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

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fi' Golden Circle 1 y g The Golden 'Circle ,is The girls' organiza- Tion oT Edison. Al. oT The girls of Edison are members. Every Term The girls may sign The Golden Circle Pledge. is lT a girl lives up To This pledge. she earns her segmenT. The segmenTs Tor The ,six Terms of iunior high school makeva compleTe golden circle.. T 'Each girls' home. room has, Two- lnner Circle represenTaTives,'.a iuniorxand ai senior girl. ' The Inner Circle girls are fdivided inTo The 'following ' commiTTees:fcourTesy. T appro- priaTe dress, puncTualiTy. reliabiliTy, cleanli- ness. recepTion. cooperaTiori,' 'personnel cards, and success in school work. The girls' home room Teachers sponsor The comymiT- Tees. 'Miss Qonover is The TaculTy sponsor. During The,winTer semesTer Dallas Jeanne Burnham was elecTed Guardian: BeTTy O'Neil was elecTed iassisTanT guardian, and Opal CallanTine. secreTary. For This semesTer The girls elecfed Dolores ,Williams. guardian: Jane Freeman, assisTanT guardian: and Mar- iorie TvlcGee,.secreTary. ., ' T The girls are proud of This organizaTion ahd hope ThaT They will always have iT-- To help- Them become beTTer girls. T T' - , ETHELXLLEWELLYN. Edison Guild T ' W s Boys oT Edison will never T A Fail The school They claim T And wiTh loyalTy will ever s L Proudly praise her name.'i' ' ' , e This quoTaTion is Trom The Edison' Boys' Guild song, which was wriTTen by Mr. and Mrs: lEngberg. IT is' an expression voT The ideals and sTaridards oT The Edison Guild. These sTandards areiloyalTy andicoopera- T ' T Tion Towards'The schoolfThe home, 'and The Guild iTselTQ The Guild wasx organized Va year ago ToriThe purpose oT bringing The boys closer TogeTher'. IT is made up of seven diTTerenT ranlcsa. The ,apprenTicei ranlc is The lowesT.' 'TheMhighesT isf ThaT of Masfrer Wizard. 'There are Tour imporTanT oTTices in The Guild. AT The presenT Al Sanada. Marcus KauTTman. Paul l-lennes, and PaT f T . .AgenTele hold 'These oThces.a Warren Sandelf George Spmdel, Bob Haley. and Peary Pearson served as ofiicers during The TirsT semesTer. ' Q T on E The Edison Guild is greaTly indebfed To Mr. CarlquisT.k and The boys' home room Teachers Tor Their unTiring eTTorTs in The organizaTion and The developmenT oT The Guild. T , , T BILL DOLASH. J . Q Thirty-five Q ..

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Th irty-Tour I-lonors T a ' Every sTudenT enrolled in Edison has an opporTuniTy To achieve some kind oT honor Tor himselT. ' One may become a member df The'PenTalphean 'SocieTy by TulTilling The requiremenTs oT ThaTh organizaTion'. To be a member oT This socieTy a sTudenT musT have Three recom'mendaTions Trom his class- room i-Teachers. l-le musT also earn The number oT meriTs which The socieTy requires in' physical eTTiciency. home service, and school service. Each sTudenT who obTains This honor is awarded wiTh a sPenTalphean pin, and Tor' each Termi ThaT he'passes.Th'e requiremenTs Tor The soci-eTy anoTher bar is added To The pin. T An oraTorical conTesT. sponsored by Miss WenTzel, is held on Edison Day. Speeches are given on l-lonor, Courage, and Service. On- OcTober 2l. 1936. Thewinners were: Charles Logerwellj John Bonsanque. and GareTlh Burnham. 1 T ' The l'l' hiqhes+ award .ThaT can be .obTained by a' sTudenT aT Edison is The ,American Legion Medal.. Thisliawaird is given To The graduaTing sTudenT who has earned The highesT. number oT meriTs during his A9 semesTer.f . J ELAINE BARRETT. ' . - 'x X .W W- Assemblies A 1 'T 9 Every Friday morning There was an assem- bly Tor The sTudenTs oT Edison. AT The opening -oT' each semesTer The-candidaTes running Tor sTudenT body oTTices gave Their speeches: h The Tollowing Friday The newly elecTed oTFicers were ihsTalled and expressed Their alppreciaTion Tor The supporT They had received Trom The sTudenT boidy, There were many inTeresTing assemblies This year. The 'senior play. Tom Sawyer, given by Mrs. WrighT's dramaTic class, was enioyed by The sTudenTs. sAnoTher enTer- Taining assembly was Mr. l-lomer's Trained animal show. A The Police PisTol Team Thrilled all -Those who were presenT aT The Boys' Guild Assembly. One:oT.The assemblies The girls willi always remembercwas The Golden Circlehql-li5Jinlcs. A , The assembly which was givelnon Blue and Gold Day was one TThaT willbe long remem- berecl. . The Commissioners oT our various deparTmenTs gaveyTheir Talks. Mr. Webb ledyThe songs. TheVYell Club Then led The sTudenTs in a Tew yells and The masTer OT ceremonies, Charles Logerwell, inTroduced The various specialTy perTormers. ' In . ' 'x ' I OPAL CALLAXNTINE. . , fb i l

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I I 1 , Thifsy-six Friendship Club i T 'il , I' I The World Friendship Club, which is spon- sored by lvir. Boucher, was organized in Feb-f ' Tuary, I935. This club was sTarTed To pro- moTe a 'Feeling of Triendship Toward 'Foreign lands and To give The boys and girls an un- dersfranding of The cusToms- and ideals of' oTher peoplezf To make The club more inTer- esTing aflunchepn is given Three,.or Tour Times a semesTer. A commiTTee 'selecTs a fmenu used in, someiforeign counTry and plans en- TerTainmenT Typical oT ThaT naTion, ln This way knowledge is acquired oT The Tood, dress. andi music oT The naTion selecTed. During The pasT year Spanish, DuTch and Swedish 'luncheons were givenp ln addiTion To These luncheons The members of Thef-club meeT once a week Tor a TpoT-luck luncheon. One arTicle of Tood is donaTed byfeach sTudenT who is presenT. , 1 ' A T This semesTer ,AI Sanada was elecTed presidenT: Maude BryanT,' secreTary: and Frank Beach, Treasurer. During The TirsT semesTer' Charles Logerwell was presi,denT: EdiThfFrancis served as The secreTaryATor The club: Bill Coverly was The,Treasurer. 4 . M I MAUDE BRYANT f Drama'-:ics T T The WinTer f 37 class play, under The su- pervision' of' Mrs. WrighT, was a greaT success. IT meriTed-Thehonor of being The ouTsTanding assembly of The semesTer. The acTors as well as The direcTor were ,iusTly proud of The performance. The play was Mark Twain's immorTal TolmSawyer,'i' The leads were -Taken by John Savag,e,'rMary Becker, Mary PeTerson, ahd'RoberT Thomp- sonl These made upfa, very capable.casT and The ouTcome will long be remembered. The,Summer .37 class, however, noT To be ouT-played, came Through wiTh as perTorm- ance.oT The inTriguing comedy, Call Me Mike. This' play had. everyThing a play should have. lT,conTained comedy, Tragedy, vigor,and pep. lT moved along smooThly and leclupeTo,a brillianT climax. The players weresso well casTland The rolesxso well acTed, ThaT iT was impossible To name The ouTsTancl- ing characTers. dv i ' , y WiTh-These Tine examples o'FdramaTic skill in mind,'we can Truly predicT,,a' successTul TuTure Tor dramaTics here aT Edison. , ' , . T DONALD WALKER x X ,Z -yr-'vrrrw-,Q N!