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

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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.

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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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COOPERATION Cooperation as a technical expres- sion has a very broad definition, but is usually expressed as the rela- tionship of persons who try to work together for a successful ending. With this definition in mind, we may understand how this applies to the various phases of school life.- Such as the sports division, where cooperation is carried on not only by the fellows on the floor but also by the students, both in pep squads and in the audience. The faculty and the students can do a much better job if both are co- operating. The staff must work to- gether to complete the paper and finally the annual. There are times when every stu- dent must cooperateg therefore, this nakes cooperation a necessity. I News In A Nutshell I By Phyllis Wood .. .. - .Q Chester Bowles, head of the OPA, has been spending his time trying to keep prices down. He hasn't had any cooperation from Scyder, recon- version director, or Caskie Collet, economic stabilizer, who have push- ed prices higher with a new price for steel. It seems that the only solution for the meat packer's strike is a one-half cent a pound raise in the price of meat sold to UNRRA, the army and navy. Bowles intends tc. set a ceiling price for cotton, and, if he succeeds, the senators from the cotton states may refuse to renew his price controls when they expire June 30th. The bill for the army-navy mer- ger may be ready in about six weeks. The navy still opposes the merger and has presented a plan in which the army, navy and air forces shall all be tied in at the top under the National Security council. The ar- my is quite sure of its plan for an outright merger since it has gained the backing of President Truman. The State department has an- nrunced the Export-Import bank had lent twenty-five million dollars to Greece. The explanation for such a loan was that Greece could not sta- bilize without money, and some- thing needed to be done to help ease the tense political situation, but the way things are going it didn't seem to contribute to recovery. :rg I l U WITTY-WITS l I By Wickre I I I Flash--Boy hits girl and knocks out five teeth Con his comb, silly.D How many liked the little green ribbons on the Lane cheerleaders' uniforms? Don't all speak at once A Einstein? Frankenstein? This week brings forth bad news lor us kids. It's report card week! Oh, please don't look so sad! It might not be so bad as you think. If it is, mebbe Pop'l will let you off easy on condition that the report will be slightly better next time. Anyway let's watch the reaction of some of the students as they re- ceive their report cards. OH, OH, here comes Wood Cthat walking en- cyclopediab. Will you look at that smile! That must mean four A's again. Look at who stands over there in the corner-If it isn't Clair! Ilow about it T. D., did you get that IHA in history? Fellow students, this is one of our history master ,n-inds.! Yiknow we had true and false questions on our test and Clair and Virgina fthe other genius! mark- ed all their questions Htruev and re- ceived 94 as their grade. For fur- ther information-see either of those two or Mrs. Hoerner. Gosh, here comes Breezy. She has rather a sick look on her face Cone like mine hadb. She and I used about the same technique in writing our history test and we ,nearly CD flunked. Something cer- ltainly happened!!! There comes Haddorff, Kieser, Burchfield and Sheppard down the hall. I'll betcha Haddorff got a good grade in government. Did you hear about his taking Mr. Memmer's place as sixth period study hall teacher Monday? It really distin- guished his disappearance-Richard's I mean. Speaking of seniors, that reminds me of one of those bright people who defined a rolling pin as the secret weapon of the home. He should be put on the radio program, Can YOU Beat This? That's get- ting a little off the subject isnit it? Well, lets get back to report cards. Listen, I hear some of those lit- tle Freshies coming. There's Ver- non Reisland. Wonder if he got a .good grade in algebra after the help that certain senior girl who sits be- hind him in sixth period gave him? Well, it seems that no one is look- ing so pretty good after the shock, so letfs leave them to recover-Or, let's hope they'll recover!! .boysf That means you to, coach. To find out how tired the boys Iwere after the Letcher game read tne following: Getting up from time out in the Artesian game, Bradley and Hasz stumbled over each other and Brad- ley sat down on Hasz's head. Yuk! Yuk! Bradleyls comment- I felt so foolish. Hi ya, Fayne, where ya preachin' today? so the conversation goes, now that its picture taknig time a- gain. Reverand Sheppard walked into government class to be addres- ered by Mr. Memmer as preacher.'l Can you imagine that? THE STAFF .Editor ................... , ..... ..Alan Sheppard 'Associate editor .... Glenn Burchfield ,Managing editor ......... Patricia Pinard Make-up editor ..... Mary Swanson Business manager .... ....... C lair Tiede Asst. business manager . Dick Wade !Special reporter .............. Zilpha Shoff !Special columnist ..... Herbert Wickre News columnist .............. Phyllis Wood .......Lois Hawley Beverly Knight Class news .... .... ......... M y ron Kleppin Grade news Book review ....... ...... M ary Lou Anton Clair Tiede editor ......... John Anton Sports reporter ..........., Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ........ Features ......... ............ Forensics .................... Alta Rogers l Art editor ....... ...... ............ Assistant art ,,,,,,,..-....,......,-....,Rodney Flannery Ag. reporter ............... Kenneth Kieser ,Reporter ................,........ .Arlene Kraft 1 Typist ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,......,,, Ada Faulhaber Advisor ...... ........ M iss Lorna Meyer I I I , The Bookshelf 'j By Mary Lou Anton I I I i I 1 Many new novels and non-fiction lbooks have recently been added to Your Public Library. Among these is The Black Rose by Thomas B. Cutain. This exciting, as well as historical novel, moves from England after the crusades to the Orient or Bublai Khan. After Walter of Curnie, the son on the Earl of Lessford, became in- volved in the Oxford riots of 1278, he left college and sailed east to the Mongal empire. He had left be- hind him the lovely Lady Engaine, but had taken with him his best friend, Tristam Griffen. Tristam and Griffen arranged a plan to see Kublai Khan's great general. Presents were sent to the Khan by a powerful merchant, which included a harem of beauties. A- mong them was Maryam, the daught- 'er of an English crusader and Gre- cian woman. Both Englishmen fell deeply in love with her and thus helped her to escape. Walter was tortured for his part in the escape, but later met Maryam and married her. They were sep- arated in escaping, whereas Walter and Tristam made their homeward tourney to England. As years pas- sed and no word was received from Maryam, Walter again returned to his first love, Engaine. This double love of Walter furnish- ed a stirring and dramatic turning point of the narrative. The vivid descriptions furnish the reader with an actual life picture of the Mid- dle Ages. I do hope Alpena isn't disappoint- cd in losing the championship game to Letcher. After all, Letcher was worn-out when they started.