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

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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.

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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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With the Editors BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT As the days of the basketball tournament approach, students begin looking forward with excite- ment and optimism. It's a good thing to be optimistic as long as it is sensible optimism and not the kind that affords such remarks as Oh, we'll win the tournament easily3 or, We haven't a thing to Worry about. People making remarks as these are over-coniid- ent and that's bad as it influences students and team until they really believe they're going to walk right off with that trophy without half trying to win it. We can win the tournament, but our team will have to put up a good iight and we'll have to stand with them and support them all we can. Just being over-conlident or too optimistic isn't going to get us a thing. It's been shown before when over-confidence lost us a game. Let's all cooperate-with the cheerleaders as well as the team. Those of you who will be going to Woonsocket, be representative of your school. The actions and deeds of the students give the school its reputation and name. Let's make our name a good one. Remember the Victory can be ours if we stand together and fight for it. R.L.B. Q.......,.......................-.. ............-........... Mg. CHIT CHAT 2 9 av PAT Mary had a little lamb, Her father killed it dead: Now Mary takes the lamb to school Between two slabs of bread! A Mexican had been staying in this country for some time and was adjusting himself to our ways of living. One day he exclaimed to a neighbor, In thisa countree whena you try tooa neck and don't have zee HDRCKU youa get nicked. As Mamie and Willie of this week, I have chosen this junior and senior: Mamie is small, has dark brown hair, and hazel eyes. She lives on a farm and goes home every night falmostl. Willie, a senior, also lives on a farm. 'He eats at the dorm but has a room downtown. He played on the first five at Alpena last Fri- day night. Can't you guess? Just as a hint Willie is frequent- ly Called Slingin'. I Last week Henry and Henrietta were Paul Patton and Florence Loveless. FRESHMEN PRESENT ASSEMBLY PROGRAM Friday morning, the ireshmen presented as an assembly program, a one-act comedy, Who Gets the Car Tonight? by Christopher Sergel. A Mrs. Janes tVirginia Webb? was wa pleasant-mannered woman but was almost driven to desperation by Mr. Janes' fMichaelMagee1 dull nature. According to his wife, he cared Ior nothing but a little peace and quiet. His chances Ior this small request seemed dim with two teen-agers such as Mary 1Doris Cliftonl his daughter and Paul 1Rodney Flan- nery: his son, causing his quiet nature to become an uproar, with wheedling and bribery every hour of the day. lt seemed that Mary and Paul were staying out too late and too otten and as a result, their father reiused their requests for the use of the car, which, at that time, vas just about as bad as a death sentence. Mary was certain her Jack lHerbert Wickrez would' lnever again be the same if Fath- er stuck to his reiusalg and Paul. playing the part of an indignant and misunderstood son, deilnitely knew that Janie would never speak to her Palsy Wa1sey again. 1 All this time Father was getting himself in very deep, for Mrs. Janes was planning to drag him over to the Simmons' for a bridge party, since the children couldn't use the car. 'I'he climax came when the ga- rage phoned to say theie was a leak in the radiator which couldn't be fixed before morning. To bring the program to a close the freshman members of the girls' glee club dedicated a few numbers to various students in WSHS. The entire production was under the direction of Mrs. Frank Warta, freshman adviser. I Class News Probably more important to U.S. 'fu-o-v-o--o--o--o-o--o--o--o--o-u--'--o--o--o--o--0--0--0--0-0-9:0 I Future Alumni I 9 av Dorrls CAMERON 6 Ronald Salter is a tall, brown- haired, blue-eyed member of the senior class and is one of the first five on the basketball squad. Per- haps this accounts for Salter list- ing athletics as one of his favorite hobbies. He also enjoys dancing. eating, and sleeping. Of course. these are merely habits and not hobbies. Salter's ideal girl is one who is definitely not snobbish, and pos- sesses a pleasing personality. She should preferably be dark-haired and short. As Salter puts it, Just a girl who is a lot of fun to knowf' Ronald's future plans, like so many fellows', are directed toward some branch of the service. At present it's the infantry. Until then, Salter will occupy his time with ag, economics, English, and solid geometry within WSHS. Pork chops and bananas, of all the combinations of food that have passed through this column, is, I believe, the strangest, and it all belongs to blonde, blue-eyed, Velma Schuettpelz. Schutt'sl' hobbies are writing to her soldier brother, taking pic- tures iwhen nlms are availablew, and keeping scrapbooks. She def- initely dislikes conceited people, washing dishes, and surprise quiz- zes, and states these as her pet peeves. Velma's future plans are to be a stenographer outside of Wessing- ton Springs. At present she is studying at typing II. shorthand II, English, and bookkeeping, in preparation. ment or not, to avoid unreason- ably harsh and perhaps unen- forcible peace terms against the Axis. Such a peace would un- questionably lead to a repetition of World War I's unsatisfactory peace settlement. 1 Economics class has been tak- ing stock of its sales resistance citizens than we can realize at lln invoicing, it was discovered present, are the facts about Sov- Fthat resistance to the lure of at- iet Russia, discussed in history ltractive merchandise in blondes is and economics classes the past week. The fact that Russia great- ly surpasses the U.S. in popula- tion, especially young man and 'woman power below 305 in area, .being as large as the U.S., Cana.- 'da, Alaska, and Mexico combined, and as yet undeveloped in resourc- es, should make us aware that she iwill undoubtedly be a commercial, gas well as a military rival of both the British Empire and the U. S., in the years immediately follow- ing her reconstruction. Political- ily, she will be stronger than either Britain or the U. S., at the com- ling peace conference, when Brit- iain and the U.S. must stand to- lgether whether in perfect agree- fin direct proportion to the amount of money they have in their pock- ets at the time. Such iindings prove conclusively that budgeting is in order for girls and fellows who are about to stop draining pop's pocketbook and begin filling and emptying their own by cal- lousing their own paws. Unable at this stage to determine their expenses during a period of say four normal months, seniors are not likely to get far in making plans to stretch paychecks from one payday to the next. Most will admit that after long heckling, even for 18-year-olds soon to go' on Samls payroll, stretching pay- checks may soon be in order.