Thomas A Edison High School - Talon Yearbook (Fairfax County, VA)

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A Yearbook Is Born . . . A talon symbolizes our dependence on the limb of knowledge in the tree of life—our hold on the past—our grasp on the future. In the mighty and perplexing world we enter, we stand on ivhat we have learned, fight ignorance with knowledge, and ward against injustice with truth. These are the elements of growth and develop¬ ment to be nurtured in our years at Edison High School. What then could epitomize our memo¬ rable years in high school and be more symbolic of our strength gained through knowledge than the tenacious grasp of the talon? After all Edison students were given the op¬ portunity to suggest names for their yearbook, the yearbook staff reduced the suggestions to four: The Beacon by Kathie Fones, ’66; The Discovery by Susan Burger, ’66; The Inventor by Susan Burho, ’64; and The Talon by John Prohaska, ’64. These were then submitted to a professional yearbook judge with National Scho¬ lastic Press Association, who, in turn, gave us his choice—THE TALON. I