Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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REMEMBER Your community added a Junior High and began construction on another grade school for the increasing population. The public became aware of the Edina-Morningside Junior High School's large swimming pool and outstanding art, home economics, and shop departments after an open house in the fall. Golden trees, tropical fish, and parakeets added to the beauty of Southdale, one of the largest shopping centers in the United States. After the grand opening in September, you could purchase anything from do-it-yourself boat kits to diamond tiaras. -5-

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THIS YOU'LL Covrtejy of World Wid« Photo I am the shadow of 1956-1957. I observed you and the rest of the world participating in the events which made the year worth recording on paper, photographs, and a record. International Day ... United Nations' meetings . .. classroom discussions ... Dr. Sauk's laboratory . .. club projects .. . C.A.R.E distributing centers ... I was at them all. Yes, you helped to make the year memorable. All the way with Adlai or I like Ike stated the buttons you wore before the 1956 presidential election. After the vigorous campaigning of the two Democratic candidates, Adlai E. Stevenson and Estes Kefauver; and the Republicans, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, I watched the public go to the polls to cast their determining ballots. It appeared that almost everyone liked Ike when he won by a landslide of votes. During election time you were also concerned over the Hungarian revolt against Soviet Russia. Oppression . . . revolt. . . bloodshed . . . and then the flickering hope of the downtrodden people of Hungary was snuffed out. Nevertheless, the brave attempt of the Hungarians to free themselves from communistic tyranny was felt throughout the iron curtain countries and the free world.

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I saw you in button-down collars, crew-neck sweaters, and belted-back trousers or skirts, all indications of the collegiate look . . . carcoats, floating panels, and crystalline shoes deflated many a clothes allowance .. . modernistic fins enhanced '57 Chryslers, Dodges and Fords . . . foreign cars became increasingly popular . . . like everyone else, you enjoyed the custom of pizza after a show or dance . .. morbid ivy league jokes were a short-lived fad . . . three hour movies entertained you. Giant . . . The Ten Commandments .. .Mariyln Monroe . . . the late James Dean ... the rock and roll era brought You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog, Blueberry Hill, and the bop . . . Elvis Presley gained a controversial reputation and two Cadillacs . . . Crazy, man expressed the opinions of cool cats in the U.S.A. — these were the signs of the times. -6-