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

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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!

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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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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS or THE WESSINGTON srnmus CITY scnoors VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1946 NUMBER TWENTYiEiC-Hr Seniors Attend Planning Day at Huron College The seniors attended Senior Plan- ning day at Huron College last Fri- day and report it interesting as well as educational. The program began at 9:30 with registration, and at 10:00 convoca- tion was held in the college chapel. Dr. William R. Ross of the State Teacher's College at Greeley, Colo- rado, gave the address, which was followed by individual classes. The afternoon entertainment consisted of a sunlight dance and floor show in the college auditorium. The girl'S trio from Wecssington Springs took part in the program. The evening performance, which highlighted the whole affair, was the presentation of the play Blithe Spirit by the New York Playeris Guild. Tickets could be obtained by paying the twenty cents federal tax in addition to the free card re- ceived at the time of registration. A Hickory Stick dinner was held in the Marvin Hughitt mezzannine dining hall in the evening. Howev- er, none of the teachers of Wessing- ton Spring attended. The seniors wish to extend their appreciation to all the Kiwanians who took cars and made the trip to Huron possible. NINE SCHOOLS TO BE IN FESTIVAL The Spring Music Festival will be held in the high school auditorium Friday, April 12. Four hundred students from nine schools will par- ticipate in the afternoon and even- ing performances. Letcher, Woonsocket, Forestburg, Alpena, Artesian, Plankinton, Lane, White Lake and Wessington Springs will be represented. Beginning at 1:30 the Boys' and Girls' glee clubs will perform. Bands will play at 3:30. In the evening, beginnig at 7:30, the mixed chorus from each school will sing, followed b mass groups. A mass band of 150 piece, a mass chorus of 170 voices and a mass Girl's glee club. Admission for adults will be 30C for the afternoon and 40c for the evening. Admission for students for the af- ternon will be 20c for the evening 300. OFFICE NEWS Mr. Wilbur Peterson acted as crit- ic-judge of the Fedora high school declam contest on Friday evening, April 5th. 1 I l I e I 1945-'46 FACULTY , l l I Miss Wilson Miss Wilson, who comes from Gann Valley, is teaching the second grade this year. Miss Wilson at- tended the Gann Valley High School for three years but was graduated 'in Brookin s attended Eastern State E , Normal in Madison. Also she has had six weeks in Spearfish. Although Miss Wilson has taught lfour years, her wish is to go back 'to school again. Her hobby is music and her main ambition is to sometime master the piano. Another hobby is the Col- lecting of Elephants , Her favorites are: in sports, bowl- ting, and in food, anything that Miss Knutson cooks. Profits From Carnival Distributed To Groups Profits from the 1946 carnival have been distributed among the various, high school organizations as follows: jMusic. S753 athletics, S503 F.F.A., S105 Home Ec Club, S102 and dormi-3 tory recreation, 330. The balance. of approximately 5370, goes to the general fund where it is used for a great variety of purposes, such as Ideclamation, assembly programs, u Spartonian',, school parties, upkeep of the projection and recording equipment, the purchase of library books and any worthy expenditure for which no funds are provided. FUTURE FARMERS VARY ACTIVITIES Activities of the local F.F.A. are centered around a program of work which consists of eight committees with the goals and accomplishments of each. With this program of work, the chapter has entered a National chapter contest. The chapter purchased two pure- bred boars with which they hoped to build up the herds of the agricul- tural boys and farmers of the com- munity. The officers of the chapter have presented an informative pro- gram for the Kiwanis and an as- sembly program for the student body. The local chapter has contributed a number of state farmers, at the present time the chapter has one state officer and one district officer. George Krog is state F.F.A treasur- er and Bernard Madden is district vice-president. Having been discontinued during the year, a state judging contest will be held again this year. The chapter hopes to send a number of boys to Brookings to participate. These boys will judge dairy cattle, poultry, eggs, cream, crops, meat. farm mechanics and all livestock. The chapter hopes to acquire a sweepstake award with a number of excellent and superior awards. This year the chapter's group pro- ject of twelve acres ,of oats netted about 3250. The chapter has op- erated a trading post bulletin where the boys who have products for sale or products which they wish to buy have them listed. Members in the armed forces are recognized by the chapter's service flag. It has a total of 78 stars, which includes four gold stars. This year the chapter has had the agency for the Sokota hybrid seed corn. The chapter has sold a total of 82 bushels. The chapter operated a lunch stand at the countv fair. from which a fair sum was netted. This vear the boys in the agricul- tural department have a total of 1428 acres of crops, 40 pork animals. 103 beef, 1200 chickens, 107 sheep and 23 turkeys. Last year the mem- bers made over S8000-net profit on their projects. It is the purpose of the F.F.A. to stimulate in its members leadership and those qualities which every cit- izen should possess. Through ,their activities they hope to give. aid to the farmers and better their com- munity in every way possible.