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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
3
A local note laments students carving names and dates on desks during school years. Observers recounts touching examples from Huber family marks to Latin phrases and pop culture jests. The column proposes a yearly scratch board or aluminum-topped desks to curb the pastime.
Track march to Oak Park for an indoor meet marks the season start as Coach Scheid and Captain Baldwin lead a small squad against strong rivals. Seniors dominated the interclass meet with 101 points while juniors, sophomores, and freshmen trailed, in a lively warmup for the April 28 event.
Seniors Charlotte Harting and Dorothy Gruetzmacher read Bacon essays and Puttering Around while Mary Kay Sharpe follows Kenilworth and Fran Conde tackles Hervey Allen. Lowerclass Esther Bley enjoys The Professor's House and Dan Metzger reads Wintersmoon as Edward Jurkens dives into The White House Gang. Alumni readers include Agnew Wheaton Snavely Grinnell Hungate DeKalb and others.
In two week spring practice an inter squad scrimmage ended 7-0 for Captain Reiger's team behind Schumacher's rushing score. Key players like Rieger Burns and Bere adjusted positions after graduating seniors left holes, with a tentative starter lineup listed amid notes of the Mt. Carroll play.
Freeport health commissioner Dr. K. B. Rieger urged vaccinations against small pox diphtheria scarlet fever and typhoid at a high school assembly He called for eight hours sleep for high schoolers and emphasized better diet with more fruit vegetables and milk The Illinois State Medical Association organized the Health Week speaker Jane Harden and Nettie Mae Mott celebrated birth day parties this month.
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