University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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To add some fun to his education, Ed went to see “Charley’s Aunt. He sat in the back row of 210 and laughed himself sick and he almost missed Sixth Hour class. He had to stay up late too, with John McHardy and John Harris as they worked hard developing pictures for the forthcoming yearbook, the Bisbila. March 21 was the first day of spring and it was nearly vacation. Ed was happy as he cleaned out his locker, following instructions, but one look at the seventy-four inches of snow and he groaned “This is RIDICULOUS! 15

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Winter, supposedly the dead time of the year, brought more exciting times. Ed showed up at every basketball game, to cheer the team on. To celebrate the basketball homecoming, Ed sat on Kenny Mohn’s shoulder as he crowned Mary Ann Davison queen, and announced her attendants, Sherry Evans and Kalitsa Mavroulis. February found Ed at the Mardi Gras unsuccessfully trying to guess the Mystery Lady. He found out later she was Carole Bouthilet. Music for this party was by Two B's and a Bop, the U-High jazz trio. Smile pretty Watch out. Grab le Beers and Bromo Seltzer and the score is . . 14

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Spring vacation may have been a rest for five of the Ed Smiths, but the Ed of '51 was busily engaged in senior class play rehearsal which he watched from a vantage point under Mr. Ballet’s chin. When the “School for Scandal'' was given in April, Ed was very proud. Other rehearsals, this time for H.M.S. Pinafore, were climaxed at a performance for the Unified Arts Festival. Edress (Ed's female counterpart) supervised the Mother-Daughter Banquet, and reported that everything went as scheduled. 16