 has been a teacher ID Bxology and the DIICCIOF of Boys Athleucs at Edgewood These members of the tacultv vuth the exceptlon of MISS Brophy haxe been at Edgewood for 1 number of years and are the students trlends as vtell as the1r teaehers Q ara 'ha N XR X ufirurl th lzl 5. 7 3 7 1 r -' ' w ,. , , 6 ' , a 3 3 ' f . I r f I 7 n 1 T . , . . . . I Q , 4 3 I g .1 . 4 - 7 . . . Y . . . N. . I 5 5 I . . . 5 . , . ., S c . 5 -. . 2 . -Y - 2 Q I . . . - , . - A -I ' ' V ' . - , , v - a f C A , - . . Fafsfea LEA , 1x1x1f1 Farm: F ,xwglsf '. lik' . llss Ba 111,11 11, E AV xviljif 71' arf E'l1 31,16 Q

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T ' gg ' The School Edgewood offers a four year high school course as a preparation for col lege or un1vers1ty work and a com plete commercxal course httmg one for secretar1al work In addxt1on to the regular curr1culum spec1al courses IH Art Dramatxcs and Muslc are offered wh1ch are recognlzed IH art1st1c clrcles as berng espec1ally deslrable Two new subjects have been offered th1s year Econom1cs 1D wh1ch world problems are dlscussed and EXPFCSSIOH in whlch much has been accompl1shed 1D ex temporaneous speaklng 1nterpretat1ve readxng and debate Edgewood 15 accred1ted to un1vers1 t1es of stand1ng and IS esteemed through out the c1ty of Madlson for 1ts achlevements of the past hfty years The Edgewood school of Musxc and Art has recelved Clty Wlde recogmtlon For the past two years the annual The Edgewood Echo has recelved the All Amencan rat1ng FIVC years ago the first football team was organ 1zed at Edgewood Smce that t1me much has been accompl1shed 1n ath 1et1cs Thrs year one of the boys placed on the first all c1ty basketball team another recelved honorable mentlon In football one made the Hrst all c1ty team another the second and several recerved honorable mentron One of The Man: Corndor th1s year s 1nnovat1ons was the publlshlng every s1x weeks 1n the MHd1SOD papers of the names of the students who had earned a place on the honor roll durmg that perrod The percentage of honor students at Edgewood compares very favorably w1th that of the c1ty schools Th1s year we are begmnmg a new epoch whxch can hardly surpass the past Regardless of the str1des made rn educatxon IH the next f1fty years Edgewood can never mcrease the xnfluence she w1elds over her chlldren Slnce 1ts very or1g1n students have been recerved and have llved played and worked together 1n un1on w1th each other and the slsters and have grown so attached to th1s lovely place that part1ng 15 always sad Though many years may pass before vue rex1s1t the scenes of our elementary educatuon that strong affectlon w1ll alvnays rema1n and rule our l1ves guldmg us by those prmcxples of r1ght l1v1n0 whlch can never be uprooted The Edge u ood Et ho pl 1 f f ' 1 7 3 3 a a 1 f . . . f 7 7 1 , s . . s ' , f 1 L S 'D 'I ' a s I - I 1 - s , , . ' 1 f 9 a ' 9 ' o . . , 1 a 1 3 K V v A -1 . . . Y a V 0 - +-1-1+ -w--- 2 1 ' .....----.-,,.-.-........,--A? l gl. ..