Graduate Writes Of African Experiences
DeVere Tarvin replies to Dorothy Hoener about life in Africa for servicemen. He notes modern cities with American clubs, native workers called wogs, and a four shilling weekly houseboy. women do field and home labor. Entertainment includes guests, open-air theater, baseball, and recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere Tarvin
Dorothy Hoener
DeVere
Africa
Martha Raye
Quentin Reynolds
Ernie Pyler
England
Dieppe
Do's and don'ts for library use by high school students
A satirical list from a librarian outlining ten humorous rules for 8 H S students in the library. It parodies chaotic behavior and mocks student duties by suggesting loud entrances, noisy conversations, gum under tables, card games, stealing books, misplacing magazines, and misattributing authors.
Assembly Programs Make Learning A Pleasure
J A Zell fur man showcased an educational fur collection at a March 24 assembly. He shared lifetime expertise, offered advice on selecting furs, and demonstrated how various furs are produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Zell
Mr. Zell
Indian Doctor Dr Giboleau Speaks on Burma Road Experiences
Dr Giboleau who taught in India addressed students in an April 8 assembly. He spoke of Indian customs and beliefs and shared wartime experiences. He was a mayor of the last town on the Burma Road captured by the Japanese and described harrowing encounters with India's crowded population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giboleau
India
Dr. Giboleau
Burma Road
Violin Recital At IW College BloomingtonApril
Edward Preodor violinist presented a student body recital on Monday morning April 19 at Illinois Wesleyan College Bloomington. He performed Hora Stacatto Lullaby From the Canebrake Flight and works by Kreisler Stravinsky Herbert among others. David Stryker accompanied at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Preodor
J. Preodor
Illinois Wesleyan College
Bloomington
Brahm
Kreisler
Stravinsky
Herbert
Mr. Preador
David Stryker
Patriotic Play Nine Times In Sterling
The "Its a Beautiful Day in America" patriotic musicale by the Dramatic Club and Robed Choir runs a record streak and fills engagements. It played at multiple groups including the D A R St Johns Sunday School Class No 10 Fine Arts Club School Assembly St Johns Lutheran Y M P Club Business and Professional Women F F A banquet Lions Rotary. Robed Choir and Fifth Avenue Players members David Stryker Miss Burrit and Miss Elizabeth Joiner are praised for the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dramatic Club
St. John’s
School Assembly
St. John’s Lutheran Young Married People’s Club
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lion’s Club
Rotary Club
Fifth Avenue
David Stryker
Rs Burrit
Elizabeth Joiner
Home Ec Club And F F A Enjoy Evening Party
The Home Economics club and Future Farmers of America held an after hours party in the school gym last Thursday. Students played games then a College of Musical Knowledge quiz with four boys and four girls. The girls won the quiz and music on the school recorder accompanied dancing and refreshments. Faculty guests included Mrs. Martin Miss Blomquist Miss Ainsworth Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Stryker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Dwight Stevenberg
Martin
Blomquist
Ainsworth
Mitchell
Stryker
Librarian invites freshmen to ask for algebra help
The note asks all students especially Freshmen to seek the librarian on duty for freshman algebra guidance. It jokes that she is a senior who has not taken algebra recently and may not have enjoyed it. It ends by pleading that if everyone did the opposite of these rules sarcastic articles would stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Henry
Doris Burritt
Typing Students Compete In Army Navy Contest
Students compete in a two team Army and Navy typing contest with daily 15 minute tests scored by errors and a baseball like progression. Individual scores come from a Get That Jap target with points by precision, plus a list of award pins for 30 to 80 word typing and shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Ray Orlowski
Earl Ricker
School Music Groups Present Recital in Student Assembly
A Thursday afternoon program featured three high school groups the Girls' Chorus the Robed Choir and the Orchestra under J J Richards and David Stryker The Girls opened with three numbers then added a medley The Orchestra played Poet and Peasant Overture and Beethoven Fifth The Robed Choir closed with Latin sacred pieces two spirituals a soloist and two novelties Echo Song and a Choral Tango with castanets and tambourine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Richards
David Stryker
Robin
Strickland
Rohm
Schubert Romberg
Mr. Stryker
Orlando di Lasso
Wilson
Girls and Boys Quartets Featured at Local Events
The girls quartet Nellie Hill Gloria Paulson Jeanne Quilter and Arlene Eldred sang for antern Star installation on Thursday April 8. The boys Wade Don Dewey Cecil Ade and Martin Doermann sang at the senior dessert dance last Wednesday and that afternoon for the women's society at Fourth Street Methodist Church. Barbara Bell and Martin Doermann discussed post war planning at the society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hill
Gloria Paulson
Jeanne Quilter
Arlene Eldred
Antern Star
Se H Wade
Don Dewey
Cecilade
Martin Doermann
Women’s Society
Fourth Street Methodist Church
Barbara Bell
Bogaard and Jamison Earn College Honors
Tom Bogaard of Sterling high school earned the Rector scholarship at De Pauw University Greencastle Indiana a 1000 award structured by class year while Robert Jamison MoS Met is elected to Theta Tau national engineering fraternity and attends Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Rollo Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bogaard
Bob Jamison
Sterling High School
D. B. Bogaard
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
de Pauw
Robert Jamison
W. H. Jamison
Theta Tau
Bob
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Rollo
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fur Man
Sterling
Home Ec Club
F.F.A
Keith Brown
Donna Yeck
Helen Becker
Virginia Baile
Mary Lou Holler
Bob Swhela
Janet Swartley Arlene Eldred
Ann Ceruti
Bettijeanne McNeil
Sueemith
Jean Bressler
Harriet Radke
Ralph Wade
Ralph Haag
Harold Ratzlaff
Martha Bartlow
Mary Strock
Doris Boyings
Audrey Cassens
Russell Coats
Charles van Gilder
Betty Partner
Shirley Butler
Irene Shaible
Bettejane Schutt Howard Kraft
Frances Lee Rose
Susi Janssen
Arlene Betts
Florence Stern
Helen Gleason
Nayola Brooks
Gene Kell
Dorothy Schutt
Margaret Marple
Virginia Bailey Arlene Eldred
Janet Swartley
Bette Jane Schuldt
Bob Swehla
Marian Novak
Betty Fadden
Richard Rank Galdys Gottel
Pauline Krebbs
Marian Eade
Lorraine Miller
Shirley Bell
Jeanne Sole
Lucille An
Dorothy Mintke
Dorothy Hoover
Sarah Burkett
Janice Humphrey
Betty Shaffer
Marion Hoover
Cecil Wade
Virginia Bailey
T. Bogaard and
B. Jamison
Richard Rank
Lucille Hogan
Alice Funk
Pauline Krebs
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