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

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I I I I NOTICE I I I I The whistle will be blown one long blas at 8 o'clock if there is to be no schol in the first six grades. This applies only to the grade school. High school will be held re- gardless of the weather. - MARCH OF DIMES j During the time the late Presi- dent Roosevelt was in office, he founded an organization which is comparable to the Red Cross, but directed mainly for the benefit of one group of people-people ill or crippled with infantile paralysis. This more familiar March of Dimes carried to the far corners of the states, gives everyone their chance to forward the efforts by contributing their nickels and dimes in various drives. By now you have all undoubtedly invested in the small containers which are placed at the business es- tablishments for the purpose of col- lecting the small change which is so plentiful. The money brought in from this drive is distributed be- tween the county and various other departments when it is needed. We must all remember that we could be the next victim, placing ourselves in an unfortunate condition it is far easier to give. So, when the drive comes to a close, letls support our late presi- dent, and make this 'tMarch of Dimes more successful than ever. -1-so-Q-i H- I I I The Bookshelf I I By Mary Lou Anton I I I I Mary Roberts Rinehart has pre- sented her greatest mystery novel to us in The Yellow Room. Recuperating from a leg Wound, Major Jerry Dane was not entirely satisfied with the summer colony at Crestview. It was not that he was yearning for his former job in the F.B.l. or the excitement of war, but he was just restless. Dane, then became involved in the settlement of a murder. He assisted Police Inspector Floyd to identify a dead body found in Carol Spencer's closet. A charred and badly dis- figured body was found in the linen closet of the yellow room. Carol Spencer became involved in the net of inscriminating circum- stances, when the dead woman in- quired for her in town. Jerry also took an active part in the plot by discovering influencing evidence as well as falling madly in love with Carol. Love and humor are intermingled in this daring murder mystery. Algebra I class is working with the miltiplication of polynomials. Here is - something with some senseg Man is made of dustg dust settles. Be a man! -...v .... .. .-HJIL. Q oua MIGHTY szmoas I By Zilpha snuff .. .4 .. Helen Raabe Helen Raabe is of medium height with dark hair. Her nick name is sparky. By the way having nick names is her pet peeve. Collecting miniature dogs and snapshots is her hobby. Helen's favorite actors are Dennis Morgan and Danna Andrews. The movies she most enjoys are those with these actors in them. Green and brown are her favorite colors, though she likes most every color except orange. 'fDay by Day and f'Symphony, rate tops as songs. Helen, would like to study to be a doctor, or a nurse. Anything that has to do with science. ' Ada Faulhaber 'The seven o'clock buzzer at the dorm is my pet peeve, says Ada Faulhaber. Coming from the farm probably has much to do with her liking to dance, hunt and go horseback riding. She also enjoys collecting stamps on the side. Ada likes the song 'Tm Always Chasing Rainbows, as does she like the colors brown and rose. The male that appeals to this se- nior must have a pleasing person- ality and be well groomed. Taking up most of Ada's time are bookeeping, shorthand II, and Eng- lish IV, with library, Glee club and chorus to-boot. After she finishes her education, Ada plans to be a farmerette on her Dad's farm. ..,-1-Q-el I I I I News In A Nutshell I I By Phyllis wood I I I I Due to an agreement made at Yal- ta, Russia has access to an annexa- tion of the Kuril Islands and south- ern Sakhaliu. The Kurils lack im- portant natural resources, but are important because of their location. This places the Russians right in the middle of the shortest air route from Alaska to the Far East. After the agreement was revealed com- ments from the U S. dealt with why cannot the U. S. annex such bases as the Marshalls, Marianas and Okinawa instead of putting them un- der UNO trusteeship. The labor situation is no better as the steel strike is still on, along with General Motors, which is in its third month. It seems strikers are still holding out for higher wages. Some people have a theory which increases prices and gets production going to DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft Monday: Vernon Reisland makes his usual return to the dining room for his cud of gum. He should learn to eat and chew gum at the same time. Mrs. Kearton asks girls to turn off the radio. I admit it was late but we girls were having Jolly Joe lull us to sleep. Tuesday: Weather is outrageous. Everyone threatens to stay home from school and then goes after all. Wednesday: Harold Mettler's girl friend calls him up. Mr. Wing is suspicious. Thursday: Mrs. Hoerner visits the dorm. Friday: Everybody gets ready to go home. Another week of Dorm Life? Notice: Lost, a jersey skirt. If found, 'return to Genevie Arnott. GRADE NEWS First Grade: Mrs. W. McWilliams visited Thursday. I Valentines are being made this week. I I One reading group is reading the second primer, Fun with Dick and Jane. Last fall the children planted daf-' fodil bulbs and the flower bloomed this week. Second Grade: Donald Roberts is a new pupil. The class wrote the valentine poem: Valentine Day is fun, Then I will run- Run to get a heart, And maybe a tart. A Valentine I like, I will call it Mike. My Valentine is read- I love you, it said. I Third Grade: The class gave a valentine pro- gram for Mother's Club on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Roland Wood, Mrs. E. Voigt and Mrs. Joe Atkins treated the class to cup cakes and cookies after the program. The class had perfect papers in spelling Friday. Mrs. Roland Wood and Mrs. Sid- ney Sedgwick were visitors on Thursday afternoon. Fourth Grade: Valentines are being made in class The valentine box is decorated, and the party is to be held Thursday afternoon. School was dismissed on Tuesday noon and reconvened on Wednes- day noon. Mrs. B. Eagle stayed with Mrs. H. 1Jenkinson on Tuesday night because iof the storm. 1Fif!h 8: Sixth Grades: Mrs Dale Powell is a substitute keep inflation from hitting us. Iteacher for Miss Boese gliietnldf Bsgaiiicgfigys' Hlnflatlon grows dalgliss Boese expects to return Tues- --3,.L.i.. ...,..,...... Ag. I class is beginning the judg- Biology classes are studying here-- ing of grains and farm seeds. dity.

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1--11 ' PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946 NUMBER TWENTY CARNIVAL TO BE HELD MARCH 8 The date for the annual high school carnival has been set for Fri- day, March 8. Plans are well in hand and it will be run much in the same order as in previous years with a wide variety of entertain- ment for all. Groups of students have been ap- pointed With a supervisor to carry out the plans made by the student council. These groups are as fol- lows: Program: Mary Swanson, Betty Wickie, Alexa Grieve, and Mr. W. Peterson. Royalty: Hermine Wheeler, Bev- erly Knight, Darlene Oschner, Mrs. L. Greener and Mr. A. Memmer. Booths: Bernard Madden, Helen Raabe and Mr. C. T. Holland. Advertising: Allen Sheppard and Mr. C. T. Holland. Lunch stand: Walter Borkowski, Myron Kleppin, Beverly Hein, Betty Krog, Miss K. Knutson and Mr. L. Wing. Door prizes: Glen Burchfield, Kenneth Kieser and Mr. H. Gadda. Construction: Ira Cashman, Rich- ard Bradley, Wesley Villbrandt and Mr. H. Gadda. Decoration: Committee and Mrs. A. L. Hoerner. Sign committee: Clair Tiede, Jack Anton, Roy Palmer and Miss L. Meyer. Social committee: Beverly Hein, Dean Christensen, Betty Krog, Don Thompson, Miss K. Knutson, Mrs. L. Greener and Miss L. Meyer. Ticket committee: Kieth Shef- field and Mr. C. T. Holland. The high light of the evening will be the crowning of the Prince and Princess. The school King and Queen are Kenneth Kieser and Mary Swanson, chosen from the senior class by the student body. Each class has a representative Prince and Princess who have been selected by all the members of each class and these candidates are: Fresh- men, Marjorie Peterson and Dean Christensen, sophomores, Ruby Knigge and Billy Willg juniors, Lois Hawley and Wesley Villbrandt, sen- iors, Ethel Jane Powell and Richard Bradley. I I P- I WITTY-WITS I I By Wickre I I I Well, here I am again, sorry about last week's issue.-I guess I just didn't get around to it. Oh, well. who reads this column anyway? I I I I 1945-'46 FACULTY I I I Miss Rose Bietz Miss Bietz, who was graduated from Armour High School and also from a two year course at South- ern State Normal, has taught in ru- ral schools previous to her two years at Wessington Springs High School. Her main ambition is to get her college degree. Her hobby is singing and listening to symphonies, and she says her favorite food is hamburger patties rolled in rice. When I asked her what her pet peeve was she was quick to reply, HA noisy classroom. MUSIC FESTIVAL PLANNED The Regional Music Committee met at Miller last Thursday, and it 'was decided that Miller and Wes- I sington Springs should sponsor mu- sical festivals to be held sometime in the near future. This decision was reached because there are not enough schools willing to partici- pate. i...,..,..,. According to coach Roy Albert C'KBulldog to youl Palmer, his in- dependent team, the Scoopers, is progressing rapidly. Letls see-that makes four teams besides the high school team now, the Smokers, the Scoopers, the Puffers and the Scout- ers. This is scout week, so I think I will congratulate all the scouts in this country and others for their good work. I I I I I LETCHER DEFEATS SPARTANS 35-21 By a score of 35-21, the Spartans received their second defeat from the Letcher Tigers in a return engage- ment Friday, February 8th, Although the Spartans put up a good fight, the Tigers had a large advantage over them. Throughout .the game the Spar- tans never gained the lead: the score was 8-6 at the half and the final period ended 35-21. The Spartans second team also staged a good show, but were de- feated 26-19. Coach Hall's lineup for the main game was: Wade and Fitzgerald as forwardsg Schryer as center: and Winegarden and Bradley as guards. There are three games left before the tournament, February 22 and 23. ie-e-Q--.- CLASS NEWS English I classes are beginning the study of The Rime of the An- cient Mariner. Ag. II class is studying the feed- ing and management of beef cattle. Adv. Ag. class is working on farm plumage and sewage systems. In shop agriculture students are mak- ing such projects as their own chick- en feeders, feed bunks and farm furniture. English II classes are studying the use of pronouns: in literature they are studying poems. World History class is studying the Intellectual Revolution. American history class is study- ing industry and traiffs. Business English classes are con- tinuing the review of grammar. 1-,+L-.- Well, the game with Letcher did not turn out like we thought it would. It wasn't our boys' fault though, just wait till me meet them in the tournament. Congratulations to the candidates for the Prince and Princess from each class: freshman class candidates are Dean Christensen and Marjorie Peterson. Sophomores are Billy VVill and Ruby Knigge. Juniors are Wesley Villbrandt and Lois Hawley. From the lowlv seniors are Richard Bradley and Ethel Jane Powell. Bob Wolting, Bob Hauge and Barney Villbrandt have won their awards as night owls. Keith Rob- bins tried, but fell asleep at 3:00. The above stayed awake all night just for fun. I hear they used, up ii half pound of coffee.

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.--gi E - F O PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHUOLS I VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 Y NUMBER TWENTY-ONE TOURNAMENT T0 BE I , I ol GIRLS' BB CONTEST FEBRUARY 22-23 L 1945- 46 PLACUI-TY NOW IN PROGRESS The annual basketball tournament for District 21 will be held at Woon- socket on Friday and Saturday, Feb- ruary 22-23. School will be dismissed Friday af- ternoon to enable students to attend: students' season tickets are on sale at the office. Games scheduled for Friday are: 2:30-Wessingon Springs vs Alpena 3:30-Artesian vs Fedora 7:00-First round of consolation 8:00-Forestburg vs Letcher 9:00-Lane vs Woonsocket Games to be held Saturday are: 1:30-Consolation game 2:30-Semi-finals Cwinner of Springs -Alpena game vs winner of Artesian vs Fedora gameb 3:30-Semi-finals Cwinner of the Forestburg-Letcher game vs winner of Lane-Woonsocket gameb 8:00-Consolation finals 9:00-Championship finals Fedora is the only non-conference team playing in the tournament. Spartans Receive Defeat From Alpena Wildcats The Spartans dropped to third place in the conference when they were defeated 30-32 by the Alpena Wildcats in a very close game on February 13. This game was the Spartan's fourth defeat this season, and Alpena gained second place in the conference because of it. From the very beginning the score was close, and it remained the same throughout the game. At the half, the score stood 18-18. During the last half there was harder fighting, especially in the last quarter, but Alpena won by two points. The Spartan seconds also lost their game with a score of 20-29. Fitzgerald tossed in 19 for the Springs while Peterson was high for Alpena with 13. Wessington Springs and Alpena play the first game of the tourna- ment at 2:30 Friday afternoon. CLASS NEWS English II class is studying forms of pronouns in grammar and poetry in literature. World history class is studying the history of the Scandinavion coun- tries. American history class is studying the financial system of the United States. I I Mrs. Lawrence Eagle Mrs. Eagle who is one of our own community is teaching for her sec- ond year in Wessington Springs Grades. Previous to these two years of teaching, she has spread know- ledge in many rural schools of Jer- auld county and spent three years in Lane High School. A graduate of Wessington Springs High School, a student of Wessing- ton Springs Jr. college, a graduate of the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado, makes, up her education along with some extension work at the University of South Da- kota. As her hobby she has singing, but she says it's purely for her own amusement. Blue is her favorite color and her favorite food is steak and pie a' la mode. Unecessary noise is her pet peeve. DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft A St. Valentine's Day party was held February 14. Folk games were played all evening. Lunch was ser- ved consisting of ice cream decorated with candy hearts. Lloyd Reindl visited the dormi- torv last Thursday. K. P. volunteers helped out with work last week. Perhaps everyone will know better than to go up town after a game. E Ag. II class is studying the feed- ing and feeds of beef cattle. Wednesday, February 13, the girls basketball contest began with the Juniors playing the freshmen at 3:15 and the- sophomores playing the seniors at 4:10. The line-up for the classes was: Freshmen: Forwards: Beverlee Durnil, Alyce Hille, Guards: Donna Sickler, De- loris Voigt, Centers: Geraldine Rhodes, Norma Schwabauer. Subs: Betty Conklin, Barbara Magee, Vel- ma Yttreness and Mavis Thimpson. Sophomores: Forwards: Alta Rogers, Anna Mae Bult, Guards: Doreen Krueger, Doris Clifton, Centers: Jean Leischner, Ruth .Ann Hodgson. Subs: Elaine Sheffield, Betty Sefrna and Virginia Webb. Juniors: Forwards: Irene Weber, Phyllis Wood, Guards: Beverly Hanson, Hermine Wheeler, Centers: Beverly Knightand Darlene Ochsner. Subs: Beverly Breland and Lois Hawley. Seniors: Forwards: Pat Pinard, Lois Haw- ley, Guards: Helen Raabe, Inez Hull, Centers: Mary Lou Anton Jose- phine Schroeder. Subs: Zilpha Shoff and Annette Radke. In the first game between the jun- iors and freshmen- the juniors were victorious. Phyllis Wood was high point player for the juniors. Bev- erlee Durnil and Deloris Voigt tied i for the freshmen. The seniors defeated the sopho- mores in the second game with Pat Pinard scoring high for seniors and Alta Rogers for the sophomores. Friday, February 14, the juniors and seniors battled for the tourna- ment championship. The juniors won a two point victory over the seniors in a three minute overtime game. Both line-ups were the same as in the previous games. Wood scored high for the juniors and Pinard for the seniors. The consolation between the sophomores is to be played on Wedensday, Feb- ruary 20, at 3:15. The members of the Physical Edu- cation classes appreciated the co- operation and fair refereeing of the games which was done by Richard Bradley and Bob Winegarden. Government class has written our senators and congressmen relative to their stand on current economic and social problems. General science class is studying the principles and functions of sim- ple machines.