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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
2
Sterling hosts Rock Island in the season opener with co captains Louis Long and Larry Wheeler leading a promising lineup. Freshmen and sophomores form the reserve team while juniors and seniors make up the main squad as two weeks of practice precede the new lightweight development plan.
S H S G A A members and new juniors attended a gym dinner followed by a candlelighting initiation. The G A A groups presented stunts and songs with Marjorie McNitt’s circus winning first prize.
The Western Conference intramural league opened with Chicago 13 and Wisconsin 14 while Iowa 10, Illinois 16, Minnesota 17 and Purdue 7 competed in the high school gym. The Eastern League opened with Yale vs Harvard Princeton vs Dartmouth and Syracuse vs Colgate. SHS students were entertained by talking pictures with a sound projector tested for educational use.
A white robed choir will sing Yuletide carols December 19 in the gym with G A A members, the boys and girls glee clubs. Miss Yeager and Mr Howens direct in a processional program featuring O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Joy to the World and more. Ray Bjork to play the chimes. parents invited.
On Thanksgiving Day Sterling and Rock Falls played a hard game with Rock Falls winning 6 to 0 after recovering three fumbles early. J Heaton scored the touchdown for Rock Falls. Sterling moved near the goal several times but could not score.
The janitor Stone, planning a decade at his job before running for mayor, speaks of his troubles and ambitions. He jokes about waste baskets, coffee nerves, and the heavenly pay, preferring to climb stairs to heaven rather than ride a golden chariot.
Sterling High students joined their adviser Mr Bowers at the 22nd annual Older Boys Conference of Northern Illinois in Rock Island. Dr Frank Slutz of Dayton spoke on thinking straight, with warnings about laziness imitation repetition prejudice and emotion. He urged choosing life work by matching one’s skills to societal needs and abandoning narrow minded thinking. The Press Club seeks a charter for a local Quill and Scroll chapter, the journalism honor society.
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