Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The Wizard 1..........9.........3..........2 I.OUIS G COOK PRINCIPAL THE footsteps of Father Time always point forward. He cannot go back: but we may retrace his path and possibly Indian-like read the trail, and if we know our signs, in some measure we should be able to predict the direction and possibly the end of the journey. Edison is ten years old. What have we accomplished, and what have we to look forward to? This annix’ersary really marks an epoch in our development. We are to be no longer a junior-senior school. Next year the new Sheridan will take our seventh grade, and in two years we shall probably be a four-year high school. Besides, through the new organization of the student council we have grown in a realization of what democracy in a school might mean. These signs are plainly read in our trail, and 1 feel that they point toward a steady growth in understanding for the future. The high standards of behavior demanded by a group living together in one building like Edison teach us how to live after we leave Edison. 'I his is the supreme test of a school: Does it teach its pupils how to live and hold the standards necessary for success in our modern world? This is the challenge. I believe we arc ready to meet it.

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The 1932 Wizard EDISON HIGH SCHOOL THE site chosen for Edison, formerly known as Long John's Pond, was undoubtedly a favorite haunt of the young yachtsmen of the neighborhood after welcome spring rains. However, in the summer of 1921 the land was drained, and excavation was begun preparatory to the building of Edison High School. Because of the treacherous quicksand bottom beneath the top layer of earth, fifty thousand dollars was spent in driving huge piles into the ground to support the foundation of the building. One year later the new building occupying one city block was opened. Upon entering the north or “front” door of Edison one sees first the trophy case, the pride of our school. In the front hall of the first floor the the office, private offices of school administrators, and the nurse’s office are situated. The cooking rooms also are off the lower front hall. To the south of the school are the one-story industrial wing and the greenhouse, which is in conjunction with the botany rooms. The greenhouse furnishes us with valuable information and interesting sidelines for botany classes as well as plants and flowers for the stage and for social functions. On the second floor is a large, pleasant library which contributes greatly to the interest of our studies and reference work. The science rooms and laboratories are ideally situated facing south on the third floor. The music, sewing, and art departments; and the study halls are also on third floor while regular class rooms are distributed throughout the school. The center of the building and incidentally a center of our school life is our large auditorium which furnishes a place for school assemblies. [ 17 ]

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The 19 3 2 Wizard RUTH 1-ITCH COLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HOW arc you measuring time? Second by second, hour by hour, year by year, you check off the moments by good or unworthy acts, by gain or loss, by noble or ignoble thoughts. Your every thought, your every act unite to make a whole which is you. Each minute you are making character. If you have a kind word and a friendly smile, if you work earnestly, serve honorably, have faith: if each day you are better, braver, nobler—building more stately mansions—you will have true friends, real happiness, and the satisfaction of work well done.