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

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With the Editors BACK YOUR TEAM The basketball season started for WSHS with the playing of the nrst game last Friday at Forest- burg. Our team has shown us not only good playing and fair play, but what is more important. sportsmanship. They're out to win all the games they can for WSHS and it's up to us to back them up. both at the pep meetings and the games. The cheerleaders have been more than doing their part to pro- mote pep, but they need the help of' all the students. Some of you who are new may not be familiar with the yells. For just that pur- pose sheets of the yells have been printed which will be passed out at the pep rallies. Learn those yells! Itis not only fun but it shows the team we're all behind them try- ing to do our share so that they will come out on top. Of course many of us will nor be able to attend the out-of-town games, but those of you who can, get together with the cheerleaders and exhibit some pep and enthu- siasm! As far as home games are concerned, there's no excuse for missing them. Don't leave it en- tirely up to the team-let's all con- tribute our share to making this the most successful basketball sea- son in the history of WSHS. R.L.B. l:o-o--o-o-o-c--o-o--o-o-o-o--o-o-a--o--o--o--o-o-o-o-o-o2n oFF1cs NEWS 2 Mr. Gadda, Mr. Holland, Mr. Franklin and Mr. Hodwalker, at- tended a Hickory Stick meeting at Huron Saturday evening. The motion picture, Corregi- dor, will be shown December 22 in the high school auditorium. It will be the faculty's Christmas present to the student body. A new mimeograph machine has been installed for the school. Look for improvement in future tests. Dormitory students are having their annual Christmas party next Monday evening. Four Girls Selected As WSHS Cheerleaders This year's cheerleaders have been chosen and from the follow- ing six girls, four were selected: Phyllis Butterfield, Pat Pinard, Donna Knight, Leanna Thompson, Hermine Wheeler and Betty Knigge. The first four named will reign as cheerleaders over future activ- ities. As Phyllis was pushed and coaxed towards the stage, the students waited patiently. Sudden- ly at a sudden spurt of courage, she rushed out on the stage, yell- ed, Let's spell Springs, waved her arms and lied! . Next came Pat, calm as usual, asking us to yell, 'Tin Can Can 1Canf' After opening her mouth, lraising her arms, and various oth- er things, she calmly undid all these actions and said, Incident- ly, itis Alpena we're beating. Betty Knigge made a graceful debut, even though her feet didn't cooperate very well. Evidently they were attracted by something heavenward because that was the direction they threatened to take two or three times. Very sedately, Donna Lou, as- cended the steps, waited for the whistles and howls to cease, led the students and just as calmly des- cended the steps. Hermine, appearing very much at ease tappearing I saidl, took an extra breath of air, rushed on the stage very quickly and off in the same manner. The last was Leanna, trying in vain to keep a ribbon out of her eyes and her eyes off the audience. Nevertheless, she was able to give I one of her impish grins. Taking all into consideration. the girls did a 1'ine job of showing their sportsmanship. Good luck to this year's cheerleaders. ?W.wE Xf'M.M4? Q BY PAT 5 o 0:0-0 .0 l I suppose the majority of you who went to the game have re- covered, at least partially. Some- one in their anger hollered, You ,fathead! Very nonchalantly Her- man answered, Are you calling I91! A seep and a doat was a'doing down a pas'ure: Said the seep to da doat, Tan't you go a wittle fasser? I tan't said da doatg I dotta a sore toe. Sorry said da seep: I didn't I know! Thursday was all a dither at the dorm, so I heard, what with the drawing of names and changing, I suppose some boy didn't get the girl he wanted or vice versa. A party and dance will follow and some bright C?J junior added. Eats! I can't connect these two jun- iors with any two comic strip characters, so will just call them him and her. Him is of med- ium height, wears mostly sport clothes and has a G UI. Him sings in boys' octet and is manag- ing editor of The Spartonian. Her is a short, blond, blue-eyed Norwegian. She sings in glee club and has played clarinet in band. Both were members of the junior play cast. Last week's Fibber and Mollie are Dorothy Root and Mike Magee. Recently there has been an un- usual amount of discussion con- cerning Britain's right to interfere in the Greek government. The British are fighting the EDES, an army of about 30,000 Greeks, be- cause they are not in favor of hav- ing John Metaxas at the head of their government. Prime Minister Churchill claims they are interfer- ing only to avert gangster rule. In last Sunday's Chicago Round-ta- ble, one of the speakers said that the trouble that is going on in the small countries that have been oc- cupied by Germany until recent- ly, shows the tension there is be- tween the Allied nations, referring mainly to Greece. The Chinese army is said to ,have halted the Jap advance. Per- haps this is the best news they have reported in several weeks. The report stated that they had pushed most of the invaders out of Kweichow Province by numer- ous counter attacks. The situa- tion in China had been growing steadily worse, but if the Chinese will only keep driving the Japs back, they will undoubtedly short- en the war considerably. It should be quite a day for the Russians when the last German is finally driven out of Budepest. There has been hard fighting around there for quite some time now, and once the city is taken, the Russians will be in Germany in no time at all. Japan has no doubt felt the blows directed at them by the B- 29s, as they have made repeated attacks on the B-29 base at Sai- Dan. Fortunately, very little dam- age has been done. -P.W. SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS n Mrs. Mark Law spent Saturday in Mitchell. Mrs. Frank Warta stayed in town over the week-end. Velma Schuettpelz spent the week-end with Joyce Eddy. .Beverly Hansen spent Saturday night and Sunday with Leanna Thompson. Miss Audrey Hanson, Miss Mary Kearton and Miss Marilyn Schneider spent Saturday in Mitchell shopping. Miss Audrey Hanson, Miss Rose Bietz and Miss Marilyn Schneider were supper guests at Rev. Jacob Askeland's Monday evening.

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The SPAR TO IA Published by Studen ts of Wessington Springs High School QYOLUME SIXTEEN Thl1I'SCl2.y, D6C8II1b6f 14, 1944 NUMBER TWELVE l SPARTANS DEFEAT HANKS WOUNDED BY FORESTBURG 30-17 s......f?fff.TEEfllEii--.5. SHRAPNEL AT BREST In the first game of the season, Springs Spartans smashed the Forestburg Buccaneers 30-17. Fitzgerald was high point man with a total of 18, while Olson topped the Forestburg list with six. Lefler, right guard for the Buccan- eers, fouled out. The Spartan five led by a fair margin throughout the entire game, proving their ability for fast action and quick thinking. Substitutes were: Wolting, Wade, Line-up: FG FT TP 12 V2 50 5 Reindl, and Tiede. Springs Bradley, rf ........ Fitzgerald, lf ...... 43 18 Winegarden, c .... 33M 25 3 Roush, rg ......... B. Winegarden, lg --40 4 The second teams played a dou- ble overtime game with Forestbure winning 11-9. T116 line-up: Flannery, rfg Tiede, lfg Wade, c: Palmer, rgg Reindl, lgg substitutes: Fenn, Wolting and Weber. Pal- mer was high-point man with 6. Local Teachers Enroll 100 Percent in SDEA The state headquarters of the South Dakota Education Associa- tion in Sioux Falls reported today that the teachers of Wessington Springs are enrolled 10070 as members in the association for the school year 1944-45. In announcing this fine record of the Wessington Springs teach- ers, the association officers state that this is the best evidence of the professional attitude of the lo- cal teachers. This year the SDEA celebrat- ed it's sixteenth anniversary. It was organized and held its first meeting in Huron in 1884, five years before statehood. General W. H. H. Beadle, founder of the SD- EA, was its irst president and ser- ved as such for the first three years and again in 1909. The association held it's an- nual 1944 meeting in Mitchell. November 20-22 with emphasis up- on consideration of the schools' part in the war effort of the na- tion and the problems of education in South Dakota. The theme of the association this year, chosen by the SDEA president, Dean W. W. Ludeman of Southern State Normal, was South Dakota Schools Prepare for a Changing' World . ' . 1. .. .1:s:e:s:a:':ag:z:a:1.an :-2.222 z::'s:'f ::....., ,.,.,, , A U.S. Army General Hospital, England 1Delayed1: Wounded by 88mm. shrapnel at Brest, France. while giving another wounded in- fantryman first aid, Pvt. George J. Hanks, 21, of Wessington Springs, South Dakota, is recov- ering at this U. S. hospital in Eng- land. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. 4 'X 4 S Y , '35 , av O' I 4 w e We I 'if' all he xt 4 N, il . ' ' : ' -' : .- 2: 5 E5E if-: I ,,, ::.,:,., ,::5:ag::5:.::::. 1 , 1 l V V , ' 55:5if 5 1 ' :I'2f'.f. if 1 .- , P ' , 3 -1152255231 .ji . l ,. .,.. ' 1 MRS. THEODORE HODWALKER Mrs. T. Hodwalker hails fromg Alliance, Nebr., where she gradu- ated from high school. She re- ceived her BA degree from Nebras- ka State Teachers College, Peru. Nebr., and her MA degree from the Colorado State College of Educa- tion, Greeley, Colo. Mrs. Hodwalker teaches all' commercial courses. Her favorite color is blue, and for recreation she prefers bridge. . WAR STAMP SALES 7th and 8th grades ......... 34.55 Freshmen ...,....,.. .,.. 2 1.2 Sophomores ...... - - - 15.10 Juniors ,... -- ,... 1.00 Seniors ...... .,.... ,,..., 8 . '75 Total ...... ...... ...... S 5 0.65 H CORRECTION! The names of Elizabeth Keene, of the class of '33g Ralph Palmer, class of '38 and Harry Palmer, class of '42 were omitted from the list of WSHS alumni in the service published last week. . A great deal of work and effort was spent in compiling the list, which we now believe to be com- plete. However, if anyone knows of any other name that should be added, please notify us immed- .iately. THE EDITGRS. We were attacking heavily for- tified German positions on the outskirts of the city, the South Dakotan said, when we were pin- ned dowh by machinegun fire. As if that wasn't enough, the Jerries zeroed in with 88s, and shrapnel was flying all over the place? As he gave first aid to a man al- ready hit by shrapnel, Pvt. Hanks was hit in both legs by flying shell fragments. Treated by medics and taken to the battalion aid station, he was later brought by plane to England. Said his Ward surgeon, Lt. Alexei N. Berk of New York City, Pvt. Hanks' condition is satisfactory but he will require more hospitalization to achieve the best possible restoration. A 1942 graduate of Wessington Springs high school, he worked on the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hanks before entering the service in March, 1943. He has a brother, John, 20, in the Navy in Oklahoma. fEditor's note: The above dis- patch, as indicated, is directly from a hospital in England and came undated, passed by censor, and evidently delayed, as Pvt. Joe Hanks, as he is known here, is at the home of his parents here on 30 days furlough from the army hospital at Topeka, Kans.J ,-,i,.-i - FIRST PEP MEETING A pep meeting was held at the weekly assembly Friday morning. Several numbers were played by the pep band under direction of Mr. R. N. Frankling and yells led by our four cheerleaders, were giv- en. Coach C. T. Holland gave a short talk, during which he intro- duced the baskektball boys mak- ing the trip to Forestburg Friday night. Following this, Mrs. Law gave a pep talk which she conclud- ed with: It seems pretty bad in a way, but I think we're really going Ito beat Forestburgf'

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' L Published by Students of Wessington Springs lligh School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thllrsday, DBCCIIIIJCI' 21, 1944 NUMBER THIRTEEN We ff Ar! r-Ef5- X52 ' ff' X .xvf7g gf 5 q 1.4 4: 8 Fx -,,,., , it anna M 2 - l ' A Ni r - Q From an original ink drawing by Margaret Dusek. WESSINGTON SPRINGS CSSSJQL .,i2f3Ei3'2d aiottifits MUSIC DEPARTMENT niversary of the birth of Christ. Alpena won the Pony Hills con- ference basketball tournament in a very close game with Wessington Springs with a score of 20-24 in the Letcher auditorium Saturday evening, to take championship honors, placing the Spartans in second place for runner-up hon- ors. Forestburg defeated Woon- socket 34-28 for third place, and Letcher defeated Lane 60-28 for consolation. Alpena held a small lead all the through the championship game, the score being 8-'7 at the finish of the first quarterg 16-14 at the half: holding a four-point lead from the 64-period through the final quarter for the 20-24 decis- ion. Fitzgerald was high-point man of the game with ten, while Walk- er and Brosz gave six points each to Alpena's total. Springs entered the finals by de- feating Woonsocket 34-223 and Alpena topped Forestburg 26-21 to enter the championship game. Letcher walked away with Lane 60-28 for consolation honors, Car- ter making 36 points in the game. Alpena C243 FG FT PF Walker, f ..... .... 2 2 3 Peterson, f -- .... 0 1 3 Brosz, c .... .... 3 0 1 Huether, g ---- .... 2 1 5 Schorzmann, g ....... 1 0 3 Koth, g ............. 1 2 1 TOTALS 9 6 16 Wess. Springs i203 FG FT PF Bradley, f ........... 0 2 4 Fitzgerald, f ......... 3' 4 3 V. Winegarden, c .... 2 1 1 R. Winegarden, g .... 0 0 1 Roush, g ............ O 3 3 TOTALS 5 10 12 Alpena .... 8 8 3 5-24 Springs ---7 7 1 5--20 the Prince of Peace, and the King of Kings. That day, by common consent, December 25, is marked by special religious services in the churches, by charitable deeds, the exchange of gifts, and by merry- making and rejoicing. The time when the Christmas festival was first observed, is not definitely known. It is spoken of in the beginning of the third cen- tury by Clement of Alexandria, and Chrysostoni speaks of it in the latter part of the fourth century as an old custom. Other dates were celebrated as the day of the Nativity but finally December 25 was adopted the world over. There is no evidence that the date is absolutely correct, but ex- actness on those points is not so important as the Spirit of Christ- mas, the spirit of giving, of help- ing, and a love for our fellow men. This year, as we observe Christ- mas day and as we hear the Christmas bells, let's remember 4Longfellow's ageless carol: 11 heard the Bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols playg And wild and sweet, The words repeat, Of peace on earth, good-will to I men! I. I WAR STAMP SALES Freshmen .......,,.,,,..,,, 31.50 Sophomores 4100961 ........ 18.10 ,Juniors .....,... .,,, , -, 2.50 Seniors ...... ..,,,,. , ,, 2.00 7th and 8th grades ...,.,,,. .85 TOTAL 524.95 Miss Rose Beitz and Miss Mar- ilyn Schneider were in Mitchell Saturday. Mrs. L. E. Gerber and daughters left Saturday to join Mr. Gerber lin Oklahoma City, Okla. WSHS music department, under direction of Mr. R. N. Franklin, presented a concert at the high school Tuesday evening. The pro- gram opened with the National Anthem by the band, followed by the following band selections: National Emblem ........ Bagley Under the Double Eagle --Wagner By the Light of the Silvery Moon ............ Edwards .His Honor ...-. .- ....... Fillmore Lrndian Trail -:-- -- Deiiamater Cavalier .......... --- Richards ,Donkey Serenade --- .... Friml ,Johnny Trombone ..... Richards -The Klaxon ............ Fillmore Bells on Parade .......... Yoder ' The girls trio sang: By the Waters of the Min- netonka ........ Liourance Robin in The Rain ........ Cain The Big Brown Bear-Mona-Zucca The boys quartet sang: Girl of My Dreams .... Emburry lOld Aunt Jemima ..... Spiritual The boys' glee club sang: De Gospel Train .......... Cain The Mounties ..1........ Friml The mixed chorus sang: Adoramus Te ........ Palistrina The Shepherd Psalm .... ..- Swift Wade in de Water ...... Howorth 0:0-0--0-m-0--0--0--0--M-O-w-onQ--ow0--0--0--0--0-vs--0--0--0-0:0 'E Office News Z ' Mrs. Donald Roberts is taking the place of Mrs. L. Greener this week, as she was called to Mon- tana by the illness of her father- in-law. She met her husband at Aberdeen enroute to Montana from Maryland. School will dismiss Friday for Christmas vacation and will re- convene January 3.