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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
5
Captain DeVoe appears at the Senior Hi-Y meeting to close the winter speaker series. Election of next year’s officers follows, with plans for the annual older boys conference next Sunday and a May 4 Hyde Park glee club concert to fund Y camp delegates.
Sixteen members of Mr. Robbins' classes sat a national exam prepared by Scholastic Magazine. Ten top papers will advance to compete nationally with a Washington DC trip for the winner and teacher. Tom Stabler led corrections, Charlotte Knuth was second, Bill Sims third, with eight others named for submission.
Robert Bley, class of 1932, was elected house president of Smith hall at Grinnell College for next year. He will lead hall government and serve on the Council of House Presidents, the senior men's governing body across six halls.
Sterling High School planners consider building a track at the football site to replace the unusable current facilities. Coach Ted Scheid has produced state champions despite a lack of proper running surface. The athletic committee, led by Will Hendricks, reportedly favors the proposal.
Construction on the new sprinkling system is complete and pipes are being painted with aluminum. This week water will fill the lines to check for leaks, ensuring automatic fire suppression that drenches rooms if heat triggers the system. The upgrade has reduced the school’s fire insurance rate.
Miss Lovrien writes about The Script's unique organizational system and financial structure in the March issue of The Scholastic Editor, a nationally circulated magazine.
Sterling High hosts an open house on May 7 with a large special edition of The Script for patrons. The issue covers the Boston Latin School 300th anniversary and S H S in depth, with exhibits, student reports, debates on the New Deal, and feature sections. Post graduates act as ushers. only school patrons may attend.
The McMurray players Friday performance is canceled after a motor accident injures several cast members and demolishes their car.
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