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

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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.

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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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Published by Students of Wessington Springs Iligh School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, November 16, 1944 NUMBER NINE THE ADORABLE . GE TO BE PRESENTED FRIDAY 'EWENETY-FIVE REPORT 5'Q'M'm'M1Qvg:g,'ff:2a2i1'g'lfg'M 'u'?.?Performance Scheduled to FOR BB PRACTICE Basketball season is oH to a, good start with 25 boys out for' the first practice. Coach Holland will have his first five chosen by next week, when we can really settle down to a practice program every evening from 4:00 to 5:00, in preparation for the opening game with Forestburg December 8. 15 were out for the first meet- ing of those interested in cheer- leading and we will probably be hearing from them before long. Superintendent Holland secured some new equipment for the team. Practice games have been arrang- ed with the local college team ex- cept that definite dates are to be scheduled. That's That Long faces and sharpened pen- cils were the fashion last week, when students wrote nine-weeks tests. As the zero hour f9:00 a. m.J approached, faces were still longer, pencils were re-sharpen- ed, and they were ready to begin. At 9:45, students were almost through with the first test and be- gan to sing, An Hour Never Pas- ses: and at noon, weary and de- pressed, they burst into, Show Me the Way to Go Home. After a hearty dinner and more book cramming, students began writing again. The fashion of the afternoon changed to locked doors as teachers vainly tried to correct test papers. At 3:00 p.m., a call for stretchers echoed through the halls as one teacher after anoth- er was carried away. Finding that Texas, South Dakota and Calif- ornia were three states in which matter existed, was too much for the general science teacher and her condition was reported critical. Friday was a welcome day with tests over and a free week-end, but there is still one thing to face-a very gruesome ordeal- report cards. The G. I. club entertained a group of classmates at a farewell surprise party last Thursday in honor of Paul Bauer at the Dale Newcomer home. Games were played and lunch was served. i..L....L.-1- Miss Mary Kearton and Miss Audrey Hanson took the Girl Scouts bowling Thursday evening. . 1 l l l i I 1 J 9:0.g..g..g..g..g..g..g..q..q..q..Q.....g..g..g..g..g..g.....g..g..g.gzg MISS MARILYN SCHNEIDER Miss Marilyn Schneider comes from Salem and teaches our third grade. There she attended high school and was graduated in '42. Then she attended Augustana col- lege two years. For a hobby she likes to knit: she also likes music. She says she is a Sinatra fan and that she likes to hear him sing, 'AI Walk Alone. She is the best of friends with people who like hamburgers with onions, but'she hates those who eat crackers and milk. E... -0.-Q..q..5f:E.:i.EE..NqE-Wg.:-0-.g....,E .tg4......ug..g.....g..g....................g.....g..,..g--o..g....q:g There will be no school next week, November 20-25, enabling teachers to attend SDEA. Mr. Holland will act as judge for the election of SDEA officers. November 15, Coach Lester Belding will arrive to assist with basketball for that day. He is from Dakota Wesleyan, Mitchell. Mrs. L. E. Gerber entertained the women faculty members at breakfast and bridge Saturday morning. Waffles and sausages were served. Begin Promptly at Eight o'clock The Adorable Age a delight- ful, scintillating, three-act comedy will be presented by the junior class Friday evening at 8:15 in the high school auditorium. Ad- mission will be 35c, tickets being reserved at Buck's Pharmacy. Besides the evening perform- ance, a special matinee will be given at two o'clock Friday after- noon to which children not hav- ing activity tickets will be admit- ted for 15 cents. Mary Gay, Betty Wickre, at 15, begins to see the possibility of her life-long ambition, the at- tainment of a father becoming realized. This only strikes terror in her heart when she finds her mother, Helen Raabe, has chosen the wrong man. Mary, with the aid of her own ingenuity, attempts to right the matter by training Uncle Jim lAlan Sheppardb so that he will be the successful candidate. Complications arise from her discovery that Grand York fKen- neth Kieserb is attentive to her mother only to further his own business schemes. It happens that Mary's enthusiastic rehearsals with Uncle Jim are mistaken by Bert Parnham, CGlenn Burchfieldl her own youthful romance, who believes she has an affection for someone other than himself. Her mother also becomes angered in discovering Mary's meddling. Mrs. Colby, the mother, saves the situation by her expose of York, whose every move she has analyzed and she confesses that she has used York only as a means to stir Jim into speaking his heart and mind. Mary Gay is the adolescent child, with Bert and Jinny tAlex- a Grieve? completing the youthful picture. Harriet Ayers, friend of Mrs. Colby, will be enacted by Mary Lou Anton. Clarabell, iPat Pinardb the colored housekeeper, contributes to the delightful com- edy with wit and humor. This comedy by Dana Thomas is produced by special royalty ar- rangement with the Northwestern Press. Richard Bradley will play a cor- net solo between the second and third acts.