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

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lwy mind reels! VVh1 ' 3 its this. Photo- graphs! Why the whole b k oo is hlled With just photographs. No pictures of lively little brooks ' mu rmu ring through gentle shade. No poems of love, roses, spring, and birds! !'Comet -I wonder how it got that name. Ch, little girl! l'Why was this book named the HComet? lt was named that because when the first 11111111111 was printed Haley's Comet was in the sky. VV l ' l' ' ing. e l, now that s interest- I then too . - .1 Y on the wall. Some excessively pretty young ladies. Editors, co-editor k note of a little rogues giller s and business managers. Wh-vw'hat's 'ill th ' ' . e noise in the hall? VVho are those costumed figures? Hey there!! VVhere are you going? Wait for me! ASSISTANT AND BUSIN ESS MANAGER Shirley Schmechel, Katherine Mathas. SPORTS FACULTY AND HOMEROOM R. Zauner, N. Tonnon, M. Mikush. fClockwisej M. Halley, M. Skinner, R. VValker N01 Pidurfd: R. Carberry, Gratteau. , Rumpf, Artist

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AND THEN THE SCHOOL ANNUAL. CO-EDITORS Donna Delong, Marilyn Dillon. Hunting for this so-called Annual, I again stroll down beloved corridors. Mein- ories, sweet memories. Pictures of teams are hanging on the wall and I Wonder if the manly team that I played on is some- where about. Ah, there it is. Now there was a team that was a team! Look at those elegant mustachesl VVell, I must get on. VVhat place is this? There's a sign reading, K'Annual Office . I enter. Fancy this! An airy, light commodious room! VVhy when I went to school both the zlnnual and the newspaper staffs worked in a room half this size. And all those desks! How many executives do they need to put out an dnnual now. This mod- ern generationl Dear! Dearl Bly eyes are attracted to a leather bound book in brilliant red and white. The 1945 Cometf' Leather bound! My that's ex- travagant, and so many pages. I thumb through looking for students' artistic ac- complishments and examples of literarv Sian. i TYPISTS 459' ,we QUIP XVRITERS A Clatv H Kostopoulous, E. Schmalzer. fClocl-iwisel M. Kallas, M. Bin h' Y gen eimer, I. Sondich, J. Phillips, N. Gianopoulos, A. Kluetzke.

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HE JOINS THE CAST CLeft to rightj R. Elwell, R. Slowinski, G. Topetzes, W. Leonard, R. Holzman, P. Cowan, D. Stern, J. Mizen, M. Eisenberg, -I. Heimlich, P. Umnuss. YOU CAN,T TAKE IT WITH YOU. CLeft to right, C. Peterson, G. Topetzes, D. Stern, R. Elwell, J. Heimlich, M. Tait, R. Holzman, R. Slowinski, J. Mizen, P. Umnuss, M. Eisenberg. 16 I enter the rear door of a room, and for a moment I do not recall that this is the lllain Assembly. The first spark of realization flames up within me and over- whelmes me with the deep feeling that comes at the sight of something dear seen after many years. But where are the lovely and noble statues which once lined the walls? Gone! Alack! And now only two horrid paintings on the front walls. Upon hearing voices from the stage, I glance up with the hope of viewing again a good melodrama. But l am disappointed to discover that here is a play that soon has me laughing uproariously. I am sad that I can not weep or see a villain with a curling musrachio placing the quivering heroine upon the railroad tracks. Those were the performances l really enjoyed. VVhat fun is there unless you can cheer on the hero, grip the edge of the seat when the heroine is in peril, and boo the villain? This play is being well acted, however, I wonder if I could find out more about it. After inquiring from someone going