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

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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.

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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. T1 5 , f 1 K. ,- xx , I Xi V . . , . s ., . i ,Eli , f f '747 lffld , 1 1 score was 34 to 25. It's about time-' food. He Wants machine tools, 5 Woonsocket was giving up. Bye for now. Q trucks, oil, field equipment and oth- er devices for the advancement of Argentina w in , ix 'I r V!! 1, 1' V ily' Q I' Hui ll f li'.V 'lr lf' -'ll li l A WW ' Wi' if A li V1 'W W il. Ni. ' '.l,f '5' . .VA A . '

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I-.. .,,.,,........ . -'-- -,,, I, - 1-g-unusmninnlncnl SPRING FEVER Ah, spring!! Wherever you look you see spring in its awakening. Let's gaze around school and see how many have spring fever. Oh, oh, there are certainly a lot of absentees among the future farm- ers of our school. lVIust be out plow- ing the lower forty as Mr. Peter- son puts it. As we look around we notice that the hills have proved too great a lure for some of the town fellows. Ahem! Wonder why? Ylknow, I think this spring fever has affected our teachers as well. I saw Mr. Memmer flying to the dor- mitory this noon, using his coat tails for sails!! Do you suppose it's just spring fever, or are we just too much of a strain for him? H'm. I see so many sleepy looking people today. Must have been a pretty r r ruff week-end. Tsk, tsk. I even noticed Burch come strolling in at the end of first per- iod. His excuse was the Chevy , but I wonder! With spring comes love, or so they say, and I've noticed several bud- ding romances around. It wouldn't be so nice to mention names, so, pals, just keep your eyes open. You'll see! Hubba, hubba! --1.,-Q4....- u l WITTY-WITS I 1 By wickre 1 - u l I-li Ya Morons-it's me again. Herels an old one: Two guys were fighting with razors. One took a swing at the other one and the other guy said, Hal You missed. Oh Yeah, said the other, wait till you try to wiggle your ears. Yuk! Yuk! I hear Bob Hauge has been elected the joke of the year. Quite a shindig they had Saturday night, wasn't it? If you don't be- lieve me ask Wolting. The Town Team defeated three Yankton college boys plus Chief and Bradley after a hard struggle last Thursday. I don't know for sure but I think Kieser might have had something to do with those dedications by the D.W.U. choir to Haddorf and Mary and Junior and Virginia. To cover things up and to throw suspicion off he should have had one for himself and Gladys. ' Guess who just walked by--none other than Art Fenn fF.D. to you guysl and he was in civies too. I hear the seniors are going to Huron or some place Friday. We'll sure miss the dear souls Clike so much boiled onionsj 3 Well guess that's all for now. WL-- .....-.- Trigonometry class is studying tri- gonometric relations. ' g Business English classes are study- ing spelling. i OUR MIGHTY SENIORS , , By Zilpha Sheff 1 Pai Pinard Pat Pinard, of medium height dark hair and bluel' eyes, is another senior of WSHS. She states that her pet peeve is being called fat. Pat's hobbies are eatin and sleepin, In the future she would like to work a while then go to col- lege. Pat spends a little of her time studying for English IV, Typing II, and biology. She is also one of our Spartonian editors. Her favorite food is lettuce tshe keeps telling herself.J She likes the song Chicago'l or I'll be Walkin' With My Honey , as does she prefer a man who is tall and has dark wavy hair. With this he must have a good sense of humor and like to dance. Altho' Patches likes most all movies she especially enjoyed, A Song to Remember? it green, I think! .1- 'Y, f NEWS IN A NUTSHELL 5 ..--4' if? vs By Phyllis Wood Floridals senator and new dealer Claude Pepper made quite a stand for Russia. In his speech he sug- gested that every atom bomb be smashed, and every facility for making these bombs be destroyed. Pepper feels Russia is not being treated fair as she has no associa- tion with the atomic bomb, and she has no warm water outlet. Senator Ball, Republican from Minnesota, replied that if we followed Pepper's advice we would be stripping our- selves of our only real military pow- er and if we were to enter a con.. ference with Russia, we would not be able to make satisfactory con- cessions. Most of us at one time or another have heard or read of the inability of the U. S. to absorb the returning veterans of the first World War satisfactorily. The present situation is somewhat better, but the housing problem seems to be causing a lot of veterans considerable trouble. When Truman put Bradley at the head of the Veterans Administration every- thing seemd to run smoothly. Al- most everyone realizes that the re- turning veterans must be taken care of and it must be done right if we are to maintain our present position among the nations of the world. The UNO is no longer headed for the rocks. It seems evident that Rus- sia will play along for sometime as she is in no position to go to war, as yet. Dakota Wesleyan Choir Begin Ten Day Tour The Dakota A Wesleyan University A Cappella Choir composed of thirty- five carefully selected singers, who have been chosen for their serious- ness of purpose and personality as well as their outstanding musical talent, began their ten day tour on Friday, March 22, under the direc- tion of Lyle M. Gilbert, Dean of the School of Music. During the tour the choir will sing twenty-eight con- certs in high schools and churches throughout eastern and northeastern South Dakota. The program consists largely of numbers from the early pholyphonic composers, representative writings from the Russian school of composi- tion, negro spirituals and works of some contemporary composers. Personnel of the choir hail chiefly from South Dakota although there are representatives from four other states and two foreign countries. The group includes, Shirley Eakins, Aberdeen, Nelson Beck, Bolivia, South America, Bethly Bombeck, Bruce, Nancy Sugg, Chicago, Ill., Harold Cole, Denver, Colo., Dick Carpenter, DeSmet, Patrica Padgett, Evansville, Ind., Marvin Swan, Ft. Pierre, Marilyn Blair, Geddes, Dor- ene Staley, Howard, Doris Richard- son, Kimball, Katharine Hoggatt, Lead, Merna Anderson, Lemmon, Mary Kaye, Phyllis Trautman, Aud- rey Trautman and Warren Colberg all of Mitchell, Nancy Clark, Mo- bridge, Hannah Frank, Nashua, N. H., Miriam Smith, Panama City, Panama, Neal Luebke, Parkston, Jean Pearson and Leonard Powell, both of Pierre, Shirley Scott, Rapid City, Alice Johnson, Redfield, Jean Reynolds, Terraville, Shirley Cork, Wagner, Catherine Dulitz, Webster, Carrol Crouch and George Cooper, both of Wessington Springs, Delvin Welter, Woonsocket, and Ruth Phin- ney, Loomis. They appeared in the Springs Fri- day morning at ll o'clock to give a concert for the high school students. DORM DITTIES By Arlme Kraft Can you imagine seven hundred pancakes stacked up all at one time? According to reliable reports, stu- dents at the dormitory sat down to such a breakfast last Friday. It all started at 6:00 o'clock in the morning when several boys, still groggv and tired, were called by Mr. Wing. They soon woke up to the fact that they were helping the cooks with breakfast. I assure you that everyone enjoyed the pancakes. Bubble gum is back again! Al- though I was one of the unlucky ones Cnot having any myself! I saw the many results. You can blow bubbles with it, you can chew it, but best of all it is such a reliable substance that is can be used for self-defense. It can also be set as a trap by being strung across doors and windows! One learns some- thing new every day!