Edison Middle School - Wizard Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THE HALL SQUAD is now bringing to a close its iifth semester of service. This organiation has as its job the keeping of well ordered hallways. The workers are posted at set positions throughout the school plant to help direct traffic and keep everything running smoothly and in the best possible order. The sponsor of this squad is Mr. Davis, and in a school of more than two thousand students his is a real job. The workers are organized in rather a military fashion. This semester Helene Jacobs is commissioner, Pauline Mathews is director and Venita Cheichi is inspec- tor- There are one hundred and ten workers and eleven cap- tains. THE YARD SQUAD takes care of the grounds. If in throwing your papers away you happen to miss the can, they are the ones who remind you to pick them up and put them in the can. Mr. Dryden is the faculty sponsor. The aim of the yard squad is to make Edison's grounds the finest in the city. At their meetings, which they have every week, there are suggestions made as how to improve the grounds. Emelda Romero is the student leader. Junior members of the student body serve on this squad, and get training which makes them eligible to serve on' the Hall Squad when they are seniors. THE SAFETY COMMITTEE is a very important organization in our school. These students have many dlu- ties They take care of the seating and order in the assemb- lies and other meetings in the auditorium. They are stationed at various points on the grounds to keep the stu- dents from going off the school, grounds without a lunch pass at noon. One of the important jobs they have is to regulate traflic at the various street intersections close to school. In this part of their work they are a part of the city-wide organization for safety sponsored by the Auto- mobile Club of Southern California. Mr. Neenan is the faculty sponsor of this group and James Meikle is the stu- dent director. THE STAGE CREW is composed of eighteen boys who are willing to do hard work. They have to weigh about one hundred and fifteen pounds, for there are -many heavy scenes to shift and other hard physical labor to be done. The boys are required to have had a course in every shop activ- ity given-in the school. Also. they must have excellent recommendations as to citizenship and responsibility before they are taken onto this squad. Mr. Spicer is the capable teacher and sponsor of this group. Page Fifty-five

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ATTENDANCE OFFICE WORKERS are school- servers. Keeping an accurate record of the attendance in a large school involves an enormous amount of Work. The system used at Edison has been developed in such a Way that student helpers do a large portion of this work. Several students are programmed into the attendance of- fice each period of the day. Here they do a Wonderful ser- vice for the school and at the same time they obtain some very valuable training in general office Work. This is one of the regular service organizations of the school and stu- dent service merits are awarded for faithful service here. Mr. Donyes is in charge of these workers, and with Miss Thompson's assistance makes the wheels go 'round. THE BOOKSTORE AND CAFETERIA WORKERS are very busy students in Edison. The bookstore sells every kind of supply that the boys and girls will need. Every article purchased from the bookstore is of the highest quality. Mr. Ambler is the faculty sponsor of the bookstore. There are seven students working there. The cafeteria has the best of food and at low prices. Mrs. Lee is the head of the cafeteria. There are four ladies, one man, and about forty-two students Working in the cafeteria. The students are always satisfied with whatever they buy at either one of these places. THE LIBRARY SERVICE MONITORS are real stu- dent serversf' Our job is to keep the library in good order, check the books in and out at the desk, and keep the files straight. We mend the books and returnthem to their pro- per places on the shelves. We learn to help our fellow stu- dents. Miss Mathis, the school librarian, is our director. Ex- perience in the library teaches us how to use books, how to care for books, and will be of benefit to us in senior high school, and later in life. THE PROPERTY COMMITTEE is a unit of the school service program at Edison. This committee Was organized early in the life of the school, and many loyal students have given excellent service in this department. The faculty sponsor of this committee is Mr. Perry, and under his direction the eight students of the committee carry on the work assigned to them in a very eliicient man- ner. This department is in charge of the lost and found offlce. of the bicycle racks, and accounts for all school prop- erty that comes under its jurisdiction. Robert Anear is the student director of this organization, and has proved him- self worthy of this important position. Page Fifty-seven