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

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. J- l -.. .- If THE STAFF I I I F ' E ,t A1 Sh pa d 'I The Bookshelf I WITTY-WITS di or ,7,7,7, ,...,,,.,,,.,,,... a 11 ep r B W' k Associate editor Glenn Burchfield E BY Mary :ou Amon I I Y lc re Managing editor ,,,,,7.., Patricia Pinard Make-up editor .....,w.7 Mary Swanson Business manager ,,w,,,.,,,i,,, Clair Tiede Asst. business manager. Dick Wade Special reporter ,.....o Zilpha Shoff Special columnist Herbert Wickre News columnist ..,,,..,r, Phyllis Wood Music reporter .,...,,...... Mary Swanson Features ,,,,,,,,r,,,,,,,,. .. Lois Hawley Forensics ,. ,,,,,,.,,,,i, Beverly Knight Class news .......V, ,....... M yron Kleppin Grade news. ...... v,,,,,..,,... . Alta Rogers Book review ,,,,,,,,,v,,,, Mary Lou Anton Art editor , ,.,c.,,,,...........,,.Y Clair Tiede Assistant art editor .... ...John Anton Sports reporter ,,,,,,r,, Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ........ Rodney Flannery Ag, reporter ,,v,,,,,i..i.., Kenneth Kieser Reporter ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,r. . -.. Arlene Kraft Typist ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,r,..,,,,,rc. Ada Faulhaber Advisor r,rirr,r.,..i Miss Lorna Meyer BACK THE TEAM School spirit? Many of us hear of it but few of us really know what it implies, or if we do know it, we fail to do anything about it. As football and basketball seasons approach, we should turn our thoughts to those victories we all want this year. The football boys have made an extra effort on the field for this coming Miller game, so let us behind the lines, make a special effort and cooperate with our cheerleaders in making it a real vic- tory. Of late years few businessmen and townspeople have patronized our games. Is it because of the crowded condition of the gym? We would like to have a new auditorium as much as any of you, but for the present we will have to be content with the one we have. As for foot- ball games, you have all the room necessary to have a hilarious time if only youill let go of yourself. Maybe you recall way back when your high school team walloped such and such a team. It does mean a lot to you and that's the way we want to remember this 1945-46 team. Maybe you don't think a cheering crowd means much, but I'm sure if you ask any of the boys they will tell you it does. A wagon is not much good with only three wheels, even if you have the horse to pull it. Well, anyway, think about it be- fore the first game, Oct. 5. ---9-9-Qi-... pg I I Class News I n ll m The bookkeeping class has re- ceived their workbooks. English I classes will complete the study of business letters this week. Algebra I classes are studying the formula. English ll are giving book reports. Spanish classes are corresponding with people from South America. General science class has finished a unit on the air and the various ways it serves man. I I Several new and interesting books have been added to our school library recently. Among them is a very impact novel on World War II, which consists of two volumes. Waverly Root, in The Secret History of the War, goes behind the scenes of World War II and brings forth many of the first developments and progress of the beginning war in Europe, which has resulted in chaos throughout the entire world. Root, a noted news- paper man, has not been prejudiced in his opinions, but has covered all paits of the global conflict from the blitz in Poland through the African invasion. Waverley Root began his journal- istic career in 1927, and up to the present has worked for several American and European publica- tionsg since 1940 he has written the aewspaper column Backstage of the ar. Material for Mr. Root's book was obtained during his visits in Europe as well as his authorized private srurces. In reading this book an idea is obtained of events of this war as well as better understanding of the post war conditions in the world. i-9-Q-gl. Initiation Highlights CContinued from preceeding page.l -the girl in this case being Mar- garite Swenson. To prove that they had not yet outgrown nursery games Elaine Knigge, Teddy McHen- ry, Delores Voigt and Barbara Ma- gee played Ring around the rosie ' and Drop the handerchiefv. Deani Christensen was given a half pail rf water which he had to drink dur- ing the program. The evening was not complete without an auction, so Vernon Reisland was given a chance of auctioning off Norma Jean Sch- waubauer. Tommy Thompson and Ramona Kearns gave their version of modern jitterbugs. Alice Hille and Merrill Gunderson, Geraldine Rhodes and Gene Scott, blindfolder, fed each other syrup with teaspoons. A group consisting of Elaine Mettler, Robert Kirton, Delores Monroe, Vin- cent Reisland, Beverly Yttreness, Ervin Palmer, Alice Hensley and Willard Snyder were a comical sight as they placed grapefruit under their chins and passed them to the next person. Beverly Lasson, blindfold- ed, was given a ride on a board lifted by Robert Swenson and Mike Magee and then told to jump off after she had been lifted off the floor a few inches. Dihl Hasz and Elaine Knigge presented a duet Don't sweetheart me . Betty Jean Conklin gave forth with What a goose I amn to the tune of America . The entire freshman class joined in the sing- ine of it the second time. Following the program everyone went downstairs to the gymnasium where a social evening was enjoyed. Refreshments of hot dogs, pickles and cokes were served. I l U I Hi, fellow morons!-as the saying goes-- Here I am again. Calling all cars! Pick up woman wearing green hat on corner. That is all. I hope everyone got over being at the Corn Palaceg I hear almost ev- eryone spent until they couldn't spend anymore. Some folks think fleas are black, But I donit think that's so Cuz Mary had a little lamb With fleas as white as snow. CThat corn came from the journal- ism book.7 I found out there are two kinds of scoops in journalism class, one is to Egfr a story before another paper, lthe other is Schryer's. Speed limit-35 miles an hour. ' Fords, do your best. VIEW OUR CHEERLEADERS , Beverly Hanson, Beverly Knight, ,I-lermin Wheeler, Leanna Thompson, 4Beverly Hein, Virginia Schwabauer, lRuth Hodgson and Patricia Pinard tried out for cheerleading positions on Friday, Sept. 28. I 'Ihe first four named will reign as cheerleaders over future activities. Pat casually walked on the stage, very stiffly knelt down, and said, Come on kids, give with a boom- a-lackafi With just a few cracking bones she got up and strode off the stage. I Leanna Thompson made a grace- ful debut, was introduced, and asked the assembly group to spell Springs, Incidently, there might ibe an excuse for the freshmen's not knowing how to spell Springs, but certainly not for the upper-class- men's not knowing how. l Very straight and noncholant, Hein climbed the stairs and walked to her place on the stage. After she had stood there for some time, George Krog said This is Miss Hein, who stays at the dorm. I After she had fallen upstairs, Ruth Ann Hodgson led the group in spelling Springs, Virginia Schwabauer very timidly sirode to the stage and with a big giggle spelled Springsf' After the ceasing of the wolf calls. Beverly Knight very gracefully led the group in spelling Springs, With a spring, a jump and a gig- gle, Breezie was on the stage wait- ing to be introduced. With an equal amount of energy, she led the as- sembly in a very well-known yell. Last but not least, Hermine, very much at ease, Cso we were to be- iievel said O.K., you guys, stand up and led us in a new yell, called Springs Altogether, voting was not easy. A decision was hard to make. Economics-class has been studying the purposes of advertising and its food and bad features.

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EE paffonian I PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 1945 A NUMBERYTHREE SPARTANS PREPARE FOR FIRST GAME With complete confidence the Spartans are making final prepara- tions for their first football game of the season, which will be Friday, Oct. 6, with Miller. The game starts at 2:30 P. M. on the Miller field. A Coach Hall announces the starting lineup for the game as follows: Vernon Riesland, center, Palmer and Sheppard, guards: Burchfield and Schryer, tackles, Wolting and Brad- ley, ends, Haddorff, quarterback: Roush and Winegarden, halfbacksg and Fitzgerald, fullback. No game has been scheduled for Homecoming as yet. la.-Q-L. School Library Staff Chosen For 1945-46 Senior members of the library staff chose Lorraine Pfeifer as librarian. The assistant librarians who were chosen, and the time they serve are as follows: 8:30- 9:00 Helen Raabe and Ra- mona Koenig. 9:00- 9:45 Lois Hawley and Pa- tricia Magee. 9:45-10:30 Margaret Waybright and Betty Wickre. 10:30-11:15 Darlene Ochsner and Irene Weber. 11:15-12:00 Phyllis Wood. 1200- 2:15 Beverly Knight and Beverly Breland. 2:15- 3:15 Ada Faulhaber and Er- ma Kludt. 3:15- 4:00 Rosellen Lindstedt and Genevieve Hendricks. 4:00- 4:30 Mary Swanson and Iola Kludt. l-5-o-cl FIRST F. F. A. MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 25 The first F.F.A. meeting of the new school year was held Sept. 25 in the Ag. room with vice-president Bernard Madden presiding. The meeting opened with the usual ceremony. The treasurer gave a treasurer's report, which showed 842.85 to the good. Bernard went over the program of work. Mr. Gad- da presented last year's awards. Ira Cashman was elected to represent F.FA. on 'Student Council. George Krog and Bernard Madden were elected captains of seed corn selling teams. The motion was made and seconded that the students have an F.F.A.-Home Ec. party. The of- meeting in Madison, Oct. 17, at 8:15 I l I l r i 1 l i i l ficers decided to attend an officer'sI The meeting was adjourned. INITIATION HIGHLIGHTS Once again the most eventful day of the freshman year, that of initia- tion, has come and gone. The ini- tiation ceremonies took place in the, high school auditorium Tuesday ev- ening at 7:00 with Alta Rogers as 'H. s. SERVICE FLAG I BROUGHT UP-To-DATE 4 The service flag of Wessington Springs high school has been brought ,up-to-date. The number of stars :now totals 201, which includes eight mistress of ceremonies. The fresh- l gold stars, four of which were ad- nian boys were attired in girls clothes. Most of them were wearing skirts and sweaters, girls shoes and anklets and plenty of make-up. The girls wore cotton dresses and boy's shoes, stockings and garters. Their hair was pinned down and covered lded this summer-they are Wallace 'C'hurchill, class of '37, Philip Romig, ' class of '37, Ivan Kieser, class of '39, and Howard Kopke, class of '41, 1 The bluestars that have been ad- ' ded are: lciass of '45, with black hairnets. No make-upl Don Will was allowed. As they were brought! Art Webb into the high school in pairs, theyl Hollis Grieve . were given an appetizing bite of: Duane MCMIIIIOH onion. A funeral march was playedl Don Lamb while they marched into the auditor- l Rollin Boe ium. lClass of '44: The freshmen were called on the: Glen Waters stage in groups and performed var-i Everett Reindl ious stunts. The stunt that inter- ested the male students most was the one by four Hula Hula girls-these were portrayed by Jack Anton, Lee Schnable, Marvin Rainy and Edgar Hemmelman. Darrell Knight and. Genevieve Arnott helped out the jan- itor by scrubbing the steps. Beverly l Baby Durnil was pushed aroundi the stage in a baby carriage by Ger-i ald Fuerst and Maynard Lindstedt! Myron Winter gave his version of' an old-fashioned proposal to the girl CCont. Page 2, Col. 2.3 n v l l I .News In A Nutshell i By Phyllis Wood l l l Wartime wages-peace time hours. Now that the laborers are no longer, bound to their no-strike promise,I they seem to be making up for lost- time. Instead of making trade ne-l gotiations with foreign countries,. we are spending all our time withi internal problems: this is hindering, the establishment of a world organi-I zation. I Very little had been said about the political situation in Greece until Archbishop Damos Kinos, Regent of Greece, made a visit to London last' week. The Greeks believe he still holds his Regency and controls the government, which, by the way, is' supported by the British in Greece. As winter grows closer, Greece isl still a hungry nation-whose job will it be to feed it? . The uprisings in China are steadily growing worse. The Chinese fear an on-coming winter, their situation is comparable to that of the Greeks: many lives will be needlessly lost unless something is done soon. ' Class of '43: Garfield Kraft 'Class of '42, Loren Thompson If corrections or additions are available please notify Mrs. Lester Greener. Phys. Ed. Girls Elect Managers Of Sports In the physical education class Monday unorganized sports mana- gers were elected as follows: Bicy- cling, Betty Conklin: skating, Bever- ly Brelandg hiking, Anna Mae Bult: skiiing, horseback and bowling, De- lores Voigt. 1 Points will not be given for more than two hours of activity, and a weekly report of time spent in un- oiganized activities must be made to the G.A.A. advisor or head of that activity. Three points will be given for each hourls participation in any of the unorganized sports if another G.A.A. girl accompanies. t Soft ball teams have been organiz- ed with the juniors and freshmen opposing and the seniors and sopho- mores opposing. Chosen as captains were-Juniors and freshmen, Phyl- lis Wood and Beverly Hansen, sen- iors and sophomores, Ruth Hodgson and Pat Pinard. MUSIC-ENGLISH TEACHER TO ARRIVE HERE SOON Miss Bernice Lutz has informed Supt. Holland that she will be able to come soon. She has been delayed because of the illness of her mother. Miss Lutz will replace Mrs. Ver- non Moxon, who is teaching English and music at present. She is from Faith, South Dakota.

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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS XLULUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 1945 f S' Nuitiiaijzai -FOURIi MILLER RUSTLERS ITwenty-one New Books ESTUDENTS BEGIN DEFEAT' SPARTANS Entered in H S Library The Wessington Springs Spartans were defeated 35-0 by the Miller Rustlers on Friday, Oct. 5. Miller scored rapidly during the first quar- ter, but was checked during the sec- ond and third quarters. Miller made E The school library, under the di- rection of Mr. Memmer, has re- ceived several new books. i Those classified as fiction are: I Waverly Root- The Secret His-' tory of World War volumes I and II. i one touchdown during the last quar- 1 terg all their tries for point were suc- i cessful. This was the Spartans first Side . Ernie Pyle- Brave Men . , Edgar Snow-t'People on Our! game of the season. I General H. Harold and Leiut. Gen- Miller kicked off to the Spartans eral Eaker- This Flying Game . at the beginning of the game. Lack? C. S. Forester- The Ship . of organization of the Spartans en-i Laura I. Wilder- Those Happy abled the Rustlers to bring the score to 28-0 at the end of the first quar- ter. During the second and third quarters, the Spartans held Miller back. Neither side scored until the last quarter, when Miller made a touchdown. A return game with Miller is gcligduled for Nov. 9 on the Springs ie . Teachers Enroll 10005 - In SDEA at Sioux Falls The state headquarters of the South Dakota Education Association in Sioux Falls reported today that the teachers of Wessington Springs are enrolled 100 per cent as members in the association for the school year 1945-46. In anouncing the fine record of the Wessington Springs teachers, the association officers stated that this.is the best evidence of the pro- fessional attitude of the local teach- ers. The theme of the association this year, chosen by SDEA President W. Marvin Kemp, superintendent of the Belle Fourche schools, is Teachers, A Mighty Force in Tomorrow's World? In adopting this theme the hought and the effort of the teaching profession are being directed toward postwar programs and problems. PEP BAND ORGANIZED UNDER STUDENT DIRECTOR PINARD Because the music director failed to arrive before the first football game, a pep band was organized un- der the direction of Patricia Pinard. The instruments were played as follows. Trombone-Phyllis Wood, Mary Lou Anton, Patricia Pinard and Vir- ginia Webb. Snare drum-Dick Wade. Bass drum-Delores Voigt. Tuba-Don Thompson. Clarinet-Gladys Leischner, Iola Kludt and Alta Rogers. 1 V r l L l 5 Golden Years? Mary O'Hara- Thunderhead . Hyde and Garrett-'tModern Bio- graphy . l P. L. Travers- Mary Poppins, Open Door . 1 Cornelia Spencer - Made in China . I Rachael Baker- The First Woman i Doctor? Helen O. Watson- Trooper U. S. Army Dog . Mildred Walker- Winter Wheat . Edwin R. Embree-- Thirteen A-N gainst The Odds . i Hohn R. Tunis-- Keystone Kids .g W. L. White-- Queen Die Proud-I 1y57 R Elizabeth J Gray- Adam of thei Road . 4 Esther Forbes - Johnny Tre- main . Andre Norton-- The Sword Is Drawn . Helen Sprachlin- Courtesy, A Book of Modern Manners . 1 June M. Metcatfe- Copper . 1 Several reference books were also purchased. HODGSON'S TEAM DEFEATS WOOD'S IN GAA TOURNAMENT Ruth Ann Hodgsonis team defeat- ed Phyllis Wood's team in the final game of the G.A.A. Tournament on Monday afternoon, Oct. .1 Each member of the winning team will be awarded an extra point. 1 If the weather permits, the losing teams will play a consolation game soon. S Physical education for the seventh and eighth grade girls will be start- ed in the near future. Patricia Pin- ard will supervise kitttenball. When other sports are begun, various jun- ior and senior girls will be given a chance to coach and referee their games. This will give the G.A.A. girls extra points toward the earn- ing of their letters. 1 Donald Sidkler is a new student in the seventh and eighth grade room. WORK ON DECLAM Twenty-one students of Wessing- ton Springs high school are out for declamation under the direction of Mrs. Warta, Mrs. Moxon, Mrs. Hoer- ner and Mr. Memmer. Most of these people have gotten their selection and hard at work. The contesant their division are: 1 Humorous-Beverly Hanson, Vir- ginia Schwabauer, Darlene Ochsner, Hermine Wheeler, Betty Conklin, Beverly Durnil, Norma Jean Sch- wabauer, Elaine Sheffield and Dar- lene Hins. Dramatic-Alexa Grieve, Beverly l iHein, Iola Kludt, Helen Raabe, Alice Hille and Deloris Voigt. Extemporaneous-Irene Weber. Poetry-Beverly Knight. Oration-Margaret Waybright and Phyllis Wood. r The local Declamation contest will be held in the latter part of Oc- tober in which one contestant from each division will be selected to rep- resent the school in the district contest to be held later. Ee l l I Class News I u u u English II class is studying punct- uation and capitalization. They are finishing book reports. I World History class is studying the Roman Empire. n American History Class is study- ing early English colonies. Seventh and eighth grade .art class is studying color, emphasizing split complimentary colors and art ap- preciation. Ag. II class has just completed the study of breeds of hogs. A field trip is scheduled for Wednesday morning, when the class will go to the home of Lester Caffee to judge fatening hogs. Other field trips which are being planned include judging all livestock and dairy cattle, culling poultry, worming, prevention of horns on calves, feeding demonstra- tion, measuring haystacks and pull- orum testing. U Advance Ag. in farm mechanics are working on various jobs, includ- ing forge-work, construction of their projects and repairing motors. Typing II. students are trying to build up speed scores using standard speed tests. To date Lorraine Pfief- er is high with a score of 55. Shorthand II. students take daily dictation, transcribing the material on typewriters. They have received their Greg writers and are work- ing on their O.G.A. tests.