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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1959
Page
4
Tuberculosis screening offered to Sterling students on March 9. Nurse office administers the tuberculin skin test, with results read the next day. A negative result means no infection. positives get a free X-ray. Miss Ruth Kirk will address the student body March 3 to explain the process. Parents’ permission is required via forms in homeroom, the office, or from the nurse.
Illinois marks Abraham Lincoln birthday with ceremonies and events celebrating his role as a Union leader and famed common man. The piece recalls his perseverance, debates with Douglas, stance on slavery, Civil War leadership, and enduring legacy, noting how his ideals endure beyond politics.
The sophomore class stages its annual all school dance on February 14 after the game with Dixon. The King and Queen of Hearts Dance crowns a king and queen at intermission in the girls gym. Committee chairs cover decorations, music, refreshments, program, publicity, tickets, and clean-up with modest ticket prices.
Two Sterling baton twirlers Carol Collinson and Barbara Hartsfield will perform at halftime on February 14 to Rock Around the Clock and again on February 27 with lighted batons to Round and Round. Both have twirled in football games and parades this year.
The Senior Class volleyball team led the GAA tournament with five wins and one loss. Sophomores took second after beating juniors and freshmen, who placed third and fourth respectively. The seniors fell only to the sophomores, who won four matches.
The seniors were defeated by the gym teacher in the annual battle, while juniors won three and lost three, and freshmen lost all six games in the double round robin, leaving the gym class with mixed results.
The Robed Choir of Sterling High presents its annual Lenten services on February 22 at Congregational Church and March 1 at Fourth Street Methodist Church. A guest minister will speak on March 1. Songs include All in the April Evening He Was Crucified Brother James Air Oh Blest are They and Praise to the Lord. Meditations will be given by both ministers at each church.
The SHS Spanish Club held its first meeting of the year on January 16. Miss Straw announced the National Spanish Examination Contest, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Seven SHS students and twenty-one peers from Dixon, Rock Falls, and Milledgeville signed up to take the exam, to be held in Sterling on April 4 with a tape recorder. state honors will be announced at the Downstate Chapter spring meeting.
The Future Homemaker's Dad and Daughter Night set for February 17 begins at 7 30 PM in the cafeteria. Daughters and fathers will start with a box social followed by entertainment and other recreation through about 10 PM.
A humorous monologue warns men that women’s mothers shape Valentine choices and that sending a card may be seen as a marriage proposal. The speaker jokes about gender roles, courtship battles, and the colonial idea that life is a battlefield, ending with a playful pledge to mail a card to his own girl.
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