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

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l TOURNAMENT The realization that tournament time has again rolled around seems vague and impossible to compre- hend, but the actuality comes this week end in the match between the Pony Conference teams. We know every team will be over there representing their school and team.-Let us do likewise! Com- pare our school with atrain. An en- gine with any cars must pull hard and will make little progress, but with five engines and many cars backing it up, it will go swiftly. With much behind us, we to will go over the hill to victory. There is no doubt about it. This important conference tourna- ment comes only once a year so ev- erybody be there to yell and to help win. Need I say more? Students Entertained In Two Assemblies The student body of W.S.H.S. was entertained by a group of Huron College students on February 14. The group as a whole were representa- tives of the Huron College Spanish classg they sang several Spanish songs. Two members of the group sang solos, and their accompanist played two piano solos. Mr. Charles D. Bullock, of Sioux Falls, spoke in the high school as- sembly on temperance on February 11. Mr. Bullock is educational di- rector of the United Temperance League of South Dakota. GRADE NEWS First Grade: The first grade had a Valentine party on Thursday. The third grade gave a Valentine play for the party. Second Grade: Mrs. Frank Bell visited the room this week. The third grade presented The Valentine Tarts to the second grade an Valentin'e Days Third Grade: The third grade class enjoyed a Valentine party in the second grade room Thursday. The arithmetic class has been di- vided into three teams, each player scoring one point for his team if he receives 100 per cent on his paper. Fourth Grade: A Valentine party was enjoyed on Thursday afternoon. Trudy Lou Kieser treated the room to frosted cup cakes and cookies. Mrs. Eagle served frosted heart shaped cookies to the room. Mrs. Byron Kieser and Billy visit- ed Thursday afternoon. Colonial transportation is being studied in history. Letter cutting is being done in art class. Fifth 8: Sixth Grades: The Racing Wildcatsu' won over the Wizards in arithmetic last week. In science posters on fire were made. -. H ,. u .. H I OUR MIGHTY SENIORS , I By Zilpha Shoff I n Q. .. I. u .- Eihel Jane Powell With brownette hair and brown eyes, is Ethelulane Powell, our first mighty senior for this week. Shetakes typing, English IV, book- keeping and economics, and as for extra-curicular activities, Glee club. mixed chorus and Timp. lessons. Someone who thinks he is better than everyone else makes Ethel very peeved. She enjoys blue as a color and Peggy Ryan and Don O'Connor as actors. She likes any movie, although musical ones appeal to her most. It is really hard for her to say what she will do after graduation, but she and Beverly Hein will be either telephone operators or stew- ardesses. Deloris Fuers! Our other senior of the week is Deloris Fuerst, who is small, and has brown hair and brown eyes. She states that Let it Snow appeals to her as a song, as do pink and blue as colors. She likes Dennis Morgan and Eli- nor Parker on the screen and angel food cakes with lots of whipped cream and strawberrieson the table. This senior's favorite show was Laddie, Son of Lassie. She would like to be a dressmaker, unless she decides to go to college to become a secretary. 1 --...... .Business English classes are con- tinum their review of rammar 8 g . 'At present the students are studying Voice and mood of verbs. , Diff ly O e 4 I33' 3 ro I PA I . ,-5' X l l WITTY-Wlrs I I By Wickre I B l l Howdy Friends, guess what? Spring is here, or, anyhow, it looks that way. Boy, everything is just fine, except for losing the game to Alpena last Wednesday. Too bad, but wait till we meet them in the tounament tomorrow. Here are a few answers I got when I asked the students how they liked my column, Myron Mebius- T'ain't bad. Junior Schryer- Ain't bad if you write aboutthe right things leaving my name out. ' Doris Clifton- It's okay, only get more things about the kids. Alia Rogers- Corn! Corn! Vernon Reisland- It's okay, but leave me out! Irene Weber-'tLet me see now.- Well! Me- Tis the first thing I read in the paper so I ll have something to sleep on. ' By the way, me stands for Don- ny Hemmelman. From the looks of if almost everyone favors it. Oh, mama, buy me a hat one size larger, my head's swelling! Washington was supposed to be a great man, but, from the way I un- derstand it, he wasn't a great lover, an believe it or not they said that he was turned down by six women and married by the seventh. Tsk, tsk! Tournament's right around the corner, so let's everyone spend a dollar and buy a season's ticket for both day's games, remember, Springs is going to win that tournament. Boy, there must be a man power shortage, because I noticed this little sign on the board the other day. Lost: Brave Men. Return it to the school library. Yuk. Yuk. By popular request this column has been cut short. -is-Q-4-,i I I I I News In A Nutshell I I By Phyllis wood I I I I The Russians and English do not seem to be getting along too well. The Russians are not in favor of the British maintaining an army in Greece. They claim it is endang- ering peace. In most of the controversies be- tween the big five of the Security council, Stettinius has acted more or less as a mediator. He offered a compromise which was acceptable to both countries. Russia would drop her charges against Britain if it gvould not be recorded in the rec- or s. Spanish class are writing Spanish themes. For Friday they are to write a theme on Nuestro Pois, or Our Country.

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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.

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la PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS - VOEUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1946 NUMBER TWENTY-TWO SPARTANS WINNER I , I I I FRESHMAN CLASS IN IN CONSOLATIONS L 1945-46 PLACUI-TY CHARGE or PARTY Coach Hall's Spartans emerged from the District 21 tournament as winners of the consolation flight. After receiving an 8 point defeat from Alpena Friday afternoon, they beat Artesian Saturday afternoon The Spartans and Forestburg play- ed the consolation game Saturday night in which Forestburg was thor- oughly beaten. Letcher played Alpena for the championship which Letcher won'by 23 points, the score being 32-9. At the first quarter's end, Alpena had a score of 5 and didn't score again until the last quarter. Letcher won all their games by a very large ma- jority as they defeated Forestburg Friday afternoon by a score of 38-12, and they also beat Woonsocket Sat- urday afternoon by a large majority. The first round of semi-finals was played at 2:30 Saturday between Al- pena and Fedora. Although Fedora played a clean game, Alpena won a 31-19 victory. Letcher easily downed the Woon- socket Redmen Saturday afternoon. Letcher never quit scoring in any of their games. Those who played on the Spartan team in the tournament were: Fayne Fitzgerald, Dick Wade, Junior Schryer, Richard Bradley. Bob Wine- garden, Lester Weber, Clair Tiede, Myron Kleppin, Rodney Flannery and Dihl Hasz. 1 LUNCHEON HELD IN HONOR OF MRS. ASA MEMIVIER A luncheon in honor of Mrs. Asa Memmer was held at the home of the Reverand and Mrs. E. E. White- side on February 22. Those who at- tended were Mr. and Mrs. Asa Memmer, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hol- land, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vessey, Mrs. Mabel Butz, Mrs. Lester Greener, Mrs. Bertha Eagle, and the Misses Rose Beitz. Marilyn Sneider, Opal Boese and Lorna Meyer. GR-ADE NEWS First Grade- Virginia Hoerner brought birthday cake and ice cream for the class Friday and also brought a little pre- sent for each child. The Fairy group started the prim- er Fun in Story this week. Second Grade- Mrs. Roberts visited on Monday morning. In a spelldown Friday morning Elizabeth Cutler was the winner. Miss Opal Boese . Miss Opal Boese, who hails from Springfield, South Dakota received practically all her education there except her grade schooling. This is her first year in a city 'schoolg previously she taught in rural schools. As a hobby, she likes art, and some day hopes to be an interior decora- tor. Also, she likes to collect orna- ments, play the piano and sing. She says that she is not particular in her food, but definitely pointed out that lavender was her favorite color. ..-1:-o-4-- Girls Inter-Class Tournament Concluded The game ending the girls inter- class tournament was played last Thursday. The sophomores Won by a ten point lead over the freshmen in the consolation finals. The score was 14-4. The freshman line-up for the game included Beverly Durnil, Deloris Voigt, Norma Schwabauer, Donna Sickler, Geraldine Rhodes and Vel- ma Yttreness. Alta Rogers, Anna Mae Bult, Doris Clifton, Ruth Ann Hodgson. Jean Leischner and Vir- ginia Webb played for the sopho- mores. Alta Rogers made the most points in the game, she made all but one of the baskets for the sopho- more team. The freshman class had charge of the second school party of this se- mester Wednesday evening, Febru- ary 22 at 7:30. Dean Christensen, president of the freshman class, had charge of the committees. They were as fol- lows: Committee in charge of the records-Dean Christensen and Wil- lard Snyder, committee in charge of food-Gene Scott and Vincent Reis- land, committee in charge of games -Vernon Reisland and Darrell Knight. The serving was run in shifts with different students serving every half hour. STUDENTS 'ro BENEFIT worn: Fon RED cnoss Those who went to the court house to help the Red Cross Monday, Feb- ruary 26, were as follows: Ruth Ann Hodgson, Ruby Knigge, Myron Meb- ius, James Anton and Lila Koenig. They filled envelopes with Red Cross buttons and seals for the so- licitors of the various districts. CLASS NEWS English II classes are studying verbs in grammar, and short stories in literature. Home Ec. I class is beginning its sewing unit, which will include the making of pajamas and dresses. World History class is studying some of the smaller European countries. Ag. I class is identifying weed seeds and judging classes of grain in preparation for the state crop and livestock judging contest which will be held April 22 and 23. Ag II class is Working on the di- seases and parasites of beef cattle. Advanced ag. are working on shop projects of their own and are study- ing farm heating systems. Freshman shop and seventh and eighth grade shop are working on shop projects of their own and Red Cross projects. Q Algebra I class is working with equations. ' , Bookkeeping class is working with the topic Bad Debts. I Biology classes followed a trait through their family trees. Spanish classes learned a poem entitled La Ardilla, or The Squir- rel . Business English classes are fin- : ishing their study of the verb. l English IV classes are reading t'The Tale of Two Cities.