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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1936
Page
4
A playful poem reimagines classic Mother Goose verses with modern twists. Familiar characters like Little Jack Horner, Little Bo Peep, and Jack and Jill appear in quirky, updated lines, mixing nostalgia with humorous, contemporary references.
S.H.S. adopts visual education with a 16 millimeter silent projector and delineascope to project sketches charts and pages on the screen. The system aims to supplement teach and visualize core facts with motion pictures and slides from Ideal Pictures Corporation and other sources including the University of Illinois Iowa State College and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Lem Perkins recounts a city visit with three companions a traveling salesman an ex explorer and an author in a lively city tale. The group shares a theater box jokes about class pins red suspenders and a soprano’s voice. They discuss driving high school students and a castle visit while debating centipede legs and ant picnics.
Freshmen and upperclassmen at The Owl weigh Leap Year’s dating odds. Nona Olinger says it’s silly for a girl to ask, while Lyle Hall is glad the year spares shy boys from making moves. Others link Leap Year to music and romance and warn bachelors to beware.
A Nautical Hop en thusiastically entertained with an estimated 150 aboard the Sophomore Cruiser January 25. The gym held a sailorly scene with streamers a silver crescent and a roped dance floor. Out of town troupe provided music and four numbers. Lucille Ohnen tap danced, Betty Braitsch sang, Lorraine Ohnen and Elmer Barraclough danced, Paul Puckett debuted as a school Caruso crooning Sitting High on a Hilltop and The Music Goes Round and Round. Eileen Mangan accompanied at the piano.
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