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

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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS iToLUM'E SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945 ' -NUMBERMTEN SENIORS LEAD ' IN HONOR ROLL The high school honor roll for the, first nine weeks has been announced. Students on the honor roll must ob- tain at least a B average. I The seniors had the largest num- ber of honor students, with the soph- omores following a close second. The sophomores had the only straight A students-James Anton, Lila Koenig and Betty Krog. J . 1 Honor students from the various, classes are as follows: I Freshmen: Marilyn Boehler, Dean' Christensen, Betty Conklin, Marjorie Peterson, Geraldine Rhodes and De- lores Voigt. Sophomores: James Anton, Rod- ney Flannery, Darlene Hins, Myron Kleppin, Darlene Kludt, Lila Koe- nig, Arlene Kraft, Betty Krog, Thel- ma Redmann and Virginia Webb. Juniors: Beverly Breland, Lor- raine Lindstedt, Darlene Oschner, Helen Weber, Bob Winegarden and Phyllis Wood. Seniors: Mary Lou Anton, Elaine Bender, Ada Faulhaber, Alexa Grieve, Erma Kludt, Iola Kludt, George Krog, Bernard Madden, Dar- lene Peterson, Lorraine Pfeifer, Hel- en Raabe and Margaret Waybright. -L4-Q-1-IL Freshman Class Ranks First In Attendance The freshman class ranks first among the classes in average daily attendance. The other classes rank in this order respectively, Sopho- mores, juniors and seniors. The average daily attendance for each class expressed in per cent is as follows: Freshmen :,,:,,,,...,...... ....,.::,e,, ,,,. 9 5 .2 Sophomores ....... ...,..,... 9 3.7 Juniors ...,.............,........,.,......... 91.2 90.8 Breaking this down into simpler terms, it means that, taking each class collectively, 95.2 of the fresh- men, 93.7 of the sophomores, 91.2 of the juniors'and 90.8 of the seniors were present all the time. Not only do the freshmen lead in attendance but also in punctuality. The number of times tardy for the freshmen is 24, for the juniors, 38, for the sophomores, 43, and for the Seniors, 43. Congratulations go to the following students for maintaining perfect at- tendance: Deloris Fuerst, Iloa Kludt, Lorraine Pfeifer, Lyla Hotchkiss, Francis Nelson, Edna Borkowski, Evelyn Hins, Helen Hines Thelma Redmann, Marilyn Boehler, Betty Seniors ..........,...... ..,.. , ....... . l F I 4 I i n , l I I Office News 9 l I I As a Thanksgiving treat the stu- dents were shown a movie entitled 'tHigh Schooll' on Wednesday after- noon. Miss Opal Boese and Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Holland attended the presiden- tial inauguration at Southern Nor- mal last Saturday, November 17. ......1-l.-.. Class News English II are studying well known authors in different fields of writing. In grammer they are study- ing clauses and phrases and the use of the same in sentences. World history class is studying The Middle Ages. American history class is making a study of the Revolutionary War and the causes and effects of the same. Seventh and eighth grade science is studying the weather. Eighth grade mathematics class is studying interest using the 6 per cent method. Miss Mildred Walker is doing some demonstration work in the Home Ec. department. English III class is preparing to discuss timely pertinent subjects. Each group of four of five mem- bers reads and studies a topic and then prepares to participate in a round table discussion. English IV class is beginning it's course in literature. The students original writing will be correlated with typing assignments. Eighth grade social science is start- ing a new unit on the United States and the family of nations. ,-4.4-1--- Conklin, Delores Monroe and Mar- guerite Swenson. It is interesting to note that a close relationship was found to exist be- tween attendance and grades. The average daily attendance of students making the honor roll was 4 higher than the average for the school. Only in two instances did an honor roll student miss as much as three and one-half days of school. Good attendance is a must in achieving an outstanding scholastic record. What happens when we have a dorm party? I can answer that question by telling about the one we had last Monday. ' Eight o'clock arrived with every- one anxious for the party to start. When Mrs. Alverson and Mr. Adolf Wahl arrived they started to play, CONTEST WINNERS . SPEAK TO STUDENTS Last Friday, November 16, the student body had the pleasure of hearing Beverly Hein and Virginia Schwabauer read Edith Cavell and June Night. Beverly's reading, Edith Cavell, is the story of an English nurse vtorking for the underground in France helping English pilots to safe- ty. Miss Cavell is captured and tried by the Germans for helping the enemy and is convicted to meet her gcieath before a firing squad. 1 Virginia's reading, June Night, iportrays a girl and her boyfriends ,who get into an argument over some !fudge but finally make up again. l Both girls won second place in the llocal elimination contest. l The district declamation contest ,will be held at Wessington Springs 'November 28. Four contestants will lenter from the high school. Helen 1Raabe will enter in dramatic, Mar- lgaret Waybright in oratory, Hermine i Wheeler in poetry and Beverly Han- 'son in humorous. Eight schools will be represented. ,Students Contribute To I Red Cross Drive I Wessington Springs high school students contributed well to the Red ,Cross drive held on Wednesday, No- gvember 14. They gave the following lsums: :Seventh 8: eighth grades ............ 32.02 Freshmen .............. ....... .... ...,.. ..... 3 . 0 0 X Sophomores ...,............ . ..... ..... 5 .88 Juniors ......... ..... 3 .25 Seniors . ...... . . . . . 5.08 I .1 Total . .... ......,. , ......,. . , ......... 19.23 Three dollars of this fund will be sent into the National chapter to en- roll the school. The remaining money will be turned over to the local Red Cross chapter, which will furnish the school money from this amount for any projects the school has. ' Projects that have been started are joke books, crossword puzzles, books and solutions, checkerboards, Motherfs day cards, canes, tray fav- ors and St. Patrick day cards. ,Mrs Alverson playing the piano and lMr. Wahl playing the accordian. Everyone started to dance. We danced for two hours until Mr. Wing announced that lunch would be serv- ed. We were then served ice cream and cookies. The dancing -resumed for a while longer until Mr. Wing announced the last dance. The bed felt pretty good after all that work.

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THE STAFF Editor . . T ., . 777A. , , Alan Sheppard, Associate editor Glenn Burchfield Managing editor ,..Yee,e Patricia Pinard Make-up editor ,...,,,e Mary Swanson Business manager ,,,..... ...Clair Tiede Asst. business manager .. Dick Wade Special reporter. ,,,,,, Zilpha Shoff Special columnist .. Herbert Wickre News columnist ,,Ye,e .. Phyllis W00d Features . .,., ..ee,i,,i,..,., . .. Lois Hawley i Forensics ,7.,..i e.,,vee.,.. . Beverly Knlght Class news o... ....,,,i..f,.V. M yron Kleppin Grade news ......,,,......7 .,77 . .Alta Rogers Book review ei...,e, l.,.. M ary Lou Anton Art editor ,,,,,,.,..,,,,,,i,....,,, Clair Tiede, Assistant art editor ., ,.,, John Anton Sports reporter. ,..,,rr,, Don Thompson, Assistant sports reporter ..,..... M ,,,,,,,,7,or7,,,....,,,eo Rodney Flannery , Ag, reporter ,.,...,..,,.,, ,Kenneth KICSSIN Reporter ,,,,,,, , ,,,,,.,,,,,, H Arlene Kraft Typist o,7l77,..,ryoe,,,...., r,.ll A da Faulhaber Advisor V,,,..,,. . ....,,e Miss Lorna Meyer, ARMISTICE DAY Armistice, which we commemora- ted last Monday, could not mean so much to us as it did to the crowds, on that day of November 11, l981.i To them it meant world peace, to which they had sacrificed their men and boys. To us it is past history, as we have before us the fresh recollection of the second World War, more hor- rible and more destructive than ten world wars. War is inevitable at times, but, in a period of twenty-five years, how could man lose all sense of what is! right and what is wrong? Man has no heart, or he could not torture vic- tims as he has in this war. Some authorities say, with the develop- ment of the atomic bomb, that it could destroy the whole universe. 1 Is this what the soldiers of the first world war were fighting for? No! I don't think so. They died for I peace. Let us live for peace. We must not have another war! l i ' PLP I l n l f g WITTY-WITS , I By Wickre I l I Did you hear about the old maid! who had a stove that smoked, a parrot that swore and a cat that stayed out late at night? She did not think she needed a husband. I Bob Hauge and Bob Wolting must have thought that the girls wearing lots of boy's clothes was reason for them to wear girl's hats. At least they've been wearing some pretty red and blue ones. Rodney F.-How is a Policeman like a broken stool? I Pat Pinard-I don't know. I Rod-they both pinch you, if you' don't park right. Now that tests are over, our fine students can start learning how to forge their dad's signature on that little card with their grades on it. I know I'1l have to. ' 1 OUR MIGHTY SENIORS 1 By Zilpha shoff I Margaret Waybright To be awakened by having the covers jerked off on a nice cold A. M. is my pet peeve, says Marga- ret Waybright. Snooks, as her friends often call her, declares that as a between meal snack, lemon pie tops the list. Her favorite color is red or a pretty brown. Taking up most of her time are typing II, shorthand I, english IV, government and chemistry with shorthand as the subject liked best. To take a course at the State Col- lege in Brookings is Margaret's one ambition after graduating from W.S. H. S. Beverly Hein As favorites, the color blue and dessert apple pie al a mode are AI with dark, hazel eyed Beverly Hain. Among the subjects English IV, gov- ernment, bookkeeping and chemis- try, bookkeeping ranks high. Frequently known as Pepperl', Beverly says her ideal man is lots of fun and has a fine personality, and of course good looks help. Upon graduating from high school Beverly plans to take up work as a stewardess on an airplane. g I l g The Bookshelf I By Mary Lou Anton I I I The heroic tale of a few hours in the life of a British light cruiser in World War II is portrayed in The Ship by C. S. Forester. A British convoy to Malta was being escorted by five light cruisers and twleve destroyers because of the food supply on board the H.M.S. Ar- tcmis 5000 ton light cruiser. Malta was important because of its strategic position. As long as Malta held out, the German couldn't put much force into the offensive against Russia. Suddenly, after bombing by air- planes, a major Italian fleet was spotted. The British fleet knew that hard fighting was necessary in or- der to win against this powerful fleet. The wind proved favorable for a smoke screen, thus the lighter ships found encouragement. The Artemis, hit twice, with many men killed and wounded, suddenly dispatched the winning shot. Malta's fate was de- cided. The life of the men on the cruiser is vividly described, even to their innermost thoughts during the great battle. Cooperation, knowledge and alertness combine to make these men superb. Mr. Forester, the author, spent several weeks on a Royal Navy war- ship previous to writing this book. Eighth grade mathematics is stu.dying compound interest. World history has begun to study the Dark Ages. GRADE NEWS First Grade: The class is finishing their first Writing booklets this week. They are telling stories about Pil- grims, and making fall vegetables and fruits. Second Grade: Two of the reading class are start- ing Alice and Jerry Booksn. Plant booklets were made in science. Thirteen of the class had perfect papers in spelling. l Third Grade: Mrs. Willard Christensen visited the third grade room Wednesday af- ternoon. Dean Voigt was absent this week, due to illness. . The YCL held a meeting on Thurs- 'day morning. They decided to buy ,a library book with the money in the treasury. Miss Ida Underland, of the WCTU, spoke to the class Friday afternoon. Fourth Grade: The visitors of the week included Mrs. Frank Jensen and Mrs. Norton I Lien. Ronald Jensen treated 'the class on his ninth birthday. Fifth Grade: Mrs. Roy Freeman and Mrs. Dale Powell visited the room before at- tending mother's club. Bones Decision, which was writ- ten by Norma Kludt, was presented to the Mother's club Tuesday. The characters were Betty Powell, as Re- lbecca and Charles Miller as Daniel Boone. Four fifth grade girls, Betty Leischner, Kathleen Wahl, Bernice Kidman and Gwen Hemmelman sang America at the close of the play. ' ,Miss Underland spoke to the fourth and fifth grade about the effects of alcohol. She illustrated by using a flannel-graph. I v l l I News In A Nutshell I By Phyllis Wood 1 I I I , George E. Allen has advised Presi- dent Truman to eliminate as far as possible every federal emergency policy by July of '46, Allen was named special assistant to study emergency control and after doing so he strongly favors the establish- ment of certain types of permanent bureaus. A plan was issued in which there would be an administrative ad- visory committee to advise a director of liquidation which in turn would ,have under him appointed liquida- tors for each agency. i Mayor Fiorello La Guardia appear- ed to be taking quite an active part in the campaign for mayor in New York City although he, himself, was not a candidate. Governor Dewey favored Republican - Liberal-fusion candidate Jonah Goldstein while the final winner was William O'DW- yer, the American Labor Party can- didate and Erinborn-Democrat sup- ported by La Guardia. In all ap- pearances it seems New York City porlitics are beginning to lean toward a or.

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I THANKSGIVING This year we have a great deal to, be thankful for. The end of a great and disastrous war has come. It has left the people of war torn Europe feeling bitter toward one anotherI and toward us, the conquerors. Yet in a way it means better conditionsI are coming. The tradition of Thanksgiving started long ago. The Pilgrim gave thanks for the meager subsistence they received and surely we have more to give thanks for than they did. So, this Thanksgiving Day, we should all give thanks for everything. large or small. A.L.S. EVOLUTION--MONK OBJECTS Perhaps you've heard the old say-I ing 'Man descended from monkey or His ancestors swung by their tails. Well. I have proof that the monkey definitelly doesn't like it stated that man descended from him. I Three monkeys sat in a coconut! tree, Q I Discussing things as they're said: to be, I Said one to the others, Now, listen you two, I There's a certain rumor that can't be true, That man descended from our noble' race, The very idea is a disgrace. No monkey ever deserted his wife, Starved lhfer babies and ruined heri 1 e. . And you never know a mother monk To leave her babies with others to bunk, And pass them on from one to an- other 'Till they scarcely knew who was their mother. And another thing you'l1 never see A monk build a fence around a co- coanut tree, And let the cocoanuts go to waste Forbidding all other monks to taste li I put a fence around a tree, Starvation will force you to steal from me. I Here-'s another thing a monk won'tI do I Go out at night and get on a stew, I Or use a club or knife to take some other monkey's life. I Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss But, brother, he didn't descend from us!! See what I mean? Never again will I go so far as to insult the poor I 1 monkey! p I I I The Bookshelf I I By Mary Lou Anton I I I I I I The Peacock Sheds His Tail, by Alice Tisdale Hobart, is a colorful romance of modern Mexico. Concha Navarro's life really be- gins the day her brother brings the tall, handsome senor Buchanan to their home. Grandmother Navarro becomes furious when the North American, a man with democratic GRADE NEWS First Grade: The class have finished their first writing books. Everyone joined the Red Cross. The children are making a vege- table book this week for science, art and writing. Second Grade: In language class a poem was writ- ten on Thanksgiving. THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving day comes once a year. lf we don't have a turkey-oh dear! Pie and cakes so snowy white, And cranberry sauce so red 85 bright On thanksgiving day we are all so gay Hey! Hey! Hey! What a day! Tommy Haddorff visted the room on Monday. Donnie Wenzel has broken his arm again. The class wrote letters to him. Third Grade: The class donated 32.50 to the American Red Cross. Animal charts were made in the science class. Fourth Grade: Constance Askeland celebarted her ninth birthday, treating the class to cake. The Junior Red Cross contribution from the grade school was 88.18. The class finished the nine weeks health chart. Constance Askeland and Margaret Anton did all the health chores each day of the nine weeks. Fifth 8: Sixth Grades: During Book Week the class work- ed on several projects-posters, jack- ets for books and book reviews. l n l I WITTY-WITS I By Wickre I I Boy, this flu epidemic surely is a good excuse to skip school. I am even writing this at home, since I'm a victim of the epidemic. Mrs. Greener- You misspelled divingg there should be two Ts' in it. Margaret Waybright- But Mrs. Greener, there's only one I on this typewriter. Mrs. Hoerner-- How many in this class object to war?' Rod Flannery- I do. Mrs. H.- Good, now tell us why. Rod-Because wars make history, and I hate historyf' Mr. Memmer- Heat makes things expand. Vernon Riesland- Then why are the winters in the Artic six months long? ideas, crossed their threshold. The Navarros look upon religions as a worldly power intending to mobilize democracy. James Buchanan, the young Amer- ican diplomat, smashes the old tra- THE STAFF IEditor .......................... -Alan Sheppard Associate editor .... Glenn Burchfield Managing editor--. ........ Patricia Pinard IMake-up editor ......r.. Mary Swanson Business manager .............. Clair Tiede Asst. business manager.-...Dick Wade Special reporter ........... ...Zilpha Shoff I Special ' columnistr... Herbert Wickre News columnist ............ Phyllis Wood Features .............. .. ....... ....... L ois Hawley IForensics ............. ...... B everly Knight Class news ....... ......... M yron Kleppin Grade news .... ................... . Alta Rogers Book review .............. Mary Lou Anton Art editor .......... ................. C lair Tiede Assistant art editor..., .... John Anton Sports reporter ........... Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ........ ........--..........---.--..Rodney Flannery Ag. reporter... ........... .Kenneth Kieser Reporter .......... ........ . Arlene Kraft Typist ....... .......... A da Faulhaber Advisor ..... ...... M iss Lorna Meyer I OUR MIGHTY SENIORS I I By Zilpha Shoff I an an :. u 1- .- Betty Wickre First in foods cat-eyed Betty Wick- re names fried chicken and cherry pieg in colors she likes blue. Her pet peeve Was a bit too strong to print but if anyone is interested just ask Lizzie, alias Bedpost, alias Submarine, alias Betty Wickre. Her ideal man is--well- any man will do. - Her subjects are economics, chem- istry, English and typing, with ec- onomics as the one she hates the best. Bettyls ambition is to take it easy after twelve long years of school. Fayne Fitzgerald If you want to tempt blue-eyed Fayne Fitzgerald, try a nice big juicy steak with shoestring potatoes on the side. Chief's pet peeve is that R lang- uage which many of the girls have taken up. When asked what his ideal girl would be, he just replied, Oh, boy! Chemistry, English, government Iand bookkeeping take up most of his school time. He likes mathe- matics best but of the above subjects English is his favorite. After graduation, Fayne plans to join the Marines. dition of the Navarros. He repre- Isents everything they oppose, yet Ithe gentle Concha falls madly in love with him. How she gains her I parents consent to marry the Ameri- 'can intruder is a thrilling story in itself. I In this novel, Hobart has woven a Ithrilling and romantic story of a marriage into the conflicts of a land tailing toward democracy. The pea- cock, the bird of Mexican revolution- ists, is symbolized as greed and lux- ury. A turbulent story of Mexico is illustrated, plus a great and moving love story.