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

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ARMISTICE PROGRAM Armistice Day is observed nowhere in all the land with more reverence than is shown each year by the Edison Faculty and Student Body. It is a tradition of this school that this day be set aside as Edison Men's Day. Each year the men of the faculty bring to us a presentation of some of the real life situations of the world's most recent and most terrific struggle. On November thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, the setting was a railway station somewhere in France. As the scene opened, guards were seen pacing slowly back and forth across the graveled station yard in the grey mist of the early morning. All was quiet but the crunching of the granite beneath the feet of the guards as they paced back and forth keeping vigil over the soldiers who the audience were beginning to realize were sleeping inside the funny little railroad cars that were standing on the side track at the platform of the station. The silence was soon broken by the roar of an aero- plane motor, and the guards sang o-ut the warning that the enemy were threatening a raid from the air. There was a flash, an explosion, and the raid was on. Charge after charge, and flash after flash for some two or three minutes and then the roar of the planes began to fade away into the distance and the enemy was gone. The next scene depicted the humor and happiness which the soldiers resorted to in order to forget the ter- rors and dispel the gloom. A negro cook, one Sambo Jones from Mobile, was brought before a faked court and given a trial for stealing a hamg convicted, sentenced, and then allowed to escape. Page Sixty-eight

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN Ruinpelstiltskin was the operetta which was presented by the combined boys' and girls' glee clubs. There were two afternoon and one evening performances. Rumpelstiltskin, the opcretta, was really the story of Rumpelstiltskin corn- bined With that of The Queen's Daughter. This was our first attempt at operetta Work and Was very much appreciated by everyone who saw it. It showed good acting and very nice vocal Work. The beautiful stage setting and gorgeous costuming added materially to the suc- cess of the operetta. 'I here was a double cast, some performing in the after- noon and some in the evening. The main characters of the cast were the Dwarf,-Gerald Husted and Jimmie West,- the King,-Ishmail Williams and Orlyn Kimmel,- Sophia,-Genevieve Sharp and Sylvia Kositsky,-Jan, the miller,-Tom Marr and Ernest Cottrell,-Janette, his Wife,-Eva Mae Waldrup and Betty Courter. Almost one- hundred and fifty students participated and it is hoped that we will be able to present an operetta every year. The directing of the operetta Was done by the four I'!'1C'T11l361'S of the music faculty of Edison 5-Miss Dye, Miss Elliott, Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Boucher. We Wish to con- gratulate them on the great success of this, our first, operetta. Page Sixty-seven

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THE KING'S ENGLISH The King's English was the Winter '30 graduation play, given on January 17, 1930. It was supposed to be on the South Sea Islands. Ripley O'Rannigan, king of the West- ern Shores of Karra Wanga, Wanted his daughter, Loola, to marry someone who spoke correct English. Several men came in, but finally one man, whom Loola herself had chosen, was picked out by Ripley O'Rannigan to be the one to marry Loola. The setting was very beautiful and the play was given to three enthusiastic audiences. Miss Packard, the director, and all the cast are to be complimented on the success of the play. Ripley O'Rannigan ,.,...,.......,,.,,.........,.................,... Tom Marr King of the Western Shores of Karra Wanga Loola ........................,....,......,,,,,..........,............ Helen McConnell His lovely daughter, a trifle spoiled ' D Kavva Koo .................,..,,.,,.,,.,..,.,,.,..,,,..,,,,...,...,..... N wk Cordlll The refined Cannibal King of the Eastern Shores of Karra Wanga Silas Q. Pudkins .................................................. Ivan Brittian A man who makes money Montmorency Van Renselear Smyth ............,......... Moses Tell A gentleman of Class Hard Boiled Mike ............................................ Elclefn, Campbell of de gas house Baxter B. Brashley .................................................. Elmer Wait n ' Champion salesman Morris Perlheimer .................................................. Jacob Oster Who ain't got no use for Inklish ' Carleton Purley Patterby ........................................ C. J. Black Who never commits an error Richard Willis .................................................... Blaine Rozmdy Page Sixty-nine