Wessington Springs High School - Spartonian Yearbook (Wessington Springs, SD)

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs Iliggli School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, September 2821944 NUMBER TWO VOCAL ENSEMBLES START PRACTICING Forty-one girls were chosen last week to sing in the girls' A glee club. First sopranos are: Betty Wickre, Dorothy Gregory, Lorraine Pfeifer, Ila Thompson, Gladys Leischner, Velma Schuett- pelz, Ethel Jane Powell, Betty Fenn, Zilpha Shoff, Dorothy Web- er, Vera Schwabauer, Irene Web- er, Florence Loveless. Second sopranos: Ruth Bidle- man, Dorothy Cameron, Phyllis Butterfield, Joyce Eddy, Joyce Radke, Betty Knigge, Alice Fenn,' Iola Kludt, Erma Kludt, Arlene Heitzman, Mary Swanson, Evelyn Lambert, Edna Borkowski. Altos: Ada Faulhaber, Maxyne Henson, Donna Knight, Pat Pin- ard, Mary Lou Anton, Helen Raabe, Elaine Bender, Leona Dammann, Violet Schimke, Lois Tanquist, Bertie Lou Regynski, Beverly Knight, Hermine Wheel- er, Helen Weber. These girls meet every Tuesday with Mr. Robert Franklin, music director. Girls B glee club meets Thurs- days and is composed of the fol- lowing: First sopranos: Beverly Gilbert- son, Darlene Hins, Lila Koenig, Ruth Ann Hodgson, Alta Rogers, 0: -0--0-0--v-0--r-0--0--m-0--0--v-0--0--0--0--o--0--0--0--0-0-ofa OFFICE NEWS .Ig...................,..,..,..........4..............,...........s.o:4 If a student wishes to work 7th period he may do so by bringing an excuse from his parents and from his employer to the effect that he is needed. If he has ex- tra activities that period, he must drop them. In order to hold class or stu- dent association ofdces the stu- dent must maintain a class aver- age of C or better. The school reserves the right to withdraw the privilege for Q13 dis- ciplinary reasons, C25 failure to maintain a CU average: or t3J misuse of the privilege granted. ,ii-il FFA Oflicers Elected With the FFA oilicers who were elected last spring presiding, the first meeting of the FFA was held September 19. The oflicers are: Hollis Grieve, presidentg Duane McMillan, vice presidentg George Krog, secretaryg Ira Cashman, treasurerg Donald Will, reporter. Finances were discussed and a report was given on the oats pro- ject of the department. A program of work was voted on and it was decided to revise the constitution. A picnic supper at the park was planned for September 28 and a committee appointed to take Anna Mae Bult, Second sopranos: Alvida Pear- son, Frances Lambert, Beverly Breland, Genevieve Hendricks, Betty Krog, Patricia Magee. Altos : Joyce Meyer, Phyllis Wood, Thelma Redmann, Elaine Sheffield, Caryol Mead, Jean Leischner, Virginia Webb, Harmdierks. Boys' glee club consists members. First tenors: Wade, Gerald Tanquist, Meyer, Donald Stratton. Helen of 24 Dick James Second tenor: Curtis Younie, Rodney Nelson, Richard Haddorf, Myron Kleppin, Glen Burchfield, Gilmore Fuerst. Baritone: Bob Winegarden, Ar- thur Webb, Ben Fenn, Clair Tiede, Bill Will, Kenneth Kieser. Bass: Bob Wolting, Rodney En- gelen, James Ward, Alan Shep- pard, Vernon Winegarden, Don Will, Don Thompson, Francis Nelson. Boys' glee club is scheduled for Monday and Wednesday. The mixed chorus made up of girls A, glee club and boys glee club, meets Fridays. charge. Initiation of green hands is to take place at the next meeting. Library Staff Completed The library staff has been or- ganized with Ila Thompson, Joyce Eddy and Virginia Smith as head librarians. Other librarians are: Erma lKludt, Helen Raabe, Lois Tan- quist, Mary Swanson, Margaret Waybright, Dorothy Weber, Ada Faulhaber and Lorraine Pfeifer. Several new books have been ordered which should arrive in the near future. Among them is a .new Webster unabridged diction- ary . G.A.A. SELECTS LEADERS. G.A.A. held a meeting Wednes- day to reorganize and elect oli- cers. Besides electing officers, sports managers were selected and plans were made for the following year. Mrs. L. H. Greener is at the head of the organization. CLASS LEADERS ARE ELECTED FOR 1944 Class oflicers for the 1944-5 school year were elected Friday morning. The following students were chosen to preside over future class activities: Senior class: Hollis Grieve. presidentg James Ward, vice-pres- identg Donna Knight, secretary- treasurer. Junior: Mary Swanson, presi- dentg Richard Haddorff, vice- uresident, Ada Faulhaber, secre- tary-treasurer. Sophomore: Ben Fenn, presi- dentg Beverly Knight, vice-pres- identg Lois Hawley, secretary- treasurer. Freshman: Myron Kleppin, presidentg Gilbert Magee, vice- presidentg Elaine Sheflield, secre- tary-treasurer. Seventh and eighth graders have organized their YCL and will operate as one body. Burton Gil- lette is presidentg Ervin Palmrr. vice president: Lee Schnabel, sec- retary-treasurer. EVENTFUL YEAR PLANNED BY HOME EC. INSTRUCTOR The Girl Herself , does anyone really know her? Does she know herself? These questions and many more like them are now be- ing answered for all Home Ec. I students. At the present time the girls are studying personality, charm and personal appearance of the ideal girl. The project of the home ec. II girls this week is preservation of foods. For their first experiment they canned home grown toma- toes. The junior high students meet twice a week and at the present time are studying personal groom- ing and hygiene. These groups of girls are under the instruction of Miss Audry Hanson. Miss Hanson has pro- mised an eventful year for the homemaking students of 1944. HOME EC. CLUB FORMED Home ec. II club met Monday and elected their officers for the following year. Donna Lou Knight, presidentg Irene Weber, vice pres- identg Lois Hawley, secretary- treasurer. New members will be taken into the club at initiation. -

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lm- , W Y ' I 'F' 4 . SPARTONIAN STAFF school in 1940 and was a 1944 ? ' ' '? Editor ----------- A1-thur Webb graduate of South Dakota Stateli A ' t Ent UR an B'dl - 0011850 , 5 HY PAT 5331331 gg giiifilgr -E1--H-1-fiffal' Miss Hansows hobby is readmg' ..,.,......,...,...,...-...............,.,.......,s.,...4,. ------------ Phyllis Butterheld Makeup Editor -- Alan Sheppard Business Manager Glen Burchfield Art Editor .......... Clair Tiede Special Reporter -- Donna Knight Reporter .......... Lois Hawley Oflice Reporter --Ada Faulhaber Music ........ Velma Schuettpelz Ag News .......... Hollis Grieve Class News .... Dorothy Cameron Grade News ...... Mary Swanson Forensics ...... Mary Lou Anton Sports ..........,... Dick Wade Assistant Sports Rodney Flannery Spotlights ........ Zilpha Shoff Feature Columnist -- Pat Pinard Feature Writer -- Phyllis Wood Adviser ........ Mrs. Mark Law Withzthe Editors A FAMOUS YEAR Within this school year of '44 and '45, the most important days of history will fall. Hitler and his followers will be eliminated. Many of our fighting men will re- turn while others go on to iight the Japanese, bringing the United Nations closer to ultimate victory. This will be an internationally famous year to be read about, studied, and remembered by stu- dent generation after student gen- eration in the future. So let us, in spite of inconven- iences inflicted by Wartime condi- tions, in spite of having to do without football and other items which have seemed so vital in the past, make this year one of the best years in Wessington Springs high school history. -A.W. ,f..............,......,........,........,...,........,........,.....,,.:. New Faculty Members ? g 0 I.,,..,.....,.....,..,..,..B..g..e .....,,....,.....g.....0..g....4.50, Theodore Hodwall-:er The high school principal this year is Mr. Theodore Hodwalker, who attended Doane College at Crete, Nebraska, the University of College of Education at Greeley. Colorado. Mr. Hodwalker is social science teacher. French fried shrimp and water- melon are the foods most appeal- ing to him. His favorite amuse- ment is reading modern literature texcluding mysteriesb. When asked what type of mu- sic he prefers, Mr. Hodwalker an- swered, Anything but jitterbug juice. The hobby of this tall, brown- haired, blue-eyed man is collect- ing oriental art objects. His favor ite color is sunflower yellow. Miss Audrey Hanson Miss Hanson, our homemaking instructor is five feet, five inches tall, blonde with hazel eyes. She graduated from Lake Norden high E l ! and her favorite amusement is sports. She likes classical and semi-classical music. Blue is the color she chose as a favorite. Anything with nuts or choco- late on itj' is the food Miss Han- son calls her favorite. Mrs. Lester Greener Mrs. Greener is a 1932 graduate of Wessington Springs high school and attended the University of South Dakota. Her hobby, if any- thing, is rearing her little son. S116 likes all kinds of food, and playing golf is her favorite amuse- 1 ment. 1 The height of our brown-haired, blue-eyed English, biology, and dramatics teacheris five feet 554, inches. Blue is the color Mrs. Greener prefers. Mrs. Mark Law Mrs. Law, who attended South Dakota State college, is a graduate of Wessington Springs high school. Her favorite food is veget- ables and her hobby is her baby. Her main interest in the line of amusements is sports. Green is her favorite color. Mrs. Law is our junior high principal and the science and journalism instructor. Robert M. Franklin Teaching English I and II and vocal and instrumental music, we find Mr. Franklin a former Mitch- ellite and graduate of Dakota, Wesleyan. He tells us that his favoritei foods are watermelon and lemon pie, and his hobby is music. In connection with this, h-is favorite is anything in the line of music except heavy symphony and Dix- ieland jazz. Hi ya fellow morons! I hope you lwon't mind bearing through this f year with meg my products, strict- ly off the cob. If sometimes it seems utterly impossible, remem- ber, I too must endure it with not more than a few rebellious words during staff meetings. N A few freshmen who are still N entitled to be slightly green think puppy love is a dog disease! You tell lem, seniors, Iam too bashful. By the way, the freshmen aren't the only ones who are green. How about it Dottie, Phyllis and Ruth? While running through a maga- zine the other clay I found this lit- tle poem: It's said a kiss is harmless, But I insistg The aftermath depends on Whom you've kissed! 'Superintendent Appoints Faculty Committees Faculty committees have been selected by Superintendent L. E. Gerber to have charge of high school activities during the com- ing year. They are as follows: Social fto have charge of all high school social affairsl- Mrs. Hodwalker, chairman, Mrs. Law, Miss Hanson. Victory tto have charge of set- ting up plans to sell War Stamps land War Bonds!-Mrs. Greener, lchairmah, Mrs. Warta, Miss Bietz. General Assembly tto plan as- sembly programs for Friday morn- ings at 9100!-Mr. Hodwalker, cha.irman, Miss Hanson, Mr. Franklin. Mr. Franklin took a load of in- struments to Mitchell Friday eve- ning for repairs. He spent the week-end at his home there. r 1 l 48 f L 0, y I iff? 9 - -n-L

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With the Editors LADDER TO SUCCESS Have you ever thought ofcom- paring your studies to a ladder? Each day you learn a new and val- uable lesson, which, if left out would mean a missing rung on your ladder to success. When you start any kind of a job, you must start slowly and get the fundamentals. You wouldn't start building a house in mid-air would you? You've got to have your foundation first and it must be firm and strong. Without that you're sunk! The same comparison can be can be made in school. Some pu- pils think they can lay oif the first nine weeks and catch up later. But to their dismay they discover it isn't that easy. Good grades are difficult to obtain if you don't have your fundamentals well in mind. Why not apply yourself now, at the beginning of the year? It is not too late yet to form the right habit of having your lessons pre- pared. Use your free time to the best advantage by preparing a time budget. Don't wait! Next week may be too late. Start building your lad- der of good grades now and make it strong and sturdy. You'll find it reaches much higher if you do. R.L.B. o:0-Qv-ow0-o-0-0--o--o-o--o-o-o-o-o-+-o-4-0-o-o--o-o-o:v Y 2 Last Year s Faculty p.o-o-0-o--r-o--o-w-Qwo--onowQ-0-o--o-0-v-o-o--v-O-04:a Have you been wondering what has happened to our last year's faculty? By doing a bit of re- search work, we discovered that they are well scattered through- out the country. Mr. William Miller is superin- tendent of schools at Iroquois. Miss Susan Clemen is a dietician in Washington, D. C. In the em- ploy of Montgomery Ward 85 Co., in Mitchell, we find Mr. Walter Miller, last year's 7th and 8th grade instructor. Mrs. Charles Burchfleld, formerly Miss Maxine Caskey, is traveling with her hus- band. Two other members, Mr. Henry Coolidge and Mr. Wilbur Brown are serving in the armed forces. Mrs. Wallace Patten is a teacher in the Scotland high school. Miss Mabel Nielson is teaching in the high school at Mitchell. Mrs. Theodore Hodwalker and Mr. Hilding Gadda are back in WSHS again. Mr. Gadda made a trip to Hur- on Saturday to visit Mr. William Miller who is in the hospital there. Mr. Miller was senior principal here last year. Miss Audry Hanson spent the week-end in Salem visiting friends there. Q0-o-O-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--9--QwOv0wo-o-0-o--0-Q--o-o-04:o New Faculty Members o:o-o-o-o-so-o- -o-o-9:1 Mrs. Frank Warta, Mrs. Warta, freshman English, math, and advanced math teach- er, attended both high school and the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, Nebr. Her hobby is her eight-year-old son Bobby, who is in the third grade. She believes, of all the sports, she would prefer to engage in hiking. In the culinary department, she puts fresh bread, fresh butter, and applesauce ahead of anything else and anything in the line of blue and green takes her eye. Her pet peeve is indifferent, d0n't-care students. Miss Rose Bietz ' Miss Bietz, 'lth and 8th grade adviser, hails from Armour. Her hobby is singing. She likes to watch fast-action basketball: and although she likes red as a color, she looks best in blue. Miss Bietz said when asked what she liked in the line of foods, everything in general, watermel- on especially. The thing that gets on her nerves most is a noisy classroom. G.A.A. CHOOSES CAPTAINS The G.A.A. iGirls Athletic As- sociation? has chosen captains for their four teams. Team I has cho- sen Hermine Wheelerg team II. Donna Knight: team III, Ada Faulhaberg team IV, Pat Pinard. There will be three weeks of kitten ball on the diamond behind the grade school. The committee for gym suits is as follows: Phyllis Wood, Chair- mang Lois Hawley, Beverly Knight, Alta Rogers. Blue was chosen as the color for the gym suits. After soft ball season is over, there will be about 12 weeks of basketball. ? 2 :+HiN'ii'.3Fi: W '? 9 av PAT Q l:O'O0OvOl'O O'lC O QWO0O-'ONC'Q OWOvO OWO0O O O'-O4:O I'll admit there are many an- noying things which go on in var- ious classes and study halls, but about the most annoying is to have the teacher jingling money, tapping the desk, squeaking the chair, and racing up and down the aisle, while the studious class is trying to write a test. Result: nineteen out of twenty-five received A's. It could- n't be the students. Do you sup- pose Mr. Franklin just felt sorry for us? Just to show you how corny the sophomores can be if they really try is this little ditty, as told to me by a sophomore bookworm. Hickory, dickory dock The mouse gnawed on the clock. The clock struck three And fell on me. Bong! As we were discussing speech Monday morning, someone stated the visual characteristic which demands the body. As an example Mr. Franklin gave out with that come hither look of the eye. Just as an example of course! Wouldn't we have a perfect set- up if: Phyllis were steel instead of Woodg Beverly were day in- stead of a Knight: Alexa would smile instead of Grieveg Lorraine were a door instead of a Wahl: Alan were a bulldog instead of a Sheppardg and Dick could swim instead of Wade! SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS Mr. Robert Franklin visited at his home in Mitchell over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Solem were guests at the Hilding Gadda home Saturday evening. The C. B. club was entertained at the home of Gladys Leischner last Friday evening. Games were played and lunch was served. . FOOTBALL IS OUR WAR CASUALTY .. RQ J 4' 5 I 1 ,gall 1-Q f 4 I cagef.- , Y- ki - . CT 15.-3fs.....- s..' 51-:ll