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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1942
Page
2
The senior class organized a schoolwide sale of war stamps with teams and four-student targets per seller. The editorial urges student patriotism and participation, noting stamps can be bought in any denomination and that families may contribute a dime weekly for a single stamp.
On December 11 Sterling high school introduced a second original song titled Blue and Gold. Written by Donald Lester a pen name for band director J J Richards with words by Cathryn Detweiler a junior student the tune joins S H S Loyalty as official and alma mater songs. Students are urged to learn the words and sing with pride at games and events to boost school spirit.
The junior class hosts the first after school dance of the year. The circulation committee is thanked for student involvement. Pep Club praises the team for a spirited game. The Band earns appreciation for a concert. Miss Laurine Schwappach Miss Bette Blomquist and David Stryker organized a beginner dancing class.
A classroom feature describes Evelyn Marsh’s students writing limericks on varied topics and celebrating in class with poems, pins, and debates. It notes December events for Marie Davis, Jerome Robbins, Eva Hunt, and others along with ongoing tumbling and pyramids routines.
The Classical Journal features last year’s S H S Latin Club Christmas program with a Latin version of Ya and a description of Why the Chimes Rang translated by Ralph Haag and Claude Cummins. The honor is praised by the student body as reaching teachers nationwide and could be presented in other schools.
Students and teachers in our school name top songs across genres. Favorite picks include Amen Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition White Christmas Stardust and God Bless America. Glenn Miller Kay Kyser Harry James and Nelson Eddy are referenced as performers.
Mrs Hankland returns from four week Texas visit to find the library in decent shape as Miss Burritt leads in her absence. Assistants answer odd questions about books and scramble alphabet and order of magazines and encyclopedias. The piece urges students to keep the library neater using what they know.
The 1943 Blue and Gold first section is ready for the engraver. It features senior students, faculty members, and senior activities. Barbara Bell, editor, says the section will be sent January 1.
Sterling High School Library receives a fresh batch of books including Top Kick U S Army Horse Famous Dogs of Fiction Animal Treasures Give a Man a Horse and Famous Ghost Stories plus non fiction titles Here I Stay by Elizabeth Coatsworth features a pioneer girl in Maine aided by nearby Indians This collection aims to entertain and inform readers with animal tales ghost stories and historical fiction
Miss Martha Goette runs art classes at the school with an advanced and a beginning group. Beginners work with etching and etched facelets while the advanced class makes charcoal still lifes and explores silk screen printing. Both groups join in decorating the Civic Center for Christmas.
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