Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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TRADITIONS The years roll back, leave us but memories That hold us to our school though we be gone. Some disappear, but those remaining make Traditions—lasting things we leave behind. Year after year more traditions are growing at Edison. As the traditions increase the attachment of students and graduates to the school become more binding; every day studies and pleasures are pleasant memories, but they linger in confusion, while traditions stamp themselves definitely in the mind and continually serve as a reminder of the happy days at alma mater. 20

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TRADITIONS THE traditions of a school are those customs held worthy of preservation and passed down from one class to another. They are the accepted practices held sacred by one group, given in trust to another group. It is presumptuous to say that any action, any day. any form has really become a custom, a tradition, in the three years since the opening of Edison. l ime is an important element in the establishment of a tradition, yet. during these three years, some customs have become established which time will fix more firmly. Many others will yet appear, growing out of the lives of future students. These red letter days occurring year after year help to bind students loyally to the school. The very words, l ag Day. Wizard Day, Sunlight, bring pleasant memories to the alumni and recollections or anticipations of good times to the present students. SUNLIGHT Since the first year that Edison was opened Sunlights have been held. Sunlights. dancing parties held from three to five o'clock in the gymnasium, are under the direction of the Student Council. Committees of the Council have charge of tickets, music, and act as hosts. During the first two years at Edison. Sunlights were held frequently and proved to be very popular with the students. At the beginning of the present school year the Council decided to try out evening dances instead. An evening dance was held last fall but was not very popular. No Sunlight was given by the Council during the first term, however, the Wizard Staff gave one on the Friday before the Christmas vacation. The Student Council resumed its plan of holding Sunlights during the second semester. At the close of school before Easter vacation the first one was held, while today. Wizard Day. the last Sunlight of the year takes place. HOMECOMING Football, probably more than any other sport, arouses loyalty to one's school, a desire, to follow the game, to see the team in action, and to join the rooters in the old yells. For this reason the annual homecoming at most schools occurs during the football season. With only two graduating classes, numbering two hundred. Edison staged its first Homecoming last November the sixth. This day was chosen because of the football game with Central, which decided the championship of the city high schools. As many alumni attended the game as possible. numbers coming from distant points throughout the State. John Kasmarynski of the January. 1924 class, was chairman of the general committee. Miss Adelaide Ber, adviser of the Alumni Association, helped to plan the day’s program. In the evening a dinner was given to which the football team was invited. Frank Koss of the June '24 class, presided during the dinner. Students of the junior and senior classes were invited to attend the dance. Eighty-five alumni were present at the dinner while nearly one hundred and fifty attended the dance. The students and the alumni were so enthusiastic over the first Homecoming that more elaborate plans are being made for Edison’s second Homecoming next fall. 21