West High School - Westward Ho Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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What Goes 011 from Dawn tlll Dusk Our afternoons often brought aud pe- riods . . . some good, some bad, some worse. But we were sometimes pleas- antly surprised, and attend- ance was tcompulsory, so we I filed into the auditorium a few minutes before 1:00 o'clock. One day James Taylor and his camera were peeking over the balcony railing, and this is how you looked to t'henx. Then our photographer dashed down to the front row in time to get this shot of John Findorff, David Madigan, and Ken Kerst on the stage all ready to instill a little pep into ' the student body with those inspiring talks so familiar to all of us. Do they look nervous? School's outl And seventeen hundred strong, we dashed for the nearest exit and the freedom of the great out-of- doors after a weary day of his- tory tests, math quizzes, and bi- ' ology exams. And honieward we ploclcled our weary way, only to face a new hatch of assignments worse than the last. That is, some of us went home. For while athletic-minded youths and maids hied themselves away to the gyms, and High-Times editors were tear- ing their hair trying to make ' deadlines, Mr. Church gesticulated music out of the band or orchestra. Here's a typical rehearsal in 303 as seen by Tom Tenney's camera. Friday night and a basketball game for a football game, whatever the season happened to bel found the stands full of rooters. The pep in the West high section seemed to varywith ' the ups and downs of' the score, though in this picture one can't tell whether West is winning or losing. Perhaps it's a preliminary game. Page Nine

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Around the Clock with a Camera For many students a day at West be- gan before the morning bell at 8:30, as ' they gathered in the cafeteria for.last- 8,15 minute checkups on the day's ' assignments. The Latin chums generally congregated around one table, but here's a lonesome fellow sucking his pencil in the profoundness of 'his concen- tration. ' Things were always humming in the office before 8:30, too. Miss Legler is busy here with a group of students seek- 8,25 ing excuses for absences the ' previous clay . . . and by their Fingernail-biting expressions one might think they're worried about the validity of those excuses. West high's sunny library was a wel- come rendesvous for history and litera- ture lovers, and perhaps for a stray I. R. student who ambledv in about ' the middle of t'he period to browse through a magazine. Here we see Miss Cavanaugh . . . You girls are talking much too loudly . . . remember? At noon there was always a dash for the cafeteria and eats, and as a few un- appreciative people might say, the first in line got something besides I mashed potatoes. These un- lucky pupils who had fourth period classes at the other end of the building were generally only t'his far by 12:25. Foolish folks who went to a movie the night before often found themselves un- prepared: for an afternoon class, Some of them managed to combine ' business with pleasure by studying while they lunched, as you see here. Oh, young lady! How does Ger- man mix with jello? Page 'Eight

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Research By Richard Siggelko Following ia a manuscript prepared by Prof. Hugh Tellurn, for the June. 3936 is- sue of Scientific Outlook, on Life 2000 Years Ago. This contribution to research was found near what appears to have been the west side of Madison, in the ruins of a tem- ple. The exact nature of the building's use is unknown, but has been compared to our modern penitentiaries. The cal- endar is written by a person named Reg- inald Roger Q. Burk-Twerk. The words in parenthesis are Reginald's own com- ments on events. Prof. Tellum's explanatory footnotes aid greatly in understanding primitive life of the 20th century. Sept. 9-School opens. The 10b's Ill look younger and' younger. Sept. 19-James Robertson uses sales- mansliip to influence student activity sales in aud. Sept. 26-Pep meeting IZI in aud. Capt. Fritz Reichardt predicts fall of C. R. A. fCentral Recovery Actj as unconstitu- tional. West wins 6-0. Three windows broken in manual arts department. Girls' soccer baseball teams start season: Purple vs. Blueg Green vs. Red. Near riot ensues as umpire, Regin- ald Burk-Twerk, turns out to be color blind. . Sept. 30-l0b, llb, 12b home rooms elect class officers: Notice states to send re- sults to nurse's ,, office. fl didn't X XX rm' know it was that 6, 'ig-Xl u , tough being a ,XTC if. ,j class officerlj Oct. 4-National y ' Honor Society f elects Martha ' Winterble presi- I dent. h Oct. 7-Jewish hol- iday : Dick Flynn, Paul Mur phy, and Bernard Fitzpatrick try to get excused. Oct. 8-And: Principal Barnes ISI speaks on Fire Prevention. Quote: Even this iron and cement building can burn!! CLoud cheers led by Reginaldj Oct. 11-All-pupil pep meeting. Johnny Findorff presides. ' Oct. 26-First school party of year, the Hallowe'en dance. Grade period H1 end's. Con and Fails to be recorded in red. CMrs. Cowles runs out of red ink.D Oct. 31-All-teacher Hallowe'en party at East gym and cafe. Notice reads: Please wear masks. CSO they can't stand it either, eh ?J Nov. 12- Seven Keys to Baldpatef' with Marilyn Sanders and Robert Little in leads. Nov. 8-First XVest Social Center dance. ISI fMy girl said her feet hurtg she left earlyj Nov. ll-15-School closed. Scarlet fever bugs lurk in dreary, cobwebbed halls. Nov. 25-Carol Ward, John Rundell, and Bob Tottingham elected to lead senior exercises. fl was robbed! Dirty politicslj Dec. 2-Announce- ment made that , personality sket- . ches of faculty members will be GL in yearbook. Sales fall, al- though teachers order more copies. Dec. 5-Girls' club p r e s e n t s Mr. Harold McCarty of XVHA who talks on broadcasting abroad and con- cludes with a play-by-play broadcast from Ethopian front through courtesy of Pur- ple Passion Perfume. 5 9 W 2 Dec. 12-Micro-organism movie shown in aud. No one touches water fountains for a week after. Dec. 13-Rev. Swan speaks on The Fam- ily Takes a Ride. Christmas party follows East-West game. Dec. 17-VVest's first football l61 banquet at 6:30, with Fritz Reichardt as toast- master. Team finally gets victory, de- feating four turkeys in fierce battle. Dec. 19-Christmas caroling in halls. Dec. 20-Jack Sylvester's Collegians give out some red hot syncopation. New record of telephone calls by neigh- bors to school. Jan. Z3-National Honor Society l71 re- ceives new members in impressive in- duction. Page Ten