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

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5 9 alll tt' ' Mrs. Ronglien and Miss Siliun interrupted this con- versation by saying, Speaking of languages, we must welcome them somehow. Miss Ronglien said, I think we should have the speech classes help us welcome them. Miss Silian interrupted her with, Why just the speech classes? I think we will need the whole school to welcome them. After all, didn't the science department say that they would have an anti-gravitational ship and wouldn't be able to land? We'll have to shout a welcome to them from the roof of the school, and we'll need the strong voices of the students. Miss Goes asked Mr. Towle, Are you preparing anything on the spacemen for the Newspaper? Mr. Towle answered, Naturally I am. I'm de- voting the whole newspaper to stories about the invasion, and I have a whole page reserved for interviews with the spacemen. I've assigned fifteen reporters to get on different phases of the story and several staff members to do re- search. Our school artists are making cartoons of space people! The geography teachers have been studying maps, wondering if the arrival of the spaceship and the things to follow will change the face of the earth. The students are hoping that won't hap- 9 'em' JCM Redmond :Mrs Opal Rognhen M ,

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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

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pen because they'd have to start geography all over again. In the history classes Mr. Kitzke is paging through the international law books waiting to see if any laws are being broken. Mr. Bahr is thorough- ly convinced the Russians are invading the earth from space. Mr. Rounds, who is doing a book on Space History, says he is tired of the earth and he wants to go into space exploration. The Art Department, under Mrs. Sweeney's direc- tion, has put up many Welcome posters. These posters, in many different sizes, shapes, colors, and languages have been placed around the school to welcome the spacemen. Many of these posters are friendly welcome signs. Some are warnings to the students that we have in- structions for air raids. Some humorous artists have completed a mural in the cafeteria, with space monsters reminiscent of the Purple People Eater. The home economics classes checked their cook books and made up recipes of Martian delicacies. Bar-B-Q Meteors and Green Cheese Cake are featured. The sewing classes started making outfits for the latest fashion show. Some of the fashions are 10