Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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SENIORS (Continued) portant activity for the juniors was the class play entitled “My Heart’s in High.” The fol- lowing night, November 2, the first dance was held after the Merrillville football game. Finally came December 7, which concerned only the juniors as their class rings arrived. April 25 was the date of the annual Pre-Prom Dance. The high light of the year for the Class of ’53, like every junior class, was the Junior-Senior Prom, which was given at Marquette Park Pavilion on the night of May 8. “Twilight Time” was the theme, and the music was fur- nished by Mickey Isley and his orchestra. As the year drew slowly to a close, the Class of ’53 was ready to enter its final year. The great day, September 2, arrived when they enrolled as seniors. Their class officers were chosen as follows : Donald Kuzma, presi- dent ; Cynthia Morrison, vice-president ; Bar- bara Smith, secretary ; and Robert Vizena, treasurer. Richard Vizena and Suzanne An- derson were selected as senior members of the Student Council. Without delay they set out to sponsor numerous activities to raise funds for their senior trip. The senior class play, which had been given in the spring in past years according to custom at Edison, was changed on the calendar of school events to the beginning of tbe year. October 15 was the date selected for the class play, “The Happier We’ll Be.” In keeping with the title of the play, the class was happy with its group of senior actors and actresses. They held a scrap drive, sold individual pic- tures to the student body, sold sandwiches at noontime, sponsored a new and successful as well as enjoyable event in the form of a junior- senior girls’ football game on October 22, opened a magazine sales campaign on Novem- ber 4, sponsored a dance called tine Senior Sock Social on December 1 2, and sold greeting cards. This year, the seniors chose as their educa- tional trip a tour to Washington, D. C., which was taken from May 10 to 16. Following the trip, the seniors anxiously awaited graduation day which was just around the corner. Bac- calaureate was held in Edison Gymnasium on Sunday, May 24. Then again in Edison Gym- nasium on the following Tuesday, May 26, the seniors received their long awaited diplomas. They received them proudly and joyfully, al- though there was some sadness in their hearts for they knew that “Commencement” marked the ending of twelve wonderful years of work and fun and the beginning of their individual lives in that unknown future. Senior Trip The 1953 Edisonian

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Senior Steering Committee Top row — Ronald Park, Geraldine Demo, Roger Bottila. Front rote — Joann Watts. Dolores Rearick. SEN How well all of the seniors remember Septem- ber 6, 1949. It was their first day at Edison High School and the beginning of a new and somewhat thrilling experience. For their fresh- man leaders they elected four enthusiastic stu- dents : Dale Hodges, president ; Marty Faitak, vice-president ; Barbara Smith, secretary ; Sherry Niehaus, treasurer. Geraldine Demo and Bruce Swift served as Student Council representatives. Their first activity as fresh- men was a dance, which was held on December 2 ; but the big event of the year was held on January 27, the night of the Lollipop Dance, which turned out to be one of the biggest suc- cesses of the year. Naturally, they were quite proud since they were the originators of the new dance. As the year came to a close, they awaited anxiously their return in the fall. Being sophomores and having had one year of experience already, they were eager to enter I 0 R S more activities than before. Charles Krupchak was chosen as president, but he withdrew from school at the beginning of the second semester and was succeeded by the vice-president, Bar- bara Smith. Bruce Swift was secretary, and Gary Ganz was treasurer. Cynthia Morrison and Marty Faitak represented the sophomores in Student Council meetings. The first sopho- more dance, of course, was another Lollipop Dance on December 8. On March 30, the second dance was called a Hillbilly Hop, and the gym was decorated in hillbilly style. As the year ended, the sophomores were looking to- ward their junior year. As juniors, they wasted no time. Upon re- turning to school in the fall, class officers were elected : Cynthia Morrison, president ; Suzanne Anderson, vice-president; Lois Cotter, secre- tary ; Dolores Rearick, treasurer. Barbara Smith and Robert Vizena were chosen as Stu- dent Council representatives. The first im- Senior-Junior Girls’ Football Game Courtesy of Bruce Bailey The 1953 Edisonian 17

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Top row — Cynthia Morrison, valedictorian ; Carolyn Salen, salutatorian ; Barbara Smith, activities award; Donald Kuzma, activities award ; Dennis Anderson, athletic award. Bottom row — Robert Vizena, American Legion award; Dolores Rearick, American Legion award; Blaze Kozak, Veterans of Foreign Wars award; Mary Ann Tucker, Veterans of Foreign Wars award. The 1953 Edisoiiian