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

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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

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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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Officers Ray Taylor, vice-president; Joyce Minor, president; Richard Uhlir, treasurer ; Phyllis Sykes, secretary. JUNIORS The juniors began their first year as upper classmen with their new sponsors, Mrs. Cris- man, Mrs. Pruitt, Mr. Szabo, and Mr. Benja- min Owen by electing class officers. Donna Berg and James Meister were elected as repre- sentatives of the class on the Student Council. Choosing class rings was of great importance, and the juniors awaited eagerly for the arrival of the rings, which was their real insignia of apparel for upper classmen. The junior girls proved to be loyal Edi- sonites as they cooperated with the senior class by participating in a “Powder Puff” football game. The game was the first football game played by girls in the history of Edison. The junior girls won the game 25-0 over the senior girls, but the senior class won the gate receipts for the senior trip. An activity to increase the funds in the junior class treasury was the sale of Edison sweat shirts. The big event in the lives of the juniors came on April 24, when they gave the annual Junior- Senior Prom in honor of the seniors at Mar- quette Park Pavilion. Juniors and seniors with their guests danced to the music of Fred Robert’s orchestra. Their first venture into the realm of theatrical business was the presenting of their class play on May 8. The play was a rousing hillbilly comedy entitled “Cornin’ Round the Moun- tain,” which proved to be quite a success under the direction of Mrs. Crisman. Also, the play climaxed the end of the year’s activities as juniors. 20 The 1953 Edisonian