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

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. . Qc-Q--0--0--0--m-0-anowowo--v-oso-4--0--0--r-of-0-lo-04-0:0 Ifo-O00-0-9-0-9--I-A--0-0--0-v--w-one--Q--o--0--Q--0--0-0-ofa Wlth the Edltofs 3 Cl-AIT CHAT gig Future Alumni g '- , Q av PAT fl sv DoT'rlE CAMERON Q J ...f-o-o--o--o--o--o--o--o-a--o-o--o-o-o-m-o--s-o-o-o--o-4-oQo owvnwo-ma--uma--vw-Q-Q-+-vmuwo--vw-Q-oz: It seems like every year about Hi ya! with a mind of her own, a this time all the teachers a fellow has, make an announcement that yearly projects will be expected in the next couple of months for the annual all-school exhibit. We spend valuable hours snip- ping little paper letters and goo- ing them to cover sheets, writing pages to fill them, pasting pictures to fill them, stapling, correcting, remaking, remodeling-and what have we got when we're through? A questionable work of art, fa- shioned by our own two hands, to hang somewhere near the ceiling so nobody can reach it, or would care to if they could, for about two days. Then this Wealth of valu- able material-which is never rep- resentative of a year's class-work as it covers only one field-is eith- er hastily filed in the nearest wastebasket or goes to the attic to collect the dust of years. Of course, if it's considered good e- nough it hangs for a week at the State Fair and is then filed. Why not, if projects must be made, split a class in two, and make something as a body that will be interesting to all who see it? lt is impossible to reproduce, or even summarize a year's work in a little booklet. A constructed project, with something in it con- tributed by everyone, that is typi- cal of the work studied would be worth more to all concerned. This year's chemistry class is planning to set up a couple of ex- periments. Other ideas could flt other classes. Let's work for less rows of book- lets and more representative pro- jects. It gets awfully monoto- nous taking four subjects a year for four years and about the same time every year having to hack out four little booklet projects. ALW Shop, Independent, Springs cafe, Bucks Pharmacy, Short's Thrift Market, Valentine's, Golden Rule Grocery, Ray's cafe, C-T Grocery, D-X Station, Springs Implement. Anton Oil Station, Allis-Chalmers store, Anton Grain 85 Coal Co., Neuharth Elevator, Northside Grocery, Flittie Creamery, Mod- ern Beauty Shop, Owl Cafe, Co- op Store, Freeman Service station, Olaf Olson. Betty and Herbert Wickre visit- ed relatives in DeSm-et Sunday. Ruth Bidleman was in Mitchell Sunday visiting her sister Anne, who is in the hospital there. Luella Krueger spent the week- end with Velma Schuettpelz. Paul Bauer of the Navy was a visitor in school Monday. How are ya feelin after all the ado Friday night? Apparently George Wolting and George Raabe had a little spat. George W. saw a 50-cent piece ly- ing near the steps and picked it up. George R. came up and said, Why, I just lost that, and it's mine. It's got my name on it. What's your name? Pluri- bus Unumf' Okay, take it: it's yours. Joyce Eddy was sitting in the ,corner of the senior room mumbl- ing to herself. I got just close enough to hear: He has went, He has gone: He has left I all alone! Oh, cruel world, to treat me so, How could it was? One of Miss Hanson's freshman home ec students gave this bright 'answer when asked what a mush- room was: Why, it's a place where lovers go to neck! Pupil fbluffingw: You can't see the timeg no one ever saw it. You can't hear it: you can't touch it: you-. a Teacher: You're killing it, though. I Henry and Henrietta are two freshmen. Henry is tall, blond, .and wears glasses. He lives one block west of the school and as subjects, takes general science, shop, business training, and Eng- lish. Henrietta plays in band, has Idark hair and blue eyes. She lives in the east part of town and is seen 'quite often in the ,Loveless Meat Market. l hast week's Lucy and Pinhead were Rodney Engelen and Ruth fBidleman. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL . tBy Phyllis Wood? ' Reports coming from the Pa- cific and Europe have been very encouraging for quite some time, 'especially after the Russians broke lthrough the Oder lineg and the IYanks entered Manila. There are a few Japs that are apparently trapped in the city who are put- Iting up an unusual amount of re- lsistance, but fortunately there aren't enough of them to keep the Americans at a standstill. The Canadian First Army stir- red up a bit of excitement on the western front by pushing through the northern end of the Siegfried line and heading their troops in the direction of Kleve. When the Germans opened the sparkling sense of humor, and a record as a good student, Vera Schwabauer roams through WSHS halls doomed as a member of this year's senior class. A gruesome combination of pickles and walnut pie appears to be Vera's favorite food and the delightful pastime of buying clothes and seeing all of the latest movies are her hobbies. When asked what her nick- names are she replied: Don't be silly: if they don't know, why tell them? But for the benefit of those who don't know the most common is Vearie. Vera's ideal should be fairly tall, definitely masculine, possessing a good sense of humor and is intel- ligent Cto a certain extenti. Vera is one girl who will excuse a boy when it comes to looks as she be- lieves people's looks aren't their own fault. . Economics, shorthand, English, .and typing are the subjects chosen by Vera to keep her busy for 1944- '45. Dark, brown hair, light blue eyes ,and the color blue best describe Violet Schimke. Being a senior this year Violet has decided on her future work, which will be either a telephone operator or a civil service job. Here Violet is liable to hear a lot of her pet peeve, gossiping and -nagging. Bookkeeping, English IV, econ- omics, typing II, and chemistry manage to keep Violet very busy this year, and fail to leave much ime for her hobbies of roller-skat- ing and playing the piano. Vi's favorite food is any pre- paration of macaroni and a good dish of ice cream. She prefers friends who are good conversationalists and have pass- ing good manners. Hood-gates of the Schwammenuel dam, which is located near the center of the western front, the American First and Ninth Armies were forced to withhold an at- tempt to cross the Roer. The First Army, however, managed to ,out-Hank the dam by going to the south of it. The huge snow storm that swept New England last week did con- isiderable damage, resulting in the 'loss of 21 lives tnd blocking transportation and communica- tions with snowdrifts 20 feet high. Henry Wallace's appointment to Ahead the commerce department, itihe Work or be drafted bill, and the drafting of nurses seem to be the main topics of discussion in congress lately.

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, February 15, 1945 NUMBER NINETEEN 660.00 IS NETTED AT HIGH' CHOOL CARNIVA 0:0 ..T... American Legion Auxiliary ESPRINGS SPARTANS Coronation of Prince and Sponsors Essay Contest Thomas Je1Terson, His Con- tribution to American Democra-1 cy, is the title for the nationall Americanism essay contest this year. Essay contests are sponsor- ed each year by the American Le- gion Auxiliary. The seniors have entered the contest, writing the 500-word es- says in place of term papers. I All essays will be submitted toi the local chapter where they willi be judged and the winning ones are to go to state judges. Author of the winning essay in. the state will be awarded a set of The World Book Encycloped-' ia. The national award is a cash prize of 510000. ,i..1l...l..- 1 Lane 34-Springs 61 Shooting accurately, the Springs I Spartans smashed the Lane Tro- jans 61-34 on the Spartan court Tuesday evening for their second game together this season. Moving slowly during the first! period, they gained momentum asf the game progressed, the last two quarters tripling the score. During the first period, offensive action gave the Spartans an 8-6 lead but in the next period, the Spartans picked up for a 25-12 half-time score, Bradley sinking five field goals in the period. After the half, the Trojans struggled in vain to gain a victory as the snappy Spartans rolled in 14 points to their 7 for the third quarter. In the last quarter, both teams showed improvement, the Spartans gaining 22 points and: limiting the Trojans to 15. Bradley was high point man for the Spartans with 28, while Don Nielson of Lane led his team with 11. . SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS Mary Swanson and Beverly Bre- land were Mitchell shoppers Sat- urday. Luella Krueger and Velmal Schuettpelz were Mitchell visitors I Saturday Phyllis Butterfield, Donna and Beverly Knight were shopping at Huron Monday. Mrs. Mark Law entertained her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wil- ' son at dinner Sunday. TO PLAY WILDCATS The last conference game of the season for Wessington Springs is to be played Friday, February 16, when Coach Hol1and's Spar- tans will invade the Alpena court. In the first game played with the Alpena Wildcats, Spartans came through with a 34-24 vic- tory. Last reports on the confer- ence show Alpena taking the lead with only one loss. Letcher is in second place, having two losses: and Springs is third, losing two games to Letcher and one to the Woonsocket Redmen. However, Alpena has now lost its star. Melvin Brosz, center. This may throw a new light on the basketball news and lower Alpena's conference rating. At any rate, the meeting of the two teams tomorrow promises to be an exciting one and it may mean a rise in rating for the Spartans. Class News Typing I classes have been work- ing on budgets the past week, that is. estimating the amount of work that they can accomplish during the week. The work includes ten letters. Velma Schuettpelz recently re- ceived her 120-word transcript in shorthand. The seventh and eighth graders have been making posters. The seventh grade social stud- ies class has been making book- :lets on early explorers. Their Eng- lish class is reading the Court- ship of Miles Standish. E 5i5iiiiEiE'Niivi7s '? .za....g..g..g..g..q..g...........g........q........g.....g.....g..g.g:g The faculty and students wish to thank all those who helped in making the all-school carnival a success. District basketball tournament is February 23-24. In drawing for the conference games. the Springs Spartans drew the Arte- sian Rams. Duane McMillan. George Krog, Don Will and Hollis Grieve were guests of Mr. Wing over the week- end and helped clean up the lschool house after the carnival. Princess is Highlight of I the Evening Approximately 5660.00 was net- ,ted for Wessington Springs high school as proceeds of the carnival Friday night. 607 people paid ad- mission to the' program beginning at eight o'clock, which featured several selections by the girls' trio, a vaudeville act by Dick Wade, and the comedy play, i 'Cornin' Round the Mountain. 4 After the program, everyone went to the gym where carnival concessions were set up. Lunch was sold in the homemaking rooms, dormitory girls being wait- resses. The bingo stand attract- ed much attention, as did the fish- pond, chamber of horrors, basket- ball throw, fortune-telling booth, faculty graveyard, rat game, and other attractions. 0 Votes were sold for prince and princess candidates throughout the evening. - The coronation took place at 11:30. As the king and queen took their places on the stage, the prince and princess, Daniel Schry- er, jr., and Beverly Knight, sopho- ,more candidates, came through a large red heart, followed by the other candidates who acted as at- itendants. The queen, Miss Joyce !Eddy, crowned Miss Knight and Ipresented her with a corsage, to reign as princess of the 1945 high school carnival for the remainder of the evening. The king, Willard Willman, did likewise for the prince, Mr. Schryer. After the recessional, names were drawn for about 30 door prizes which were contributed by business places of the city. Num- bers were then drawn for the blanket, won by Mr. Ted Peterson: and the S25 War Bond, won by Jlr. August Bender. WSHS wishes to express its ap- preciation to the following for con- .ributing door prizes: Hayes-Lu- :as, Co-op Grocery, Farmers Un- ion feed store, Hasz Bros., F 82: R, Chevrolet Co., Mettler Hardware, Wahl Texaco, DeJong Maytag store and gas station, Fullerton Lumber Co., Palrner's Hatchery, Gene's Grocery, Gamble Store, Rainbow cafe, Vallet Cleaners. Short's Variety, J. J. Weber, Jim's ,Shoe Service, Loveless Market, lBeasom Drugs, Brown Barber I I I I n

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, February 22, 1945 NUMBER T WENTY F EDORA AND LANE OPEN TOURNAMENT District 21, including Alpena, Artesian, Fedora, Forestburg, Lane, Letcher, Wessington Springs and Woonsocket, will hold its an- nual basketball tournament at Woonsocket February 23-24. Fedora and Lane will open the contest Friday afternoon at 2:30, and Wessington Springs and Ar- tesian are to play at 3:30. At 7:00, the losers of the first games will play the first round of the consolation fight. The next game starts at 8:00 between Woonsock- et and Forestburgg and at 9:00, is the last Friday game when Let- cher is to meet the Wildcats. Saturday afternoon at 1:30, the consolation finals will be played: and at 2:30, the semi-finals will be played between the winners of the Fedora-Lane and Artesian- Springs games. At 3:30, the winner of the For- estburg-Woonsocket game will play the winner of the Letcher- Alpena game. Climax of the tour- ney comes at 8:00. The consola- tion and championship finals will then be played. Referees are G. W. Vail and Harold Goodell, both of Rapid City. The tournament band is to play for all sessions, under direc- tion of bandmasters from all the towns represented. Student season tickets are on sale at the oflice at 90 cents. There will be no adult season tickets on sale but general admis- sion is 35 and 40 cents including tax: with the exception of the final session which will be 40 and 50 cents. Coach I-Iolland's Spartans have a good chance of copping the ti- tle. In the first bracket are Wes- sington Springs, Artesian, Lane, and Fedorag while Letcher, Al- pena, Woonsocket and Forestburg make up the second group. Spartans meet Artesian in the first game. We tripped Artesian 36-12 and 32-10 in the two games we played them. BAND MEMBERS TO TOURNEY The following band members have been chosen by Mr. Frank- lin to play in the tournament band at Woonsocket February 23- 24: Alan Sheppard, snare drumg James Ward, tromboneg Dorothy Gregory, cornetl Betty Fenn, clarinetg Hollis Grieve. bass. These will be admitted free if they present themselves for the first game of the tournament on Tribute to Washington Once again, February 22, thei birthday of' ,our famous George Washington is here. Exactly 146 years have passed since our na- tion mourned this great rnan's death. George Washington was born February 22, 1732 near Pope's Creek in Westmoreland county, Virginia. He attended school at! Bridge's Creek where he received what was equivalent to a fair common school education. Ini 1748, at the age of 16, George, ac- companied by George Fairfax, set 'forth for the frontier where they lsurveyed the vast Fairfax estates. After three years, his brother 'Lawrence procured for him an ap- pointment as one of the adjutant- lgenerals withnthe rank of major ,in the Virginia Militia. At the wage of 27, he was united in mar- Qriage with Mrs. Martha Dendridge Curtis. He was elected one of six delegates to represent Virginia in the First Continental Congress. On June 15, 1775, Congress unan- ,imously voted him commander- in-chief of all the continental forces raised during the Revolu- tionary War. - After the end of the war he was sent by the State of Virginia as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he was chosen to preside over the body. Then, after the Constitution was adopt- ed, he was unanimously elected to the presidency. At the end of his second term as president, Washington returned to spend his last days at Mount Ver- non. He died December 14, 1799 in perfect peace, from acute laryngitis. This tribute of his old friend, Lighthouse Harry Lee, was al- most worth dying for: 1 First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his country- lmenf' Friday afternoon. i The tournament band will be .composed of members from all schools participating and they are to play throughout the games both days. Junior English classes have been working on Red Cross pro- jects this week, which will be ex- changed in foreifn countries. The 'seniors have already completed ,their project with Margaret Dus- iek as illustrator. ALPENA WILDCATS DEFEAT SPARTANS In the last conferencegame of the season, the Springs Spartans lsuffered a four-point defeat at the hands of the Alpena Wildcats on the Wildcat floor Friday evening. After clipping the Wildcats 10 points for their first season game ltogelher, the Spartans succeeded gin gaining only 25 to the Wildcats' 29 in their second struggle. Fighting hard, both teams held a steady score with setups and plays being unsuccessful. Springs igained several baskets on fast :breaks while Alpena's accurate ishooting proved more than skill. During the first quarter, both l 5teams fought hard to pick up a '10-6 tilt for the Wildcats: but the next period the Wildcats sank another five points and held the Spartans who gained four baskets lin the last few seconds of the iperiod, making one previous free lthrow and tying the half-time lscore at 15. s Action in the next period was fsteady with a very slow-moving score and giving a third quarter score of 21-20 in the Spartans' favor. ' During the last period, the Wildcats picked up another nine points, while the Spartans took only four, ending the game in a 29-25 victory for Alpena. Spartan high-point scorer was Fitzgerald with ten: while Koth of 1Alpena was high with the same total. l SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS Miss Marilyn Schneider and lMiss Rose Beitz were dinner guests lat the Lewis Anlness home Sunday ievening. Pat Pinard was a guest of Zil- pha Sholi last Thursday night. Q Mrs. Mark Law was ill last Thursday and Friday. Mr. Robert Franklin was in ,Mitchell over the week-end on jbusiness. i Velma Schuettpelz spent the 'week-end with Luella Krueger. Luella Krueger, Velma Scnuett- ,pelz and Vera Schwabauer were in :Huron Saturday. 1 Ruth Bidleman spent Monday :afternoon in Mitchell on business. ' Gladys Leischner was a business lcaller in Wagner Tuesday after- inoon. l The Boy Scout troop played a .game of basketball with the WS jCollege team Monday evening for la defeat of 35-11.