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

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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.

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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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.Smudgely, the school principal, PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS SEVENTEEN SPARTANS BEGIN B. B. PRACTICE Basketball practice for the 1945 season has gotten well under way with nearly three weeks of practice already. Among the twenty who have reported for practice are six lettermeng Fayne Fitzgerald, Bob Winegarden, Richard Bradley, Lest- er Rousch, Dick Wade and Bob Wolt- lllg. Coach Hall announced that fifteen games and two tournaments will make up the Spartans season and games have been secured with the Wessington Springs college. The list of those who have report- ed for practice are as follows: Fayne, Fitzgerald, Lester Rousch, Richard Bradley, Lester Weber, Bob Wine- garden, Dick Wade, Bob Wolting, Junior Schryer, Roy Palmer, Don Hemmelman, Don Thompson, My- ron Kleppin, Francis Nelson, Floyd Thompson, Gilbert Magee, Myron Mebius, Rodney Flannery, Lee Sch- nabel, Myron Winter. The Spartans Schedule is as fol- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945 NUMBER ELEVEN I I I rl 45-46 FACULTY I l I ' I I l 1 l I V I i l 1 l l l l 1 l 1 1 I l ' cnnstantly heckling Paul by blaming CAST CHOSEN FOR JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior class play, entitled Almost Summerfl by Christopher Spergel, is to be presented Decem- 'ber 19. The play is under the di- rection of Mrs. A. L. Hoerner. Almost Summer is the story of the Jones family-their trials and tribulations. It takes places a few idays before school is out, and Paul, played by Clair Tiede, is worrying about his grades, his girl and his rival. Jane, enacted by Beverly ,Knight, is Paul's heorine. Jane is lthe most beautiful girl in the world in Paul's eyes. Then there is Mary, played by ,Phyllis Wood, Paul's sister who is l very much in love with Jack, played by Francis Nelson. Junior, the Wo- man hater, enacted by Dick Wade, is l l trings on him, especially when Mr. iplayed by Don Hemmelman, is a- l round. l Junior's social standing is nearly :ruined when a mysterious girl nam- 'cd Lilah, portrayed by Virgina Sch- Siflgtfifl Springs high School, MT- C- iwabauer appears. Mr. and Mrs. Jones lows: Dec. 7-Artesian .....,.,..,. .,.,,,, , where! supt' C' T' Holland Dee. 11-Forestburg .a...., . ......,,, here Beginning his second year in Wes- Dec. 14-Woonsocket ,,,,,,,,--,,,, therel DSC- 18-W. S. College .......,, ,..,,., h erelT. Holland again performs the du- Jen. 4-Artesian ..,aa,a.a..a. . ,. there ties of Superintendent. Mr. Holland Jan. 8-Plankinton ..... .. ........ therelgraduated from springfieia High Jen- 11-Alpena .. ....a...,a. . ...., ,...,,.,, h erelSchool. He earned his B.S. degree JZID. 51-Woonsocket .,,. . ....,,.,,.,,,,, herein Southern State Normal in 1931 Jan. 18-19-Conference Tournament and received his M.A. in the Uni- ? versity of South Dakota in 1942. Jan. 25-Forestburg .... ,,,,,., , ,Htherel His previous experiences are as Jan. 29-Lane ,..., . ....., ,...,,,., h ere ifollows: Two years in rural schools, Feb. 1-Letcher ,,.... ,,,,,,,,, h ere coach and principal of Bonilla high Feb. 5-Alpena .... . ....,,. ,,,,,, t herelschool in 1931-136, supt. of Fulton Feb. 8-Letcher .. ....,...,. .. A,.,,,. therelhigh school 1936-'43, and from 1943 Feb. 12-W. S. College ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, here to the time he started at Wessington Feb. 15-Lane ..............,.,..,.,.,,,,,.,,, there Springs he acted as supt. of Artesian 1 -TQMOT high school. 'l Wo Assembly Programs 1 -, Y '- e Given In H.S. Auditorium The movie, High School, starr- ing Jane Withers, was shown at the high school Wednesday afternoon, November 21, as a Thanksgiving treat. Pupils from the grade school also attended. School was dismissed at 3:15. Monday afternoon, November 26, the students who won in the local, declamatory contest gave their read- ings in the assembly before the student body. Margaret Waybright read the oration There Will Always 130 B231-1tV.,' by Ruth Harriet Kach. Hermine Wheeler, who will enter in he poetry division, read John Green- 5 leaf Whittier's Maud 'Mullerfl Helen Raabe gave the dramatic read- ing Sweet as the Breath of Jesus, by Clair Laidlaw, and Beverly Han- sen read W. Henry Galbreth's hu- morous reading, The Flea Gang's First Cigars. First Grade: Robert Osborn missed three days last Week. The class finished vege- table booklets. They have learned Thanksgiving songs. ' Second Grade: Community helpers are being studied in class. Pictures have been made of milkmen, policemen, fire- men and postmen. The class is' learning to tell time. Third Grade: Christmas songs are being prac- ticed in class. Constance Atkins from St. Paul, was a visitor Wednes- day. are very effectively played by Don Thompson and Beverly Breland. Of course, every family must have a maid, as do the Jones'. Anna, play- ed by Hermine Weeler, is their maid. l As the whole, the play is interest- ing and entertaining. l I .1 W.S. Club Initiation l Held Tuesday Night 1 It seems rather funny these days to see some of the future letter men of the W.S. club go tip-toeing down the hall very quietly. But it all ends when a letter man steps up and says, Sing me a song and make it good. There will probably be a weak reply of some little diddy, but it always finishes up with a good dose of castor oil. ' All in all, this is just a sample of what happens at W.S. club initiation and if you stick around long enough you will see Sheppard coming drag- ing in looking like he had been drag- ged through a knot hole the wrong way. 1 But at five o'clock the fire works begin. You will see Tiede come strolling in as happy as can be. Just as he turns the corner Wade steps out with a paddle and WHACK! Tiede walks no more. A