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

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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'.

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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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With the Editors REMEMBER THE LAWN Perhaps all school year you have been taking a short cut at noon or after school, across the high school lawn. If you have, now is the time to stop. Each year at this time the same problem is brought up and the students must be re- minded to keep off the lawn. Es- pecially now, when the ground is soft and full of moisture, it's des- tructive to walk across it for the blades of grass are not far below the earth's surface and are easily injured. A beautiful, green, well-kept lawn adds much to a building in the summer. We want our school to look attractive the year round, as it has in the past, and it's part- ly our responsibility to see that it does. Supt. Holland has reminded us once about cutting so 1et's not make it necessary for him to do so again. When you feel that urge to cut across the lawn, just stop and think of all the damage you can do in those few short sec- onds and I'm sure you'll change your mind. R.L.B. CONDUCT fGuest Editorial! Conduct and actions are photo- graphs of the training one has had. Many parents would be ashamed of their children, and know their training had failed, if they would observe them in the gen-eral assembly. People with good breeding do not whistle and stamp their feet to show approv- al. The courteous method of showing approval is clapping the hands. The young ladies who were our guests and entertainers two weeks ago were embarrassed by the wolfish whistles and calls from some of our so-called gentlemen in the audience. They were our guests. Had they been paid enter- tainers in a cheap theater they might have expected and prepared for such. It is the desire of the teachers to bring outside entertainment for programs, but they have little de- sire to embarrass guests of the school who have a right to polite reception. The next program is the time to prove whether actions speak louder than words. -MRS. HODWALKER. Ag I class in crops and soils, is studying corn, its importance, uses, and production. Ag II class has just finished the study of dairying. They are test- ing their cows for butterfat. The next enterprise they will study is poultry, including types, breeds, care and managegment, diseases, and marketing. can-o--u--r-0--o--o--o--o--o--o--o-o--v--o--u--o--o--o-o--o-o-o-o:1 5 Future Alumni I 9 sv norms CAMERON 6 ..o-a--o-o--0.-Q.-..+-Q--Q--o-o--r-Q--one-9-our-s-o-0-0-'zu Donald Kraft is a tall, blue-ey- ed senior who enjoys a good joke whether it's on him or others. His hobbies are hunting and sleep- ing, but, as stated before, these sound more like habits than hob- bies. His future plans, he says, are up to Uncle Sam. At present, he is studying solid geomet1'y, typing, English and chemistry. Doodles is his nickname, acquir- ed I know not where, but it has stuck with him throughout the school year. The only pet peeve Don could think of was someone getting him up before breakfast is ready. He lists ice cream as a favorite food, and blue as his favorite color. After I graduate, I plan to en- ter some field of commercial work, though I might change my plans and attend college, preferably at Mitchell. These plans belong to green-eyed Frances Lambert, who is another a member of this year's senior class. Lizzie is a nickname acquired by Frances from the Rainbow Cafe where she works after school. To fit in with her name, Lizzie spends many hours studying shorthand, bookkeeping, typing, economics and English IV. Frances' ideal boy is one who conducts himself as a gentliman, especially in the presence of the fairer sex. Her favorite colors are a com- bination of black and white. Her favorite food is sugared dough- nuts and very hot coffee. Ag IV class in farm manage- ment is making entries in the South Dakota Farm Record Book to learn farm accounting. BUNSENEURN ER DIPPED IN WATER DOES NOT BURN Etghoes 0ixEinsteii16 Club lVl6embersxHave Lively Exiierimenis Are you interested in blowing off a head or two? Would you care to snap a couple of fellow jstudents twith cameras of coursel ? Then just join your local Echoes of Einstein club which most of you know is the science club of Wessington Springs high school. Every two weeks, the echoes meet and divide into two groups. photography and analytic, the lat- ter being the most dangerous and consisting of Grieve, McMillan, Boe, Wood, Bidleman, Butterfield, and Cameron. In the other group are Wood, Palmer, Burchfield and Engelen. In the latter group, pictures are made guaranteeing to look noth- ing like you, which to some of us is a big relief, isn't it Glen? They are by far the most studious, but if you will examine the books they read, you will see that they con- sist mostly of pictures, women in bathing suits, and what not, But iit's all part of the course, you un- I A 1 w l derstand. In the analytic group, the stu- dents study unknowns. That is, they try very hard to do things that have never been done before. Hollis and Duane, being the most scientifically minded of them all, inserted a burning Bunsen burner in water to see if it would burn. It wouldn't, and only caused an agonizing scream of despair from their instructor, Mrs. Mark Law, who at present goes a trifle in- sane when anyone mentions our master minds. Another incident which comes to mind is the synthetic rubber incident. Taking the white of an egg and several chemicals too nu- merous to mention, Hollis Bild Duane produced a thick, rubbery substance which they believed to be synthetic rubber. Believing they had discovered a new process for making this substance, they flew down the halls, breathless with excitement, weary and pers- piring, relaying the news: but alas, the halls were empty: not an echoe in sight. Defiated and disappointed, they crept back to the lab to clean up, shall we say, the mess! But let us get back to the bet- ter half of the organization. While the lab is humming with ace minds working as one great mind CAt this time we usually ev- acuate Phyllis Wood. She simply refuses to stay off the stools: she thinks the closer she is to heaven while with this group the better off she'll be. This wouldn't be minded, so we hear, but her long, lanky figure hovering above the heads of the students suggests an angel and makes the students too cautious to attempt dangerous ex- perimentsb the photography group poses, reposes, shoots. and re- shoots. If you should happen to see Rodney Engelen arranging James' locks of hair, dorm be alarmedg he isn't Pierre, the hair- dresser, but Rodney the photgg- rapher. To avoid monotony, a. few of the- meetings are intended to be social, but beware, parents, if these great scientists of tomorrow are due home, quake in your boots, post guards, do everything and anything, for we guarantee they a.re truly Echoes of Ein- stein.