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

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x START YOUR PROJECTS NOW Spring! Ah, yes, beautiful spring! Just what does spring mean to us anyway? To many of us it means that it wonyt be long until we can get the faithful rod and reel down from its hook and oil it up and try our luck at the art of fishing, but it should mean more to us than that. It should mean that school will be out before long and that means some thing else again. Yearly projects. Yes, those headaches that we spend hours and hours on and write and rewrite and finally success, the pro- ject is done, but that isn't all, you get one done only to find two or three more staring you in the face. Now, yes, right now, is the time to start to think about such things. You may ask, Whats the use of starting those things now when we have a whole nine weeks to do them in? Well, you see, it's this way- Later on there will be other things to occupy our minds besides projects. There will be the senior play, the music festival, spring vacation and finally, for the juniors and seniors, there will be the prom. The object of this is not to nag as it may seem, but merely to inform you of what is ahead of us. ALS lil H I WITTY-WITS 1 1 By Wickre H- I Howdy!! I'm Wickre. Now you can all cheer. Bless you, sonny. Don't tell me, I know. The fresh- men are a bit childish. A certain person, while looking for a pencil in a freshmans desk, found the book Mother Gooses' Nursery Rhymes, Yuk, yuk! I lr Could Miss Bietz be well? A week ago Monday night I happened to look into her room, and what do you think I saw? There, standing by her desk was Miss Bietz, going through all kinds of motions and talking at the same time with nobody in the room. Hm! Maybe she was practicing up- on how to get mad and bawl some- one out, or could she have been prac- ticing a speech for declam? You guess, I wouldn't want to try. I quote Jim Anton on saying this, I wish I could see my report card so I could tell which subject I need to study in. Unquote. I think that there are a few more in the same situation,-Me for instance. Junior, how did your shoe get on the stage Monday morning? Did it fly there? - Springs Scouts defeated the Woon- socket Scouts for the third time. The N oua MIGHTY SENIORS I By Zilpha shoff 1 Richard Haddorff Sitting up most of the night and talking with 'Burch and Fayne is my hobbyj, says Richard Haddorff. I wonder when he finds time to study Typing I, advanced algebra, Ameri- can government, English IV and phy- sics? He is very commonly known as Haddy,' or Dickie',-It depends upon who is talking to him. He has many pet peeves, but the one he de- spises the most is silly girls. Haddy likes nearly every kind of food with the exception of salad dressing. In the line of colors, brown is his favorite, but he defintely likes red too. His future plans haven't been made yet. He's been thinking ser- iously of them, though. Could red . have anything to do with them? Alexa Grieve Alexa Grieve, the second mighty senior for this week is, dark-com- plexioned and has brown eyes. When asked her nick-name, she re- plies, most anything? Collecting such souvenirs as salt and pepper shakers or spoons, is Alexa's hobby. Her pet peeve is being called Little Grieves., Basketball and football are tops! on her sports list and Till the End of Time on her song list. However, she enjoys all music. Alexa thinks any pastel color is appealing, as is a boy with a pleas- ing personality. She plans to attend college, but after that she is undecided. -4944,- NEWS IN A NUTSHELL An extension of the Selective Ser- vice Act may be necessary. The Navy seems to be the only branch of the three services that would be ready for an emergency. Eisenhower re- ported: It would take another year to establish the framework of an organization with an efficiency that ivcigld compare with what we had in 9 .57 According to General Marshall, the Chinese people, on the whole, favor a democracy. They feel they need help from the U. S. and that there would be no civil wars if the U. S. would help them get their govern- ment started. General Marshall has already attempted a union of the op- posing armies. If things were straightened out in China, relations between the U. S. and Russia might be on a more stable basis. Juan Peron, president elect of Ar- gentina, has made plans concerning starving Europe, and has started to carry them out. He is demanding more than money for his country's THE STAFF Editor ,,,,,,,, ,...r....,....... A lan Sheppard Associate editor... Glenn Burchfield Managing editor ......... Patricia Pinard Make-up editor ........ Mary Swanson Business manager .... ..... Clair Tiede Asst. business manager ...Dick Wade Special reporter .......... ...Zilpha Shoff Special columnist ...Herbert Wickre News columnist ............ Phyllis Wood Features .................... .. ..... ..Lois Hawley Beverly Knight Forensics ................... Class news ....... .......... M yron Kleppin Grade news Book review .............. Mary Lou Anton Alta Rogers Art editor.. .......................... Clair Tiede Assistant art editor ......... John Anton Sports reporter ....... Don Thompson Assistant sports reporter ........ ............................Rodney Flannery Ag. reporter ............... Kenneth Kieser Reporter ......... ............. A rlene Kraft Typist ........................... Ada Faulhaber Advisor .................. Miss Lorna Meyer Office News Lester Roush sent greetings to W.S.H.S. students from Sheppard Field, Texas. He was interested in finding out how many credits he needs to graduate. - E. 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Fe pafman PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946 NUMBER TWENTYEB? MUSIC FESTIVAL T0 BE APRIL 12 The annual Music Festival will be held April 12 in the Wessington Springs high school. During the morning the rehearsals for the mass groups will be held. Immediately following in the af- ternoon, the individual groups from each school will participate for the purpose of criticism. The evening will finish the festi- val with the singing of the mass group and playing of the mass band. Nine schools are participating, Lane, Woonsocket, Forestburg, Let- Cher, Alpena, Artesian, Plankinton, White Lake and Wessington Springs. The program during the afternoon and evening is open for the public. Fitzgeralds Bombers Enter Grade Tournamentf Coach Fitzgerald's Bombers en- tered the grade school basket-ball tournament by defeating Fedora in the first game but losing to Lane in the semi-finals. The eight teams carried out the following schedule: Alpena vs Woonsocketg Alpena Won. Artesian vs Forestburgg Artesian won. Springs vs Fedora, Springs won. Lane vs Letcherg Lane won. Semi-finals: Alpena vs Artesian, Alpena won. Lane vs Springsg Lane won. Champ: Lane vs Alpenag Lane won. Consolation: Letcher vs Forest- burgg Letcher'won. CLASS NEWS Algebra I class is studying graphs and equations. Trigonometry class is reviewing the various formulas for finding the area of a triangle. English'II class is studying As You Like It', in literature and the forms of verbs in grammar. American history class is studying the First World War. World History class is studying the unification of Germany. Ag. I class is studying the diseases of beef cattle. Advanced Ag. Class is working on the study of diesel motors and igni- tion systems. Freshman shop class is working on blacksmithing. Biology classes are studying the transportation system. , Business English classe are study- ing the various uses of punctuation marks. l l n I 1945-'46 FACULTY l l l Miss Marilyn Schneider Teaching third grade this year is Miss Marilyn Schneider. It is her second year of teaching in Wessington Springs. She went to high school in Salem and receiv- ed her teaching certificate after attending two years at Augustana college. Her main ambition is to travel, one section of which is Mexico. Her favorite food is cherry pie a la mode. Her pet peeve is the im- promptness of a student. GRADE NEWS First Grade: Five children are absent because of measles. They are: Gary Will, Donnie Christensen, Patty Burg, Harold Short and Jaclynn Lamb. Robert Osborn returned to school after being absent for two weeks. One group is reading the fourth primer, one the third and the other the second. Second Grade: Animals are being studied in so- cial science. Mrs. Leslie Hanson visited Tues- day afternoon. Donald Wenzel was absent last week because of chicken pox. 1 1 1 i JR. HIGH COMPETES IN PRELIMINARIES The seventh and eighth grade had their Preliminary Declamatory con- test on Friday, March 22. The results of the contest are as follows: Poetry: Richard Anton, Darline Schmidt, Deloris Winegarden. Humorous: Bruce Kidman, Robert Santee, Max Hawk and June Rousch. Dramatics: Keo Shoff, Anne Bidleman and Jane Ballard. The final contest will be held on Wednesday afternoon, when the con- testants will be chosen to represent the grades in the District contest to be held in Woonsocket, April 7. The judges of the Preliminary con- test were Helen Raabe, Margaret Waybright and Beverly Hanson. SIX TYPING II GIRLS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES Six girls in Typing Il received their Typewriting Progress Certifi- cates for high marks received on the Competent Typist test. Those receiving their certificates are, Elaine Bender, Helen Raabe, Mary Lou Anton, Lorraine Pfeifer, Pat Pinard and Genevie Hendricks. One of these tests is given every month. Margaret Waybright of Shorthand I received the Order of Gregg Ar- tists for superior writing. week. Mrs. Leonard Leischner was a vis- itor Friday morning. Fourth Grade: The Final Declamatory contest will be held March 29. The District Declam meets at Woonsocket April 6th, The Preliminary contest will be held for each respective grade on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fifth 8a Sixth Grades: The Declamatory contest will be held on Wednesday with eighteen contestants participating. There are two divisions in humorous and dra- matic. The ciasses' science project is a scrapbook on Wild Life. .f-.-1.-6--.. Spanish classes are. continuing their work on conjugations and on 1 their projects. 1 Third Grade: - Q Mrs. Robert N. Hooper, formerly The class helped Patricia CarrfGladys Green, recently requested a celebrate her ninth birthday, Tues-,transcript of her credits sent to the day. She treated the class to cake. lUniversity of Kansas. She was grad- Florence Wenzel was absent last uated from W.S.H.S. in 1929.

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Z pa,-1-Onan PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH SENIORS HEAD I , I IMPROVEMENT IN HONOR ROLL LIST I 1945' 46 FACULTY l ATTENDANCE RECORD The following students have at- tained a B average for their third nine weeks and are included in the honor roll: SENIORS: Mary Lou Anton, Elaine Bender, Ada Faulhaber, Alexa Grieve, Beverly Hein, Arlene Heitz- man, Iola Kludt, Erma Kludt, George Krog, Bernard Madden, Patricia Ma- gee, Darlene Peterson, Lorraine Pfeifer, Helen Raabe, Josephine Schrader, Margaret Waybright, Bet- ty Wickre. JUNIORS: Helen Weber, Irene Weber, Robert Winegarden, Phyllis Wood, Francis Nelson. SOPHOMORES: Darlene Hins, Myron Kleppin, Darlene Kludt, Lila Koenig, Arelene Kraft, Betty Krog, Myron Mebius, Gene Peterson, Har- old Stolen, Maynard Willman, Vir- ginia Webb, Betty Jean Matson. FRESHMAN: Betty Conklin, Rob- ort Hanks, Marjorie Peterson, Geral- dine Rhodes, Willard Snyder, Thom- as Thompson, Deloris Voigt, Leloa Weber. Those who have straight A av- erages are: Mary Lou Anton, Erma Kludt, Iola Kludt and Lorraine Pfeifer- Seniors. Lila Koenig, Betty Krog, Betty Jean Matson-Sophomores. Marjorie Peterson-Freshman. Honor roll student for the seventh and eighth grade are as follows: Eight grade: Anne Bidleman, Lor- etta Lawver, Roger Miller, Doane Bonney. Seventh Grade: Max Hawk and Margaret Kearns. Regular Meeting of FFA Held 'Thursday The regular meeting of the local chapter of the FFA was held Thurs- day night at eight o'clock in the Ag. room. Attendance was down be- cause many boys were busy with spring work. The business consist- ed of committee reports and treasure reports. The local FFA elimina- tion speech contest was held with two boys competing. Gene Scott, a freshman, spoke on the production of clean milk, and Bernard Madden who spoke on farm water systems. Mr. Memmer was' the judge and choose Bernard Madden as the win- ner. Bernard will participate in the state speech contest to be held in Brookings during the state conven- tion, April 22-23. Stanley Hall Coach Hall, who has guided the Springs' Spartans through a very successful athletic season, hails from Pennsylvania. Having receiv- ed his high school education in Har- brach High School in Pennsylvania he went on to the following colleges, Roberts Jr. College, Rochester, N. Y., for two years, Seattle Pacific Col.- lege in Seattle, for three years, and Grove City College in Pennsylvania. During these years he has received his Bachelor of Science in Physics and a minor degree in Math. Just before accepting his position in WS HS he served for a while in the US Navy. Local Winners of Declam Contest Held Local winners of the seventh and eighth grade Declamation contest held March 27th were as follows, Poetry, Darlene Schmidt, Humorous, Bruce Kidman, Dramatics, Anne Bidleman, These contestants will participate in the District contest at Woonsocket on April 6. CLASS NEWS American history class is studying the peace after World War I. World history class is studying the third republic of France. English I class is continuing the The attendance record the third quarter is a decided improvement over the previous quarter, and some better than the first quarter. The seniors, who were in second place last quarter, edged out the freshmen 1.2 per cent. In fact, the senior class is the only class that has consistently shown improvement. The freshman rank second, the sophomores third, and the juniors are in last place. The average daily attendance ex- pressed in per cent for each class for each quarter is a follows: Seniors, first quarter, uU.8, sec- ond quarter, 91.8, third, 96.2. Juniors, first quarter, 91.2, sec- ond quarter, 88.9, third, 92.7. Sophomores, first quarter, 93.7, second quarter, 81. , third, 94.5. Freshmen, first quarter, 95.2, sec- ond quariier, 91.9, tnird, 95. First place in proinptness goes to gthe sophomore class. The average number of times tardy for each meni- ber of the class was .74 times. The senior class was in second place with an average of .85 times tardy for ,each student. Third place goes to ,the freshman who averaged .87 times for each member, and last place to the juniors with a mark of one time for each one. The following students are to be .congratulated for perfect attendance this quarter: g Seniors: Inez Hull, Iola Kludt, Er- ,rna Kludt, Patricia Magee, Lorraine !Pfeifer, Annette Radke, Mary Swan- son. . Juniors: Beverly Breland Beverly Hanson, Leonard Hendricks, Lylia 'Hotchkiss Virginia Schwabauer, Dayton Morehead. Sophomores: Darlene Barber, Evelyn Hines, Helen Hines, Ruth Hodgson, Shirley Knigge. Billy Will, -Maynard Willman, Betty Matson. Freshman: Betty Conklin, Howard Cuppy, Barbara Magee, Delores Mon- roe, Ervin Palmer, Geraldine Rhodes, Gene Scott. The number of students with per- fect attendance for the entire Year dropped from four to two. Those two who still may attain a perfect record for the year are Iola Kludt and Lylia Hotchkiss. 1..3,.,.l. 4 reading of As You Like It.' Bookkeeping class is studying Social Security Taxes and Income Taxes? Biology classes are studying the digestive system and working on their projects.