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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
2
Editorial argues absenteeism at 8 H eight is rising with about 60 absences daily, roughly one tenth of the student body. It labels many excuses as trivial and calls for eliminating absenteeism as part of education and war effort, noting red tape burdens.
Script staff outlines a production cycle from assignments to printing. Editors meet to assign stories and coordinate deadlines. Students collect, rewrite, and type copy, prepare photos, and proofread galleys before the dummy is sent to the printer.
On the poetry page students in the Haglich class attempted Whitman like verse. Three junior writers share their experiments and lines, offering a glimpse of youthful poetic exploration.
A poem praises Whitman as a democratic figure easy for common people to grasp. It notes his leisure lifestyle and loyal friends among shipbuilders soldiers and housewives, portraying him as familiar and helpful to urban crowds.
The passage sketches a summer band concert with children chattering, elders listening, and mothers quieting their young as peanuts are sold. It captures the crowd’s movement from the march to celebration and families heading home after enjoying an American music gathering.
A classroom scene shifts when a recess bell rings causing halls to empty and reveal varied student types. The poem notes serious, carefree, show-off, selfish students and their reactions before classes resume.
A vivid description of diverse machines with interwoven wheels screws and belts producing flawless products. The text notes ships tanks cans screws hooks and wire flowing to varied global destinations, showcasing emblematic machine craftsmanship and global reach.
A poem by Patt Roden reflects on humanity as one circle of people across races and regions. It envisions men of different colors and nations striving together, sharing goals of work, progress, and security in a united human family.
A poet walks on a bright spring morning hearing cat meows church bells children’s laughter and distant traffic. The narrator cherishes familiar American sounds while noting small daily scenes and a smiling mood throughout.
A vivid account captures the thrill of a track meet from the dash and pole vault to a looping distance run. It notes the manager and coach in motion, the anxious crowd, and the overall energy of racing events and spectator shouts.
A vivid scene of small boats including a long blue craft with its pilot to windward a red sailed launch and a cruising boat skimming water. Readers witness docking actions engine repairs and gentle ripples forming a picturesque riverside tableau.
A compact fragmentary poem narrates laughter harming friends and a student missing from school. The speaker expresses pity for the families, hints at illness and fear, and closes with a rhymed line about the saying he who laughs last. The piece names Mickey briefly as signer.
The 8S Club elected Duaine Hunsberger president and Eddie Reigel vice president at its first meeting. It set conduct rules and awards standards and plans sending 150 alumni Scripts per issue. The Homecoming Dance with the G A A is on October 15 after the Mendota game.
The Sterling Script lists editors Audrey Lahman and assistant editors Se Welton Lena Mae henpaugn Marilu Holler re and a long roster of staff including Bob Bulmer Mayors Merrill Benson Randall Barnett and others.
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