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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1945
Page
3
A humorous portrait of a student grappling with the senior term paper. The scene shows broken pencils and cluttered desks, family interruptions, late nights, and a comical, stubborn devotion to finishing the project despite distractions.
The 8 Club banquet is set for May 14 with letters and initiation as highlights. No speaker has been secured yet but a capable speaker will be sought if possible.
From the school hallways comes a humorous roundup of open lockers and misplaced items. Notes tied with ribbon, red bulbs, a camera box, and a week old peanut butter sandwich are among the curiosities found.
This month the senior athlete is Ken, a versatile athlete who played center for three years and excelled in track. He vaulted 12 feet 4 inches to win the state pole vault championship and has held S Club membership for four years. Ken plans chemistry studies after the war and will enter the army post graduation. He owns Sterling’s only three cylinder car and enjoys chocolate pie.
A concise observation on self-centered talk where a bore shifts focus from others to his own ego. The line highlights how such chatter distracts from the listener and the topic at hand.
Thinclads of Sterling High captured first place at Geneseo Day Relays in a field of about ten Class A teams. Gould set a pole vault record at 11 feet 2 inches, Freeman placed second. Sterling earned blue ribbons in both hurdle shuttle teams with Ridge Prince Rice Deusch and Rice Morris Gould Janssen. The mile medley took second. 880 relay placed third. sophomore relay finished second fourth.
Paul Hermann, class of 42, named coach of the Techawk tennis squad at the Illinois Institute of Technology. At 20, he starred for Sterling High for four years and won titles, and he also played for Lawrence College Viking team while in college.
The Hi-Tri girls held a last meeting during counseling period in the gym and elected officers for the coming year: President Jane Stager, Vice President Marian Wolf, Secretary Jerry Svenksen, and Treasurer Sally Winn. The Mother and Daughter dessert is set for May 2, and a skating party with the F. F. A. boys is planned for May 10.
The 8 H. 8. Thinclads will enter the first annual Kewanee Relays tonight. The meet features standard field events plus relays such as low and high hurdle, mile medley, two mile, varsity and fresh-soph yard relays, and 880. Action starts at 6:30.
Davenport Wins Its Own Relays as Sterling places fifth and breaks two records. Freeman sets 11'8 pole vault a new Davenport mark while Gould ties 11 feet and takes third. The high hurdle team Janssen Rice Deusch Ridge tops Sterling’s previous record. Sophomore relay Dietz Behrens Hussing DeWind take third. Melchi in shot put fourth.
8. H. 8. will not field a tennis squad due to most boys studying track or working after school. Coach Pete Hoogeveen has set four golf meets including Sterling at Dixon twice and Dixon hosting twice. Golf lineup includes Jar Duprey, Herb Tavenner, Bob Reed, Bill Jurkens, Bill Bryant, Tom Hoffman, and Jack Shawger.
Athletic Director Homer Musgrove released the 1945 schedule for Sterling listing games with opponents including Community Sterling Geneseo Rock Falls DeKalb Hall Ottawa Dixon Mendota. The season opens September 14 at Sterling and ends November 2 with a Sterling away game at Mendota.
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