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

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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 NUMBERMTHTRTEEN IUNIUR- GLASS T0 PRESENT ALMOST SUMMER Cl ' T' d T k . an le e a BS 1 HQARTESIAN RAMS Leading Role . The junior class play, Almost Summer, by Christopher Speigel, will be presented in the auditorium December 19, at 8:00 o'clock. It is under the supervision of Mrs. A. L. Hoerner. Almost Summer is a story of the Jones family and all its troubles. 'l'he play takes place a few days be- fore school is out. Paul, played by Clair Tiede, is worrying about his grades and also about his girl, play- ed by Beverly Knight, who Paul seems to think the most beautiful girl in the world. Then there are Jack and Mary, played by Phyllis Wood and Francis Nelson, who are very much in love. Mary is also Paul's sister. Junior, played by Dick Wade, is absolutely a Women hater and pest. He is al- ways heckling Paul by blaming things on him, especially when Mr. Smudgely, the school principal, play- ed by Wesley Villbrandt, is around. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, played by Don Thompson and Beverly Breland, in- sist on having a maid as most fam- ilies dog the maid is Anna, played by Hermine Wheeler. Poor Junior's social standing is nearly ruined when Lilah, the mysterious girl, played by Virginia Schwabauer, ap- pears. , The junior class is very proud to present this play and will insure you fun, laughter and every good amuse- ment throughout the play. Regional Declamation Contest Held In Kimball The Regional Declamation contest, held at Kimball, December 4, was held in order to choose the state con- testant, who will compete some time in the near future. Among the towns competing were Kimball, Mitchell, Huron, Woon- socket, Cavour, Bonesteel, White Lake, Wessington, Wessington Springs, Parkston, Armour, Cham- berlain, Letcher, Platte, Gregory, Lake Andes and Plankinton. The contestants from Wessington 7 F l Springs were Helen Raabe, whol competed in dramatics, and won a rating of good, and Margaret Way-Q bright. who competed in oratory and maintained an excellent rating. E 1945-'46 EACULTY , -N I I Mrs. Greener Mrs. Lester Greener, a graduate of our high school, is one of the very few who have come back to teach. I I She attended the University of South l Dakota where she earned her B.A. degree and was graduated in 1937. 1 She looks into the future whenl her husband will be released from' Japan and receives a desirable as- signment where they can take up! living once again. Her chief interest is her son, Rich- , ard, but she is interested in build-R ing the speed average of typing stu-E dents and vocabularies of shorthandf students. MR. PETERSON, 'NEW MUSIC INSTRUCTORl l Mr. Wilbur Peterson, three year ex-navy man of Mankato, Minne- sota, has taken over his duties as music and English instructor at W. training at Augustana, Rock Island, l I S.H.S. He received his college Illinois, and has previously taught in Minnesota and Iowa. After resuming his duties on De- cember 3, he prepared to organize a band, glee clubs and mixed chorus and is now having tryouts for each. The contest began in the afternoon 3 when the oratory and dramatics con-I He has been living in Aberdeen tests were held. During the evening since his discharge and will move the poetry and humorous COI'ltBSt,l'l1S wife and son here as soon as a was carried on. 'home can be secured. LOSE T0 SPARTANS The Spartans emerged victorious from their first game of the season when they handed the Artesian Rams a 43-12 defeat. The first game started at 8:00 and the Spartan's second team won that game by a 42- 19 margin. Throughout both games, the Spar- tans held the lead and, therefore, Coach Hall substituted freely dur- ing the games. The Spartans' second team in- cluded: Roy Palmer, Lester Weber, forwards, Junior Schryer, center, Lester Rousch, Myron Kleppin, guards. Substitutes included Flan- nery, Hasz, Tiede and Schnabel. In the first string game, fast play- ing brought the score to 19-2 in favor of the Spartans by the end of the first quarter and 22-8 at the half. Both teams kept on in this manner and the game finished with a score of 43-12 in the Spartan's favor. Fitzgerald, Wade and Bradley were the high scorers for the Spartans and Stewart and Moon were high scorers for Artesian. Dick Wade and Fayne Fitzgerald, forwards, Richard Bradley, center, Bob Winegarden, Bob Wolting, guards, and Lester Rousch ,Myron Kleppin, Lester Weber, Roy Palmer and Junior Schryer formed the Spar- tans line-up for the game. Representatives From W.S.T.A. Go To Aberdeen Representatives from the W.S.T.A. to the state S.D.E.A. convention at Aberdeen on December 7-8, were Supt. C. T. Holland, Dean Parsons, Hilding Gadda and W. G. Peterson. Friday evening was taken up with registration. The speaker of the Saturday morning session was Gov. M. Q. Sharpe. Speakers of the af- ternoon session were Karl Mundt and Elli Gulbertson. Another out- standing talk was given by a young Lieutenant who had spent much time in the main areas of European battles. At the general session Saturday morning Mr. Lloyd Euker, superin- tendent of the Vermillion public high school, was elected to be presi- dent of the state S.D.E.A. The total registration of the meet- inf neared l,00O.

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M. COURTESY 11: - 12 .. I I oun MIGHTY ssmons . DORM DITTIES Many of us are probably not a- II By Zilpha Shoff I By Arlene Krafi ware of various acts of courtesy :: - :: s: which seem to be small items, and I I assure you I am not in the habit yet should be observed by every- one. Beginning with boisterousness, which we might all be accused of, there are situations in which many of us are at fault.-It is rude, for instance, to talk louder than a per- son already speaking, or to whistle up and down the halls. Rosellen Lindstedt Rosellen Lindstedt, iiairly tall with brownette hair and brown eyes, is one of this year's senior girls. Typing, English IV, government and bookkeeping keep Rosellen's brain in a whirl. Bookkeeping is a very interesting subject to. this sen- ior. She also works as a librarian Bein courteous also includes Ito take part of her leisure time. A 2 cordially speaking to everyone, hold- ing a door open for someone else, and many incidental things which seem unnecessary at the time. Courtesy may be said to be one oi the oldest forms which can ob- tain and retain friendship. G.S.B. ----o-o-a-- SCHOOL PARTIES By-Lois Hawley Since our school parties are of in- Itest when one really hasn't studied oneis lesson is Rosellen's pet peeve. Mashed spuds with brown gravy .,.. 1:1-m-m .. fill the bill, when it 'comes to Miss Lindstedt's appetite, as do red and blue when it comes to color. I She enjoys roller skating and danc- as her favorite actor. Rosellen's ideal personality is tall, handsome I I ing any day, and lists Van JohnsonI and pleasing. He must like allf , sports. terest to everyone and the subjectg M 01 much discussion here in school, II asked a number of people this ques- tion- How do you think our school parties can be improved? The first person I ran into was Beverly Knight, and this is her ans- wer: 'The parties can be improved by having more folk dances and games along with the dancing. The class sponsoring the party should think that the students should lead the games. When strolling down the hall, I met,Ethel Jane Powell and Beverly Hein. They said, We need newer records, more interest on the part of the students, and, in addition, it would be a good idea to start a danc- ing class for those not knowing how to dance. The parties would be much improved if the boys that know how to dance would get out and dance. I walked into the Senior Assembly and spied Myron Mebius, who gave forth with- We need new and bet- ter records for the phonograph. Having the parties oftener is a good idea also. Virginia Schwabauer stated that 1 think school parties can be im- proved by having more interest from the teachers as well as the students. Having the parties oftener would help a great deal. Then I caught Bob Wolting and Kenny Kieser dashing upstairs and they agreed unanimously That we cut out -the circle dances, not have plan special entertainment, and II ladies choice so often and leave outI the bingo, so that more fellows will dance. And by all means, theyI said, have more to eat. - 3-O-3- The army-navy game was a bit, surprising. It seemed as though it would be a much closer game due to the fact both teams were un- defeated. ' I Lester Rousch I Most often known as Archie, Lest- Ier Rousch is of medium height. He has blue eyes and blonde curly hair. I Lester's pet peeve is the house Imother of a nurses' home. His 'favorite radio program is Club IKELOH, and Hell's a Poppinn is his Ifavorite movie. Archie's ideal girl is neither short nor tall, blonde nor brunette-just so she's a Cadet Nurse. Stuffed turkey is his favorite food. Taking up most of his time are advanced algebra, government, English IV and Spanish. He is an active partici- pant in athletics with basketball, football and baseball as his most- ,liked sports. Lester plans to join the Navy V-5 when school is out. ' .1-g.,.gM I I I II WITTY-WITS I ,I By Wickre I I I I Well, the kiddies of Wessington ISprings high school still believe in Santa Claus, twenty out of twenty- Ifive questioned on the subject said 'they still believe in Saint Nick. I Well! Well! Here's an odd one: 1 Supt. C. T. Holland Skips School ,Monday. Tsk, tsk, that's bad. CBy Ithe way, he's got the flu.J I I Here's one taken from the journ- alism book: The very Best jokes Aren't written They're running Around in the Senior classroom. - With Christmas rolling around, I suppose that everyone will be too busy to read this column, I hope tnat I have a few friends who are faithful and will take time to do it. I I I I I I I I of telling on myself or my confed- erates. But when I asked lVIr. Wing what I should write this week he just kind of smiled and asked, What about the 'Lucky Seven'? Personally, I don't see anything Lucky about us. Last Monday Mr. Wing said we didn't get out for the show so we decided to go anyway. As a result we were A.W.O.L., and therefore, Mr. Wing announced that there were seven up for a week of K. P. Today we complete the week and you couldn't find anyone hap- pier about it. I will not mention any names, that is the names on our birth certificates, but merely men- tion a few nicknames. There are six, besides myself, who go under these titles.-Chubby, Chipper, Os- car, Maytag, Pete and then there is one whom we have no permanent nickname for so I will call her I reckles', and myself Cheesit which makes seven. I don't see anything Lucky about us as far as K.P. is concerned but as Mr. Wing calls us the Lucky Seven, I'rn sure you have our compliments. 'l3-o-:-- F I F I The Bookshelf I I By Mary Lou Anton I I I A fitting book, especially for our Junior High students, is Trooper U. S. Army Dog by Helen Watson. Trooper, a white German shep- herd, is Buzz and Bonnie's ideal. Buzz hopes to buy Trooper but is curtailed from his work because of an accident. Robert, an older broth- er, solves the problem when he comes home from college awaiting his Army call. He works at the kennels and buys Trooper for Buzz as a parting gift. Buzz is delighted by Trooper's cleverness. His opinion of Trooper is further boosted when Trooper saves Bonnie's life. Trooper reports for duty in the Army when Buzz and Bonnie re- ceive notice that Robert is missing in action. Excitement ensues in the dog's training at Fort Royal. Trooper and her soldier master fur- nish the climax of the story in the battle on Guadalcanal. Thus ends the thrilling and true to life narra- tive of a dogls life in this World. --e0-c-- I D I I I Office News I I I . I Supt. C. T. Holland and Dean Parsons will attend the state con- vention of the S.D.E.A. at Aberdeen on December 7 and 8. Dean Parsons is the delegate chosen from the lo- cal S.D.E.A. Superintendent Hol- land is an ex-officio delegate. Supt. Holland was absent from school Monday due to illness.

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--1------.------'Y-.. ---a--- ---M -fv-:un-- Y Quan! ' RESPECT OUR BOOKS Many of the students are having trouble locating books that seem to have been lost, strayed or stolen. Many of us are very careless: when we see a book or a piece of paper we just give it a kick and forget about it. The way these books start flying around are: One student who seems books to be in a hurry just piles his on his desk and goes innocently on his way. The next fellow, likewise in a hurry, hits the desk and plop!! The books are neatly sprawled on the floor. So just a little precaution from each fellow will help the situation. A. L. S. BAND PRACTICE BEGINS Oh, my goodness, you should have seen the band members Wednesday morning! What amoronish looking and acting bunch. They started the morning out by gallantly crawling out of bed and assembling in the band room be- tween 8:00 and 8:30, picking up their instruments and politely dusting orf the summer gatherings. Bob Winegarden, not fortunate enough to have valve oil, found out that spit worked just as well and was certainly much cheaper. Pat Bradley invited Bob to have a tug- o-war so as to pull a pipe loose, but no ducks . Don Thompson had to turn his tuba upside down to see if anyone had lost belongings in the top as it sounded as bad as Glee club tryouts. I I I I I An argument was also held be-I tween Alan Sheppard and Dick W de to see whose drumsticks were' a the best, they tested the drumsticks by throwing the sticks on the floor and seeing whose bounced the high- est. In the meantime, the clarinet play- ers sat there licking the cracked reeds, as if they were all day suck- ers, and the trombones frantically worked their slides to find no oil available. A in all we hope Cyou notice hopel to have a successful year. -i...,., 1- Sponsor School Party Held Wednesday A school party was held at the high school on Wednesday evening, December 12, at 7:30 otclock. The Juniors were in charge of the party. Dick Wade and Lois Hawley were in charge of entertainment. Those who served were as follows: Beverly Breland and Harold Hotch- kiss from 8:30 to 9100: Beverly But all I said we band this J uniors I I I I I I I I I I I I I Knight and Robert Wolting fromI 9:00 to 9:30, Hermine Wheeler and Clair Tiede from 9:30 to l0:00g and Virginia Schwabauer and Junior Schryer from 10:00 to 10:30. I All Juniors were on the clean upI I committee. E n l , I WITTY-Wirs I I I By Wickre I E I I Greeting, Gates!-Well, I guess the sophomores are really going to rack and ruin, in the class meeting the other day, Ruth Ann Hodgson addressed Keith Sheffield as madam president. Flash! Margaret Waybright ' breaks a leg Con chemistry stoolb. I Donald Sickler makes news again, this time he co-stars with Paul, Patton. Their topic: Florence Candl I don't mean Florence, Italyb. Two or three or four little girlsI don't have to worry about walking home in the cold after junior playI practice, do they? Ccontributed by Clair Tiedeb. ' I Don't be surprised if in the jun-I ior play you hear Phyllis Wood sayf Did Paul abscound the familyI bankroll? every time she comes onI the stage. Boy, she should know that line pretty soon. I hear Archie Roush was elected as candidate for President of the United States at the National con- vention performed by the American. government class. Congratulations, Archie!! I GRADE NEWS First Grade: Iva Bawers returned after hav- ing been ill several weeks. Lola Jane Hasz missed school last week. The first grade are busy making' Christmas decorations. Most of the group are reading their second pre-primer Tom and Dan. I Second Grade: I Dorothy Costello, Elizabeth Cut- ler, Dennis Christensen, Alice Fil- des, Vivian Palmer, Gary Bell, Don- ald-Wenzel. Bonnie Carr, Joyce Wheeler, Jerry VanBuren, Irma Lawver and Benita Hume all had perfect papers in spelling. I Third Grade: I Josephine Atkins, Patricia Carr,' Dorothy Christensen and Marlene Brown were on the honor roll forI the six weeks. I Patricia Carr and Dorothy Chris-' tensen won the twelve week spelling I contest. I Fourth Grade: I Christmas cards are being madeI in art. I The honor roll from the fourth grade isnlt ready because of so much illness the past weeks. I Elaine Hoerth had perfect attend-I ance for the past six weeks. I 1L9....,- SCHOOL CALENDAR I I December 13-F.F.A. meeting. December 14-Basketball game- Woonsocket there. , December 17-Dormitory party. I December 18-Basketball game-col- lege here. December 19-Junior play. DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft At the dormitory everyone is pre- paring for Christmas, the boys have decorated the dining room and the Christmas tree. The girls have re- decorated the flower pots. The students drew names for Christmas gifts, which are to be exchanged at the Christmas party on Monday, December 17. oun MIG:-1'iiY SENIOBS 'I I By zilpha Shioff I -. ZZ it Elaine Bender Elaine Bender, of medium height, brown hair and brown eyes is an- other senior of WSHS. In her spare time she enjoys playing the piano while the rest of the time is taken up with American government, typ- ing II, bookkeeping and English IV. Red is very appealing to this senior in any shade as is any kind of food made of chocolate. The movie, Meet Me in St. Louis,,, was really sumpthin' altho there are many others which run close to it in this girl's estimation. Bicycling is Elaine's favorite sport and her favorite personality must have a good sense of humor and be polite. She is undecided as yet what she will do after high school but sup- poses she will work. John Swenson Agricultural minded John Swen- sen, states that farming is his hob- by so is it any wonder that Ag. hap- pens to be his favorite subject out of journalism, English IV, economics and agriculture. To John, apple pie shines, but no hint of spinach or carrots. Not giving all his time to farming he finds time for recreation, too. Skiing is a very interesting sport and the movie National Velvet was tops. Blue is his favorite color. John plans to go into the army after graduation, but he will still have farming in mind. ' -Q-Q-.sl p II li I The Bookshelf i I By Mary Lou Anton I H l I Mary Poppins Comes I-Iomeu, by P. L. Traver, is a sequel of Mary Poppins. Both of these books have been widely read, and editions have been translated in many languages. Mary Poppin is a delightful new character, possessed with wit, wis- dom and a genuine flair for fun. Mary left the Banks family in her usual unpredictable way, and the children had a faint hope for her return. Mary, the great exception, returned to delight thousands of children as well as grownups over the entire world who have become a national institution known through out the world.