University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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The big night finally arrived and Ed, dressed in white tie and tails spirited into the Main Ballroom of Coffman Union to watch the J. S. He saw Harriet Wolkoff, junior class president, lead the grand march. The senior assembly and the senior picnic started the final rush of activities for the Ed Smith of '51. The evening of June 12 was the saddest and most exciting in Ed’s six years. As the last senior received his diploma, Ed choked back a tear and went to join the Ed Smith alumni club. Riviera a la U-High J. S. recuperation Spring fever? Did I look like that? 17