Biographies for English Students Reading List
A school reading column lists biography styled works for student reports. Notable titles include The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Elizabeth and Essex and Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington Hull House by Jane Addams and Virginia Woolf Flush. Also featured are Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens and Paul de Kruif science classics Hunger Fighters and The Microbe Hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Frank Buck
Edward Anthony
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
van Doren
Craigie House
Hildegarde Hawthorne
E. B. Mills
Longfellow
Victor Heisser
Lincoln Steffens
Elizabeth
Essex
Queen Victoria
Lytton Strachey
Booker T. Washington
Hull House
Jane Addams
Queens
Marie Antoinette
Mary
Scotland
The
Isles
Stephan Zweig
Virginia Woolf
Flush
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Marie
Grand Duchess
Russia
Paul de Kruif
Music Contest Entries From S H S In March
Sterling Township band and mixed chorus will enter the district and sectional music contest in March. Mr. Richards and Mr. Stryker prepare soloists. Instrumental soloists include Jacque Sterenberg, Julia Heida, Harold Stone, LaVerne Hoener, Jack Chapman, Paul Young, Katherine Detweiler, Fay Ewbank, Virginia Gelaz, Dorothy Ward. Vocal soloists are Alice Burna, Mariann Birch, Julia Heida, Paulina Baker.
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Sterling Township
Richards
Mr. Stryker
Jacque Sterenberg
Julia Heida
Harold Stone
LaVerne Hoener
Jack Chapman
Paul Young
Katherine Detweiler
Fay Ewbank
Virginia Gelaz
Dorothy Ward
Alice Burna
Mariann Birch
Paulina Baker
Mary McCormic To Appear Here In Near Future
Internationally famed American soprano Mary McCormic is slated to perform at the local high school in the near future though the exact date remains undecided. She has previously drawn strong student and faculty praise, recently sang in Chicago and debuted in Chicago in 1922 with Carmen, followed by a 1930 European debut in Paris. Her career includes solo work with the London Symphony Orchestra and Paris and Monte Carlo ensembles, plus many radio guest appearances and a vast multilingual repertoire.
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Mary McCormic
Miss McCormic
Old Heidelberg Cafe
Chicago
Carmen
Paris
London Symphony Orchestra
Monte Carlo
Night School Adds Shop Mathematics Course
A new two hour night school course titled shop mathematics debuts this year and is popular with local factory workers. Instructor E E Small notes the class targets machine shop staff seeking math skills to aid shop practice, with a short trig fundamentals segment included.
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E. E. Small
Sterling High School Army Battle In Snow
A staged snow battle occurred at the Grandon Civic Center on Tuesday January 28. General Royal Breed led troops including Bob Appenzeller Bob Jamison Elwin Duhm Keith Brown and Bob Griesser against General George Buell and his soldiers Paul Weyrauch Ervie Ridge John Woodyatt Dick Ulm and Bob Anderson at 3:30 Central. The mock clash ended in a truce and peace treaty as snowballs replaced real weapons.
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Grandon Civic Center
Roscoe Eades
Royal Breed
Bob Appenzeller
Bob Jamison
Elwin Duhm
Keith Brown
Bob Griesser
George Buell
Paul Weyrauch
Ervie Ridge
John Woodyatt
Dick Ulm
Bob Anderson
Principal Eades Speaker At State Schoolmasters Meeting
Principal Roscoe Eades was invited to speak at the Illinois Schoolmasters meeting in Bloomington on February 7. He discussed keeping the school open after 4 P. M and the after school activities. Sterling High School offers night school and adult classes in homemaking and citizenship, and he highlighted these programs.
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Roscoe Eades
Ilinois
Bloomington
Illinois
Eades
Sterling
MacAllister Joins Army As Band Drum Major
Archibald MacAlister of Joliet leaves twirling classes after the first week in March to join Camp Forest Tennessee as drum major for the 129th Infantry band of Mt Morris The induction is March 5 and the unit arrives March 10 for a one year service near Nashville Tennessee
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Archie .MacAlister
Joliet
Camp Forest
Tennessee
129Th Infantry Band
Mt. Morris
Nashville
MacAlister
McConnell to Speak at F F A Parent Son Banquet
W R McConnell of Miami University Ohio will address the Future Farmers of America Parent Son banquet on March 17. Sterling F F A basketball beat Rock Falls 20 to 16 as Harold Steiner captains the team with Ray Mellett as manager. An advisory council for the local F F A chapter has been appointed, including officers Wayne Fried richs Leo Megli Harold Steiner Keith Smith and Ray Mellett plus class representatives from sophomore and first year groups. February 28 marks Dad's Night with fathers invited for games stunts contests and motion pictures. Committee members include Jim Wink Marlin LeFevre recreation Smith Mellett Knox refreshments Koster Megli Lanner and the general committee George Reitzel Kenneth Harms Clarence Strock.
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Wayne Friedrichs
Leo Megli
Harold Steiner
Keith Smith
Ray Mellett
Bill Buckingham
Keith Wells
Farmer Dad’s
Jim Wink
Marlin LeFevre
Smith
Mellett
Knox
Koster
Megli
Lanner
Sterling Future Farmer
Rock Falls
W. R. McConnell
Mr. McConnell
Miami University
Ohio
George Reitzel
Kenneth Harms
Clarence Strock
Practice Debate With Mendota Held Here on February 5
Students in fifth and sixth period study hall heard a practice debate here on February 5 between Mendota and Sterling on whether federal government power should be increased. Gordon Behrens and Marion Palmer defended the affirmative while two Mendota debaters argued the negative. Behrens then assisted Janie Bartel in the second debate supporting the opposing side.
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Mendota
Sterling
Gordon Behrens
Marion Palmer
Janie Bartel
Et-E-Kette Sequel Reveals Quiz Scene And Teasing Hope
The narrator recalls a lively classroom moment where a student gains attention, answers a question, and is promised a chance to improve with makeup exams. The tone playful and teasing suggests ongoing adventures with the senior, love troubles, and light humor as the month ends.
Iowa State University Offers Nearby Training For Senior Graduates
Iowa State University offers nearby training, highlighting Ames as the key site for Engineering, Agriculture, and Home Economics. The piece notes lower living costs, abundant cooperatives financing some education, and robust fraternity systems while comparing costs, opportunities, and scholastic standards with Illinois and Iowa City. The Ames campus is praised for beauty, slower pace, and strong agricultural emphasis.
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Iowa State University
Illinois
Iowa State
Iowa City
Ames
Middle West
Ilinois
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
US of Iowa
Iowa
S. H. S. Students Honor Faithful Junk-Jobs Cars
S. H. S. students pay humorous tribute to their aging cars. Glenn Ellmaker’s 1926 Dodge is the oldest galloper, barely runs in winter. Don Nath pilots a 1929 Flint hearse sedan, Wayne Friedrich and Raymond Lowry bring battered 1929 models, and Sara Jane Scott and others favor Chevrolet and Model A coupes. Sara Jane’s car jokes about being a taxi.
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Glenn Ellmaker
Glenn
Don Nath
Wayne Friedrich
Chrysler
Raymond Lowry
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MacAllister
Army
McConnell
Bank
Toodle Woo
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