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

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, Marchll, 1945 NUMBER TWENTY-ON E SPARTANS SMASH ARTESIAN RAMS For their first game in the 44-45 district 21 tournament, Springs Spartans smashed the Artesian rams 40-15 Friday. The Spartans held a danger- ously high score while the Rams struggled hard to hold the Spar- tans and pick up a few points. Quarterly action gave the Spar- tans an easy lead during the first period with an undecision 12-2 victory. During the next period, the Spartans gained another six points to the Rams' five. . After the half, the Spartans opened up and easily sank anoth- er 17 points with field goals, while Artesian sank two buckets for a total of four. ' l , The last quarter was close, the Spartans gaining six to the Rams four. Fitzgerald, high-point scorer for the Springs, sank six field goals and two free throws, while Michell for Artesian held four free throws and Dean had a field goal -and a free throw. All-Star Game to be Played at Fedora At Fedora Tuesday, 'March 6, the district All-Star basketball game will be played. Fedora will play a team made up of two rep- resentatives from Alpena, two from Woonsocket, two from Wes- sington Springs and one each from Letcher, Artesian, Lane and Forestburg. The two from here are Vernon Winegarden and Fayne Fitzgerald. Another game will be played between teams made up of super- intendents and coaches from towns in the district. Tigers Defeat Spartans Springs Spartans suffered their tournament defeat from the Fe- dora Tigers Friday at Woonsock- et, Undefeated in the conference season, the Tigers were very strong in the first periods, sinking nine points to the Spartans' foui in the opening quarter. In the next, the Spartans rallied to sink nine to the Tigers' five, bring the half-time score to 14-13. During the rest of the game. both teams settled down, the Tigers holding a steady gain. High scorer for the Spartans was Fitzgerald with nine points, while Kothe held 23 for high- point honors for Fedora and the game. . H. S. Students Filling Ten Red Cross Boxes ALPENA EX-CHAMPSg LOSE TO FEDORA Students of WSHS are donatingl Fedora Tigers met the Alpena money and material for the filling of Red Cross boxes for foreign children. The junior and sopho- more classes are each filling three boxes and the senior and fresh- man classes two each. 1 Scrap books are being made byl English classes to be sent to for- eign countries also. These will cover the material being studied in classes. I The following went to the court- 'Wildcats for the District 21 cham- lpionship Saturday night at Woon- Esocket, smashing them 28-14 in lthe final game of the 1944-5 bas- 'ketball tournament. I Letcher Tigers clipped the Lane Trojans 41-21 for the consolation gfinals, also played Saturday night. ! After defeating Springs Spar- Qtans, the Tigers were all set for the Wildcats who had defeated Letcher by two points in an over- house last Tuesday afternoon andtime game- helped Mrs. Jensen and Mr.l Alpena, who has held the Chem' Rhodes get the supplies ready for Jerauld county field workers: 'Robert Wolting, Joyce Eddy, Ila Thompson, Maxyne Hensen. Les- Iter Weber and Keith Robbins. 5 Class News l Seventh grade arithmetic class is studying the art of writing up accounts and balancing budgets. Eighth graders are working on their, income-tax problems. Junior high science class is studying electricity. They experi- mented with the dry cell and found tnow and when an electric current 'flows and also experimented with an electric bell. Homemaking II class is fin- :ishing their dinner units. They have been working in groups of four and have served dinners for linvited guests. They will begin their clothing unit at the end of this week, the project being a gar- ment of wool or rayon. Homemaking I is beginning a new unit on clothing. The project will be a cotton garment but be- fore beginning the project a study of color line, harmony, and how to select materials will be taken 1up. ' English I is beginning the study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? 1 Advanced typing classes are learning how to use the mimeo- graphing machine and how to make stencils. Ag I class in crops and soils are studying seed. They have just completed the study of common barberry and black stem rust of grains. Having completed a unit on reconstruction in the South after the Civil War, American History lclasses are currently determining how the United States won so high la rating as an industrial nation 1 pionship title for a series of years, ,was out to regain it while Fedora, .undefeated in conference games jthroughout the season, fought a lharcl battle and snowed a great ideal of superiority to the Alpena squad. Action was fast during the game but scoring was limited. lQuarterly scoring was steady dur- ing the first two periods, resulting -in a halftime score of 12-9. After the half, Fedora picked up -several hot shots and held the Wildcats, gaining in the third quarter. In the last period, both ,teams fought hard but tlie Tigers were unusually accurate and suc- ceeded in taking the 44-45 trophy with a 14-point victory. FARM MACHINERY COURSE TO CLOSE TODAY, MARCH 1 The farm machinery course, under provisions of the Food Pro- duction War Training program, which began January 18, closes March 1. This scnool has met two nights a week for three hours each night, making a total of 36 hours for the entire course. Nine tractors were repaired, one disk reconstructed, and one 'Briggs-Stratton motor recondi- tioned. Average number of mem- bers present each nignt was ap- proximately 15. The course was sponsored by Wessington Springs high school, 'under supervision of H. W. Gadda, in the basement shop of the P. D. Newcomer garage. Charles Ben- nett was instructor. when immediately previous to the War between the States four- Iifths of us were dirt farmers or gentleman planters living in the sort of genteel luxury so elegantly ,portrayed in the first chapters of gMargaret Mitchell's Gone With Stlle Wind.

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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.

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W'th Ed't ujvo--wo--0--Q.-o--o--o--o--o--o--o-o--o--o-o--o--o--o-o-o-o-o:n 'qoavvwamawomwa-evra-va--s-me-zvwmw-maze I e I ors - S CHIT CHAT I 5 Future Almnm I MUSIC APPRECIATION WM f'YffT Mwmmg, Guest Editorial Perhaps I should call this Mu- sic Appreciation or Defense of our Modern Musicf' It is true that music appreciation does in- clude the development of an aesthetic appreciation of the work of the great masters Bach, Beet- hoven and Brahms. We say that great music is music that endures the test of time. Today, in our modern world we may appreciate for a time the popular nits of the day 5 the songs that live only for a brief moment and die. Tiiis music, if you wish to call it sucn, does not endure. Few of us remember the hits of even a month ago, while Tchai- kovsky's Pathetique symphony, written in 1893, is played and an- preclated by all wno love sym- phonic music today. This does not mean that great music is no longer being writteng lor it is. We Americans have not only the greatest but the young- est country in the world and, al- though we may wish to call it so or not, our swing, jaaz and boogie- woogie, along Wltfl the cowboy ballads and Gay Nineties songs, are our own American folk music. All American modern music had its beginning in the Dixieland jazz OI the deep south. Negroes are basically rhythmic, Caucasians basically melodic, and out of this combination has come tile birth oi modern music-ou: American musical heritage. lvfusic in the modern mode that will stand the test or time is that of George Gershwin, whose com- position, Rhapsody in Blue, for piano and orchestra, and his nvu- sical comedy, Porgy and Bessj are considered by some to be the greatest of our modern music. An- other modern composer Whose music has held popularity through the last 20 years, is Hoagy Car- michael, composer of the peren- nial iavorite, Star Dust. Yes, modern music has a defin- ite place in our lives. It is mu- sic that will live. We like it be- cause we understand it. We can- not live on an entire diet of swing any more that we can live on nothing but meat. We must have all kinds of music: old and new, as we must have all kinds of food. In this way we will have a well- rounded musical diet. --RNF. Ag II is studying the feeding and management of dairy cattle and also a unit on dairy products for war use. Farm management class has just completed a study on farm tenancy and leases, and are now receiving work on farm financing. Well, how is everybody getting over the tournament? All right, I hope. By the way, how many steps are there on the water-tow- er at Woonsocket? A certain sen- ior boy says there are 126 to the iirst landing butlhe didn't go any farther. If you're interested in the total number, see Doodles. Clair Tiede asked Bob Winegar- den how he would like to go witnl a girl with a picture face. It would be fine, he said, if she had a frame to go with it. Flash Gordon and Dale are a freshman and a senior. He is tall, brown-haired, and they tell me he is very bashful. He stays at the dorm and is known as Bean Pole. Dale is as I said, a senior: has brown hair, brown eyes and sings alto in glee club. She stays at the dorm, being an active mem- ber of the Sing Sing Wildcats. Mamie and Willie of last week are Ethel Jane Powell and Ron- ald Salter. By Phyllis Wood Below are a few plans or de- cisions made by the big three at Yalta: Destroy the military power in Germany and eliminate her war- making industries by cutting off areas having resources needed by those industries, and by military occupation and control of her ter- 'ltory. Create a new league of na- tions within the framework of which, settlement can be sought for the potential war producing issues that will arise in Europe .nd in the Far East after this war. war. Russia will give the U.S. and Britain help, at some point, in the final stages of fighting against Japan. This decision for obvious reasons was not announced. The United States has reversed her policy and has agreed to take an active part in current settlement of issues inside Europe as they arise. This country will join with' Russia and Britain in holding e- lections to permit liberated peo- ples to choose their own govern- ments. The Japs predict an invasion of Formosa in the near future. ,Formosa is approximately 100 I dislike my name: it's entirely too long, and some day I intend to change it, though not necessarily through marriage. This outburst issued forth from red-haired, blue eyed Jeanette Rumelhart. Such nicknames as Nettie or Nettle really disgust her. Nettie came from Portland, Ore., earlier in the year to com- plete her senior year at WSI-IS. English IV, typing, economics and bookkeeping keep her busy, but she still has time for glee club and mixed chorus. Her hobbies are many but writ- ng to pen pals, making scrap books of movie stars and attending mov- ies are her favorite pastimes. The latter one has a setback though --she wishes that there were un- limited numbers of double feat- ures. At the present Jeanette's future plans have not entered the pic- ture. A flashy brunette who can dance well and is full of fun would suit Lloyd Reindl. Of course, as all boys do, Lloyd mentioned the fact that wise cracking and unfaithful- ness would never dog so beware girls, especially if you are a flashy brunette. Curly is a pet nickname for Lloyd and describes him very well, for he has dark curly hair, and brown eyes. He intends to farm until Uncle Sam beckons, but at the present Lloyd is busy studying Ag IV, English, economics, and bookkeep- ing. His extra time he divides be- tween basketball, glee club and chorus. Lloyd's hobbies are any kind of sports, especially nshing and hunt- ing. His pet peeve is trying to make up today things that should have been done a week ago. miles closer to the mainland of Japan than Iwo Jima and would provide many valuable naval and air bases for an invasion of Indo China and the Japanese home- land. The new ruling that all places of entertainment will be closed at midnight went into effect Monday. This will have a definite eiect on many businesses, but if the living conditions in Europe are taken into consideration we can easily see why such a move is nec- essary. We will naturally be ex- pected to contribute as much as Dossible to the reconstruction of Europe. The air war in Europe has been speeded up, probably to aid the Russians and also the new oifen- sives on the Western front.