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

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l A LIVING MEMORIAL 1: f :: , , I OUR MIGHTY SENIORS segtsdninptJlig1aI1idit?fmai'ii1rlnV1otfnWxe,si,i1ig'e j BY Zilpha Sheff First made: . . ' 11 13 ' 41 The first grade are having the pro- ton Sprmgs Hlgh School, none of us Erma Kludt gram for Mother's club Tuesday. fail to observe the large service flag and have a feeling of pride in our hearts. Certain people may pick one of the 193 stars and say, 'tThere, that one is my son. Or it may be their brother, sister, or sweetheart. Yet certain people will look at the stars with tears in their eyes. They are looking at the gold stars which sig- nify that this serviceman has paid the highest tribute to his country. There are eight of these gold stars. they are: Wallace Churchill, Ray- mond Schmierer, Philip Romig, Rob- ert Palmer, Donald Kleppin, Paul Fildes, Ivan Kieser, Howard Kopke. The student council, upon sug- gestion of Superintendent Holland, has decided to prepare some mem- orial for these men. They are or- dering trees which will be named and planted on the school grounds. I am sure there is no better idea than this, for it is a living memorial of men who had their lives taken from them. ' C.L.T. BANQUET GOSSIP If you were a looker-oner at this year's junior-senior banquet, here are some of the amusing things you might have seen: The little Negro couple sitting at the north end of the gym. Really they were only two dummies, but this bright remark was made by one of the guests, Which senior couple is that? Guess that was a little too corny. Mebbe we'd better get on with the story. Did you ever see a Negro with blonde hair or one with Calmostb red hair and freckles? Well, it so hap- pened that there was one of each type serving at the banquet. If you havenit guessed who they are, it's Ruth Ann and Rodney. Did you notice Haddorff, Thomp- son and Winegarden dashing up town to get a lunch after the ban- quet. It wasn't that they didn't get enough to eat, it was simply that they were displaying their Emily Post etiquette. E Haddorff felt so flattered when Hermine told that joke about his be- ing a member of the chemistry class. He may be a mad scientist' but he's not in chemistry! Ahem! Who stole the seating arrangement that we spent so many of our prec- ious hours working on? It defintely is a mystery and we're wondering if a certain senior fellow or maybe a junior didn't have something to do with it, for his own benefit, of course. Anyway. let's hope that next year's juniors will enjoy sponsoring the banquet as much as we did. DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft There are many stages in making a pie. The purpose of these stages is to have a delicious healthy product Nick Name? 'Dagwood. I donit know how I ever got it though. Pet Peeve? When someone is chewing gum vigorously beside me when I am trying to study. Ideal Man? Must have a pleasing personality, and have manners. In others words, a gentleman. Favorite Song? The Bells of Saint Mary's. Favorite Color? Blue or red. Pasttime? t'Reading a good book or listening to the radio. Going on hikes and picnics. Hobby? Taking pictures. Favorite Actors? June Allyson and Robert Walker. What do you plan to do after graduation? I am attending a beauty academy which begins right after school is out. Favorite Food? 'Anything with cherries in it or a chocolate sundaef' Marivonne Johnson Pet Peeve? Getting caught just when you're getting in late at the dorm. ' Nick Name? Johnny. Subjects? English IV, economics and Business English. Hobby? 'Collecting pictures of movie starsf' Sports? Basketball and dancing. Color? Blue. Favorite Show? Thrill of a Ro- mance. , After Graduation? Undecided as yet. Iola Kludt Pet Peeve? People who think they are better than anyone else. Ideal Man? Someone with a pleas- ing personality, a good sense of hu- mor, not necessarily good looking, but that might help. Favorite Song? Oh, What It Seemed To Be. Favorite Color? Blue. Pasttime? Pestering anyone near enoughg especially my brother, when he is lestening to the radio or read- ing a book. Hobby? Playing piano. After graduation, what? I don't know yet, perhaps college and then teaching. -Y .--Q -3--1 Ag II class is studying breeds of chickens and housing. , E to add to our diet. The usual result is that the pie is eaten. However, there are exceptions to every rule, and just last night I saw one of them. Someone accidently threw a pie a Chub. and, I'm sorry to say, what didnit hit her hit me. Al- though the guilty person is not known, we are sure it wouldn't have happened if the deans had been there. Formals! Formals! Formals! Every junior and senior girl turned out in her new fluffy formal at the junior- senior banquet. We under-classmen can hardly wait for the day when we can do likewise. Jaclyn Lamb brought cup cakes and birthday hats Monday for her seventh birthday. Second Grade: Donald Roberts treated the class Thursday. He has left for his new home in St. Louis, Missouri. The second grade enjoyed seeing the senior class play Friday after- noon. Half of the class read to the third grade Friday. Everyone had perfect papers in spelling this Week. Third Grade: The children exchanged May bas- kets on Wednesday. The 'fRobins', reading class read for the second grade Friday morn- mg. The science class are making health posters. Fourth Grade: In art class a birdhouse scene was made for a blackboard border on Friday. George Peck has been absent due to illness. Arithmetic notebooks are being made in class. The covers will be designed in art. May baskets were made on Tues- day. On Wednesday the class found them full of treats from Mrs. Eagle. Fifth 8: Sixth Grades: Maps of countries and their nat- ural resources were made in geo- graphy. In history shrines of America are being studied. A booklet is being made over the unit. Ralph Fildes and Beverly Palmer have been absent the past few days. The class had a May day party. .-.-q....,,-. I I I WITTY-WITS 1 I By Wickre I I- I I Dearest. . .Oh, excuse me, I though I was writing a letter, luck. It's column time here goes. but no such again, so o o I wonder what ever Mebius and Burchfield. erly Hein and Ethel rollerskating at Ruskin out escorts. Tsk! tsk! happened to I saw Bev- Jane Powell Sunday with- Hermine Wheeler told a joke at the banquet Monday night that was lsupposed to have been said by Rich- ard Haddorff in chemistry class. The lbest joke is that Haddorff doesn't even take chemistry. t Oh, goody, I just happened to think that this is the next to the last Witty Wit column for this year and .probably forever. This probably makes you happy because they can use this space for something worth reading. Wen, I can't-Enk coh, 1 don't know about thatb of anything to say, so I'll say so long until the next time.

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h t . PUBLISHED sv 'ran s'rUnnN'rs or 'rms wr-:ss1No'roN srnmcs cxrr scnoobs VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 NUMBER THIRTY-TWO BANQUET FEATURES SOUTHERN THEME The juniors were again, as has been the custom in preceeding years, hosts and hostesses at the annual Junior-senior banquet. The theme, Southern Plantation, provided those attending with southern food and music under a cool, moonlit sky. Equipped with the famous southern hospitality, toastmistress Hermine Wheeler introduced the subject of the speakers, the growth of the cot- ton plant, by starting with the roots. Bernard Madden, president of the senior class, spoke of the stem of the plant. The branches were taken care of by Miss Lorna Meyer and the leaves by Francis Nelson. Mr. Asa Memmer spoke about the flower, fol- lowed by George Krog, student body president, who concluded with the pod. Donald Hemmelman gave the musical reading Ol' Mister Moon and a quartet of two junior boys and two junior girls sang Pardon My Southern Accent. The program ended with singing by you all. The menu consisted of mint julep confererate slices, Carolina moon Cfried pineapplej cotton balls ipo- tatoesb, mountain dewdrops Cbutter- ed peasl, golden slippers and topsy twirls icarrot slices and celery strips? dreamy valley Csaladb, Lee's Victory rolls, New Orleans special tice cream and cookiesb, old man river Ccoffeeb, and golden pebbles fcandy and nutsb. Immediately following the banquet the prom was held in the high school SYITI- The juniors are looking forward to next year when they will find out what it is like to wonder for two or three weeks ahead of time what could possibly be the theme. Parkinson's Ensemble Presents Program Here Parkinson's National Music En- sembles presented a musical pro- gram in the high school auditorium on Tuesday morning, May 7. The group was under the supervision of W. B. Parkinson and featured Doris Marcks and -Marvyl Christiansen. The group presented solos and var- ious combination of modern and an- cient instruments. I I Inez Hull, senior, was ommitted, from the list of those receiving GAA letters this year. ......,.,.,.1. Business English classes are i studying letters of introduction and recommendation. I W. W. Ludeman Will Be Commencement Speaker W. W. Ludeman W. W. Ludeman, Dean of Educa- tion at Southern Normal, .will be commencement speaker this year. Mr. Ludeman has a B. A. I Degree from Dakota Wesleyan University, and an M.A. Degree from the Univer- sity of South Dakota. He is a past president of the SDEA and a well known educational writer of South Dakota. .. Q ---Y A INFORMAL TEA HELD IN SCHNEIDEITS HONOR An informal tea was held on Wed- nesday afternoon, May 1, in honor of Miss Marilyn Schneider. The grade and high school teachers acted as hosts and hostesses. Lunch was ser- ved at the close of the social gath- ering with Mrs. C. T. Holland pour- ing coffee. A lace tablecloth was presented to the honored guest. COMINEPETIENTS May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23 Trigenometry class is studying lo- garithms and their uses. School exhibit ........,... ....,..... . .. Baccalaureate , Class day and Award day ,, Commencement .............. 047,-gi Algebra I working with fractions and fractional equations. Ag I class isrstddying corn, its importance, uses, botanical charact- eristics, origin and types. SEN IORS TAKE IN S100 FROM PLAY The senior class presented their annual class play on Friday, May 3. The attendance was good, despite the unfavorable weather conditions. The seniors are to be complimented on the good job they did on their play. Margaret Waybright, in the leading role, did an excellent in- terpretation. The others Betty Wickre, Helen Raabe, Mary Lou An- ton, Leana Thompson, Pat Pinard, Fayne Fitzgerald, Bernard Madden, Henry Schraeder and Alan Sheppard are to be complimented also. The approximate amount taken in was around 53100. The play was pre- sented through co-operation with the Northwestern Press of Minneapolis. 1 -f +-,- 11946-'47 Spartonian Staff Members Chosen The 1946-'47 Spartonian staff mem- !bers were chosen by the new edif tors, Phyllis Wood, Clair Tiede and Beverley Knight. They were aided in their selections by the staff ad- visitor, Miss Lorna Meyer. Those 1 selected were: Business manager, Myron Kleppin, special reporter, Donald Thompson, reporter, Elaine Sheffield, reporter, Arlene Kraft, special columnist, Herb 'Wickre, music reporter, Darlene Hins, features, Lois Hawley, foren- sics, Betty Krogg class news, Harold Stolen, grade news, Darlene Barber, art editor, Roy Palmer, sports re- porter, Myron Mebius, typists, Bev- erley Breland and I-Iermine Wheel- er, make-up editor, Virginia Webb, special column, Alta Rogers, office news, Doris Clifton, dormitory news, Ruby Knigge. April School Party Sponsored by J unlors I The juniors were in charge of a lschool party held on Tuesday, April '30, in the high school gym. Folk games were played and bingo was held in the ag room. Committees who served were: Bev- erly Hein and Myron Mebius, Wes- Iley Villbrandt and Beverly Breland, ,Ruby Knigge and Dihl Hasz and 'Glenn Burchfield and Ethel Jane Powell. ' 1.344-4- English II is working on a class .project for exhibit. --.....,- American history class is review- ing and making projects. i Spanish classes are studying ir- regular past participles.

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' PUBLISHED BY 'rm-J STUDENTS or THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY scuoors VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY MAY 16, 1946 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE High Honors Achieved By Antgn and Pfeifer Exhibit and Style show ' Scheduled for May ni The grade school and high school! annual exhibit will be held Friday,' May 17, at the grade school building. The exhibit will be open from 2:00 to 6:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. It will! include both grade and high school! work. I The Home Ec. classes will present their annual style show at 2:00 o'clock Friday. The most outstand- ing work of the exhibit will be sent to the State Fair next fall. ..,.,.4-.. -' 1- .- 7' oua MIGHTY srzruoas 'if F By Zilpha Shoff I Lorraine Pfeiffer Lorraine Pfeiffer is another of our mighty seniors. Her pet peeve isl being called Peffer, and she hates people who brag worst of all. In -songs, Lorraine likes waltzes,l and in foods, anything with choco- late. Her hobbies are playing the piano and reading, and 'her sports are bike riding and hiking. Lor- raine's favorite color is brown, and her favorite movie was Lassie Come Home. Lorraine's subjects are English IV, Shorthand II, Typing II and book- keeping. Her favorite among thesei is English IV. Zilpha Shoff The author of this column is blonde, blue-eyed Zilpha Shoff. She is known to most students in WSHS as Zip. In her spare time she takes biology, Typing II and English IV. I Zip says her pet peeve is washingi her elbows or ears. She doesn'tI know which is worse! Anything that is fattening is her favorite food. She would like to have a man with a good personality who is tall and a good dancer. Jack Armstrong is her favorite ra- dio program, with the Lone Ranger running a close second. Roy Rogers and Humphrey Bogart are her fav- orite actors. The song Zip likes best is The Gypsy and the most wonderful show she has ever seen was Phap- sody in Blue. . -..Q-,g.. .. English I class are completing' their workbooks. Student Association Officers Chosen Officers of the Student Bbdy As- sociation were chosen Tuesday, May 7 for the year of 46-47. Those se- were President Donald lected 5 U , Thompson, Vice President, Francis I Nelson, and Hermine Wheeler as Secretary. These students were chosen on their abilities as organizers and lead- ers among their fellow classmen. ' In Donald's three years 'of high school he has been active in band, glee club and staff and he took part in the Junior Class Play and acted as Secretary of the Junior class this year. , Hermine has attended Wessington Springs High School for the past two years, coming here her Sophomore vear. She has taken an active part in extra curricular activities and acted as a fine leader, being presi- dent of the Junior class for this year. Francis also came his second year taking an active part in his school work as well as in extra curricular activities. CLASS NEWS Ag. I boys are studying hybrid corn including inbred lines, hybrid vigor, single and double crosses and the steps necessary in producing hy- brid seed corn for the farmers. The world history class are study ing about the Chinese and Indian revolutions. They have finished their projects. Ag. II boys are studying incuba- tion and brooding of chickens togeth- er with care and management of babv chicks. The American government class is spending its last week in studying the United Nation's Organization and its functions. The American history class are studying World War II and have completed their projects. Geometry projects have been completed and the class are working on trigonometric functions. Typing II class finished projects Fridav and are studying work under civil service. Tvping I students have been stres- sing composition at the typewriter. The trieenometrv class will com- plete their study of logarithms this weeks. Both Maintained Excellent Averages Mary Lou Anton has been selected as valedictorian of 1946. As winner of this highest scholastic honor she has maintained an A average dur- ing her high school career at WSHS. She has received sixteen credits, be- sides credits gained from extra-cur- ricular activities. Mary Lou has also been an active participant in many extra-curricular activities. She has engaged in phys. ed., G.A.A., Girl's Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, band, pep band, staff, Quill and Scroll, Thespian Society operet- ta, senior play, junior play, Home Ec. Club, Homecoming play, relig- ious education, Dramatic club and debate. Lorraine Pfeifer has been selected as salutatorian. Lorraine was a member of Home Ec. club during her first two years of high schoolg she has also been a member of Science club, B. Glee Club, A. Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, band, Religious Edu- cation and Girl's trio. She has main- tained an A average throughout her four years of high school and will graduate with seventeen solid cred- its . lg-Q-1-Q- Final Activities Planned For May 19 and May 23 Baccalaureate services will be held in the high school auditorium on May 19, at 8:00 p.m. The sermon will be given by the Rev. Jacob Askeland of the American Lutheran Church. Commencement services will be held in the high school auditorium on May 23 at 8:15 p. m. Preceding this there will be a forty-five min- ute band concert on the east lawn directed by W. J. Peterson. The main address will be given by W. W. Ludeman. THREE PASS DICTATION TESTS IN SHORTHAND Lorraine Pfeifer, a senior in short- hand II class, passed her 120 word dictation and transcription test. Margaret Waybright and Beverly Breland in shorthand I class passed their 60 word dictation and trans- cription tests. -LQ-of--we Algebra class is studying addition and subtraction of fractions.