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

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN I Tl'1l11'Sday,zAD1'l1 19, 1945 NUMBER TWENTY-EIGi1F W 2.....Q..0..........................,........,......................? 1 WEBB T0 TAKE TEST 1 FOR 11.51 BANQUET As a result of the scholarship test given by the University of South Dakota, taken March 19, only four of the 18 seniors com- peting ranked below average. This test was given throughout the state to 193 schools, and all seniors having a grade of 163 or more, have been invited to take the final examination Monday. April 23. Duane McMillan. James Ward and Arthur Webb will rep- resent our school, having total scores of 176, 194 and 166 respect- ively. The examination included geri- eral tests over English history. science and mathematics, each counting a certain number of points. Highest possible score was 202. Rollin Boe, Phyllis Butterfield, Do1'othy Cameron, Rodney Engel- en, Dorothy Grego1'y, Hollisf Grieve, Donna Knight, Donaltlq Kraft, Don Lamb, Duane McMil-1 lan, Ronald Salter, Velma Schuettpelz, Vera Schwabauer, Ila Thompson, James Ward, A: thur Webb, Don Will and Willar-'l Willman. Memorial Service Held For the Late President A memorial service was held Friday morning in the high school auditorium honoring the late President Roosevelt. The funeral march was played by Dorothy Gregory to open the service. A mixed octet, consisting of Dick Wade, Donald Stratton. Gladys Leischner, Ila Thompson, Patricia Pinard, Hermine Wheel- er. Alan Sheppard and Rodney Engelen, sang two selections. Nearer My God, to Thee, and Abide With Me. Rev. Rudolf Hertz gave a very impressive tribute, ending by quot- ing the President in one of his speeches, There is nothing for us to fear but fear itself . Everyone joined in the singing of, How Firm a Foundation, led by the octet. Rev. Hertz closed the service by giving the benedie- tion. Seventh grade history class studied the Preamble of the Con- stitution and its significance last week. Nouns, pronouns, and their properties is the subject of the 8th grade grammar class. Students taking the test Were:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 DON LOVVTHER Don Lowther, custodian at Wes- 1sington Sp1'ings high school, at- -tended high school in Coleridge, Nebr. In 1918, he came to South Dakota to make his home. He has been our janitor since May 1, 1944. He has three children at- tending grade school here. War Stamp Sales iSeventh 8: Eighth .......... .30 1 1 . Freshmen ........ --- .1-J 1 Sophomores -- ---S5.55 Juniors ...... --- 3.50 Seniors --- ---39.50 TOTAL 348.95 1Girls Receive GAA Award Ten girls have earned GAA awards, by earning the required 300 points. These points were earned by participating in outside activities or sports, including hik- ing, bicycling, roller-skating, bowl- ing, horseback riding, and winter sports, plus additional points for regular class attendance and hold- ing oflices such as captain, and manager of sports. Girls earning the awards are: Beverly Hanson, Mary Lou Anton, -Beverly Knight, Irene Weber, Jos- ephine Schroeder, H-ermine Wheel- ier, Phyllis Wood, Betty Fenn, 1Alta Rogers, and Darlene Ochs- lner. 1 The awards are four inches in 1size. and will bear the letters G 1A A on the bottom in the school icolors. Committees have been choscii and plans are now under way, ior the junior-senior banquet to be 'held May 7. General arrange- ments committee is made up of: Mary Swanson, chairmang Pat Pinard, Betty Wickre, Dorothy Weber. Alan Sheppard, Waiter Borkowski and Be1'nard Madden. TlllS committee has appointed other committees and, together with Gladys Leischner, Margaret 1Waybright, Ethel JaneAPowell and 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Leanna Thompson, will plan the program. The menu committee includes Merle Jenner, chairmang Richard Bradley, Lorraine Pieirer and Zil- pha Snoii. Table decorations are under direction of Mary Lou An- ton, Helen Raabe, Alexa Grieve and Beverly Hein. George Krog, chairmang Glenzi Burchneld, Ada Faulhaber and Patricia Magee, make up the gen- eral decorations committee. The transportation committee is Ira Cashman, chairman: Richard Haddorii, Darlene Peterson and Erma Kludt. Fayne Fitzgerald is chairman of the construction committee, with Lester Weber, Lyle Will and Keith Robbins as assistants. The banquet will be served by sophomore girls at 6:30 in the gymnasium. The food will be furnished and prepared by moth- ers of junioi's. Mrs. Leah Swan- son and Mrs. Palmer Wickre are chairmen of the mothers' commit- tee. Others on this committee are Mrs. Edward Leischner, George Raabe, Mrs. William Hein, and Mrs. Geo1'ge Powell. SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTS Ethel Jane Powell was an over- night guest of the Southeast room at the dormitory Tuesday night. Mrs. Mark Law was a dinner guest of her parents in the coun- try Sunday. Mrs. Mark Law and Miss Gene Nolan were Mitchell visitors Sat- urday. Don Will passed his physical ex- amination for the U. S. Marine Reserves and is subject to 24-hour call. Luella Krueger, Vera Schwa- bauer, and Joyce Eddy, were vis- itors in Huron Friday. Mrs. Frank Warta spent the week-end at her home in the country.

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Make the best of your last weeks. PJB gn Hs,f,b,g . J X, ,.ff' nBy Phyllis Wood? There seems to be a certain amount of doubt in the minds of some as to whether Congress will accept the Bretton Woods mone- tary agreement. Certain ones are sure the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development will win the approval of Congress, but they also think Congress will not support the International Monetary Fund. The purpose of such a fund is to have certain na- tions contribute a certain sum to the fund in their own currency: the money then to be loaned to other nations for designated pur- poses which should eventually re- sult in the stabilization of curren cy. If this last plan is not ac cepted, the entire proposal will be killed. Capture of a hundred tons of gold bullion in a hidden salt mine at Hersfeld by the American Third Army did not make the Germans any too happy. This bullion was supposedly the source of the pay- roll for the German army and is probably all the gold there is left in Germany. The German army tried, without success, to regain this loss, with a heavy counter attack. ,:..,.....q.-...q--.......,..,..,..,..,..........4--vm--Q-wo-0-9:4 Most often known as Super, Hollis Grieve is tall with brown hair and eyes. As a hobby, Hollis prefers horse-back riding, or fishing. His favorite foods are beef and lamb, fixed any way possible. Hollis's ideal girl is one who is a reasonable facsimile of Joan Leslie. One quality he dislikes very much in a girl is the use of vulgar language. The spring of the year appeals to him, perhaps because it con- sists mostly of his favorite color. green. Super is awaiting a call from the Marine Corps, but until then he is satisfied studying economics, English, physics and solid geom- etry. He is president of the FFA, vice president of the Student associa- tiong member of boys' glee club and of mixed chorus. Brown eyes, dark hair, and a quiet nature, all represent Duane McMillan, otherwise known as Squaw. Duane's hobbies. as rnost boys' are, consist of hunting and fish- ing. His favorite food is roast duck. He plans to enter a branch of the armed services where he will likely meet up with his pet peeve, noisy people. Squaw's hobbies are collecting shells from different calibre rifles and shotguns. He is a member of FFA, Junior Historical society, Science club, and Student Council. His favor- ite subjects are physics and solid geometry. For reasons unknown, Duane prefers that a description of his ideal girl be eliminated. Perhaps because the information was giv- en by his friend, Super. Our other senior of the week is Donna Lou Knight, who is small, with short, brown hair and brown eyes. She states that reading, sleep- ing, eating, and playing the piano are all favorite pastimes, but writ- ing letters is her only hobby. Somewhere during her years at WSHS she has acquired the nick-- name of Pretzel, and she is sel- dom known as anything else. Pearl S. Buck's books appeal to her. as do the colors green brown. Repeating what she already said is Donna Lou's peeve. In the future she plans to at- tend collegeg which one she not decided. I Donna's ideal needs no describ- ing, as anyone looking like Dennis and has pet 118.3 . Morgan will do. 2 0fQ-O-Q-0-0--O--Q-Q.-Q-q--0--o-9--Owr-O-0--0-0--0--lw0-Q-o:o Ah, Spring is here again. The boys are passing the old familiar lingo. Your ears are like flowers-cauli- flower. Your eyes are like pools-cesspools. Your lips are like petals-bicycle pedals. Your cheeks are like peaches-all yellow and fuzzy. Mary Lou Anton, when asked who said, Go west young man, and grow up with the country, re- plied, Mr. Hodwalker! He must have been advising her to find a man in the west instead of Alaska.. How about it, Mary Lou? I hear the little over-night hike was quite a success last Saturday. Consequently Jack Anton is being teased about sucking his thumb in his sleep. Everyone had a blank expression but one never knows, or does one? and didn't know who put the tack under Mrs. Law Monday. Alarm Sheppard looked awfully guilty, Class News The seventh grade arithmetic class is studying profit and loss. Nouns and their properties is the subject of study in eighth grade grammar. Freshman algebra classes are be- ginning to study factoring. Biology students are working on projects which they chose last fall. They are taken from the material which they have studied this year. Senior English students have been making character sketches of the most interesting person whom they have met. BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL 1... , .,. ..-A There are school before Now is the ball to keep it. -li-.. only six weeks of the final die is cast. time to get on the from getting behind

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TRIBUTE Last week a great man died in the service of his country. With the quiet passing of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt came much sorrow and grief. Not only in this country but in every coun- try of the world, freedom-lovingi people mourned his death. His pas- sing was a shock and a loss to ev- eryone. Within minutes after the news was released, England, Can- ada. the South American coun- tries and even Japan, extended lPlanned Minstrel Show l is Cancelledg Conflicts l l It is with extreme regret that we lfind it necessary to cancel the gminstrel show. It has been found i well nigh impossible with the ,present draft status of many of l the senior boys to assign the prin- cipal parts with any assurance lthat they will be here either to l . practice or to play the parts. Furthermore, not wishing to conflict with the senior class play, we Hnd it impossible to practice in lthe evenings. This combined with :the fact that at the time the sen- iiors are given senior privileges land do not have to attend school 'wnen they have no classes, makes their sympathies to the Rooseveltlit hard '30 find time to practice family and to the American peo- ple. world over felt the loss of their President keenly, as did the peo- ple here at home. Five-minute periods of prayer were conducted by chaplains of our fighting men and at home, a 30-day period of mourning was set aside, ,during which time flags will remain at half-mast. Regular radio pro- grams were cancelled until Mon- day, and music honoring our greatest War casualty was played. Death came to Mr. Roosevelt at a time when we depended on him during the day. In order to stage the show with .any degree of perfection, we AII161'iCa11 Hghtilig IOYCSS thefwould have to go into rehearsal ,extensively this week, but here, 1Old Man Weather has stopped us ,for we have many absences. , Tentative date of the produc- ltion was the first week in May. iHere again we come in conflict with other activities, such as the senior class play scheduled for April 273 and the Junior-Senior banquet May 7. Therefore, we feel that we must cancel the show for now. GEORGE KROG STATE FFA TREASURER Mr. H. W. Gadda, accompanied by Bernard Madden, Hollis Grieve most. It is tragic that he, whoiahd George K1'0g, attended thi? gave so much of his time, his fam- ily, and himself. to do all in his power to end the war, should be taken at this time when victory in Europe is so near at hand. If only he could have lived to see victory, exclaimed so many people. Knowing the type of man Mr. Roosevelt was, I should say hc wanted to go in the service of his country he loved and had done so much for, and that his only regret would be that he couldn't have ac- complished more during his 63 years on this earth. Franklin Delano Roosevelt will not soon be forgotten. The chil- dren for generations to come will read in history books of this great President of the United States, who was recognized by all races as a symbol of freedom and democracy. James Ward and Duane McMil- lan were elected from the senior class to take the Pepsi Cola schol- arship test last Monday. James and Duane were the high ranking seniors in the scholarship test sent out by the State University. State FFA convention in Brook- ings Monday, April 16. As Duane ,McMillan was unable to attend as idelegate, his place was taken by 1 George Krog. l Fifteen Chapter Farmers were lselected from the state and were elected to the State Farmer de- gree. From the Wessington Springs chapter, Duane McMillan and George Krog received this honor. George Krog was also elected to Ithe office of treasurer of the State ,FFA. l In the speech contest, Bernard lMadden received third place. -.l.. .M l l 1 - 1 X- ,.ff' By Phyllis Wood It is very difficult at present to express the sorrow and grief felt by everyone throughout the na- tion upon hearing of the passing ,of our president, Franklin D. High School to Take Part in Clothing Drive From April 1 to April 30, a na-- tional clothing drive is being held. The clothing collected will be used for overseas war relief. Our man- ufacturers are busy with war and ,civilian needs at home, so, it re- imains for the American people to help the men, women and chil- dren from whom the war has taken everything. Friday, April 27, the clothing drive will be held in WSHS. Each 'student must bring an article of clothing in order to attend the as- sembly program. At least 200 pieces of clothing are expected to ,be collected in this way. The clothing will be turned in to the committee at the Methodist church. Following are quotations from letters from relief workers in war- torn Europe: From France: In every class there are children who own but one shirt or dress. The child has to stay at home while the moth- er washes and dries that single garment. From Italy: One coat of one of the boys has at least 50 patches on it. From Poland: Thousands of children both in town and coun- try are unable to leave their homes. They do not even leave I their beds, as they have no clothes to put on their cold bodies: not even a blanket to cover them- selves. Students, it is up to us to give wearable clothing of all kinds to help these people. It is our task to walk hand in hand with the lo- cal committees of the United Na- tional Clothing Collection. Roosevelt. Now that final homage has been paid, we should continue to follow his policies, give all of our support to President Truman, and put forth every effort to win the war as soon as possible and thus help in the establishment of a just and honorable peace. Stalin has sent an oiicial mes- sage to President Truman, stating that Molotov, Russiais foreign sec- 1'etary, will be Russia's representa- tive to the coming San Franicsco conference. Some time ago a certain com- mentator warned against the mak- ing of any treaties with Germany through a man by the name of Franz von Papen. Now, it seems we would be unable to do such a thing if we wanted to, as he has been captured in the Ruhr pock- et by the U. S. Ninth Armyg and .as far as they are concerned, he is just another prisoner. American Portraits, is the sub- ject of study in English III.