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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1937
Page
6
The Sterling Script is published monthly by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It reflects school events, student activities, and club news for the local community.
The piece urges students to respect library privileges by using the room for study with current reference books and staff support. It notes that a few disturb others and emphasizes respecting fellow students and keeping books clean, urging focus on education rather than distractions like comics or social plans.
A school warning urges students not to leave money in coats as theft risks rise. It cautions that justice may be served as teachers safeguard belongings, reminding that even small temptations can lead to loss.
This piece highlights two competent men at S. H. S. whose job is to keep the school a fit place to work. They start work before dawn and continue after students leave, in the night. The editor asks readers to consider these custodians when discarding wrappers and litter on campus.
Crooner Puckett reveals the winners in the song hit ballot. Goodnight My Love leads unanimously, When My Dream Boat Comes Home rises to third, Pennies from Heaven remains strong after five weeks, and Moonlight and Shadows along with Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm trend toward the top.
Sterling aspiring journalists gain access to a shelf of journalism books covering newspaper routine ethics and history. Featured titles include City Editor by Stanley Walker and Imperial Hearst a biography of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
George Griffith shows notable depth in collateral reading with three Napoleon biographies a Waterloo study and The Talisman according to Miss Ludens Ivanhoe Tale of Two Cities Vanity Fair and biographies of Henry VIII and Mary Queen of Scots are popular among readers Lillian Bauer Mason Bell Marion Benson Bob Castendyck Elaine Dewey Ward Dillon Arland Gould Eleanor John Eugene Long Ray Mackamnan Jean Maier Virginia Miller Alethia Neitzke Robert Salm Ada Shaw Ruth Welton Theron Vallee Clara Reed Marie Vogel and Lawton McCandless are strong competitors in wide reading
A reflection on library ethics urges respect for borrowed property and calls out vandalism of desks and other surfaces. It emphasizes that library items and facilities are loaned, not owned, and urges responsible behavior to avoid harming others’ property.
A spoof western bedtime tale by Prof. Mortimer Q. Hashhandel recounts Death Vallee's attempt to halt a hanging on the Bar Nothing ranch. He flees a mule named Tornado, triggers a San Francisco quake, and loses an ear and a leg in a river, while the rustler remains at large.
Birthdays announced for January and February include Valera Baer Donna Little Robert Thomas Lucille Pulford Robert Adams John Becker Ruth Langrey Evelyn Shaible Carmen Smith Beverly Zigler Stanley Heller Helen Koster Merle Worth Donald Haag Arlene Karl Pauline Turner Donald Zbinden Leta Houseman Burton Kline Norvetta Merlak John Bailey Bill Hill Eudeen Mortenson Herbert Rollins Rebecca Hinz Barbara Shaffer Jack Jurkens Winifred Knox Ada Shaw Bob Bentley Roberta Card Robert Jones Ruby Howard Drusilla Mitchell Kenneth Wechsler Harold Speer Betty McNinch Nona Olinger Robert Sier Kenneth Tompkins Bertha Ohda Patricia Thomas Willard Turner.
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