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

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HELP GIVEN The used clothing drive is under the auspices of the Victory Clothing collection. The clothes that are col- lected will be sent to the war-torn countries in Europe and Asia. Last year many of the people who donated clothes to the drive put a letter in the clothing. This year they are asking people to do this be- cause it promotes good will. So, if we have any spare clothes let us help create better good will. 1 I oua MIGHTY saruons 'I 1 By Zilpha shoff 1 Richard Bradley Tall, dark Richard Bradley, one of our this year's senior boys, says he enjoys music, especially a slow smooth swing thats easy to dance to. Concerto No. 5, done by Spike Jones and his Music Butchers' is O.K. Proof was shown that Richard isnlt hard to please when asked who his favorite actors were. Just any gal will do. Most often known as Pat , his pet peeve is to hear someone chew gum like an old cow. F Ih sports there are many difierent varieties he likes, but he believes that he enjoyes basketball, postof- fice, basketball and postoffice best. Pat likes any kind of food which coach says he can't have. And when asked the kinds of girls he prefers he said Red heads, brunettes, like Burch, I love 'em all. After graduation, Hut! 2-3-4 What do we do in the infantry, or GRADE NEWS First Grade: The class enrollment is one less since vacation, for Judith Perkins and Carol Newcomb have moved and Judith Olson has enrolled. The different reading groups are ,reading Riders and Stedes , More 'About Dick and Jane and Tom and 'Donf' 1 l l Second Grade: On their birthdays, Alice Fildes and Carol Wahl treated the class to cupcakes and gum. A good citizen contest is being started. A part of the flag is added each day for each good citizen. The two persons who first complete their flags will get prizes. Third Grade: Six new books were added to the library. Keith Robbins One of our seniors, this year, and one of our sailors next year is tall, dark, Keith Robbins. One of his great dislikes is English, but he states that he believes sur- prise tests are his pet peeve. Keith like almost any kind of food, although he cherishes apple pie. He doesn't care for classics, but likes Chickery Chick,' because it requires so little thinking to en- joy it. As for girls, tall blondes, appeal to him, while as to actors, Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan are his favorites. Out of journalism, agriculture, English and economics he likes the first two best. After graduation he plans to join p I l 1 WITTY-WITS 1 I By Wickre I I I l I Well, here I am againg I guess you just can't get rid of me. Mary had a little lamb It stayed home from school, she thought, But when she got there, She found the lamb was the one that taught. CI'll take the blame for that one.D Here's a little poem I heard 'tZip Shoff saying: 'They kissed in the park, On a moonlit night, She was a marble statue, And he was a little tight. Boy, that was a whopper of a game Friday night, for a while I thouiit that Alpena was going to get cky and win again. I only beard one complaint from Alpena, and that was that our gym is too small, which I think it is too, but I know that wasn't the reason they lost. And then there was the student in science class that thought that naval stores are the place where sailors buy things. I noticed Archie and Chief picking up things after the pep meeting Friday. That's the begin- ning of a bad habit, pretty soon every time they go up town they will start picking things up. CYou 1 maybe, Sailing, Sailing. the Navy. know what I mean-5 fl t 2 I in l ONT 'll J lTes'l3 f 1--f-4 D 9 A p r , V 1,-Q. 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Miss Lorna Meyer 3 Ellen the green of spring- 'at and the gold of harvest. 1 wheat was a thing of pride, satisfaction to her. se of the peasant stolidity s mother and the frustration father, Gilbert Borden saw :ak loneliness .in a life with After visiting the ranch, he ray afraid to marry the girl en life seemed lostg she lost everything formerly dear to ie spent an isolated winter at a distant rural school. perience kindled in her an inding of her parents, of of Gilbert, whom the new k away. It was from this ion of reality that a new ne to her. Jook will capture your in- iuch as other books which Walker has written, because iurage and struggle portray- ,n it. X 92,75 5 ' - f A--'1 fl ljgfgggjiig- has 1 31.1 MFE!!! r? :'! 'fd :5'l2laf-wr' 4 ' 4' 'I !,,,,,gyPjg,, 522355123 gg teas! 5:2si5,gE4..:Fi:::zi 5551750455551-f J: 'y f , ' ln I 1.14--aff-sues.: WA5E ' -'-ggi: in :fill illllgsflf - ' 'wc ,Q-H :ff :ze -. ::-- . xdfgfafazf . S: 2 :Sf il' ',..'x.s.Zll,l...n--

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-u---1 1 h . PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946 NUMBER FIFTEEN SPARTANS SMASH ARTESIAN RAMS With a final score of 42-12, the Spartans defeated the Artesian Rams for the second time this season. The game was a return engagement held at Artesian on Friday, January 4. The Spartans held the lead all the way through the game, and Coach Hall made many substitutions. The second team also won their game with a score of 23-11. They were ahead throughout the entire game. Rapp was high scoring man for Artesian with a total score of 4 points, Fitzgerald was high for Wes- sington Springs, with 28 points. Alumni Team Defeats Spartans by 10 Ponts During vacation the Spartans en- countered the alumni team in the an- nual alumni game. The flashy a- lumni team defeated the handicap- ped Spartans by 10 points, the final score being 40-30. The alumni team consisted of Eu- gene Christensen, Bob Pinard, Dean Schryer, Raymond Raabe, Gaylord Raabe, Bob Oates and Larry Pin- ard. Christensen was high point man with 21 points. Fitzgerald, Wade, Schryer, Wine- garden, Wolting and Palmer played for the Spartans. Fitzgerald Was high point man with 17 points. .---3-o-tl. Class News English II class is studying poetry. The poems now under study are The Prisoner of Chillon, and Sohrab and Rustrumf' In gram- mar the class is studying sentences. American history class is studying Early American Expansion to the West. Noteworthy pioneer lead- ers who have been studied are: Dan- iel Boone, Richard Henderson, Da- vid Crockett and John Seneir. World history class is making a review of the nine weeks work. The medieval times are being studied. General science class is making a study of electricity. Members of the class are to construct a very simple electric motor. Government class has just com- pleted the study of state finance,l which includes sources of revenue, distribution of tax burden and trends in taxation. Economics class is studying the place of labor in production, the wage problem and the causes and 'cures of current labor strikes. Pony Hills Hickory Stick Club Meets In Letcher A meeting of the Pony Hills Hick- ory Stick club was held in Letcher January 3rd. Plans for the confer- ence tournament, which is to be held at Alpena, January 18 and 19, were discussed. It was decided to sponsor a grade school declamatory contest for the city schools in the early spring. DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft I haven't time to count noses, but I think everyone has survived Christ- mas vacation and is back to dorm liie. I have gathered evidence to this effect by the testimony of cer- tain fellow students. Here are some of them: Richard Haddort: I worked a lit- tle, but not too much. Darlene Peterson: I spent some time visiting in Mitchell. Willard Snyder: I did a little of everything-hunting, working and staying at home. Betty Krog: I spent my time slav- ing away over a dishpanf' Mrs. Kearton: 'tMary and Jose- phine were home so I spent my time visiting. Mr. Wing: Christmas day found me in Sioux Falls with my sister. The rest of vacation. I visited my brothers in Minneapolis. I take it everyone's in a good mood. I noticed a whole string of volunteers doing K.P. I wonder if that show was really good. I have been requested to add a lit- tle after thought. I have been told 'that two senior boys were in a lit- tle accident. The worst part of it was they had their father's cars. iTl1ey just scraped bumpers a little for did they?D For further inquries ,speak to Scooper and Tony. Addi- ytional information: No one's tem- per was aroused. We have night-hawks in the girls dormitory. Every night at twelve they keep the rest of us awake. Ev- ery morning at seven-thirty theylre lstill asleep. A word to the wise is sufficient. ..--3-9-L--- FACULTY TEA HELD IN HOME EC. ROOM TUESDAY A faculty tea honoring Mrs. Wil- bur Peterson and Mrs. Stanley Hall gwas held in the Home Economics 'room Tuesday afternoon, January 8. ' Guests came from 4:15 to 5:15 Mrs. H. E. Jenkinson and Mrs. C. T. Holland poured. SENIORS CHOSEN FOR COLA CONTEST The election for the Pepsi Cola scholarship contest which was cho- sen from the senior class enables Mary Lou Anton, Lorraine Pfeifer and George Krog to take the test. The scholarship is won by out- standing scholastic work during high school. Winners are chosen on the basis of school record recommenda- tion and financial need-from among the twelve in each state who score the highest. The scholarship covers full tui- tion for four years, twenty-five dol- lars a month, certain fees and travel- ing expenses. Winners will be announced April 2, 1946. Coach Hall UEEE1111 Marriage December 22 Stanley Hall, coach of Wessington Springs high school, was married to Mary Carlson on December 22. The wedding took place in the Free Methodist church at Caldwell, Idaho. Mrs. Hall returned with her hus- band to take up residence in Wes- sington Springs. I I l I WITTY-WITS g I By Wickre I l I I Well, gang, here I am back in circulation after a very nice holiday from the daily grind. Here's hoping you had the same. Here is a little chuckle about Chief and Bev- Since I've met you I canit eat, I can't smoke or I can't drink, said Chief. Bev- Why not? Chief -'Tm brokef' Jack Anton says he doesn't like wine, women and song anymore- just women, women and women. Here's a yell that the great basket- ball team The Smokers have: A bcttle of beer, a big Havana, We're from the slums of Indiana. That's a lie, that's a bluff, We're the Smok- ers, that's ruff. Just before vacation Lyle Will was talking in the study hall, so Miss Knutson started up the aisle toward him, when she got there Lyle was studying vigorously. There was only one thing wrong, his book was turned upside down l I ! CUZ :noorsr NUMBER SIXTEEN EIAMENT TO BE .HELD IN ALPEN A hual Pony Hills Conference nt will be held January 18-- Alpena auditorium. School :losed Friday afternoon so ents will be able to attend s. . iedule for the games is as 1 ....... Forestburg vs Alpena 1 ..... Artesian vs Woonsocket ers of two afternoon games Tessington Springs vs Lane Iinners of Friday afternoon ames ' etcher vs Winner of W.S. nd Lane game ..........Losers of Semi-finals , ,,,.,,,,, Consolation Finals s Assembly , Proves Interesting natural, Friday came, but .ot accepted as calmly as lays are. True enough, ev- ad their suit cases packed g making important plans eek end, but what was this le buzzing-not much, but to distinguish something could be an assembly pro- t summed up to this: ie was shown as a start. ry of Willow Run display- clearly the assembly line ard Motor Plant as it runs reconversion from cars to lindustry. This was fol- a short on how the armed :pt information on the a- nb and radar from the pub- le contained interesting in- L. itendent Holland made an 'ment of the coming cloth- . Then without too much ,orence Loveless was seen uno and heard playing Loh- Nedding March. What was p the aisle? No, but it was, ld the Whole shebangg flow- bridesmaids and all the 5 including a minister, it ed up to be a pep stunt and ctive bride and attendants b. Could be, we played Al- lay evening. The assembly honored members of the ended with a pep meeting 1 by the cheer leaders. g. ...-Q-, -- A II class has finished giv- Ehes and have started on 1 0 l

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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS V UL UME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946 NUMBER SEVENTEEIT- SPARTANS THIRD IN TOURNAMENT Letcher emerged victorious from the conference tournament held at Alpena, January 18-19, while Wes- sington Springs won consolation hon- ors. Coach Hall's Spartan team consisted of Fitzgerald, Wade, Brad- ley, Schryer, Weber, Flannery, Hasz, Kleppin, Tiede and Wolting. Friday afternoon at 1:30 Forest- burg and Alpena played the tourna- ment's opening game which Alpena won without too much trouble. Artesian played Woonsocket at 2:30, Friday, and Artesian emerged victorious. Friday evening's game at 7:30, be- tween Forestburg and Woonsocket, proved disappointing to Woonsocket. At 8:30 Wessington Springs en- countered Lane and defeated her by a score of 45-32, The first half was quite close, but Wessington Springs gained the lead early in the last half and never lost it. At 1:30 on Saturday Artesian lost to Alpena. Wessington Springs played Let- Cher at 2:30 Saturday. This was a good game, especially during the first half, but Letcher won out by a score of 45-32. This was also the first time that Wessington Springs and Letcher had played each other this season. Wessington Springs and Artesian played the consolation game, which the former won easily by 37-14. Letcher beat Alpena in the cham- pionship game by two points. GRADE NEWS First Grade: Groups one and two in the first grade are beginning their first prim- er, 'At Play. Group three are reading their fcurth pre-primer, Dick and Jane. Mrs. A. L. Hoerner visited first grade Friday afternoon. Second Grade: Jerry VanBuren and Dennis Chris- tensen had quarter holiday for per- fect attendance for six weeks. ,Mrs. Marion Carr visited Tuesday atternoon. Everyone has brought old clothes for the clothing drive. Third Grade: Dorothy Christensen, Joan Neu- harth and Marlene Brown received quarter holidays on Friday. The class elected Y.C.L. officers on Friday. Patricia Carr was elected president, Dorothy Christensen, vice- president, Gladys McCloud, treasurer and Dale Leischner, secretary. l l , n f 1945-'46 FACULTY I I l l Asa Memmer Asa Memmer, who serves as Sen- ior high school principal, attended the University of South Dakota, where he received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees. Mr. Memmer began his teaching in Centerville high school. He taught radio in the Sioux Falls army air base before coming to Wessington Springs. He spends most of his time in ec- onomics, government and general science. He is also Senior advisor, librarian advisor, acting declam sponsor and senior high principal. After teaching for nearly seven- teen years, he finds his pet peeve is those excuses that are quite ques- tionable. Being a married man, Mr. Mem- mer finds his chief problem is sup- porting and maintaining a family 125 miles from home. -i 14.1-.1 Fifth 8z Sixth Grades: Those receiving quarter holidays were: Benna Bee Harris, Maureen Rhodes, Jean Roush, Artis Solman. Eerdyne Harris, Charles Miller and Beth Wellman. The room has started its clothing drive. Mrs. Bruce Harris gave the class a blooming geranium. In art class comic characters were diawn. F.F.A. OFFICERS KIWANIS GUESTS Last Tuesday the local F.F.A. of- ficers were guests of the Kiwanis club and furnished the program. The officers performed the meet- ing ritual. Each gave a report on some phase of the work of the chap-- ter. Bernard Madden gave a short history of the F.F.A. Myron Klep- pin, treasurer, explained the symbols of the chapter and what it has done. Ira Cashman told of the different degrees of membership. Kenneth Kieser gave a report on the aims and purposes set up for the national or- ganization. This chapter has entered in the National Chapter contest. The con- test is based on the program of work and accomplishment. Class News World history class is studying the history of Holland during the tenth, fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. American history class is studying about the times before the Civil War. The slavery question is being stud- ied. ' English II class is studying the poem Gareth and Lynette. In grammar the class is studying pun- ctuation. U U Typing I students are beginning the study of the construction -of the business letter and the typing of ii. A chart has been placed on the bulletin board to register speed sc ores. To date Hermine Wheeler is high with a score of 32 words per minute. Ag II class has begun the study cf beef production. Under this unit they will study about the different breeds and the selection of individ- ual animals. Biology class has started the unit cn the simplest organisms. Business English class is studying the fundamentals of Business Eng- lifh. , Seventh grade has finished the geography course and are now tak- ing history. Eighth grade math class is study- mg installment buying. Fourth Grade: The following officers were elect- ed Friday afternoon: President- Marcella Hoerner, vice president- James Solem, Secretary-Elaine Hoerth, Treasurer-Roger Voigt. Those receiving quarter holidays for perfect attendance this six weeks wre: Robert Warta, Dennis Pflaum. Robert Christensen and George Peck.