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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1950
Page
4
In the night before the junior issue of the Script goes to press, students describe a chaotic newsroom with typewriters clacking and pages filling. They wrestle with photos and a gossip column, noting no one is dating anyone new and missing meals to meet the deadline, ending with a hope that readers will enjoy the issue.
A humorous strip-like memoir traces a SHS junior from birth in 1933 through his misadventures. It satirizes school life, sports, academics, and social behavior with exaggerated traits and parodic tone. The narrator skewers the era’s student culture and the jolly mischief of teen life.
A nostalgic look at spring at Sterling High School notes seniors preparing for graduation and a senior prom while juniors chase becoming next year's leaders. It mentions track meets, the supportive role of girls, senior picnics, and fresh plans for college as vacation approaches.
Alice Drane receives a typing pin for thirty words. Bernice Bartz Marilyn Ahrens earn typing pins for forty words. Shirley Ladenberger receives a sixty word shorthand pin.
The April 5 morning assembly featured a musical program led by Darrell Dunham and Glen Mortenson with Tom Griffith John Sunday and Orville Kimball. Griffith's Thoughts of Love won first division. Warren Thummel sang sacred numbers including The Holy City. Glen Mortenson and Glenna Gould performed solos and the brass quartet offered original arrangements.
A fragment recalls a student’s gala event ending in tragedy, noting the junior’s life finishing and the perception that the hero is effectively dead as he moves from junior to senior era.
The article details the planning for the school prom beginning in January with committee setup and name selection. Juniors organize chairs, music, programs, invitations, floorshow, and decorations while after school meetings drive the preparations. The piece ends with the prom night anticipation and student dating frenzy.
Verse about school ages contrasts how freshmen sophomores and juniors act with faculty talks seasons and the elusive senior who defies prediction. The poem humorously notes that despite clues for other groups a senior remains inscrutable.
Five soloists competed in the District Contest on March 25 in Hanover Illinois. Glenna Gould earned first in girls low voice for Dost Thou Know The Sweet Lord and Where Love is Kind. Warren Thummel won first in boys high voice with When I Think Upon The Maidens and When I Have Sung My Songs. Jo Anne Dummett placed second with Morning and Oh Rest in the Lord. Glenn Mortenson won first on Carnival of Venice and Tom Griffith won first on Thoughts of Love for trombone. They advance to the state contest in Taylorville Illinois on April 28.
The verse traces how different groups touch money from earning and spending to lending and saving, exposing the cycle of wealth and loss. It reflects a wary view of finance where taxes, death, theft, and crime all affect who ends up with money. The speaker notes a personal desire for wealth.
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