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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1936
Page
5
Sterling High School suspended academic subjects to test all students with a Chicago Motor Club driving test. Results showed improvement in a second group and students learned to value traffic laws, with equipment assessing reaction time color vision depth perception and more.
Sterling High School marks the retirement of D L Miller after forty years as board secretary. Carl Griesser, owner of Twin City Produce Co., joins the Board of Education, which now includes John Stager Paul Dillon A W Wheeler Wm Hendricks and the new member.
The school board Sterling Town ship High School welcomes patrons to tour departments and classrooms. Principal Roscoe Eades and Board President John Stager invite observers to inquire, comment, and enjoy the campus visit tonight.
The Visual Education Department led by Peter Hoogeveen unveils a modern program with three demonstrations. Twardock will use the delineascope in agriculture, DeVoe will show physics with a silent projector, and Hoogeveen will present biology with a new 15 watt sound projector capable of radio or PA use.
During the summer the building and equipment received a thorough reconditioning. Floors were sealed and much painting and varnishing were done. The general office was rearranged with new partitions and walls painted. A new refrigerator and stove were installed in the Home Economics building. Other classrooms and halls not painted were thoroughly cleaned.
Sterling Township High School opens its doors for a public night session. Students present Latin broadcasting from Old Rome, world history reports, English history talks, pension discussions, shorthand and typing work, treasure Island displays, poetry and autobiography exhibits, and Julius Caesar acts analysis.
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