Edgewood High School - Crusader Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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'lin mQmOFl0m Three years ago we ded1cated the Edgewood Echo to Father Knox as Edgewood s greatest benefactor Many t1mes he has proven the aptness ol the t1tle and It rs w1th the most smcere regret that Edgeyx ood Hrgh School mourns the death of Fxther Knox prlest scholar and gentleman l'l1s rnfluence has heen deeply felt through all the years of Edgewood s progress As 1ts hrst chanla1n h1s gu1dance was a comfort to the srsters and an 1nsp1rat1on to the students A Edgewood grew he had rts rnterest ever at heart and was a mater1al as well as a sp1r1tual henefactor Hundreds of students were g1ven access to the hnest Cathohc hterature through h1s lrhrary a recent g1ft to the school and at more than one cr1s1s IH Edgewood s exrstence Father Knox came to our ass1st1nce Hrs vsork for our school alone cntrtles hrm to rxnk vnth XX rs consln s great educators Father Knox vull alvs avs he a ln 1ng real1ty to ex eryone xx ho has heen 1D contact w1th Edgew ood Chlldren vxho were brought up rn h1s parrsh school and who contrnued at Edge vxood wrll nex er forget the power and force and consolat1on or h1s presence We can nex er hope for another lrke Father Knox and vue rex ere h1s memory as one or Edgevu ood s most splend1d most lilsplflllg and most sacred tradxtxons O . . ., . , c c 7 4 . , , . , . - . . . c. ch , 5 a a s . ., . , . , A c . '1 v -- , , , ' . ' . V' ,Vsf . - . c c ' -w I Y. I Y .Y. ' . V V ' 1 1 I I I 7 Y Y v v .N V , . ,, . A , , v ' r - 2

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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. ..

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THE REVERIZND P. B. KNOX