Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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KID DAY KID DAY. the day when the A Seniors try. by a change of dress, to be six years old again, is a semi-annual event at Edison. The definite date for Kid Day is set by the A Seniors, and this day every boy and girl appears at school in the long forgotten clothes of childhood. Short trousers, white blouses, flowing ties mark the boys while ruffled organdies, pinafores and romper suits are donned by the girls. For one day they are kindergarteners again in appearance, while they glibly explain the amendments to the Constitu- tion or discourse on the art of Michael Angelo. The day itself has been known by various names in the short life of the school. The first graduating class. January. 1924. called the day Odd Sock Day and appeared in childhood costume with varied colored socks. The June '24 class designated the day as Pig Tail Day while the January '25 class chose the name Kid Day which was kept by the June 25 class because of its appropriateness. JUNIOR MAY DAY THE idea of holding a May Day party originated with the June 25 class when they were A Juniors. Out of the plan to have a Springtime Party grew the idea to imitate the English May Day festival. The B Juniors were invited to attend the festival and participate in the program of stunts. A real May Day procession. lead by a queen, announced by a herald and attended by fair ladies and train bearers, all boys, was a part of the plan. Wilbur Lundell was elected May Queen by the A Juniors. The attendants were Harold Brown. Mike Cielusak. Rus- sel Peterson and Delmar Roffis carried the Queen's train while Herbert Keene was the herald. Arthur Duberke officially crowned the Queen. An English May pole dance given by the attendants and a solo dance by George Johnson were features of the program. A few weeks ago on May 1 the second Junior May Day was held at Edison when the A and B Juniors, with their advisers Miss Hobbs and Mrs. McIntyre again used the English festival as the idea for a joint party. 24

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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

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 TAG DAY TAG DAY occurs on the day baseball season opens for Edison. As one arrives at the building in the morning he is met by cries of Buy a tag.'' Come on! buy a tag.’’ From tables placed in the first floor corridors blue and gold tags arc sold to all comers. The arrangements for the sale are in charge of Miss Ruth Cole, faculty manager of athletics. The salesmen are divided into teams, each having a captain. Prizes are usually offered to the team and the individual who sells the most tags. The money from the sale of tags is used to purchase equipment for the spring athletic teams. WIZARD DAY PERHAPS the most longed-for day in the school year is Wizard Day. which occurs the first week in June and marks the distribution of the Wizard, the school annual. To the staff, the day is one of pride in accomplishment, for at last the result of many weeks of planning, revising, after days of anxious waiting, is a tangible thing, a thing to be seen, to be felt. To them it seems incredible that 25 out of the chaos of paper, cardboard, pictures. glue, proofs could evolve this book which they feel. see. and admire. To the school at large the day means a partial vacation after a short period of lessons. A special auditorium is held by the Wizard Staff immediately after the lunch hour. During the program the Editor of the Wizard presents to the president of the A Juniors a pen which symbolizes the passing on of the responsibility for the publication of an annual at Edison. After the auditorium the Wizard is distributed among the students. Then follows a rush to get autographs. The corridors are filled with laughing students in search of the signatures of their friends, classmates and teachers. Cries of Have I your signature, Just a minute.” Did you sign mine?” mingle with the strains of music from the gymnasium where an all-school Sunlight ends the day. Thus, with eight events made traditions. Edison emerges from its infancy with pride in what has been achieved, but with the hope that the future students will not only preserve these traditions but will, with real initiative, establish new ones which will grow out of their student life.