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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1958
Page
2
A spoof column from SHS mocks job ads with quirky listings and bold names. It lampoons employers and uses playful touches like a dead Inca skull ritual and contacts in Cape Canaveral and Havana.
The Script notes failed efforts to publish a literary supplement with voluntary student contributions. Only one staff story and a dubious verse were received. It laments student apathy toward culture, blaming the students themselves for not producing meaningful works and predicting trivial future bequests.
Bob Erline, a Sterling High School senior, is noted for debate and speech wins and active roles in Dramatic Club, Campus Club, Student Council, S Club, and Robed Choir. He served city attorney for a SHS run City Hall day, attended council meetings, played varsity football center, and now competes in tennis. He plans to study engineering at Knox College.
Roving Reporter captures student musings on spring from SHS: Don Meyers imagines warm weather and shop cleanup, Connie Springer dreads cramming, Jim Mattison dreams of a $35 convertible and a country ride with a telescope, Joanna Peterson mentions George Schuler in Bermuda shorts, Pam Lentz groans over exams, Lee Drynan notes Bob’s shorts, Roberta Lorenz wants vacation.
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