Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Mr Rrodrioick Mi t Ko k n MU Towntcod Mr . 0 iW» Mr Slrwari MU Oundonort Mr Aim Mi»» Swjn»on Mr . L«nvik Mi » L bowii« OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION THE office force consists of five clerks with Mrs. Aim at its head. In charge of the attendance is Miss Lebowits. Mr. Cook and Miss Cole have, as their secretaries. Mrs. Lenvik and Miss Swanson respectively. Mrs. Lenvik is also the requisition clerk. Miss Sather. who assists two days of the week, does miscellaneous work, including the sale of books in the new book-room and distribution of books in the eighth grade book room. An important cog in the life of the school is Miss Kocken. the school counselor. Her expert, personal advice regarding programs and future occupa lions is given to each student in his freshman and senior years. The choice and preparation of the life work of a student are under her supervision. The coun selor is also invaluable in her placement of students in good positions. The chief engineer. Mr. Stewart, is assisted by a corps of ten men and one woman, in keeping Edison warm, clean and attractive. Mrs. Giles is in charge of the teachers' and students' lunchrooms. With her staff of three women, one man. and fifteen students, she prepares a well-balanced meal daily in the lunchroom. The nurse. Miss Townsend, has several duties. She admits students to the classroom from which they have been absent because of illness, administers first aid when necessary, and also visits the homes of pupils who have been absent a number of days. Mrs. Rendernick is the librarian and has as her assistant. Miss Chandon-net. They give help to the students in their reference work, and keep order in the library during the study periods. I zo |

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T H E WIZAR D RUTH FITCH COLE A iitt«ni Principal Student of Edison: ONE of your ancestors left home, friends, and country to come to a new world to make a new home and to adopt a new country. I do not know whether he came with those first settlers in the New England wilderness or whether he came with you in his arms. I do know that it took bravery to leave his home for an unknown land. I know that he had many hardships to overcome whether the bleak winters of New England, the grasshoppers of the plains, the harassing Indians, or the economic struggles of a later time. He worked long and hard. He overcame one disaster to face another. He accomplished because of his hope and faith as by faith Abraham left home and journeyed afar to a new country. May you. his descendant, be brave to undertake; may you work hard to overcome; and may you have that faith and hope which accomplishes.

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THE WIZARD Mr. AhUtrom Mi Albinion Mr. O. Andcr»on Mr. W. AnJmon Mi BjIIou Mif Brrdlr Mr . Bcnnrr Mr. Brnnft Mi Brr Mr. Birkrlrnd FACULTY A GREAT influence in the history of Edison is the faculty, the members of which have done much to shape the destinies of the school. They have made it possible for this great cosmopolitan institution of two thousand five hundred students representing thirty different nationalities to function as one huge family. Edison is looking forward to the time in the future when it shall become a senior high school. At the beginning of the school year of 1932-33 a step was taken in this direction with the opening of the Phillip Sheridan Junior High School. This splendid new structure for the education of pupils in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades is situated at Broadway and University Avenues. Several Edison Junior High teachers were transferred to the new school: Mrs. White. Mrs. Tifft. Mrs. Larson. Miss Fritsche. and Miss Burke. At the beginning of the spring term Mr. Wesley Anderson of the music department left Edison to take over the duties as instructor at Roosevelt High School. Mrs. Nelson left for Patrick Henry and Sheridan. A new teacher. Miss Alice Johnson, was added to the faculty. Miss Case left on leave of absence for the Mediterranean and Europe. During Miss Case's absence Mr. Brohaugh is instructor of advanced algebra, and Mr. Janes is teaching solid geometry. Miss Tupper. who had charge of the winter 1931. spring 1932. and winter 1933 editions of the school magazine, the GLEAM, was made B senior adviser. Miss Challman is now faculty adviser of the GLEAM. The death of Miss Jane Allan Seymour was much felt throughout the school. Her genial personality together with her wide experience as teacher and world traveler made her many friends during her ten years at Edison. 3nd gained the esteem and admiration of the faculty and student body. t 21 1