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

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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!

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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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1 x Red Cross Club N i The aims of fhe Red Cross Club are fo pro- mofe friendship, and fo help fhose' who are in need. Theclub membersfareichosen from 'rhe social science classes. Theymeefings are held each monfh. A+ fhese meefings. fhere are discussions, as fo ways of giving Vassisf- ance and Acornforf fo fhose who are ysick. Whenval .sfudenf is absenf from school, someone who lives near him calls fo see how he is. If he is going fo be ouf for a few days, fhe represenfafive goeskback fhe nexf day wilh a ibouquef offlowersl. a roll of funny papers. or a scrap book. The Red Cross Club noi' only helps people in fhe lcommunify, buf also ofhers. This year funds were collecfed and senf fo 'rhe flood suffer- ers in fhe Middle Wesf. ln one of fhe social science classes a world friendship porfolio is being made. ln fhis porffoliofhere will be leffers arid arficles from California. If is goingfofbe senf fodapan. This organiza- fion is sponsored by Mrs. Taylor. The offi- cers are Edifh Cordil, presidenfg Gene Puf- nam, vice-presidenf. and Lorraine Kowall, secrefary. h T R A T L EDITH CORDIL. l Thrift Club T T my The Thrifi' Club is an organizafion, com- posed of boys and girls. Every new semes- fer a represeinfafive is chosen from each home room. Af fhe beginning of each new ferm fhe fhriff commissioner and secrefary are chosen. iFor'fhe, firsf semesier Roberf Thompson was .elecfed commissioner wifh Rebecca Benoun, secrefary. Charles Loger- well was elecfed commissioner alnd Anna Mayer secrefary for fhe second semesfer. Thriffm'ee'ringsg are Held monfhjly. During 'rhese meefings fwo banners are awarded. One of fhe. banners is givenifofhe home room fhaf has fheihighesf percenfage of bank accounfsj fheiofher 'is won by 'rhe home room ,having fhe highesf poinfs for new -accounfs and deposifs. Al' fhis fime recognifion isr given lfo hxomei rooms for presenf and pasf accomplishmenfsy The Thriff Clubfpublishes a special bullefin each monfh called Thriff Topics. ' The Thriff Club is happy fo announce fhaf 'rhere is anQincrease in new accounfs over lasf year. By working faifhfully fo bring innewaccounfs fhe sfudenfs will show fheir allegiance fo.,yEdison and our Thriff sponsor, MTFSS Ross- f y MARY JANE WEFING. i , ' 1 1 I X Thirty-seven