West Division High School - Comet Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Page F o urlren joseph Riha Lucie Harmon Clarence Shutes Edna VVeber Ernest Ehlman Science Department URTHERING the understanding of the modern scientific world and fur- nishing an insight into everyday prob- lems are the aims of the science department. To carry out these aims West Division of- fers to its students a four-year course. The study of general science can be taken by first year students, although a new one-se- mester course in advanced science is now open to upper classmen. Biology, a study of plant and animal life, is offered as the second year study in this course. During the last two years the physical sciences, chemistry and physics, are studied. These latter subjects are open to the entire stu- dent body. A knowledge of science is essential to bacteriologists, biologists, geologists, astron- omers, chemists, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and engineers. The Science Club, which is sponsored by some of the science department teachers, is growing every year, showing the interest many of our students take in science. Its purpose is to stimulate scientific interest among the student body. This is accom- plished by varied programs, consisting of lectures, demonstrations, motion pictures, and discussions. Ernest Kurath Isabel Henkel Howard Aker Adele Spitzner x .'L :.i T 1 - 3-,.,J'4xi' ' .- M- il . . 1. , , , 1, A ,Fw -'L V . p., - -,W . - . . it 3,-em--l.'gJ.1l .1141 el if li' ' T al b V

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Vivian Mowry Helen Owen Mildred Abbetmeyer Jane Cloud FRED G. Fox Speech work, which may be selected in either the third or fourth year, is very ab- sorbing. During the first semester the stu- dent gains poise, self-reliance, and better command of speech by speaking to a group of people. The semester's work consists chiefly in speech-making and parliamentary law practice. Debating and dramatics are studied during the second semester. Not only the study but also the production of plays is included. The library connected with the school is helpful to the teachers and students because it contains every type of book or magazine that they can use in their studies. One ad- vantage is that no one but the students and teachers is allowed to use the library. Activities that are sponsored by the teachers of the English department are Athena and Hesperia, the two debating so- cieties of the school, where one's talent in logical argument can be showng the publi- cations, the Comet Newspaper and the Comet Annual, where creative ability along journalistic lines is encouragedg and Sock and Buskin, the dramatic club, to which those talented along dramatic lines may belong. Florence Pulver Silvia Stoeckle Bertha Goes Page Thirteen

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Herman Kruschke Rebecca Buckbee Marie Marchant Ada Parsons Howard Kingsbury O Mathematics Department HE mathematics courses teach 'stu- dents to think clearly, logically, and independently. Solving problems challenges one's mental powers to the ut- most. The ability to think is a necessity in all fields of work. But there are direct as well as indirect advantages. lvlathematics fits students for positions as teachers, engi- neers, scientists, surveyors, and architects. West Division offers four years of mathe- matics, including two years of algebra, one and one-half years of geometry, and one semester of trigonometry. Two years of mathematics are required of all except com- mercial students. Algebra through quad- ratics and one year of plane geometry are necessary for college entrance. The students get much satisfaction and pleasure from their work. They delight in working problems which take days to solve. They develop creative talent by making geometric designs or actual models of solid figures. They welcome outdoor demonstrations of theorems for a better rea- son than a mere chance to be out in the open air. These courses open the way to the vast Held of higher mathematics only hinted at during high school years. ' li- -- . r .l. .1 .if ' 3 -Lili' :WS .. .f..L:9'.. 2 LLL Z7 lffil . g u.,.4.uL..-'ar-.1 .. .-,-,.-.....-.-.-. .,Y. ....-..-. Rf.,-es-,ian-Q Lucie Case Irene Eldridge, Theo Donnelly sv X-..s4'fx,cl,e.c, 1 b Page Fifteen M ..-M f- ...s..h...........,..u.-i-.....-...s-. -.....,-..s,..,.......... 'HT 2'J f , 5734I' 'H ' c' 712131553 --SQL .l I :3g'7i'f'3El'I - r--Q 'Y'i'if- '- ij 'ri 3- . . 1 sv 'J ,p1'.. . . .N no .J - ei, a. HJ, - , ..v. -f.K'gV:,1' - 4413. 'Y - :nl-int.,-' J. ' gn., a J--...':?L...s........4..gaa.,iEn.2Jf A 154-!it',te.g2-nitkgfi..