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

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Mr. Theodore C. Potter- C as in Cuyler -began his career as an accountant for the Santa Fe railroad. He then attended Kansas State College where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He obtained his Master of Science degree at State University of Iowa. A year of teaching in Kansas followed. After seventeen years of teaching mathe- matics and commercial subjects at Lincoln High, Milwaukee, he finally came to us to take up his duties as vice-principal of West Division High School. These include disciplinary action in special cases which, he reveals, are surprisingly few: making out the main pro- gram schedule and schedule of classes for each semester, issuing report cards, and enroll- ing new comers. Despite all these duties he finds time for a little victory gardening which is his most recent hobby. Mr. Potter's impression of West Division has been very satisfactory. The students seem to him to be considerate of the good name of West and on the whole very well be- havedf' Mr. Potter's likeable personality has been a pleasant part of our school life ever since his arrival. We sincerely hope that he may find West Division and its students a pleasant part of his life. THEODORE C. POTTER, Vice-Principal 9

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t WILLIAM C. KNOELK, Principal World Unity is almost as remote an ideal as human unselfishness. World understand- ing comes closer to what can be realized in the field of international cooperation. Social and economic problems are of vital importance. To live in a country that has abundance is a vastly different thing from living in a have-not country: the economic con- dition is terribly important. But above such considerations is the fact that people are not just pawns. People, everywhere, are intensely human. Though they may differ in lan- guage, in the food they eat, in the clothes they wear, in their religion, even in the color of their skin, they are men and women. This art of learning to live together, with mutual respect, with courteous understand- ing of differences, is a vital part of our American way of life. It is a big part of the school's job. We have accepted the challenge at West and can only hope that the planted seed will sprout into noble performance. A lf we would be true to our democratic professions, We must regard human life as sacred, we must grant equality of opportunity to all, and we must insist on justice under the law. To put this theme of brotherhood into effect is a stupendous task. Each of us must search his soul for unworthy prejudices, attempt to be generous to those who twist our words, forgive those who impugn our motives, look pityingly on those who would hate. Skeptics will smile and say, Only a dream! But a profound faith in the sacredness of human life can work the miracle. by William C' Knoelk 8

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New .fel 7fzem gee 14 ' 4014-Z' 'N 'S 'N 5-K 'N A SQ XA E N ' ? 3 I 4 ' MADGE ANDERSON I v EDWARD ANGELBECK Q '--sfx., LORENZ BAHR ESTHER BATTAU Where else would MADGE ANDERSON find more beauti- ful scenes to paint than in them'thar hills ? EDWARD ANGELBECK should be quite experienced at branding cattle. Doesn't he brand the locker keys? Wild and Wooly LORENZ BAHR wouldn't have to worry about his music students' disturbing any classes in the wide open spaces. Can you imagine KATHLEEN BARNETT running the Bar-Nett Ranch? Our two beauties, ESTA BOETT- CHER and ESTHER BATTAU, ought to cut some pretty good figures out on the plains. Can't you just see LAURA BOLYARD toting a pair of six shooters? We'll bet LUCIE CASE could hold her own on a bucking bronko. Why hold back IANE CLOUD, West's own little camper? HELEN ALTPETER could really be given an opportunity to ex- pand her F.B.l. activities in some frontier town. t g ., y i 3. : : lnbl I V s r. ,,,. LAURA BOLYARD HELEN ALTPETER LUCIE CASE Clerk 10 KATHLEEN BARNETT ESTA BOETTCHER JANE CLOUD