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

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Jan. 30-Senior class banquet and class night. Ian. 31-Graduation exercises. CRobbed againll Feb. 12 - Lincoln Day program- Fred L. Holmes. Feb. 13-The play, 'Til Leave it to You finally leaves it to us a f t e r previous postponement. Feb. 15-West de- f e at s B e l oi t in unforgettable classic, 26-25. Feb. 25-Nancy Turner reads poetry in and. Feb. 27-Minstrel showg First night of two- night stand, with Mr. NVoollen as inter- locutor. March 10-Names of any boys who are guilty of throwing type in halls or class room should be turned in to Mr. Chris- totfersen, who plans wastepaper basket committees. CI joined this exclusive club the tirst day.D March 16-June class chooses Alice San- born, and Paul Collins for valedictorian, and salutatorian, with James Robert- son as class orator. CAnd I had my speech all prepared, toolj March 21-Miss Wilson goes to see Cihar- lie Chaplin movie. Steps into the lob- by at two minutes to six. March 24-Father and Son banquet held in cafe with 9' Roger McKenna as toastmaster. March 274 Mikado - first night. Dave Mac'htel and Hel- Q en Jane Dinsmore C in leading roles. A CI almost beat X- I Machtel, thoughlj Bob Woollen and Hugh Rundell do well, as do all. April 1-April Fool High-Times edi- tion. April 3-Girls' Club style show in aud. Reginald gets first prize. April 7-Health talk in aud. Halt of school asks for outside slips after pro- gram. ' Page Eleven' April 9-Voice-of-the-pupil program con- ducted by Phil Hendrickson and Dick Siggelko. April 10-Easter vacation starts. April 20-West High's historic march to the square. The band plays on the N B C network's Farm and Home Hour in the advance I -'wr . ,yy VV' ' isconsm Centen- llI,.Ill: la! -ii Quli nial celebration. I9l , It also rains l l l CI didn't have to ' marchg only stu- dents above fourth grade were to par- tic1pate.J April 22-3F .club shows moving pictures of wild deer and lake trout to mem- bers and guests. April 24-Yearbook group pictures taken. QI disguised myself' as a pillar and got into three pictures.D April 27-Senior class decides not to grad- uate en masse with East and Central. April Q0-Mr. Church conducts band con- cert mtaud. Greatly disrupts junior high alltl-110156 campaign. May 1-Notice reads: NVe are not to use steps leading to the gym at 3:30 because of junior high circus. -CVVhat I can't figure out is how they tell the dit'ference.j May 8-TNG-Man .Lester gives excellent talk in. auditorium on federal crime prevention activities. May Party, last sc'hool party of the year. Romie Enders and Mary Ellen Grady as king and queeng floor show includes John Clarke's Personality Pa- rade, Beverly Biliss's dancing, and Grenn Scherer's singing of The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away. -A May 15--Girls' club il fm? all Mother - Daughter dinner. My bid for toastmaster was re- jectedg robbed againl Betty March A does a capable job as toastmist- ress U01 May 21-School hon- 9 . or pins are award- 4 ed in auditorium. 47 May 22-High-Times staff and news- writing class have joint picnic. fHope it doesn't rain: you see, this has gone to press by now.D June 7-10-Final exams. fl refuse to be quoted . . .J June ll-Class Night. The seniors have the packed house rolling in the aisles- trying to get out. fHa! 'hal Jokej fContinued on page 563 '

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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

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Council Student Council meets in 101 to-dayi at 1:00 o'clock - and here is what they did. Under the able direction of its earliest president, Vito Paratore, and of Prin- cipal Barnes, the student council has at- tempted to bring tl1e student body and the faculty more closely together, and to acquire Z1 greater degree of cooperation and school spirit. Suggested by the Hi-Y club whic'l1 worked with the student council, a new idea was attempted in plans for a safety campaign to take the form of driving tests given to the members of all session rooms, and auditorium speeches. The individual members of the coun- cil, as well as the committees, were kept busy. They took charge of the collecting of Christmas toys in their respective ses- sion rooms. The sale of tickets for the highly successful minstrel show which was given by the P. T, A. for the purpose of buying a movie projector was also in charge of council members. The committees were an active and important part in the council in ru11ni11g the school's affairs. Headed by Bob Kurtenacker, the activity pin committee contrived a new system of points for the winning of the pin. The required number of points was again set at eighteen. The social committee, operating under the furrowed brow of Kenneth Kerst, the council vice-president, planned and exe- cuted many of the parties 'held at school. The parties and the new plan of promot- 1 STUDENT COUNCIL Left to right, front row: B. Renne- bohm, S. Blakeley, J. Bleckwcnn, P. Doar, M. J. Samp, A. Davis, B. Gay, 1. Coluccy, B. Kurtcnacker. Rear: B. Zing, P. Collins, WY Snnmer, J. McDonald, M. Olbrich, E. Hilburn, F. Rcichardt, V. Paratore, pres, K. Kanvick, R. Nelson, R. lVirka, B. Run- dell. ing dances after basketball games were successful. The auditorium committee sponsored the few pep meetings, A drive was made for livelier and more varied and inter- esting programs, which took form in sev- eral amusing novelties such as sprinkling a box of Pep over the audience. A WClCOlllC renewal of a past success took place when the council again spon- sored Hello Week, attended by novel games and tricks. The committee i11 charge was headed by Betty Gay, secre- tary of the council. With tl1ese lllllfly plans undertaken, the 1936 year ot' West's student council draws to a close. Its active meetings and worthy projects are an integral part of West's spirit and s'l1ow a genuine effort on the part of the student body and fac- ulty to make West High a democratic and up-to-date school. Page Twelve