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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
8
Sterling hosts Rock Island tomorrow in the first game of the season. The Sterling lineup is led by co captains Louis Long and Larry Wheeler and the team aims to play strong basketball. Freshmen and sophomores form the reserve team while juniors and seniors compose the main squad, intended to develop younger players.
S.H.S. junior girls showed a new look with ribbons and scarves while makeup faded. G A A members and new initiates gathered for a candlelighting service after a gym dinner. The organization includes hiking biking and skating groups. Marjorie McNitt's circus won first prize.
This week the Western Conference intramural league opened in the high school gym with Chicago 13 Wisconsin 14 Iowa 10 Illinois 16 Minnesota 17 Purdue 7. The Eastern League started with Yale vs Harvard Princeton vs Dartmouth Syracuse vs Colgate. S.H.S. students were entertained by talking pictures as a sound projector tests educational use.
The white robed choir and school glee clubs perform an annual Christmas carol service on Thursday night December 19 in the gym. Miss Yeager and Mr Howens direct. Performances include O Come All Ye Faithful Hark the Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Joy to the World with chimes by Ray Bjork. The public and parents are invited.
On Thanksgiving Day Sterling and Rock Falls met on Rock Falls’ gridiron with Rock Falls winning 6 to 0 after recovering three fumbles early. J Heaton scored the touchdown, Sterling came close to scoring several times but failed.
janitor Stone explains ambitions to become mayor after ten years on the job. He jokes his heavenly paycheck flies away and he prefers stairs to a golden chariot, noting the hardships of student life and limited advancement while praising friendships gained cleaning buildings.
Don Fehrenbach Herbert Bell Eugene Young Dale Harshman John Becker and Elmer Barraclough accompanied their advisor Mr Bowers to the twenty second annual Older Boys Conference of Northern Illinois at Rock Island last weekend Dr Frank Slutz of Dayton spoke on thinking straight and choosing life work by listing strengths and needs He urged avoiding hillbilly thinking and alcohol and closed with religion in personal life The Press Club has applied for a charter to establish a local Quill and Scroll chapter.
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