Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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EDINA ADDS SPIRIT TO CHICAGO CONVENTION Lois Leivestad, Mr. Del Fredrickson, Bill Kelly and playmates, Karen Blood, Mr. Al Lundgren, and Chuck Webster enjoy dinner at the Ivanhoe. At seven o'clock Thanksgiving morning, seventeen upperclassmen boarded the Vista-Dome Zephyr bound for Chicago and the National Scholastic Press Association Conference. About fourteen-hundred students from almost every point of the country attended this convention which was held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. The Edina delegation was chaperoned by Miss Marilyn McGarry, Mrs. Rauha Hagemeister, and Mr. Elmer Lundgren, and was the largest delegation from Minnesota. Mr. Delmar Fredrickson, who went to Chicago on business, also accompanied the group. Much of the time was spent at the specialized classes which dealt with such topics as editing, loy-out, photography, ond advertising. Attending these sessions from the Buzzette were: Nancy Irgens, Dona Lindstrom, Pat Fedders, Joanne Seidl, Barb Anderson, and Evelyn Kaufmann. Representing the Whigrean were Jim Joslin, Alan McArthur, Bill Kelly, Don Leary, Chuck Webster, Roger Berglund, Keith Lindgren, JoAnn Johnson, Ginny Volk, Karen Blood, and Lois Leivestad. As a climax to the First day's activities a banquet and dance were held in the grand ballroom of the Hilton for all the delegates. A sight-seeing tour of Chicago was another activity planned for the convention. Whigrean representatives learned a lot by studying the best year-books of the country, known as the All Americans which were on display at the conference. While in Chicago members of the Whi-greon staff met with an artist from the S. K. Smith Company of Chicago who designed this year's original cover. In between the planned activities of the conference Edina students saw as much of Chicago as was possible, taking in everything from hockey games to French restaurants. The four days and three nights in Chicago went by all too quickly for the Edina delegates. They returned with memories of a wonderful trip and new ideas to give the school a better Buzzette and Whigrean. Ginny Volk, Keith Lindgren, Jo Johnson, Miss Marilyn McGarry, Jim Joslin, Roger Berglund, and Don Leary dine at the Heidelberg.

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 WHIGREAN TALENT GIVES BANG-UP JAM SESSION Beal relieves Joslin on bass fiddle. Frosh Biisbois vies for Gabriel's horn. The informal jam session sponsored by the Whigrean on January ninth proved to be quite a Financial and social success. Staged at the El Edina Club, it was open to all Edina students and their guests after the Edina-Park basketball game. Some of the local musicians who played plenty of hot notes were Chris Porterfield on the licoric stick , Tom Nelson on the drums. Bud Brisbois on the trumpet, Don Leary on the vibraharp, and Jim Horse Joslin and David Beal on the bass. Ken Esse from Breck and Jim Atwood from Blake lent Page ono hundred eighteen a helping hand with a mellow saxophone and jazzy piano. Clad in dark glasses, flashy sport coats, and French berets, they expressed true jam session enthusiasm. A variation of popular music was played, including Judy Veilleux's arrangement of Trying . Both Judy Veilleux and Don Leary dug into the past to bring out Sentimental Journey while Dick Patsey portrayed his musical genius on the bass fiddle. The session was one of the season's best dances at Edina.

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NEW BUILDINGS ENHANCE SCHOOL SPIRIT Students were thrilled with the modern gymnasium and auditorium. Their completion of these new additions and the winning of the Lake Conference Football Championship combined to give unsurpassed enthusiasm and interest to school activities. Spacious, gleaming floors at last took the place of the temporary gymnasium. The eagerness of sports fans was intensified as the basketball team played its first game on the permanent home floor. Throughout the many games that followed, the fervor of the spectators was kept high as basketballs swished through the nets, and the Hornets defended the green and the white. Edina enthusiasm reaches peak. Edina's impressive auditorium was the scene of the culmination of the 1952 football seoson after the Hornets had a total of eight games played and won, six of them conference games. The Minneapolis Star and Tribune rated the team fifth in the state, so it was only fitting that Edina have a program to honor this outstanding record. Coach Beson distributed forty-one gold footballs to players who hod proved themselves on the gridiron. This outstanding team raised the level of Edina's athletic standards and gained for the school a new prominence in the Lake Conference. Conference champs receive awards. School spirit at games is very important to both the team and the spectators. The players are encouraged and receive new determination to win when the audience thunders its support. The fans participate in the rivalry by cheering wildly, trying to outdo the supporters of the other team. The cheerleaders are essential in organizing school cheers and leading in yells and songs. They unify and direct the tension of the crowd into backing up the team and keep the fans stirred up, both during pep fests and at games. Cheerleaders rally student pep. Page one hundred twenty