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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
4
A lively slice of campus romance and social intrigue unfolds across a series of playful notes and mischief. Interactions include juniors and seniors exchanging hints, crushes, and secret messages through French notes, with several pairs showing interest in each other. The Great Love Doctor dispenses advice as a dramatic backdrop to the gossip.
The Lombards performed December 2 showcasing a smoke picture using a paraffin covered meat platter held over a flame to create a blackened outline of the east coast of the United States. They accompanied the Anvil Chorus with lights off and an electric anvil that threw sparks, delivering unusual stage effects.
The Sterling Rotarians were treated to performances by the girls and boys glee clubs on Tuesday noon December 3. The boys opened with Soldier's Chorus from Faust Bulldog Song and Rotary Song, followed by the girls with I Would That My Love The Dancers and Roses of Picardy. Director Mr Howens accompanied the groups. Larry urged dark glasses for the first basketball game of the season as S H S players debut in blue and gold satin costumes.
Two packed houses praised the senior class play directed by Miss Rawson. The memorable Baldpate Inn setting, snowstorm ambiance, and strong performances by Zale Allabaugh Florence Kline Melvin Bere Allene Besse Virginia Grandon and others drew acclaim, with stage crew and orchestra contributing to the production.
The Sterling Club hosted a November 29 dance organized by the T N T Club. The senior girls group, led by Virginia Grandon, reported a neat profit for charitable use and meets weekly on Tuesday nights at members' homes.
A collage of student jokes and sports gossip from Knox High and nearby colleges appears in student papers. The Rock Island basketball opener debate, Drake U headlines and Eureka Nautilus party anecdotes pepper the issue with light campus color and local humor.
Margaret Birch and Etta May Anspach representing Blue and Gold and Script attended the state high school press conference in Champaign the weekend before Thanksgiving. They heard lectures interviewed Mr. Peers of Deerfield-Shields High School on improving SHS publications.
Professor King, Dean of Men at Cornell College, addressed high school students on the psychology of drunkenness. He explained alcohol’s effect on the brain and argued liquor is a narcotic rather than a stimulant as commonly thought.
Mrs Davis has been ill and absent from school this week. Miss Yeager is also ill. Annual pictures are being taken this week.
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