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

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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

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THE EDISON SENIOR ORCHESTRA greets you. This 50-piece senior orchestra is now a thing of beauty as well as of harmony. New outfits of white suits, with blue and gold capes and caps and tams make the organization look like a high powered one indeed. These new uniforms made their appearance about spring vacation time. Mr. Boucher has built up a repertoire of concert and operatic numbers which have been presented in many assemblies and evening pro- grams. Much finer ensemble work, better tone quality and more balanced instrumentation are noticed in their playing this year. New instruments are continually being added. THE EDISON SENIOR BAN D, with their white suits, blue and gold capes, white felt caps and everything, looks like a real, sure enough band. And it certainly sounds like a real band too. The repertoire of the band includes all the standard marches, besides overtures and operatic selec- tions. The student body has enjoyed the band in many assemblies and also at the carnival and the festival. A no- ticeable improvement in tone quality, a better blend of in- struments, and a finer spirit of cooperation are evident in the band this year. Mr. Bouched expects a bigger and bet- ter band next year. Boys, here is your chance. THE SENIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB is a new organ- ization. This year the music department determined that there should be glee clubs for older boys and girls as well as for seventh graders. It is essential that we have these older students if we are to successfully produce an oper- etta each year. There are now thirty-two members in the senior girls' glee club. We have a very fine accompan- ist in Ruth Landow. We are working hard, under Miss Elliott's direction, to make Edison a school really noted for its music just as Mr. Goulet has so often said he wanted us to be. I THE SENIOR BOYS' GLEE CLUB, under Mrs. An- derson's direction, has had a busy and profitable year. The club has met daily during period six in Bungalow two The major activity of the year was the important part this club of older boys played in the splendid production of Rumpelstiltkin, the first ambitious operetta to be put on at Edison. The other principal appearance of the year for this club was on March 28, when they presented in a regu- lar assembly Cynthia's Strategy, a very funny burlesque. Page Fi f ty-nine