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

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PEARL SILIAN WILLIAM H. SMITH GERTRUDE STOESSEL HAZEL THOMAS English Social Science French English PHYLISS TRIMBERGER G. WILLIAM WARNER EDNA WEBER ELMER WILLAND Home Economics History Science Commercial . . .they are but memories. . . VERYONE here at West was shoc ed nd deeply hurt when two ot the best-love ers passed away within a years ti The death ot Mr. Maurice Moe in Iune, 1940, a sad perience for all: so also was the nt that qua Mr. Howard Kingsbury in I 41. 1 Mr. Moe not o Qiother teacher, but a true friend who enjoyed 11 g English as Worth While and delighttul as he could. This he truly accom- plished, for did we not praise his Word hunts and dis- tinctive literature study? I-Iis sponsorship ot the Norris I-Ii-Y Club gained tor him the admiration and respect ot many boys. We can still see Mr. Kin sb ndering over a checker board, a group oi Matching over his shoulder, tor he, too, a gi i terest infxxtra-curricular activities. We tak a re in s at there could be no finer e hea ot,ou athematics depart- ment. Haba y I'IIG understand math, for he helped u with it ur4i e did. No, we shall never forget either oi these rnen. May this be a tribute to Mr. Moe and Mr. Kingsbury, whose memories will live Within the walls oi West Division. 6

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The faculty seems eternal until- Jnsp flesh, like yourself. You're so happy at this discovery EARL D. RAINIFR ' WAY li fl I' if I' . '49 xiii I . ' rat you want to run to them and say I know you. I Music fought you were cold and aloof. But I was wrong. You HELEN REILLY re like me, you felt the spring and knew the fall, but LGH11 ou were strong and fought it, now I know you. Suddenly you run hot and cold and tremble all over, Jr you realize you will remember! The fragments start n fall in place. You remember their personal sacrifices, rill, in ignoring spring. Their patience and understanding. heir devotion to their work. Their fillingness to help. You realize that though the glit- er was in the hops and games, the old was in the faculty. You will Jrry that with you forever, and you IOSEPH Rll-IA Science now you will remember this, your arents remembered, you think you 'ere a fool not to see it before. All those fragments were chaotic: lances, words, smiles. Yet piecing iese together you will see one of fe's most beautiful pictures, and then ou'll know the faculty. is- G X31 ,f I fl I S NIORBERT RODEMAN IRMGARD ROEMHELD OPAL ROGNLIEN HAROLD B. ROUNDS English German X In-do -C l NOAH A. Sl-IAPIRO WILLIAM Sl-IEAFFER CLAREN S - 5 il L Science Commercial Scie ce 'qc' , -..-'-- Ali. 3 T..- -.-.. .--............--... .i il- 15

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BARBARA HILMERS AND MISS THEO DONNELLY They Chide Us and Guide Us DVISERSI What would you do without them? Senior advisers. Athletic advisers. The good old-fashioned garden variety homeroom ad- visers. They take upon their bowed and capable shoulders the responsibilities of your curricular and extra curricular activities. You carry your troubles to them, and they smooth them out without rutfling a feather. The athletic advisers are the ones who keep you fellows looking like Greek gods. They're the ones who scare you into keeping up that average, and persuade you to drop your bad habits. They're the ones who make you want to :lo or die for dear old West Side. The senior advisers see that you get out of West properly. They make sure that you have enough redits in the right subjects to rraduate. lf you're planning 3 go on to college, they're eady io help you decide vhat subjects to take and to vlan your future in general. 'hey goad you into taking tiff scholarship exams, which 'ou, in your right mind, would- t't think of taking, just for the xperiencef' Indirectly, they 'ive you the self-confidence tecessary to step out into the world with a sure step. The home - room advisers, rith the other work they have, .nd time to remind you of how ood your marks are, to help ou to measure out majors and ninors, and to urge you to wet 'our wings in the swim of ex- 'a-curricular life at West. TOM GOSS, MISS DAVIS, DR. FOX, AND PAT STOCKDALE BOB BEGGS AND COACH WARNER 17