Echternach Writes Latin Workbook at Sterling High
Miss Harriet Echternach head of the Sterling High Latin department publishes a new pianographed workbook for first year Latin students. The compilation includes projects games tests and data on Roman life built from a year of classroom testing and ideas. Echternach hopes to sell many copies to fund a trip to Italy this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Echternach
Sterling High School
Misa Echternach
Miss Echternach
Italy
Sterling Meets Walnut At Regional Tournament
Draws announced for regional basketball tournament at Dixon on Feb 28. Sterling High faces Walnut High in the opener, with Rock Falls drawing the Steward winner, Dixon facing Amboy, and Prophetstown meeting the Steward runnerup. Winners advance to Friday and Saturday finals, then to the Sectional in Moline, with potential State bid to Rockford. Steward Tourney includes Rollo, Steward, Franklin Grove, West Brooklyn, Paw Paw, Lee, Ohio, and Creston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Sterling High
Walnut High
Rock Falls
Steward
Amboy
Prophetstown
Sterling
Walnut
Sterling-Walnut
Rock Falls-Steward, Dixon-Amboy
Prophetstown-Steward
Moline
Rockford
Rollo
Franklin Grove
West Brooklyn
Paw Paw
Lee
Ohio
Creston
Sophomore Dance Tops Year as S H S Debut
The Sophomores of S H S held their first dance of the year, with a heart decorated gym and Cupid themed stage. Don Fehrenbach wrote a three member open-erratic Three Musketeers show, Don Sievert’s Cedar Rapids orchestra provided music, and vocalists and a Bonnie Baker style solo captivated attendees. Geraldine Shore and Fay Ewbank led the planning and deserve praise.
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Hearts
Sophies
Don Fehrenbach
Three Musketeers
Don Sievert
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Oh, Johnny
Bonnie Baker
Honor Roll Noted By School Office
Editor's note states the school office does not publish an official honor roll. The list shows students with no grade below A for the second quarter, reflecting perfect A level work across all subjects.
Agriculture Students Show Profit In Projects
Agriculture vocational students closed 1939 with total project earnings of $38,392.05, up $411.52 from last year. Eight boys built up purebred swine herds with $1,215.17 in income. Ten dairy project participants earned $429.72. Eighteen boys pursued corn projects, with others raising sheep and garden projects under Mr. Twardock supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Friedrichs
Dale Musselman
High School Debate Teams Shine At Coe College
S H S debaters led by Gordon Behrens earned superior speaker honors at Coe College in February with six debaters also achieving superior ratings. Debates were held at Augustana Wheaton and Sterling, with team members multiple events and a featured victory before the D A R. Upcoming topics span newspaper regulation to minority groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Castendyck
Gordon Behrens
Herman Walck
Bob Jamison
Coe College
Robbins
Augustana
Barbara Flinn
Marion Palmer
Janie Bartel
Barbara Bell
Sterling
Wheaton College
al Macklovsky
Paul Harshman
Gordon
United States
Local Calendar of Feb to March Events at Belvidere and Regionals
A list of local activities includes Feb 16 B B at Belvidere, Feb 19 Agricultural Meeting, Latin Club, Feb 20 Mendoza visit, Feb 21 Agricultural Banquet, Feb 23 B B at DeKalb, Feb 26 Agricultural Meeting. Regional Tournament March 1-2, Agricultural Meeting March 4, Junior Dance March 15, Sectional and State Basketball Tournaments March 7-9 and March 14-15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Mendoza
DeKalb
Solo and Band Contests Precede March 9 and 21
S H S bands busy preparing for the solo contest on March 9 and the band contest on March 21. The school enters a brass sextet plus a cornet trio a girls trombone quartet and a girls quartet. Soloists will seek honors and the high school orchestra will play dinner music for a Legion banquet on Washingtons Birthday. The Robed Choir performed at Jordan Town Hall February 1 and at the Chamber of Commerce banquet February 13. The Robed Choir will enter the vocal music contest at Morris on March 28 with three acappella numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Washington
Jordan Town Hall
Sportsman’s Club
Boys’ Glee Club
Sterling Rock Falls
Jacobs Reelected F F A Proxy and Officers
Lester Jacobs was reelected president of the Sterling Future Farmer chapter at the February 7 officer election. Jim Wink became vice president Kenneth Harms secretary Jason Hopkins treasurer and Jim Beatty reporter. A business meeting followed by a Morrison F F A basketball game concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Jacobs
Sterling Future Farmer
Jim Wink
Kenneth Harms
Jason Hopkins
Jim Beatty
Morrison F. F. A
Commercial Students Make Fast Typing Progress
The report notes multiple commercial students achieving typing pins and shorthand pins. James Andrews earned his 30 word typing pin, Arlene Karel the first to reach a 40 word pin, with several peers receiving 30, 40, 60 word typing awards and shorthand pins including Ruth Walker and Elizabeth Oltmanns. Dale Gaskill stands out as the only student with a 60 word typing award and one of two with a 100 word shorthand pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Andrews
Arlene Karel
Dale Gaskill
Ruth Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Echternach
Geraldine Shore
Fay Ewbank
Nellie Hill
Keith Brown
Dorothy Mintke
Jeanne Quilter
Jean Wiggins
Elsie Meier
Helen Becker
Donald Wallick
Helen Lea Hansen
John Q. Adams
Marianne Birch
Leora Jacobs
Gertrude Fine
Jacqueline Vertrees
Jim Brown
James. Andrews
Margery John
Ruth Welton
Marge Brown
Twardock
Morrison
S.H.S
Coe
Dixon High School
Glenys Cullen
Doris Marie Scott
Marian Allabaugh
Viola Nester
Mildred Otten
Doria Brittain
Lorraine Wolf
Henrietta Sterenberg
Helen Koster
Ariene Karel
Dorothy Overcash
Elizabeth Oltmanns
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