Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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T II E 19 8 1 WIZARD ARTA KOCKEN ROBERT STEWART ERMA TODD Councilor Engineer Viiilmf T either DEVELOPMENTS IN 1931 DURING ihc hot summer days of June. July, and August, the painters took over the building. and with swift and dexterous strokes of cream and white paint, prepared to make it look like new. White the students vacationed, read, camped, and studied, one hundred men worked steadily to complete the $80,000 job by September 2. What a welcome surprise the homeward wenders received when they entered the building, shiny with its new coat of paint! The ordeal of returning to school was a much less difficult task with the glorious resplendence of the freshly-coated walls brightening our days. With the opening of the new school year, there were added to the faculty several new teachers. They were: Mr. Ole Anderson, who teaches the newly-introduced subject, auto mechanics; Mr. T. V. Cunningham, instructor in mechanical drawing: Miss Mary McGregor, teacher of junior high art; Mrs. I.otta Hegnauer. instructor in domestic science; Miss Jean Toohey. senior high art teacher. Mrs. Lucille Simmons became a regular teacher in the commercial department, where she had formerly substituted for Miss York. February came, and with it the new semester and new teachers. Those who then became faculty members were: the Misses Florence Fisch and Sophie Albinson. English teachers: Mrs. Florence Keeler, instructor in domestic science; Mrs. Vera Lawson, seventh and eighth grade chorus teacher: and Mr. Ralph Wiley, assistant in boys' gymnasium work. MISS MELLEM MISS FISCH MRS LAWSON MISS ALBINSON T wmly

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T II K l l) 3 l W IZARD Ruth Fitch Cole Assiitant Principal 'T 'HE highway stretches before us toward the land of our dreams. Under the warm sunshine it leads through glorious scenery to the wonders of the unknown Far-away. Little do we realize that there are many rough places along the way: cold storms and intense heat, steep hills and narrow roads, unexpected sharp turns which lead to great sorrows. You are all on the highway of life. How splendid that to you it is bright with promise. How you thrill with the hope of the great Unknown! May you have strength and courage and wisdom to carry you on your way over the rugged places to the full realization of your hopes. Ninttttn

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T II E 1 i) 8 1 W I Z A R D EVA TOWNSEND Sum Mill.A RENDERNICK librarian MARIE BARNARD l.unrh Roam Manager TV TUCH to our regret, there were a few teachers who did not return in September. Miss Stevning is now teaching art at Franklin Junior High. Mrs. MacDonald and Mr. Castner left for Vocational High School when their special classes were transferred to that building. The January. 1931, graduates lost their social adviser when Miss Hobbs became a faculty member at Cenral High School. There was but one vacancy in January. Miss Scverinson left to teach at the Wendell Phillips school. Although Edison was originally built to accommodate 1.800 students, the records on September 2 showed that there were 2.391 pupils attending sessions here. On February 2. there were still more students registered, the total enrollment being 2.500. or an increase of 181 students. The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades number 1,077 pupils, with the Junior high school ranging somewhat higher. The freshman class, with 673 students, leads the several grades as to number. DRESSING UP THE GYM Tuftniy-Ont