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

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, November 9, 1944 NUMBER EIGHT JUNIOR PLAY WILL BE GIVEN NOV. 17 Rehearsals are progressing for the presentation of The Adorable Agej' junior class play. This production, under directorship of Miss Audrey Hanson, will be pre- sented Friday, November 17. This comedy is unusual in that the leading character is an adol- escent girl of 15 who takes a hand at changing the destiny of her elders. This lovable youngster, Mary Gay, fBetty Wickrel applies her newly-discovered theory on how to get what she wants by en- gineering a romance. This charming love story centers about her mother CHelen Raabeh and Uncle Jim iAlan Sheppardb. Uncle Jim furnishes much com- edy by clumsily following Mary Gay's instructions on how to be- come a Romeo. Bert Parnham, CGlenn Burch- fieldl part of Mary's destiny, is a clean-cut youth of 17, and at times takes himself pretty serious- ly. Jinny Engle, CAlexa Grieve? another adolescent, contributes a delightful characterization to the play. Grant York CKenneth Kie- ser? and Harriet Ayers fMary Lou Antoni lend their distinct traits to the drama. Clarabelle, CPat Pinardl the col- ored housekeeper, manages not only the household but the family. The Adorable Age will tug at the heart-strings when it isn't provoking gales of laughter. It's combination of delightful senti- ment and wholesome comedy guarantees an evening of pure enjoyment. SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS The Sing-Sing Wildcats were entertained at the home of Bev- erly Hein in honor of her birth- day last Thursday evening. Sup- per was served and entertainment was enjoyed. Opal Buchholz is a patient at Sprague hospital, Huron. She had an operation for appendicitis Fri- day. Miss Marilyn Schneider, Miss Audrey Hanson, Miss Rose Beitz. and Miss Mary Kearton, went to Mitchell Saturday on a shopping trip. Mr. and Mrs. John Wiersma vis- ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilding Gadda Sunday evening. The Misses Betty Wickre and Zilpha Shoff entertained six boys and four girls at Fite's last Mon- . O . I lluC . I OW '. Q . C . l l f l ,'0?O New Teachers f MISS MARY KEARTON Miss Mary Kearton, our second grade teacher for this year, origin- ates from our town. She graduat- ed from our high school in '42 and spent two years in college, at Dakota Wesleyan, Mitchell. She says she reads for a hobby: likes music: and that cherry pie rates first for her in the food line, She is a Crosby fan and her fav- orite song is Stardust Democrats Victorious For the first time in the his- tory of WSHS, the democrats were victorious in elections held Friday morning, the total vote be- ing 104-98. All students were required to register prior to voting and the outcome of the registra- tion was an even total of 109 for each party. After all the arguments and deep thought, in history and gov- ernment classes, cencerning Dew- ey and Roosevelt, it seems that some of the Republicans were in- clined to agree with the Democrat- ic policies. Election was held in the audit- orium with Phyllis Wood and Ada Faulhaber as clerksg Duane Mc- Millan and Hollis Grieve, judges. Mrs. Hodwalker, with the assist- ance of Phyllis Wood, Betty Fenn and Floyd Thompson, counted the votes 7th veriod. day evening. Entertainment was offered and lunch was served. And that ain't all! ' 'SENIORS 'HASI-I OVER' TRIAL OF MACBETH Last Thursday morning was one of the most exciting Thursday mornings in WSHS when the school took on a professional air, due to the trial of Macbeth. Judge Hollis Grieve presided ov- er the trial with a most becoming dignity, while the defending at- torneys, Duane McMillan and Ruth Bidleman, and the prosecut- ing attorneys, Rollin Boe and Ila Thompson, examined the bewild- ered witnesses. The acting clerk, Vincent Kearns, took his work in a serious manner and dutifully swore in each witness. Do you swear . . I do! Just a minute- to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? That, my friends, was the one and only Macbeth, Don Lamb, swearing to tell noth- ing but the truth. He didn't look a bit Worried-most likely plan- ned to have the prosecuting at- torney and his young assistant rubbed out? Macbeth always planned his murders carefully. Should I or shouldn't I? I think I'll call in my Icounsellors and put the question before them. If they agree, I'll do it and if they don't agree, I'll do it anyway. Yes, that's just what I'll do. Next on the stand is the bril- liant psychologist, Arthur Webb, who claims that Lady Macbeth was temporarily insane and all evidence concerning her should be stricken from the record? With a husband like that, could she be just temporarily insane, Mr. Webb? On and on went the trial: I object and 'iobjection over-ruled ringing through the court room. The jury consisted of under- classmen, namely sophomores, who paid careful attention but claimed they didn't know what was going on. Chalk up another to our genius of a lawyer, Duane, and his bright-eyed assistant, Ruth, for not only confusing the witnesses but the jury too. In the end, Macbeth, the mur- derer, the cheat, the thief, the heartless, was found .... not guilty! The question now before us is, who paid the jurors to vote that way?f Mary Lou Anton and Zilpha Short went to Mitchell Saturday shopping and attended the movie, Dragon Seed.

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ARE YOU WORTH IT? tGuest Editorial? Anarchy ftotal lack of govern- mentb recommended by Thomas Jeflerson for the American Colon- ies, is an ideal which no nation could ever attain and still remain a nation. With a small group like that in our high school, the ideal state in which every citizen knows exactly what he is doing, and does it without infringing on anyone els- e's rights, should be possible. Few rules, freedom of action for all, every student busy, and the whole school full of life and pep, is the ideal of administrators and teachers alike. Rules are equal bother for teachers and students. No evil satisfaction in making and enforcing rules and keeping order is taken by adults, who attempt to keep a school paid for with pub-- lic funds, a suitable place for both work and play, each in its propor- tion and not mixed so that neither is recognizable. If a student is to spend 4,320 hours loaflng during the four years in high school, certainly the school board of Wessington Springs can- not justify the expenditure of 370,900 of tax money to teachers paid to loaf with him for that per- iod of four years. Opportunities provided in WSH S cost the city 517,725 annually for instruction to which must be added 515,000 for upkeep of the buildings and equipment, janitor service, etc. No superintendent, principal, or teacher, can force even one student to make use of his time. Fortunately we have in our school probably 180 out of 210 who are old enough to realize that com- petition after the war will be be- tween high school and college graduates, not between grade school and high school people. The remaining 30 children too young to make use of what the city wil- lingly each year pays, :B32,725, to provide, are certainly not going to prevent the majority from get- ting what they came after. The minority is simply too small to do the job. The average GI Joe today is a sophomore in high school. In World War I, GI Joe was a sixth- grader. Will the quarterly grades on your card Week after next show that you can qualify to stay in the competition when jobs are no longer begging to be taken at a- bout the time that you start be- ing entirely responsible for mak- ing your own living. Or, have you made your fortune with iniiation wages so that you can retire at the age of 21 when you begin vot- ing -THEODORE HODWALKER. W'th Ed't gnc--m-s--m-mm-wus:-raw-wana-a-rwwmwoaga g..,...,..,..,......-.--4-w-o-q-....,,,..,.....,..,..,.......? 1 6 mfs g Office News CHIT CHAT vzo-0-0-0--0+-0--0-ov-0-0--0--0--i-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0'-0--owze At the Hickory Stick meeting in Lane last week, the following ap- pointments were made: C. T. Hol- land, Big Stickg L. P. Decker, Let- cher, Little Stick, H. C. Boeltez, Artesian, Knot. Problems to be brought up at the state legislature were discus- sed at a supervisors' meeting in Huron October 25. Girls have been appointed to fill the secretary's position left vacant by the resignation of Miss Ruby Doering. The following are to have charge of the designated period throughout each day un- til the semester's end when they can drop ,tne work if they so de- sire: Betty Wickre, first period: Alex- I3. Grieve, SSCOI1dQ Margaret Dusek, lourtng Patricia Magee, fifth: Ra- mona Koenig, sixthg and Margaret Waybright, seventh. Class News Ag I class is working on super- vised practice projects in a study of tne business aspects of farm- ing, making out plans and bud- gets for this year's projects. Ag II class in animal husbandry- is stud- ying feeds and feeding of hogs, including figuring rations to meet requirements of hogs, the qualities of good rations, and the use of protein and mineral supplements. Ag IV class in farm manage- ment has just completed an an- alysis of the farming business to learn the qualities of the most suc- cessful farms, such as most de- sirable size of business, balance of lbusiness, production efficiency. and labor efficiency. The class is now starting a study of correct kinds and amounts of livestock. Advanced typing classes worked on the building of speed last week and are now working on accuracy and control. Shorthand I students started writing this week. Grade students drew maps of i China Monday. Eighth grade students have completed booklets on Evangeline. Chemistry students distinguish- ed between hydrous and anhy- drous substances in laboratory last week. Physics students constructed a barometer and measured atmos- pheric pressure in the laboratory Wednesday. Advanced algebra class is study- ing linear equations. Algebra I is beginning the study of equations. In regard to the various degrees and qualifications that an FFA member should have, Hollis Grieve, who received his State Farmer degree last year, and Duane McMillan, one of the boys who plans to apply for State 5 BY PAT Seems as though we are even convincing the seniors they are just plain dumb. The other day Joyce Eddy made this brilliant de- duction: Seniors have too many books for their desks and for their heads. The other day in chemistry lab Mrs. Law climbed on a four legged stool which, after collapsing grace- fully, turned out to be only a three-legged stool. Comments: O, dear, I do hope I haven't ru- ined any of the bugs! Inciden- tally, sne was holding a biology dissecting pan. I heard this little story about Ruth and Dottie at a football game. As the story goes Ruth was to have said, I don't see how football players ever get clean. Dottie: Silly, what do you think the scrub team is for? Oh well! I ran into one freshman who'll get along in this old world. Taun- ted by someone because of an in- ordinate number of freckles on his face, he replied good naturedly, They ain't freckles. Y'see, I've been goin' swimming most every day, and them spots is just my iron constitution rustin' on me! Farmer degree this year, spoke before the freshman ag class Fri- day morning. They presented an account of the work they have a- chieved and the honors that have been bestowed upon them as re- wards for achievements thus far in vocational agriculture. 'Nl CL7 J . ,Z

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With the Editors EIGHTH PERIOD '3 SIXTH WAR LOAN The Sixth War Loan drive op- ens November 16. For the 6th time your country is asking you to give till it hurts-and yet, you're not really giving anything because you're going to get it back, and with interest. Don't say, Look what happen- ed in the last war. The Liberty Bonds were paid o1I for a lot less than they were worth and the same thing is bound to happen again. Every bond you buy as an individual, private citizen of the United States of America, is just that much more assurance that they will be paid at maturity value. A Here's why: If every individual in America possesses a share of these bonds, everybody is interest- ed enough to pay very close at- tention to what is done about them in Washington. If any sen- ator or congressman would dare suggest repudiation of War Bonds, or vote for any measure to pay less than maturity value, he would commit political suicide, because nobody would vote for him again. As the gentlemen in Washing- ton value their political necks. your bonds are more than reason- ably safeg and the more every cit- izen buys, the safer they become. The goal for this drive is S14 billion. Maybe one school's pur- chases won't amount to very much but, pile all the bonds and stamp' that every school can buy and if will go quite a ways toward filling that 14-billion-dollar bucket. Just think to yourself what you have spent in the last week that would fall into the recreation and miscellaneous expense col- umns. Cou1dn't you have just as well gotten along on half of it? Think it over! Get a little note- book or memorandum and jot it down every time you make a purchase. You will find it sur- prising what you buy that you could get along without. Figure it out. You owe it to yourself. You owe it to your country! ALW Mr. Theodore Hodwalker was ill at his home Monday. Mary Swanson visited in Win- fred Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Solem spent Saturday evening at the home oi Mr. and Mrs. Hilding Gadda. . i Q j i? I While you are sitting in study hall With nothing to do, You'll find that the teacher is Always watching you. And if you throw a nice spit wad. Or a pencil, or a book Without even casting a wee little look ,At the teacher who sits at the back of the room, Boom! ' That will be three nice eighth periods for you And right soon. And if by surprise While thinking you're wise, You're touched on the shoulder Or informed otherwise That you must stay eighth period For swatting some flies That were on Smitty's head And on a few other guys. Apparently, ah, shall we say, The little gentleman we see above iWasn't so wise. ' Anyhow, there he sits in the as- isembly. Gee! I wonder if they let them put their feet on the desks like that. H-m, he looks . pretty comfortable. Or, is he? 1See the look on his faceg wonder I why he is there. Couldn't be that he didn't get his spelling words in 5 or could it be that he happen- ed to mention the little incident about folding chairs? Maybe he lspoke a little loud in Mrs. Law's journalism class. Maybe he sang a wrong note in boys' glee club. He looks like he's got the Limehouse Blues. Say, I knowg I bet he was the one who brought that fish into assembly from biology. I heard that Miss Hanson gave him a week of eighth periods. Well, in closing I will add: Eight periods are nice: Eight periods are fun: fThe guy who wrote this Must have never had one.J CT. Mrs. Lester Greener, Mrs. Phil- lips Crew and Mrs. Robert E. Buck played bridge at Mrs. Mark Law's Friday evening. The Misses Virginia Webb, Alta Rogers and Doris Clifton enter- tained Rodney Flannery, James Anton and Herbert Wickre at a wiener roast Friday night. Games - were played. 2 CHIT CHAT g9O'.'.W. f CW.?.Y'fT T'4 . . . . . 'f l'g. Apparently the gentleman in charge of the sophomore English class is getting tough, Didn't I see Bob Wolting writing 420 words last night? The students' idea of a perfect class was portrayed in World History Monday afternoon during the absence of Mr. Hodwalker. Two crap games and a football game, along with a little dicta- tion. Did you see that flashy Ish Ka- bibble hair-do around school? Merely to prove that boys can change their hair-dos. Junior class play is progressing rapidly with a few minor casual- ties and several major bruises! This week we have Blondie and Dagwood. Blondie is a sophomore, lives west of town, sings in glee club, and has recently been in the hospital but is back in school. Dagwood is also a sophomore: has been active in sports and lives in the north part of town. He is frequently called Dan. . 'E' omcs News There has been a change in schedule this week to permit the 7th and 8th grade boys to have physical education on Tuesday and Friday, and the girls to have it Monday and Wednesday. While the girls are having physical edu- cation the boys will take shop: and the girls will have home econ- omics while the boys are taking physical education. Miss Ethel Swenson of Wessing- ton Springs is replacing Miss Ruby Doering as secretary this week. Miss Swenson attended State col- lege two years, majoring in home economics. Jack Anton returned to school Tuesday after being in St. Joseph hospital, Mitchell for observation. First Grade This week the first grade had a Halloween party. Masks were worn and the pupils surprised the other grades by going to their rooms and singing. This grade is divided in two reading groups. One group reads mornings and the other, after- noons. Wayne Haijsman treated the room to cookies in honor of his birthday Friday.