Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SENIOR BANQUET NO EVENT of commencement week is anticipated with as much real pleasure by the Seniors as the banquet. For days and weeks before this event occurs committees are busy planning the menu, the decorations, the place cards, the program of speeches, and the dance which follows. While the menu may be the chief interest of many, the program of speeches holds first place in the minds of others. The history of the class is a feature of the evening. Reference to the horrors of the first Freshman days, or to ' You remember one time when we were Sophomores’’ never fails to bring a grin, a good natured chuckle or even a hearty laugh. The prophecy, too. is anticipated by all. The Senior president presides as toastmaster. A few honored B seniors are asked to help with the serving while all B Seniors are invited to attend the dance. The idea of spring was carried out in the decorations at the banquet of the January 1925 class. Place cards representing the conventional senior in cap and gown were used. Arnold Simso acted as toastmaster. Mr. J. E. iMeyers was an honored guest. JUNE ’25 CLASS COMMITTEES were busy with colored paper, menus, programs, speeches, and place-cards, and the after-dinner dance was greatly anticipated by A-Scniors of the June '25 class. The banquet was held in the lunch room and the dancing took place in the girls’ gym on the evening of June 9th. Ralph Dow, the president of the class, acted as toastmaster for the evening. The Decoration committee consisted of Genevieve Randolph as chairman. Ethyln Carlson. Marian Farrell. Evelyn Benger. Fed Mueller, Vernan Hanlan. Earl Stanley and Delphine Maze. Of the menu committees Marion Sargent was chairman and the other members were Loretta Nevins. Helen Buffum. Wilbur Lundell. and Roald Kirkeide. Marion Sargent. Elsie Deutcher. Agnes Newhouse. Charles Peterson. Frances Ouimette. Keith Moore. Oscar Davis, and Clifford Mulrine. Mr. Cook. Miss Seaman, and Miss Cole also made speeches. Twelve girls from the 1 2B class served the dinner, and all the 1 2B students were invited to attend the dance which was held after the banquet. 22

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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

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[0109LM1M SENIOR PROM ONE of the days set aside on the commencement week's program is the Senior Prom. This affair, a dancing party for all Seniors, was started by the January '25 class when they entertained the June '24 graduates with a springtime party which they called a “Frolic.” Last January the June 25 class gave a similar party for the graduating Seniors, but called the party a “Prom. Various committees were appointed to take care of the invitations, the dance programs. the decorations, the tickets, and music. A number of parents of seniors were invited as guests, and invitations were sent to all graduating Seniors and faculty members. The grand march was led by the B Senior president. Agnes Newhouse. and her partner, Ralph Dow. The A Senior president. Arnold Simso. with Marion Farrell was next in line while the other class officers and guests followed. The decoration committee converted the gymnasium into a winter forest scene with pine trees, icicles and snow in abundance. June 10. the B-Scnior class will entertain the graduating class with a dancing party in the girls' gymnasium. The grand march, which will begin at 8 o’clock, will be led by Russell Sawyer, president of the 1 2B class with Dorothy Sandgren. They will be followed by Ralph Dow. president of the graduating class, with his partner. Hazel Matheny and Leland Stark. Agnes Newhouse and Carl Knopke. Goldie Patterson and Russell Pincoe. Ted Mueller and Marion Sargent. Lorenzo Fritzbcrg and Agnes Wiese and Delphine Maze accompanied by his partner. Parents of members of the two classes have been invited as honorary guests. All arrangements are under the control of various committees chosen from the B-Senior class. Chairman and the committes they head are: Wendell Engstrom. decorations: Agnes Wiese, invitations: George Johnson, program: Carol Nelson, refreshments. The decorations for the banquet will also be used for the Senior Frolic. The program will be the grand march, dancing, and refreshments. 23