Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The 19 3 2 Wizard MISS BALLOU MISS HOLKESVIG MR JANES MISS SEAMAN To compete with the boys' Q. E. D. a girls' debating club was organized the following year under the name of W. H. B. In keeping with the fact that the school annual is named for the Wizard’’ of all sciences. Thomas Alva Edison, the seniors of the year 1927 dedicated their Wizard to Mr. Edison. It contained a synopsis of his life and inventions together with several pictures of him. Most cherished of all in the annual is a letter from Mr. Edison with a facsimile of his own signature. In the following school year every room in Edison High was given a framed picture of Mr. Edison. Under each picture there is a quotation which bears on the subject taught in that room. These pictures are a constant reminder of the ideals of the great man for whom our school is named. nln the late spring of 1930 plans for an Edison athletic field were being made: and during the summer these plans were materializing. When the fall term opened, the students were greeted with a field that showed prospects of becoming all that a loyal Edisonian could desire. Many of the students gave their locker refund for a fence which is to be built about the playing field. mi;s Dodge MISS ROBERTSON MR AHLSTROM MISS BURKE MISS HICKOK MISS CASE Mr. parkins I 24 ] MISS DOOR MR. SODHKGREN MR. HENDRICKS MISS TUPPFR

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The 1932 Wizard iminiMiiinniiisiiiiai.itaiiir: iiiiiiiimiiiiiiinniiiiwiimiiiiiwiiimimmiirtiiiiwiiiwimiMiiiwiiiiMiiuiiiuiiiimiiiMiiiMiiiuiiiMiiimiimiiimiiiMimmiwniii MR. LOMBARD MRS. MClNTYRB MISS MCMILLAN MR. MHRRIEIELD MR. MILLER MRS. NORDBY MISS PETERSON MR PILE MISS P1NN0Y MR RAY In its opening year Edison received eighteen hundred students who had formerly attended East High and the neighboring grade schools. Since only the 7B through 1 1A grades were included, there was no graduating class the first year. The Senior Student Council was organized in this year. It made possible a finer cooperation between students and faculty and sponsored a series of entertainments for the entire school. In the following year Edison’s first graduating class was organized. It consisted of forty-six members with Mr. Benner acting as the adviser. Room 202 was made the headquarters of the year book. A new name, the Wizard, was selected. Under the direction of Mrs. Gillies the annual was constructed, and Edison was started on a literary career. In the year of 1924-25 Edison showed an ambition for organizing. Several organizations which were begun then but no longer exist are the Q. E. D. Club, the Wing and Bow Club, and the Commercial Club. However, three of our most serviceable clubs today were organized then: namely, the National Honor Society, the Dramatic Club, and the Band. A definite magazine class also was organized to take complete charge of the Gleam. I 23 J MISS SEYMOUR MISS TURNER MISS WENTZ MRS WHITE

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The 19 3 2 Wizard miss cowan miss Cullen miss ovanson miss Garvey MRS OLSEN MRS POHLSON MISS RAMSWICK The year 1930-31 witnessed considerable advancement at Edison. Not only did our school receive a coat of paint—its first—which has thus far withstood the wear and tear of time, but just recently new lockers were added to accommodate the growing needs of Edison. The capacity of the lunchroom was greatly increased by the addition of extra tables and stools. Edison widened its scope by adding to its curriculum two new subjects: auto mechanics under the instruction of Mr. O. Anderson, and German taught by Miss Ber. Consequently, as other language groups have done previously, the German department organized a club with Miss Ber as its adviser. Mrs Johnson MRS SCHELLENBERG I 25 1 MR BIRKELAND MRS MORRISON MRS CONKLIN MR Q5TRMM MR. LEIN MRS TIFFT MISS MORRIS MISS WARD