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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
6
The Sterling Script, monthly publication of the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois, presents updates on student activities, club news, and school events for the community and readers.
Assembly hears Leon Albert a distinguished lecturer who spent seven years in Venezuela. He urges friendship between the Americas and says the future of the world lies in South America with its vast resources. Born in France and educated in England, he is American by choice.
Birthdays listed by date for December and January include Mary Beth Harrison How ard Miller John Reigle John Phelps Ruth Swanson Fred Van Sickle Mary Andrews Dorothy Ewbank Quentin Harris Bill Neese Robert Lubben Ruth Olmstead Beverly Oswald Virginia Conrad Dorothy McKee Ruth Wilger Chester Burkholder Leo Darnell Marge McNitt Dale Schumacher Elmer Koster Ed Ohnen Bernice Whalen Vera Ricker Gloria Brian Bettijane Long Carol Miller Mary Anne Hammelman Albert Macklowsky Edgar Vickrey Richard Hulse Willis Schrader George Buell Shirley Walker William Dettman Dorothy Falls Charles Mason Bette Jane McMurry Edwin Sturtke Arthur Koster Belva Ebersole Mildred Feltz Marian Pettit Doris VanDerhoof Laura Card Mable Witmer Russell Allabaugh June Reiger Fern Shantz Madeline Harting Dorothy Overcash G P Hill Arlene Pyse Charles Eckel Arthur Malnix Charles Grimes Viola Nester Erma Detweiler Howard Landis Thoris Hoak Chester Smith Theron Vallee William Wessels Mildred Otten Twila Oswald.
Tickets for the annual Charity Ball at the Sterling Club on December 26 are sold by Miss Ludens. Proceeds support crippled children.
John Becker and fellow Hi-Y members with advisor Everett E. Small attended the twenty third annual Older Boys Conference in Danville on Friday. They toured Champaign and Urbana en route and heard Dr. Frank D. Slutz of Dayton Ohio speak on youth issues and vocation education.
William Lindenberger, class of 1934, 7406 North Damon Avenue Chicago Illinois, is among Northwestern University's naval officers training corps members. The unit selects up to 200 students after physical and intelligence testing and offers a final year voyage on a U S warship with past itineraries to the West Indies and the Panama Canal. Lindenberger, son of F B Lindenberger, is a Liberal Arts sophomore and Delta Sigma Pi member, formerly of Sterling Township High School.
The juniors led by Marge Jones staged the Black Cat Ball with Beverly Anderson decorating the gym as a barn dance. Mendota orchestra supplied music while Paul Puckett sang. Orange black and white streamers lanterns hay bales and cider and dough were available. Dancing went on until midnight.
The Romani Hodierni club met November 23 for its first gathering in the new art building. A brief business session welcomed new members while Etta May Anspach spoke on Roman influence on government. Mary Anna Turnroth and her committee led Latin games and songs during a social hour.
A humorous account recalls faculty antics and mishaps at the school. Mr. Bowers fills Miss Hunt’s mail with candy wrappers, while Miss Hunt and Miss Peterson run the block in a playful conquest. Other tales include Mrs. Marsh painting mishaps, a thirteen boy class, and various pranks and gaffes involving teachers and staff.
Dr Luther Gable addressed the Science Club's first meeting in the gym on radium. He explained its discovery in pitchblende and the processing to pure radium, noting its energy and dangers. The club, led by Rose Marie Anderson, Bob Shaw, and Paul Hubbard, featured a rare $6000 radium display.
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