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

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122 pa,-man PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRIN GS CITY SCHOOLS ' VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1945 NUMBER TWO CLASS OFFICERS I I I FOOTBALL PRACTICE ELECTED FOR 1945 L Class-News J GETS UNDER WAY Thursday afternoon, Sept. 20, the respective classes elected their of- ficers for the coming year. Each president will be a representative of the Student Council. The officers were chosen as fol- lows: Freshmen: president, Dean Chris- tensen, vice president, Vernon Reis- land, secretary, Beverly Durnil. Sophomores: president, Keith , Sheffield, vice president, Rodney, Flannery, secretary, Lila Koenig. Q Juniors: president, Hermine I Wheeler, vice president, Beverlyl Breland, secretary, Don Thompson. l Seniors: president, Bernard Mad-A den, vice president, Richard Had-1 dorff, secretary, Patricia Magee. ' Sixty-Three Report i For G.A.A. Meeting The first G.A.A. meeting of this year was held Wednesday afternoon, Sc-pt. 19, with sixty-three girls re- porting. New officers were elected, and include Beverly Knight, presi- dent, Hermine Wheeler, vice presi- dent and Alta Rogers, secretary- treasurer. Ruby Knigge was chosen: to act as kittenball manager for' the first nine weeks. Extra points will be awarded to the girls who serve as officers. In the afternoon the group divided into two teams and la ed kitten P Y - ball and a committee consisting of. Hermine Wheeler, chairman ,Patricia Pinard, Beverly Hein, Phyllis Wood, Darlene Ochsner and Betty Krog were in charge of the food. p m I 5 The Bookshelf I , 1 By Mary Lou Anton p I I I ' Cluny Brown, in the book by Mar- i gery Sharp, had as much sense as most girls, but she was a willing, good-tempered, tall and homely girl. Cluny, being an orphan, struck a severe blow upon Mr. Porritt, a plumber, as it was his place to handle and care for her. Often peo- ple commented that Cluny did not know her place-Certainly it was not having tea at the Ritz, staying in bed all day Sunday or eating oranges to relax the nerves. Mr. Porritt decided her actions did not help his reputation as a plumber, so he shipped her to Friars Carmel in Devon, which is owned by Sir Henry Carmel. Events began to happen when Sir Henry's son And- American history class is making maps of the early Roman, Grecian, Egyptian and Phoenician empires. English II class is continuing the study of Silas Marnerf' In gram- mar the students are studying sen- tence building and the use of parti- cipial and prepositional phrases. English III class is working on conversation. Advanced agriculture class is studying farm machinery, the pre- sent unit is a study of plows. Freshman shop class is making wooden coat hangers in order to learn the use of various shop tools. Economic class is studying the electrical service in Wessington Springs. Members of the Spanish class are planning to write to students from South American countries. CONCERNING BYGOLLOGY UI think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a grasshopper, A louse, a flea, or mining bee Or the greasy goo on the food chop- per.' Due to the requirement of two sciences to graduate, most of the little sophomores and two brilliant seniors, are very busy studying by- gollogy. Because most of the students re- quested taking the easiest half the first semester, they are deep in the eart of mesothorax, coxa, trochanter femur and the trachae. By the way, the last year biolo- gists want to know if this year'si biologists have harvested the corn' crop which was planted last year. P We now know why some people remind us of grasshoppers-they have three simple eyes in front, two compound eyes on the sides, one ear 1 on each side. You know-those people who see all, hear all and, know nothing. ' -la-,Qi ,- rew visited his parents. Betty Cream, , a friend of Andrew's, did not tend, to help matters at Friars Carmel., Mi. Belenski, the famous Polish! writer, was invited by Andrew to stay for awhile. l Lady Carmel seemed more absorb- ed in her flowers and Sir Henry in writing letters than in the question' of the exact truth about Mr. Belen-i ski. Mr. Belenski, for a time, seem- ed content to live a quiet, secluded Football practice has gotten well under way, uniforms were issued Friday, Sept. 21. . The line-up includes: Richard Haddorff, quarterback, Fayne Fitz- gerald, fullback, Bob Winegarden, right halfback, Glen Burchfield, left halfback, Vernon Reisland, center, Alan Sheppard, left guard, Lester Rousch, right guard, Junior Schryer, left tackle, Richard Brad- ley, right tackle, Robert Bult, right end, Bob Wolting, left end. The schedule up-to-date includes: Oct. 5, at Miller Nov. 9, here with Miller Oct. 19, at Plankinton Coach Hall is arranging a game for homecoming. Faculty Committees Announced For 1945-1946 Faculty committees for 1945-46 have been announced. The school ex- hibit committee, which plans for all school and state fair exhibits, is made up of Mr. Gadda, chairman of the state Fair exhibit, Miss Knutson, Mr. Memmer, Mrs. Eagle, chairman of the local exhibit, all grade teach- ers. The high school social committee has control of all high school af- fairs and is composed of Miss Knut- son, chairman, Mrs. Greener and Miss Meyer. . I Salvage and contribution drives such as U.S.O. and Junior Red Cross, are in charge of a committee com- posed of Mrs. Greener, chairman, Mrs. Warta and Miss Bietz. The assembly committee plans as- sembly programs and is made up of Mr. Memmer, chairman, Mr. Gadda, Mrs. Moxon and Mrs. Hoerner. The general executive committee, which makes out a general school calendar, is Mr. Holland, chairman, Mr. Memmer, Mr. Gadda and Mr. Hall. All high school English teachers are on the declamation committee. They are Mrs. Warta, chairman, Mrs. Moxon and Mrs. Hoerner. 1.-4.0- ..,. life, but then things happened. Cluny seemed to confuse everyone by her amazing acquaintances, the village chemist went to London, and Betty Cream and Andrew planned to be married. The plot is suddenly and myster- iously solved by Cluny and Adam Belenski. Many more startling and curious events confront the readers of Cluny Brown.

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rn. I I i THE STAFF Editor .......,.,,.,,........,, . .. Alan Sheppard Associate editor ,,.. .Glenn Burchfield Managing editor ......,., .Patricia Pinard Makeup editor aaa.aaa.aa,,.. Mary Swanson Business manager. ,,i,,,i,,,,,i Clair Tiede Asst. business manager... Dick Wade Special reporter.. ,.....,,,., .Zilpha Shoff Special columnist Herbert Wickre News columnist .....,....,, Phyllis Wood Music reporter ............. Mary Swanson Features .. ,.....,,,i ...., . ...., Lois Hawley Forensics .,......,, ...... . Beverly Knight Class News. ....,, ,,,..,., M yron Kleppin Grade News ,..,....,7,,w,V,.,77.... Alta R0ge1'S Book review ,........,... .Mary Lou Anton Art editor S...,,,,,.,...,....,........ Clair Tiede Assistant art editor ,,,...... .John Anton Sports reporter ..,,,...,,, .Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ,,..,... Rodney Flannery Ag. reporter r,............. Kenneth Kieser Reporter ,,,,,,,,r. ....,,..... A rlene Kraft Typist ,........,.. .....,,,.., . Ada Faulhaber Advisor r,r,r, .,.,,,,r M iss Lorna Meyer I l I The Bookshelf I By Mary Lou Anton ll I I Lusty Wind for Carolina, by Inglis Fletcher, is the third of a series of novels of colonial Carolina dealing with the struggle to main- tain free trade routes from Ameri- can plantations to world markets. After the Peace of Utrecht, the lords of trade and plantations dream- ed of bringing back the days of Elizabeth and her great sea captains. Riches of Americais possessions ser- ved as bait to draw adventurers, merchants and seamen to the Carib- bean Islands and the southern plan- tations. Woodes Rogers, the great naviga- tor, was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. Merchants of Bristol eag- erly bought shares in the Bahama venture. ,-.. ,... 'G.A.A. Awards Presented To Eligible Participants Ten girls have been presented the G.A.A. awards for earning the 300 required points. The girls earned points by participating in outside ac- tivities and sports, which included hiking, bicycling, roller skating, bowling, horseback riding and win- ter sports. Additional credits were given for regular class attendance and offices held. The girls who received awards are Beverly Hansen, Beverly Knight, Hermine Wheeler, Phyllis Wood, Irene Weber, Darlene Ochs- ner, Mary Lou Anton, Alta Rogers, Josephine Schroeder and Betty Fenn. The awards are four inches high and bear the letters G.A.A.', in school colors on the bottom. n l ll I Office News a I I I New regulations are as follows: Doors will open at 8:30 in the morn- ing and at 1:00 in the afternoon. IThere will be no loitering in the halls. Students will be expected to gc to their first period classrooms, or to the assemblies. Until the bell rings they may leave the room with- out a pass if they wish to see one of the teachers. Students going upstairs should use the east stairs and those going down, the West stairs. SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CContinued from preceeding page.5 Will, Maynard Willman, Unice Lied- ke, Curtis Younie. Juniors: Donna Aikens, Marion Ammon, Mary Lou Beckman, Beverley Bre- land, Bob Bult, Donald Caffee, Bev- erley Hansen, Lois Hawley, Donald Hemmelman, Leonard Hendricks, Because he was a Huguenot, Rob- 'Lester H9DdfiCkS, Maynard H011- ert Fontaine had been driven first from France and then from Ireland, and later from Bristol. Due to Rog- er Mainivauing's glowing pictures of life in a country free from Old World hates, and also in an effort to live a peaceful and secure life for his invalid wife and lovely dau- ghter, Calerille, Fontaine secured a land grant in North Carolina. David Noray, handsome gardener of the Fontaines, also joined the group. f Excitement is added to by the daring battle the countered with pirates of bbean. Three streams of action woven in this story-the struggle of Robert Fontaine's colony to sur- vive hardships, the love story of Calerielle and David, the daring ro- mance of Mary Lepel and Michael Gary, and finally there is the strug- gle with the cruel pirates and trade hardships. No brief summary of this thrilling novel is able to indicate its many elements of interest . the story crew en- the Cari- are inter- gson, Lylia Hotchkiss, Harold Hotch- kiss, Kathryn Kearns, Beverley Knight, Evelyn Lambert, Lorraine Lindstedt, Frederick McHenry, Fran- cis Nelson, Bernice Ocean, Darlene Ochsner, Roy Palmer, Raymond Roudner, Dorothy Root, Phyllis Schnabel, Junior Schryer, Virginia Schwabauer, Flovd Thompson. Don- ald Thompson, Clair Tiede, Wesley Villbrandt, Dick Wade, Helen Web- er. Irene Weber, Hermine Wheeler, Eob Winegarden. Phyllis Wolfgram, Robert Wolting, Phyllis Wood. Seniors: Mary Lou Anton, Elaine Bender, Richard Bradley, Glen Burchfield, Ira Cashman, Ada Faulhaber. Fayne Fitzgerald. Delores Fuerst. Gilmore Fuerst. Alexa Grieve. Genevieve Hendricks, Beverley Hein. Arlene Hietzman, Inez Hull. Maravone Johnson. Kenneth Kieser. Irma Kludt, Iola Kludt. Ramona Koenig. Goerge Krog, Gladys Leischner, Bernice Lillehaug, Rose Ellen Lind- stedt, Bernard Madden, Patricia Ma- Piee, Darlene Peterson, Lorraine Pfeifer, Ethel Powell. Helen Raabe, Annette Radke, Keith Robbins, Jo- I I I I I I I I WITTY-WITS I By Wickre I I I I Hi ya, Kids! I guess you'll have to grit your teeth and take this corn for this year. Did you notice all of the football men CBoy, what a plugb Friday? Did they ever look like veterans of the Wounded Knee! I hear Mrs. Hoerner thought the 'Soap foamers' looked bright enough for junior history so she gave it to them in place of English. I think the school should buy com- passes for some of these green fresh- ies. I saw a few of them trying to sneak into geometry class. I don't know how Chief works it, but I notice he is the only boy in three of his classes. I hear that Bob Woltin-g is getting a copyright on his new book, Three Ways of Being a Moron ! And now I leave you with this thought.-All's fair in love or war, and all's war in love affairs. I I I I GRADE NEWS I I I I lst Grade: There are eleven girls and six boys in the first grade. Iva Bower missed school Friday. Jaclyn Lamb missed school Thurs- day afternoon and Friday. The children are using reading readiness books with pictures of home and school activities. Znd Grade: The second grade is divided into two groups, the canaries and the wrens. The reading class finished the book they read last year. 3rd Grade: There are twenty-one pupils en- rolled in the third grade. The three new pupils are: Patsy Enger, Diane Pinard and Arbidella Schmidt. Camilla Pflaum celebrated her eighth birthday on Friday, she brought treats for all. 4th Grade: The fourth grade has a total en- rollment of twenty-five. including thirteen girls and twelve boys. Vernon Abraham, whose birthday was Monday, treated the class to cupcakes. Gladys Wahl treated the class to cake on Thursday. Sth Grade: The enrollment of the fifth and sixth grades is thirty-two. There are sixteen boys and sixteen girls. On Sept. 14, which is National Hymn Day, the classes held a spec-' ial exercise and read about Francis Scott Key. sephine Schroeder, Alan Sheppard, flarv Swanson, John Swenson. Lean- na Thompson, Margaret Wavbright, Betty Wickre, Lyle Will, Richard Haddorff, Zilpha Shoff, Pat Pinard, Lester Roush.

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Z.. .Li 1 - ' tulsa il THE STAFF Editor ...,,,,,,,....A.,....,,. Alan Sheppard Associate editor ,... Glenn Burchfield Managing editor ,..,..... ,Patricia Pinard Makeup editor ,,,,,7,,,7,,., Mary Swanson Business manager i,,,..,.e.,i, Clair Tiede Asst. business manager .. Dick Wade Special reporter ,,,,,,,,,,e., Zilpha Shoff Special columnist ...Herbert Wickre News columnist ,,,,,e,,ee,e Phyllis Wood Music reporter .,,e.,,.,,,,, Mary Swanson Features .. ,l..., ..,.,...., .,,,,ee,, . L ois Hawley Forensics .,.l.,.i.. ....., B everly Knight Class News ,..... .....ee, M yron Kleppin Grade News e,,.,,.,,,........,e..., Alta Rogers Book review ,,,,,..e,..... Mary Lou Anton Art editor .....,.e.,,,,,,,,.,,....,.,, Clair Tiede Assistant art editor ,,,,,,,.. .John Anton Sports reporter ..,..,...e., Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ........ Rodney Flannery Ag. reporter e........,,..v. Kenneth Kieser Reporter ,,,e,,,e............,,., Arlene Kraft Typist ...,,,.,,.,,.,,...,...,..... Ada Faulhaber Advisor ,......e,,,.,.,,e, Miss Lorna Meyer AS INITIATION NEARS ' As it has been a custom in our school, the freshmen will receive their annual entertainment this year, but, to change tradition, the whole school will make it a festivity. Probably the poor freshmen willl not suffer to a large degree, but with combined forces of the upper class- men, we promise you freshmen that it won't be a snap. Although time will tell, We hope the sophomores do not get too clev- er, since, after all, We were all freshmen once. So let's everybody attend and watch the freshmen with their clever antics. G.S.B. I - l l I News In A Nutshell I I u l By Phyllis Wood When General MacArthur, allied supreme commander, stated that he could eventually occupy Japan with 200,000 soldiers, things started hap- peningL Various senators in Wash- ington immediately criticized Mac- Arthur for making such a statement. Some think it might be possible that jealousy is the cause of the criticism. It could be they are seeking the hon- or and glory that usually accom- panies the occupation of a defeated country. Those opposed to MacAr- thur feel he has an eye on the '48 election, although he has publicly claimed he has no interest. 1 ll l I I GRADE NEWS I I I I First Grade: Mrs. Hulda Burg and Mrs. Ann Hasz visited first grade Tuesday. Robert Short Jr., was absent Fri- day. Patsy Burg was absent one afternoon. Second Grade: Donnie Wenzel had the misfortune of falling off the slide and breaking his arm. The following members of the class had perfect spelling papers: Irma Lawver, Dorothy Costello, Dixie Hanson, Jerry VanB'uren, Benita Hume, Joyce Wheeler, Alice Fildes, Donnie Ocean, Bonnie Carr and Gary Bell. A Third Grade: ' I Miss Marilyn Schneider was ab- Isent Monday due to illness. Mrs. QHelmuth Neuharth is substituting ' for the present. Fourth Grade: Art class worked on paper cutting of daisies this week. Mrs. Anita Askeland and Luther visited Tuesday afternoon. Health and spelling charts are I being started. Fifth 8: Sixth Grades: The fifth and sixth Y.C.L. of- ficers are as follows: President, Ava Lee Theurerg Vice president, Charles Miller, Sec- retary, Norma Kludtg Corresponding Secretary, Shirley Gruber: Treasur- er, Jerry Cameron. The major project with fifth and sixth graders is interstate correspon- gdence. A minor project is the mak- 'ing of health Scrapbooks. Another controversy that arose last and labor. Last spring the C.I.O. News predicted industrial peace for the postwar period and look what they got. Labor troubles seemed to be brewing, but when Ithe explosion finally came, Wash- ington was not ready. Labor's de- mands were for shorter working hours and higher wages. It is de- manding a 30 per cent wage increase which would give us a good start towards an inflation unsurpassed in the U. S. Seventeen United States scientists who helped in the development of ,the atomic bomb met in Chicago 'last week. The majority of them I 'week was between management' I I l II Dorm News I I I l What were those oh's and ah's that were heard at the dormitory? Could they have been the result of the wonderful music collected from the freshman class? Or were they caused by those perfect blond waves?? Mr. Wing's eye-brows raised with a question showing determination as the time to do K.P. came with all the volunteers C?7crowded around the piano. The attention of all stu- dents centered around two freshman boys, who, with a piano and an ac- Icordian, were trying to create some- thing related to music. From the comments that followed one can arrive at no conclusion as ,to which was the better or as to whether the result was music. I Later in the day a new addition was made, consisting of a guitar and e voice OD. As we welcome the freshman class we welcome, too, these questioned musicians. L-1-as-Al I I I WITTY-WITS I By Wickre I I I I I hear that a certain Juliet from the sophomore class got a love let- ,ter with fourteen darlings in it from a certain boy in Miller. I hear the only reason Haddy is playing quarterback is because he thinks it's a refund. Wolting doesn't lgve room in the Plymouth for all his girls any more, I so now he uses the bus. Freshmen come and go, Initiation does the same, The receivers in their first year Don't think much of the game. CBoy, I heard Longfelow roll over in his grave.D 1-.1-Q-Q--- felt that the discovery was a real tragedy. They are extremely sorry that Hiroshimo and Jagasoki had to be destroyed to make the Japanese surrender. They also feel that the government should allow the free exchange of scientific information. 'Washington already has a commis- sion to control future atomic re- search. ' Q 6 fi ., 'I 75, A ' 'f 9-'5 rv'