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

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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.

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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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MRS. LESTER GREENER The SPAR TO IA Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, March 15, 1945 NUMBER. TWENTY-THREE FEDORA FIVE WHIPS ALL STARS 29-24 March 6, the All-Stars were clipped five points by the Fedora Five, who whipped up 29 points to the All-Stars 24 on the Fedora. Tigers' court. Fedora fought hard throughout the game but the All-Stars put up stiff resistance, starting the game with a irst-quarter score of 6-3. Changing teams at the quarter, the game picked up for a half- time score of 21-7 in the Tigers' favor. After the half, the first team came back in to iinish the game, making a third quarter score ot 22-17 and ending the game with a 29-24 victory for the Tigers. The first all-star team consisted of Skinner and Carter of Letch- erg D. Nielson, Laneg Fitzgerald, Springsg and Walker, Alpena. The second team: Fisher and Welter, Woonsocketg V. Winegarden, Springsg Smith, Artesiang Olsen, Forestburgg and Peterson, Alpena. Fitzgerald and Skinner were high-point mon with six up. Conservation Engineer Addresses FFA Meeting FFA meeting on Wiersma, local engineer, gave a earth structures. He stressed their importance in At the regular March 12, J. L. soil conservation talk on rammed 9 ,.,.................q..g..g........g..g..g..g..g..g.....,........,. 1944-5 Teachers 0:1-0--0--0--0--0--o--0--0--0--0--Q--0--0-o--ooo--Q--M-0-0--0-0-oss 1 Mrs. Greener graduated from Wessington Springs high school ,with the class of 1932. Sne also :attended the University of SOl.ll.ll ,Dakota. I Mrs. Greener is the sophomore 'class advisor. She teaches Eng- lish IV and biology and is Phys. Ed. and G.A.A. instructor. relation to this part of the COU.1'1-i ------1 try and their three outstanding. characteristics: durability, econ- omy, and insulating qualities. Mr. Wiersma gained this iirst hand information and experience through experimentation at South Dakota State college, well known research center on rammed earth structures. A Other reports given at the meeting were on the Service Chart, the FFA banner which has been orderedg and the treasurer's report on FFA's iinancial condi- tion. I SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS 1 Phyllis Wood entertained at a party Friday evening, Pat Pinard, Gladys Leischner, Hermine Wheel- er and Zilpha Shoff. Arthur Webb was a visitor an Yankton college Friday and re- turned Saturday. He attended a melodrama entitled, Gold in the Hills. Eloise .Burchfield and Eu- gene Christensen were members of 'the cast. Eloise was a drunken lrag and Chris, the hero. Ira Cashman gave a report on. the FFA,s group project for this year. It will be approximately 1.5 acres of Brunker certified oats to be grown for seed and sold. Lynus Krueger S 2!c was a vis- itor at WSHS Friday afternoon. Erma and Iola Kludt were Hur- With the recent selection of Mr. on Visitors Saturday' Wiersma and Mr. C. T. Holland to honorary membership, the FFA has seven honorary members and eight associate members. , Glen Waters and Ronald Salter were guests of Lynus Krueger Friday evening. I WAR STAMP SALES Seventh and Eighth Grades -S3.S5 iSopnomores ............... 12.25 MR. DONALD VESSEY ADDRESSES CLASS Mr. Donald Vessey spoke to the vocational guidance class Tuesday morning on salesmanship, real estate and insurance. Mr. Vessey stressed the fact that salesmanship is involved in any occupation one may enter. Courtesy, neatness, alertness, and having something worthwhile to sell, are the things the speaker deemed necessary by all sales- people. He pointed out many opportunities in real estate and insurance to young people who are willing to put forth the effort. f'There are many people selling, ibut few salesmen, Mr. Vessey said. The Kiwanis club has made a- 'vailable their services, and ot-he. successful local business people lwill share their knowledge and experience with the vocational class. These contributions are .appreciated by the class and gives them a working knowledge of the occupational future of which they are to be a part. I MMM.-.. 1 X BAND PRESENTS ASSEMBLY The band, under the direction of Mr. R. N. Franklin presented a concert for the weekly assembly program Friday, March 9. The following numbers were played: Stardust , March of the Jitter- bugs and Auditorium Session. Following the concert a barber- shop quartet composed of Mr. Franklin, Dick Wade, Rodney Eng- ,elen and Alan Sheppard, sang two songs, Margie , and I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby. A German band called, The ,Hungry Five played several selcc-- Itions under the direction of Ken- neth Kieser. Those taking part ,in the band were Ila Thompson, gRuth Bidleman, Richard Bradley, 1Hollis Grieve and James Ward. g Mrs. D. Roberts is teaching in 'place of Mrs. Lester Greener who has been absent. 1 Plans are being made for grads basketball tournament at Alpena March 24. Selection of low Waistlines seems prevalent in choosing pat- terns for cotton garments fresh- xrnan home ec Ia and b are going ito make. A number of the girls FJUYQOYS ---- ------ W ----20-?0 fhave cut out their dresses and are lSe1110fS ----- ---- 3-'50 'beginning to baste the garment l TOTAL 344.-lOitO5ethC1'.