Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The outstanding event of the track season was the performance of the mile relay team which held up its honor by winning its race at the Mainline Relays. The time was slower than the record breaking performance of the past year due to a muddy track. In the pole vault. E. Dunn tied with Graham of West for first place. The Tommies also gained a 3rd place in the 880 yard relay. In the Carleton meet, the Wizards made a good showing considering the fact that a few of the star runners were unable to compete. H. Poole and E. Dunn gained first places in the shot pul and pole vault respectively. Edison placed sixth among ten other high schools in the 17th annual state high school track meet at the University Memorial Stadium. Captain E. Dunn led his teammates with a tie for first place in the pole vault, and H. Poole heaved the shot-put to first place. Joe Tomczyk placed fifth in the 100 yard dash, and R. llamann jumped to fourth place in the running broad jump. The city track meet resulted in the best showing Edison has made in that event, fhe trackmen placed fourth and incidently ran up the highest number of points ever gained by Edison in an outdoor meet. E. Dunn captured first place in the pole vault with a leap of eleven feet. II. Poole took second place in the shot-put. Joe Tomczyk sprinted to first place in the 440 yard dash and a fourth in the 100 yard dash. R. llamann placed third in the discus throw and fourth in the running broad jump. Now I have told you what was done in school last spring and when our fall program is settled someone will write you again. Yours sincerely, Tirentt -Fivc

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Quite another form of amusement than that derived from the stage is found in athletics. I'he 1926 Baseball team finished the season with a record of four wins, three losses, and one tie game. This is an enviable record because baseball practice was started late. Basketball was occupying the attention of our school when other schools were already practicing the diamond sport.. Seven lettermen and a large squad of other candidates answered Coach Parkin’s call for first practice. The schedule called for eight games, two games with each of four schools. 'I'he teams which Edison played during the season were South, North, Central, and West. At the end of this schedule, Edison’s record read—four games won, three lost, and one tied. Captain Peter Mankowski again captured batting honors with a percentage of .433. Sporne, Cielusak, and Keene were the next highest in the percentage column. Lefty Vanusek lived up to his reputation and pitched excellent ball in every contest. He had an average of eleven strike-outs per game, but poor support at times proved costly. Mike Cielusak played a bang-up game at shortstop. Much credit must be given to other members of the team for the constant chattering and for upholding their Edison fighting spirit. The tennis team of spring 1926 made a creditable showing with a record of four wins and three losses. Prospects seemed bright before the season started with the return of four lettermen to swing their racquets. Carl Nelson, Norman Johnson, and Gordon Anderson were added to make the personnel of the team complete. Orville Olson was probably the outstanding player on the team. He played a sound and consistent game all through the season. Captain McLaughlin showed good form, and in every match he gave his opponent a hard fight. Orville Olson, paired with Delbur Nordin, made a doubles team that was invincible. Norman Johnson created quite a sensation in city tennis circles as he was only a freshman and had the honor of defeating N. Chesler, one of the best players in city high schools. Much credit must be given to the other members of team for their hard playing and upholding the Edison fighting spirit. Joe Tomczyk Earl Dunn Hilton Poole 1 Cjf c-- -II i.S] i ji JI IA ft) rwenty-Four

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»I 013NG EDISON soon became adept as a telegraph operator and his association with the telegraph focused his attention on electricity. In 1802 when he was fifteen years old, he got a job as a train dispatcher in the Port Huron telegraph office at twenty-five dollars a month. This was a night job and as young Edison spent nearly the whole day experimenting at home, he was always very sleepy at night. But here his inventive genius came to his rescue and incidentally lost him his job. As a check on Edison, his employer required him to send the letter “A” in Morse code to the operator in the next town every half hour. Edison rigged up a device which when connected with the alarm clock would send an excellent imitation of the letter “A” over the wires. Having installed this device, Edison proceeded to get his needed rest. All went well until one night the operator tried to call Edison back. He could get no response. Fearing that some great calamity had befallen Edison, he jumped on a handcar and hurried to the young inventor’s office. To his surprise he saw Edison sleeping soundly in a chair while on the table was a queer looking instrument and to add to his amazement, as the alarm struck the hour, the instrument opened the key, sent the letter “A,” and again closed the key. From this job Edison wandered to many others in the middle west until in 1868 he went to Boston where he first turned his thoughts seriously to the held of invention. Twenty-Six