Hall of Fame picks two seniors for school honor
Barb Otten is named Script Hall of Fame 0'6 72 pound senior girl and is honored as an Illinois State Scholarship Semi Finalist. She plans to major in speech correction at Normal with past band chorus involvement and many clubs. Fred Schwab stands out as a top senior active in NHS Radio Science Student Advisory and Co ed Council and aims for MIT in engineering, known for ham radio hobby.
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Bob
Barb Otten
Barb
Rotary
Illinois
Normal
Fred Schwab
Fred
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ACT Semi Finalists Announced Amid Scholarship Program
The Illinois State Scholarship Commission named 10 348 ACT semi finalists for 1966 67 based on ACT scores and high school records. Semifinalists must choose award type forms list monetary honorary or certificate of merit with awards effective Sept 1966 and renewable yearly. Twenty four SHS students are among the semi finalists including Terry Andreas John Asain Larry Baker Carew Black Connie Buhrow Gary Breed Sandy Coats Mark Fordham Jane Giese Charles Hess Barb Otten Shelly Marks Eric Mosher Sue Polan Arletta Reichard Rosalie Rudiger Fred Schwab Lawrence Shaeffer Dennis Stoudt Gary Swords John Teets Janice White Ed Wiese Bob Wright.
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Illinois State Scholarship Commission
SHS
Terry Andreas
John Asain
Larry Baker
Carew Black
Connie Buhrow
Gary Breed
Sandy Coats
Mark Fordham
Jane Giese
Charles Hess
Barb Otten
Shelly Marks
Sue Polan
Arletta Reichard
Rosalie Rudiger
Fred Schwab
Lawrence Shaeffer
Dennis Stoudt
Gary Swords
John Teets
Janice White
Ed Wiese
Bob Wright
Kids Learn To Work Before They Drive Teacher Insane
A playful verse shows a teacher scolding loud for ideas to make kids think. The children respond by getting busy and starting to work, surprising the teacher when she collapses in shock. The poem ends with the message that kids can achieve more than just nap.
February 18 Basketball Princeton Here 19 ACT Here
Calendar notes events across February and March list basketball games for Princeton and Mendota, a San Banquet in the Multi-Purpose Room, a National Merit Scholarship, a SAT test, a music department concert in the Fieldhouse, and the end of the first quarter on March 25.
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Princeton
W. Rockford
FFA
San
Mendota
Music Department
Fieldhouse
Newman Wins Grand King Ugly at Tournament Dance
Bob Villa from Newman crowned Grand King Ugly after the New-Mor-Roc-Ster Tournament dance organized by Sterling and partner schools. The honor based on ticket sales, Newman’s candidate led the count, the event raised over $200 for next year’s foreign exchange program.
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Sterling
Newman
Rock Falls
Morrison
Bob Villa
Teacher of The Month honors German teacher Griesser
Mrs. Griesser named Teacher of the Month for Sterling and Woodlawn schools after a year of teaching German to fifth through seventh graders. Her career includes a 1962 TV appearance, summer study in Germany, and teaching stints in Indiana and Florida before settling in Sterling with husband and three children. She praises teaching for its evolving methods and student progress.
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Deutsch Lehrerin
Berlin
East Berlin
University of Ilinois
Pi Beta Phi
DePauw
Florida
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Script Hall of Fame
Otten
Eric Mosher
Bonnie
Bruce Mills
Tom O’malley
King Bob Villa
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