Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Progress Demands Many Changes xv D Younq D Raymond, I. Eklund, D. Laker. members of the M. Regan. Mary Regan. C, Stake. with P. Roback in the some English class. demonstrate the proper way to introduce background. take their orchestra practice seriously while a boy friend to one's parents. preparing for a program. Three more shop teachers are Mr. Louis Lopata, Mr. David Habel, and Mr. D. Bruce Mathiason. Mr. Lopata teaches woodwork and coaches basketball and the sophomore football teams. Mr. Habel instructs the production class which prints the school paper, and Mr. Mathiason has classes in both electricity and mechanical drawing. The shop courses are very practical for boys wishing to make work of this type their occupation. Mr. Mathiason is an assistant senior adviser. Mrs. Lucille Simmons, Miss Emma Choudek, Mrs. Mary Cornelius, and Mr. Charles Lombard are the teachers in the commercial department. Mrs. Simmons teaches shorthand: Miss Choudek has office training and secretarial practice while Mrs. Cornelius has typing. Mr. Lombard is a bookkeeping instructor and social adviser of the senior class. Miss Choudek is also the adviser ot the Ushers Club. Mrs. Cornelius is the adviser of the Student Council point system come mittee. Seated: Miss Choudek, Mrs. L. Simmons. Standing Mi. Mqtliirisun, Mi, Hub:-l, Mr. Lopaitu. Mrs. Corneilus Mi. l,mnbrrrd, Page Ill

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Novelty Brightens the School Day B Lucdke F. Rog. T. Kowell, Driver Training students of In a senior English class H. Walburq, R. Salem. P Magnuson Mr Hamnn. learn not only how to drive but the rules of L. Krietz show the wrong way for a girl to introduce her boy good driving through textbooks and movies. friend to her parents. Miss Sophie Albinson and Mrs. lulia Michelsen teach English. Mrs. Michelseu also has the news classes and is adviser of the Record, our school paper. Miss Grace Garland takes charge of speech, drama, and radio classes and is the direc' tor of the senior class play. The three speech classes are very popular with stu' dents because they help give them poise in speaking in front of audiences of all sizes. These classes are also different from any other type and make an interesting change. We have six shop teachers three of whom are Mr. Lee Heironirnus, Mr. Edgar Merrifield, and Mr. Henry Zittlernan. Mr. Heironirnus teaches classes in machine and mechanical drawing. He is also the adviser of the Christian Fellowship Club and an assistant senior adviser. Mr. Merrifield teaches woodwork to the hoys and Mr. Zittleman has machine shop. Shop courses are offered to hoys in all classes from seventh through twelfth grade. M1s:.Gcrxlnnd, Miss Alhinson, Mrs. Michelson. Mi. lfvironimus, Mr. Zittleiiiun, Mi. Mviiitiwlzt Pfiqzi YU

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SEHIURS IHHRBH HHEHD From the day we entered kindergarten our sights have been set on reaching that wonderful time when we would be seniors. Now it is almost over. We don our caps and gowns, symbols of graduation, with sorrow as well as happiness: sorrow because we are leaving good friends and pleasant associations behind: happiness because we have nearly reached one of the biggest milestones in our lives. We have acquired invaluable knowledge and shared unrivalled oppor- tunities as we have marched through our school years. Thousands of students who strolled through Edison's corridors before us looked forward to the day when they would receive their diplomas. We. too, eagerly await these treasured scrolls which in this modern age are of inestimable value, for they are a recommendation in that they prove the bearers had ambition enough to carry out what they started. Many of us will enter colleges and universities throughout the entire nation: some of us will take iobs immediately after commencement without further train- ing. Among us there will un- doubtedly be some who will achieve outstanding success. 'Q We of the 1950 graduating J v class are stepping from the u memorable and leisurely days of school life into the aff? swift and more complicated procession of everyday liv- ing. I MK: Qlzr