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

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Monday in phys ed the sopho-1cal1ed off because of wartime con- The SP RTO IA Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, March 8, 1945 NUMBER TWENTY TWO WSHS SPARTANS END SUCCESSFUL SEASON With the district tournament at Woonsocket February 22-23, the Spartans closed a successful bas- ketball season, tallying a total of 537 points to their opponents 409, in ten victories and six defeats for the season. Although WSHS failed to place in the tournament, these figures show that the Spartans more than 1 held their own, and the entire stu- dent body extends congratulations to Coach Holland and the team for the excellent work done. Total individual points scored by the top six for the year are as Class News 'HS MUSIC CONTESTS Z- ARE CANCELLED Biology students are beginning1 I the last unit of their text, entitled1 SUD61'111'G6Dd6I1t Holland has re- Th6 Biology of the Hum2m1ce-ived official word that the high Body. The first chapter, Pre- - historic Man ,, deals with the his-1school music contests scheduled tory of mari, his deve1opment1f01' April is, will not be he-ia, due through the ages, his power 0f1l30 all order of 12116 011166 of De- adaDtati0n, and the P31135 alldffense Transportation. All music funcmons of the human body- 1contests and festivals have been mores and seniors played the freshmen and juniors, the soph- omores and seniors winning by a 'large amount. ' Typing classes are making art- iistic pictures. follows: -1 Player FG FT 1 Shorthand I students are Fitzgerald ------ ---- 1 45 50 1 bringing transcription of new Bradley ...... --- .... 112 13 R. Winegarden --- --- 86 16 V. Winegarden --- --- 52 16 Roush .......... ...... 8 3 Salter ...... ...... I - - - 2 3 There are two seniors in the first six, Vernon Winegarden and Ronald Salter. Winegarden play- ed center and maintained an av- erage scoreg Salter ipiayed guard. The following lettermen will be on deck next year: Bob Winegarden, Richard Bradley, Fayne Fitzger- ald, Lester Roush, Bob Wolting and Dick Wade. l.l.-l...-- iz'-Q--0004-O-'0 O O-'Q 0'-O-'O i--O'-O lMO-'O-'O-'lw0 O O'0::0 2 Office News av-O'-OwQ-fO'-0-vO'-00O'-C'-Q'4-QwO0OMO0O'O'-O-fO'vOvO-0'0:C At an assembly held at 3:00 Fri- day afternoon, Miss Jean Rey- nolds and Miss Maxine Westall of Dakota Wesleyan Universityl read several selections, including The Night the Bed Fell on Fath- er, Traveling with Children, King Midas, and 4'Life with1 Father! 1material taken by dictation. 1 1 ' English II classes are reading 1short stories. English III classes 'are studying the west and south- ern sections of America. Mr. Franklin is reading Am- 'erican Guerrilla in the Philip- .pines by Ira Welfert, to his Eng- lish classes. Project plans in agriculture for the coming year are being com- pleted. A summary of all projects shows that 48 ag students will raise 829 acres of crops this yearg 20 sow-and-litter projects, 123 ewes, 58 beef cattle, four dairy cattle and 716 chickens and tur- keys. These make up the 116 in- dividual Food-for-Victory projects this year, as compared with 115 a year ago. Three ag students have made application for the State Farmer degree this year. They are: Ira 1Cashman, Duane McMillan and An army-qualifying test for1George Krog. the army specialized training re- serve program will be given April 12, for all students whose 17th birthday is between October 1,l 1944, arid August 31, 1945. Fayne Fitzgerald and Ve1'non1 1 M4 1 War Stamp sale for all grades 1last week amounted to 54125. lparty at Ethel Jane Powell's home Friday evening. Winegarden played at the all-starf - basketball game at Fedora Tues- day of this week. SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS 1 Gladys Leischner was an over- night guest of Pat Pinard Sunday. 1 James Ward, Donald Will, 1George Krog and Duane McMil- lan made a trip to Minneapolis last week and returned Sunday. Miss Audrey Hanson was a week-end guest in Watertown and ,Lake Norden. ditions. 1 Mr. Holland is awaiting word as to whether it will be possible to hold a music clinic in place of the music contestg this to include only nearby towns. 1 1 1 1 1 ASKING TOO MUCH? What is it that you did today 1 To save a soldier's life? 'Or is it asking for too much 1 To make a sacrifice? ,You say that things are tough for I you, 1 With rationing and allg But if you see what our boys do, Your troubles would seem small. 'So help that flag of Minute Man To fly for us anewg And keep it up to proudly wave Neath our red, white and blue. For an extra stamp, an extra bond, . An extra helping hand, Will always add a little more To save this blessed land! 1 -GINO BOSCARINO Henry Barnard Junior High, Hartford, Conn. 1 1 1 GIVE EVERYTHING 1 The following poem was writ- 1ten by Marine Pic. Charles R. Mc- 1C1ary, as a tribute to his friend, Cpl. Charles Fontaine, who was ,killed in action. Ten months later, 1Pic. McClary died. Both were irom Indianapolis, Ind. 1America, he died for thee, Wilt thou forget him then, ,When this holocaust is over 1 And peace shall reign again? He gave his life, his love, his allg He died that thou mightst live. !What hast thou then, America, 1 In fair return to give? 'Give not a mere regretful cardg 1 Give not a sad, sad sigh, But GIVE! Give everything you have: The cost is not too high! -ARSENAL CANNON Mi. I ,T..,T. I Beverly Breland, Mary Swanson1 Mrs. Mark Law visited in Sioux 1Arsenal Technical School, and Leanha Thompson attended a1Fal1s over the week-end. llndianapolis, Ind.

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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.

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With the Editors WAR STAMP SALES For the past few weeks, War Stamp sales have fallen a great deal, amounting many times to less than a dollar for an entire class. This factor is definitely a black mark against our one- time high record, the record we held last year and the first months of this term. If each class member would re- member to bring a dime or quar- ter each week and make it a one hundred percent enrollment, our total sales would immediately rise to an all-time high. Certainly you can sacrifice a candy bar or a coke eacn week for the cause in which your brothers and friends are spending day after day in combat and sacrificing their lives. In addition, by buying a few stamps weekly you will soon have enough to turn in for a War Bond. Can you find an easier or better way to save money, and yet be do- ing your part in helping to win the war? So students, next Tuesday, des- ignated War Stamp Day in our school, bring your money and stamp books to class. Don't de- pend on the guy sitting next to you to keep up the sales. Do your part as an individual. Your ef- forts will be well repaid in future years! -PJB SCHOOL PARTIES A school party is a success only when participants act and dress in a manner portraying a party. Were you invited to a party at your friend's, I doubt that many would appear in the same attire they had worn the same day, or without further personal groom- ing. No, you would groom your- self to the best of your ability and any improvement we can make is always welcomed by our fellow- citizens. Girls would change to a suitable party dress, clean, and well pressed. Boys would dust off 1 their tie, wear a jack-et, sweater or coat that is also clean and pres- sed. Shirtsleeves do not portray a party atmosphere. Now you are at the party, willf groomed and ready to comply with your host's or hostess' wish- es. This includes actively partic- ipating in any activity your host or hostess suggests. Social eti- quette does not include the neces- sity of coaxing and .pampering a guest to enjoy himselfg you are duty bound to at least give the appearance of having a good time. To do otherwise is rude and not acceptable at a social function. Just a note to the faculty: Per- haps we could increase our inter- est and give more substantial guidance. May the next school party re- veal young ladies and gentlemen groomed for the occasion and in g,....,..,.. ..,...........,..,.......,,..,........,.....,..,..,.,,.,:. CHIT CHAT 2 Q BY PAT I have heard of losing billfolds, scarfs and hats, but never before of losing one of the basketball boys. Anyway, Archie had disap- peared when it came time to go home last Friday night. We all have an idea he wasn't exactly lost, though. I always say there is more than one way to get where you want to go. Zip, Sandy and Herman Iound that out last Friday. It is suggested that Mr. Frank- lin should start a column with ad- vice for the lovelorn. In music .class he said, You girls must not stop before you get your man! treferring to the last part of a word in a song, of coursel. Peg and Jeep are a sophomore and a junior. Peg is tall, has brown hair, and works at the Springs Cafe. As subjects, she takes biology, history, journalism and business training. Jeep is tall, has brown, wavy hair, and plays forward on the first five in basketball. As Flash and Dale last week, I ,described Donna Lou Knight and Floyd Thompson. a frame of mind that will make Fthem a guest who could be highly appreciated by any host or host- ess of a successful party. -BL CANT STORE. THOSE , RED FLANNELS YET xfofxf o fx Cf- x Ei I . ll g E.. zz- 33'-If N .' :FV X NNN l S' I Q R' My ' llll b - B-r-r-r-r-r! Ah, spring is com- ing! The little birds wing their carefree way back to waking trees and plants to prepare for lovely summer. Each tiny shoot push- ing its way through the cool, brown earth thrills me as I exper- ience with it, its first glimpse of a new-born world. Whoosh! By Phyllis Wood When Gen. DeGaul1e announc- ed he would not meet President Roosevelt in Algiers, a few were inclined to criticize him severely without waiting for an explana- tion. DeGaulle admits his feel- ings were hurt when he was not invited to the Yalta conference, but that was not his only reason for refusing to go to Algiers. General DeGaulle has consented to attend the San Francisco con- ference, which shows he is inter- ested but he wasn't quite ready to make any agreements with Roos- evelt until he had a chance to think things over. Few people realize the number of hardships the marines have been having to contend with the past week. Iwo Jima itself does not offer an adequate water sup- ,ply and the climate is not very favorable. Marines had hot food last week, for the first time, be- cause one of the volcanoes had been acting up a bit and they were able to heat their canned supplies by placing them among the hot rocks. The battle for Iwo Jima will go down in history with Tar- awa and many other famous bat- tles and will always be remembered by marines who fought on this small, but important island. The Rhine will play an impor- tant part in the destruction or the remaining German armies in the very near future. If the Allied armies manage to establish cer- tain strongholds on both sides of the river and can maintain a stea- dy flow of supplies, March will un- doubtedly be a month of important victories for the Allies. GRADE NEWS Fourth Grade The following students earned a quarter holiday for perfect at- tendance during the last six weeks: Artis Salmon, Maureen Rhodes, lBenna Bee Harris and Dean Kearns. The War Stamp sales from this room were 51.40 last week. Fifth 8: Sixth Grades Seventeen from this room re- ceived a quarter holiday for the last six weeks period. The history class started the ,study of South Dakota history.