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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1936
Page
2
Sterling High presents a full sports year with 93 award recipients including 20 major letters and 28 freshman emblems. Football had 9 games, 3 wins, 6 losses while basketball produced strong showings, with heavyweights and lightweights earning conference honors. The midget squad won Prophetstown Invitational. track golf and tennis seasons start with large squads poised for success.
Sterling Township High School becomes the first to adopt the New Sports Accident Protection policy through Illinois Mutual Casualty Company. Coverage includes injuries during supervised practice or play, with principal sum of 200 dollars and single injury benefits from 100 to 2,000 dollars, at a school year premium of 2.25 dollars. no legal obligation, but the school undertakes the moral duty to assist insured athletes.
Biology under Mr Hoogeveen embraces modern visual education with weekly films alongside book work. Tonight students view Plant Life Plant Growth Roots of Plants. General Science, led by Mr Hoogeveen and Mr Scheid, also follows the new system of visual education with book work experiments and weekly pictures.
In a quirky science showcase a biology lab demonstrates live worms and other specimens using a micro projector. The display highlights worm types in vinegar and stresses the wonder of viewing micro life without direct contact. It promotes the lab as a local attraction and invites curious visitors to see the worms on screen.
The Sterling High School library has moved into the old senior assembly with expanded shelf space. Under Miss Lovrien and Genevieve Book cataloguing advances and new encyclopedia sets plus donated books and magazines have increased its value for study and reference. Plans for purchasing missing field books are set for the coming year.
Director John Howens has accomplished much this year in developing singing among S. H. S. students, guiding choir improvements and student engagement through new rehearsals and performances.
S H S reports a robust girls gym program with speedball on the field, regular and after school activities, and strong interest in basketball, volleyball, and cageball. The senior class won the inter class tournament amid strong performances, while tumbling shows high balance and a 61 percent headstand capability.
Daily routines show French recitations in Room 23 with Miss Forbes, Latin in Rooms 23 and 25, algebra in Room 24, geometry proofs and Pythagorean work in Room 28, physical training in Room 29, social science in Basement Room D, chemistry lab experiments in Rooms E and F, plant life films in Room G, soil and milk testing in Room H, and shop activity led by Mr. Timmons and Mr. Whaley. Domestic science displays clothes and cupcake samples under Miss Neff and Miss Bassett.
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