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

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h I 0 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS CITY SCHOOLS ,VOLUME SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946 NUMBER THIRTY PHYLLIS WUUD CHUSEN AS 1946-'47 EDITUR SENIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY MAY 3 Timely and different. A truly beautiful play. That is the im- pression you will get when you see this three act drama, Crack-upn which is to be presented by the sen- ior class in the high school auditor- ium on May 3. The plot centers around a girl, who on her wedding day was crippled and as a result is a bitter recluse. This part is to be played by Marga- ret Waybright. Other characters in- clude Helen Raabe, Fayne Fitzerald, Pat Pinard, Alan Sheppard, Betty Wickre, Henry Schroeder, Mary Lou Anton, Bernard Madden and Lean- na Thompson. The following committees have been appointed: Advertising com- mitteeg Richard Haddorff and Glenn Burchfield. Property: Kenneth Kieser chair- man, Richard Bradley, Zilpha Shoff, George Krog and Gladys Leischner. Ticket Sales: Beverley Hein, chairman, Ethel Jane Powell, Iola Kludt. Ushers: Alexa Grieve, Erma Kludt, Rosellen Lindstedt, Arlene Heitz- man, Inez Hull, Bernice Lillehaug, Annette Radke and Ramona Koenig. i..,.,g.-..- n- I l Q The Bookshelf - I l By Mary Lou Anton I I I I Elizabeth Metzger Howard has painted a living portrait of a town and its people in Before the Sun Goes Down. The town described is a typical Pennsylvania town in the early 1880's. The entire novel revolves around Doctor Dan Field and his love for Pris Albright, wife of his best friend. She was always uppermost in his thoughts even though he tried al- ways to speak and to act towards her in the most professional way. Dan had served as doctor when Pris' four children were born. He also served as doctor when baby George was dying. Always he remembered Pris' smile of happiness. It was a great wonder of the people of Willowspring that the doctor, a bachelor, maintained a large co- lonial house. In the large house was one room no one ever slept in- Dan and reserved this for no one but EASTER VACATION Did the Easter Bunny make his an- nual visit to all you good fellows and gals? I hear that some of the very dignified C??D students of our fair school get up so 0 o o early Sunday morning to see if the bunny had ac- tually remembered them again this year. Tsk! Tsk! . With Easter comes vacation and so we were dismissed on Thursday. But it appears that not only some of the students, but members of the faculty as well, were not sufficiently recovered from the holiday to come to school, for come Monday morning two teachers failed to appear and by afternoon three were absent. I also happened to notice that someone still had the Easter siprit to- day for they had picked a beautiful CPD bouquet of flowers and used the upstairs water fountain for a vase. Sometimes I wonder, and then again I don't know! Y'know I'm beginnig to doubt whether some people will ever grow up, anyway mentally. When asked what Easter meant to him, one of our Senior boys answered promptly, 'The Easter rabbit' That does it. I think you've had enough corn for one time, so yours until next Easter! WILBUR BROWN RESIGNS Wilbur Brown has resigned his job as custodian of the high school and has taken over a job as manager of the bulk plant of the Mobilgas sta- tion. 'Swede , as he is known to most of the students of WSHS, has been in the Navy for the last two years. During that time he served in the Pacific Area. Business English classes are study- ing the form of the business letter. English IV classes have been studying the poets of World War I and the poets with religious themes. Pris. To forget his deep love for Pris, Dan Field attempted all sorts of charity cases to no availg he could not conceal his love. Only be reading this full-length novel can you truly en- joy its many thrills. This book has won two of the country's highest literary prizes. + Tiede, Knight Chosen As Associate and Managing Editor Phyllis Wood has been elected as Editor-in-Chief of the Spartonian,' for the next year. Phyllis has been active in the staff for the past two years and has done excellent work. During the time she has been on the staff she has written the column News in a Nutshell. Clair Tiede and Beverly Knight have been chosen as Associate Editor and Managing Editor respectively. Clair has been on the staff for two years and during that time he ably filled the position as Art Edi- tor. This is Beverly Knight's first year on the staff. She has been a report- er during that time. It is with great confidence that the editors of this paper turn over their duties to these three promis- ing journalists. ..-.-lv-e.1-i- . GRADE NEWS First Grade: The first grade had an Easter party Thursday afternoon. Robert Osborn went to Wisconsin to spend Easter with his grandpar- ents. I Second Grade: Bonnie Carr, Elizabeth Cutler, Cherrie Hook, Darwin Jenner, Car- rol Wahl, Donald Roberts and Ver- non Miller had perfect attendance for the six weeks. An Easter egg party was enjoyed Thursday afternoon. The Book Friends About Us is Ifinished. Third Grade: The class enjoyed an Easter egg hunt on the school lawn Thursday. Norma Hurley treated the class to candy bars as an Easter treat. The Robins reading class begun their new Alice and Jerry book. The Wrens began theirs Make and Make Believe. Fourth Grade: Ronald Jensen was absent all week due to illness. Pencil drawings are being worked on in art class. History booklets was finished this week. After the Easter egg hunt on the 'lawn a party was held also and out- door games were played.

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X SENIOR PRIVILEGES 1: R G :: E I S :: I- A I I I I guess maybe ,people can tell .by I OU BI: Zigi! gholgfon I I The Bookshelf I now that the seniors are enjoying 3 1: at I BY MBTY LOU A111011 I their well-earned senior privileges! I l I Some people don't fully understand their meaning, but everyone should agree that after going to school for twelve years the students deserve to be let out of study halls for the last six weeks. This year it seems to be a great asset to W.S.H.S. Not only does it teach under-classmen to shift for themselves and get along without the guidance and leadership of the mighty seniors, but it stipulates bus- ines down town. All in all it is a pretty good tra- dition by which everyone profits-. except the seniors-they have to spend some of their spare time in getting their lessons so they won't have their senior privileges taken away from them. P.L.P. , ....-,-.91- DORM DITTIES By Arlene Kraft Love must be grand, But of course I wouldn't know. Some of the effects I've seen, Have made me wonder though. When something seems to ail my friends, And they wonder to and fro, A puzzled look upon their face, It must be love, you know. This little poem is dedicated to all lovelorns at the dorm. I would like to ask some of the girls how fishing is? Or didn't you get far enough in that boat to find out? Did you get wet? For those of you who are in a daze some girls took a boat ride. Marvelous-but the boat was on the top of a car. Two boys visited from Platte last Friday. There's a mystery about it though, because no one knows their names. They will be long remem- bered for the way they can balance flapjacks. The noise was deafening in one dormitory room the other night. I wonder who screamed the loudest? We wanted to attract Mrs. Kearton's attention so that she would came up and visit us. She did! I felt rather 155 Friday. Many students had gone home, because of the Music Festival. Those who stay- Arlene Heiizman Brown hair and brown eyes are the properties owned by Arlene . Heitzman. Having her big brother get the best of her in an argument is Ar- ,lene's pet peeve. She also dislikes the long assignments the teachers give the seniors so that thy can not enjoy their senior privileges. I Mm m m.,m..', fried chicken, said Arlene, when asked what her favorite food was. She especially likes spring fries, and it won't be long now. This senior takes Business Eng- lish, bookkeeping, economics, and English IV. Her favorite colors are any shades of blue or brown. Arlenels ideal man does not have to be just so, but must above all have a pleasing personality. She likes the song, Oh' What It Seemed To Be. Her plans are indefinite as to col- lege, but she would like to take up teaching. Her Dad tells her that she'1l stay home and milk cows. P.S. tHe just bought a milking machine, so that's out.D -.-9-4-Ll I I WITTY-Wrrs I I By Wickre I I I I Hi, neighbors: Gosh, it surely seems good to have senior privileges start, the aroma of the atmosphere is much better. Sheppard says that there were a lot of kids that called him by name on Friday, and that he didn't know them from Adam. Oh, well, if they think that much of a guy it's just as well he didn't know them. The Star Spangled Banner is a good song, but if you sat back by the drum it sounded more like The Star Spangled Bangerf' . I think the sight of balloons brought the Woonsocket darlings back to their childhood Cor are they still in it?D. I noticed that four of hem had one balloon and were argu- ing over who was going to carry it for the next block. Laura Ingalls Wilden has written many books in which she has told her own life story in fiction form. The last of this series is entitled These Happy Golden Years. Laura, not yet sixteen, teaches school, thus leading a very lonely, dismal life. On Friday there is no hope of going home through the snow. But just as she is dismissing school the air is filled with the chim- ing of sleigh bells. Alamonzo Wil- den has come to take her home. Seven dreary weeks are spent teaching, but the thought of helping to keep Mary in college spurs her on. Mary, who is blind, is learning much, it seems as though she can see again. After moving to a new claim Laura receives her second-grade certificate. She obtains a better teaching position and with her mon- ey buys an organ for Mary. The following summer Laura re- ceives an engagement ring from Almaonzo and in the fall they were married. Qur Junior High School students will especially enjoy reading this novel of the American frontier. --- is-44+- - NEWS IN A NUTSHELL When Russia said she would with- draw 'her troops from Iran by early May it seemed to many people as that the Iranian question had been settled. It is very possible it will 001119 UD again as Russia has started to launch a diplomatic counterlof- fensive through Poland. Notice has been served by Poland that she would bring before the Security Council alcharge that Franco's gov- ernment in Spain was a threat to world peace. ...ite-4-.M A sign in the senior assembly reads thus: Remember motherg she re- members you every day of the year. Yeah, and also the time you got in the night before. X gosh, this is boring. e , as one history t d t another Abysinia. S u en S say to Spanish cisses are fmishing their projects, and studying the formal I and familiar imperatives. ed ,made up for it though. V --I CLASS NEWS I - World History classes are study- A ' ing the causes of World War I. A A . v - Economics class is studying aboutr stock exchanges. -- Shorthand II class is working ont ' ' the 120 word letters. I 1 , ' ' English IV classes are studying . - Modern and Contemporary Poets. Bookkeeping class is studying the. -- combined cash journal. Q ' ' . . English II classes are studying forms of business letters.

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THE END With the approach of the end of school, it is the natural tendency to stop working, and just relax. When this happens the natural things happen, the grades take what is commonly referred to as a nose- dive. Grades are very important not only because they are needed to pass but because they are valuable in life afterwards. Many business firms write back for information, and the Army and Navy often write back for references when the applicant is applying for a special training school. So with this in mind, let's buckle down and work these last few Weeks of the school year. .slggq-i 7' OUR MIGHTY SENIORS 'Q I By Zilpha Shoff 1 Lyle Will Tall, brown haired, brown eyed and coming from Gann Valley is Lyle Will. To most everyone in W.S.H.S. he is known as Wort. His hobbies are fishing and hunt- ing and his favorite radio program is Gang Busters. In the line of shows, Wort doesn't care anything for those crazy mushy ones, but he did like Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. , His pet peeve is silly girls, so one might guess that-his ideal girl is quiet. ' After his graduation Lyle plans to farm in the Valley. Bernice Lillehaug .Although she has red hair, Bernice Lillehaug does not possess a temper. Having to study for tests during senior privileges is this senior's pet peeve. English IV, Typing II, bookkeeping and economics keep Bernice busy. In her spare time she enjoys cherry pie a la mode. She enjoys rollerskating as a sport. When asked her most embarrasing moment, she said she had many, but they would all be too embarrassing to tell. Bernice's favorite color is any shade of blue. The qualities she likes in boys are personality and friendship. She has not decided as to what she will do after graduation. Josephine Schroeder Josephine Schroeder more often known as Jo , is our last mighty Senior for this week. Jo's favorite color is green, and her favorite foods are icecream and T-bone steak. Her subjects are Trig, Business English, chemistry and English IV. She also takes Phys. Ed. She has no favorite songs, but likes them all. Her ideal man must be a gentle- man above all else-other than that, he must be tall, wth blond wavy By Phyllis Wood Because people are starving in Europe and Asia, Argentine just a- bout has the world where she wants it. Argentine seems to have been causing trouble in one Way or an- other ever since the Second World War started. The fact that she did not break relations with the Axis until January 26, 1944, caused many of the American people to feel that Argentine is still a Pro-axis and Fascist government. Now that Juan Peron has been elected the new president, against the wishes of the U. S. people have been wondering why we don't punish her by discon- tinuing to trade with her, but ii so happens she may export many of the same products we do and finds a very ready market in Europe at the pre- sent. If the present situation con- tinues, Argentine may be able to gain many things in her favor be- cause of her exports, which are so vitally needed in Europe and Asia. Continuing the subject of exports and imports, it is intersting to know that while Truman and Secretary of State, Byrnes still favors Cordell Hull's fewer and fewer trade bar- riers, they have supposedly post- poned a meeting to establish an In- dustrial Trade Organization until af- ter the November elections. If this is so, the establishment of such an organization is a year or more away, meanwhile leaving the nations of the world to settle back and establish prewar trade barriers. The U.S. is not the only nation to blameg Bri- tain and Russia have made no effort to look to the UNO for advice where trade is concerned. ----q- fi., ... hair and blue or gray eyes. He must neither smoke nor drink and he must have a pleasing personality. Josephine plans to go to summer school this summer, and to teach school in the fall. Mrs. Eagle treated the class to cup- cakes decorated with Easter eggs. CLASS NEWS American history class is studying the leaders, parties and policies of the years from 1896 to 1932. English II classes are continuing their study of Shakespeare's comic drama, As You Like Itf' - World History classes are studying the first World War. Trig class is learning to figure for twice angles. Typing II classes have been tak- ing speed tests and studying cal- ling the throw. THE STAFF Editor ...... ,..., . .. ...,..,..... Alan 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 Forensics ,,,.... .....,, B everly Knight Class news .......... ...... M yron Kleppin Grade news ...........,,.. .. ..,. Alta Rogers Book review ,,...... ...... M ary Lou Anton 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 ........... ............. A da Faulhaber Advisor .. .............. Miss Lorna Meyer I I I WITTY-WITS I I By Wickre I I I I Hi ya pals! Yeah, it's column time again, so I might .as well get to work. You know something? I had an uncle who had six sons. They were all named Henry except George and his name was William. What is the real definition of the word joke? Brother, if you know, you're rich. 550,000 is being given by a man from Wessington for the nealrest answer. It was left in his wil . Speaking about money one Wed- nesday night just as I was going into the show, I heard Chief say to Beverly Aw shucks, I forgot to pay for that bowling. Well, all I can say it, that it's cheaper that way. Gosh it's hard to think, especially for me, besides that there hasn't been much going on this week. Somebody called Sheppard a wit once and I believe they were half right. George porgie puddin pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, Doesn't this make you ask says I Which way did they go, George? I guess Don Thompson and Bob Bult are studying up on child wel- fare or spmething-anvway they've been flirting with a couple of sixth grade girls. CContributed.D Spanish classes have been dril- ling on the imperative mood. .-4-Q-Q-..- Bookkeeping class is studying bookkeeping systems in retail stores. Ag. II class-Edompheting a series of reports on dairying. Advanced Ag. class is working on soil conservation practice and rur- al electrification.