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

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r K 7 , ' N' N ', . X i is X4 Q1 Y' At a meeting in room 228, the mathematics teachers discussed the problems which they would have to calculate. It was surmised that the space ship would land in the vicinity of West Division. With Mr. Kruschke's direction, the math faculty calculated the direction, speed, path, source and weight of the ship and the influence of the earth's gravity on it. The mass and power of the ship could be found by measuring the radio waves, and the angle at which it was descending could be found by trigonometry. This information could be graphed by the use of algebra. The teachers calculated that the ship weighed 99 tons, its area was 1,346,211 square feet, its speed l8,000 miles per hour, and its path of origin was a small reddish planet, a little to the left of Mars. Considering the position and speed of the ship, the flying saucer would land in 26.37 hours, right in front of the main entrance of West Division on Highland Avenue. The science faculty rushed to the observatory on the roof of the school. The first thing to ascertain was whether the ship was radioactive or not. Using the spectroscope, Doc Raisen found that exhaust gases were derived from petroleum products. 7 t

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Mr. Kintis immediately realized the petroleum was a sign of organic life including water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and eighteen other elements. He exclaimed as he leafed through a new publica- tion on photosynthesis, Perhaps that small red planet has life such as ours! Swiveling the large astronomical telescope about, the science faculty noticed the flying saucer had no propeller or iets, so the space people must have developed anti-gravitational devices. The most startling surprise was to find with the tele- scope's help, the words printed along the outer rim of the space-ship. These words were Halley No. 2 on one side, and Red Star on the other. Miss Goes, head of the English Department, has called a meeting of all the English teachers. This meeting is to decide how to prepare for the coming of the spacemen. Language barriers be- tween the spacemen and West's students will not be one of our problems. Judging from some of the English themes and from the 'hep talk' used by many students, West Division could speak al- most any language on earth or in space, said Miss Goes. Mr. Thomas heartily agreed with her and read some examples from themes to convince the rest of the teachers. Gladdon Dunst Peter Kmhs Sl l leY 8