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

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FROM THE 90's, WHO DISCOVERS MANY BOOKS. PEARL RUBIN Square Shootrr LIBRARY WORKERS Front Rofw: J. Manthey, L. Teplinsky, B. Bethea, M. Shio. Roiw 2: B. Steele, J. Michelson, D. Ingold, G. Andrews. Reluctantly and with slow steps, I leave Lovers' Lane . Suddenly I find myself among books. Books, books, and more books! Books on every subject: books for study and enjoyment, books for the very young-must be freshmen,-books for the very old-seniors, of course. Fifty years ac- cumulation of books with more each year. Some discarded, some added but always a library. No doubt some day a bigger and better one. What a nice librarian! She seems so helpful and kind. Little library workers here, checking, keeping order, filing cards, and gaining: useful experience. Students coming and going-getting reference material or books for leisure hours. What a land- mark for fifty years of progress of my great school, VVest. 11

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THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF 1946 RECEIVES A VISITOR HAZEL THOMAS JANE CLOUD Lady Terprichorian BERNICE HORTON ADELE LANGE Prychologirt Sacialite WILLARDRUDIGER PEARL SIL-IAN Coach Gcntlefwoman HELEN DALEY BERTHA GOES RUTH HEINEMANN Independent Lifry Sharp VIVIAN MOVVRY FLORENCE PULVER OPAL ROGNLIEN Gay Trafvelrfr Queen Aristocrat I, Willy West, have returned to visit my old school before it is torn down. My heart Weeps to think that any- one could Wish to destroy this noble pile of stones-beloved structure of my joyous youth. As I enter the great portals, YI behold-alas and alack-the statue of Athene has been spirited away from the top of the locker. Wisdom no longer reigns. But joy beyond compare! My heart leaps upg for there is Lovers' Lane , the primrose path Where one finds beautiful romance in literature. Oh! Shakespeare, Shake- speare, the splendid bard! How well I remember Silas Marner, too, the dear old miser. 'Tvvas there, too, that We followed the hounds with that rare beauty, The Lady of the Lake. And now in Lovers' Lane I behold a lady With beautiful auburn tresses. I say, Little maid, what is your name? She replies, I am Miss Thomas, head of the English departmentf' Unabashed and with a curt but clever word I vanquished the lovely lady and moved on. 10 O Z Jr J

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HE FINDS THE Top Pifturf, Editor Betty-Lou Dorn. Bottom Board f , o Editors: Front' C' h P Smith N . 1. jo anik, P. O'Connor. Cfntrr: . , . . Glaeser. Bork: V. Kenney, D. Hex ' G. Meyers. vitt, D. johnson, SCHOOL PAPER NValking from the library I s . v -PY a paper on the floor. Always being the neat ty ' ' bpe, Cof which there seem to be ' very few at VVest now D I pick it up and notice in large letters the nar H' ' ne, Ihe Cometh, with the words 'Tor VVest Side VVC Willy' beneath. This must be the school newspa . tper. IVhat an innovation! VVC had no such splendid specimen of youthful effort. I ' allow my eyes to ramble-- NNI' ' ' arjorie lNIakutz Is Chosen Prom Queenv. James C1 King at Junior F Jatting to be ete on lyfay 24.,' 'iHmm, mumble, mumble in the Ci l ' I I' S Gymfl fvery interesting this mum- ble, mumble. 'K ' J Dean Hewitt NVil1 Assume Iiditorship of Comet in Fallf' The lad has an artistic name. He should make a good editor. Let's see - Breaking a deadlock of two years of feminine control. My' Can th' . . is be right? Two years with Women as editors! A dreadful state of affairs well I c lsposed of by young Dean. Bully for him! I now turn the page. ASSISTANT EDITORS Clofkfwiscz E. Buchmann, J. Mc- Keown, S. Gould, P. Dunn, R. Smith.