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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1941
Page
3
The Latin club sponsors a tea dance at the school on Tuesday March 11. Dancing begins after school and lasts about two hours with new mixers tried. Admission is inexpensive and open to all. no date is required. Joanna Prentiss chairs the committee with assistants Fay Ewbank Ellen Haskell Tom Bogaard and Jean Coats.
French and Latin clubs plan a joint meeting at the high school next Thursday evening. Program includes a boys quartet Bob Griesser Gordon Behrens Neil Puckett Jacque Sterenberg and John Adams, plus an amusia lay by Ellen Haskell Don Wallick and Ralph Wade. Clubs play Truth and Consequences rounds, then songs and dancing. John Platt hosts.
Miss Harriet Echternach has been chosen as a speaker for the Ulinois Classical Conference to be held at Knox College Galen burg Illinois on March 6 7 and 8 The subject is What are the classics contributing toward the progress of social studies Echternach will discuss from the economics standpoint Others include D Roy Mathews from the Law viewpoint Alfred Newcombe from history and Miss Steinmiller from civics The conference will feature a play Thursday evening and three days of panel discussions speeches and reports Miss Echternach a veteran Latin teacher at Sterling Township is also author of two Latin workbooks.
The S. H. 8S. debate team from Sterling earned a superior rating at the Coe college debate tournament in Cedar Rapids Iowa held on the 6th 7th and 8th. Among 24 schools only six received the superior certificate with Sterling the sole Illinois entry. Team members Janie Bartel Marion Palmer and Gordon Behrens attended along with two banquets and a drama performance. Gordon Behrens earned a superior speaker's rating as part of the upper quartile. Other superior teams included Davenport Fairfield Newton Burlington and Muscatine. This was Sterling's first such rating since 1939 and the year closes with plans for an Forensic club to foster public speaking.
The S. H. S. art department presents freshman university works from Illinois including landscape architecture, industrial designs, action sketches, oil paintings, watercolors, and pencil sketches. The display runs two weeks before moving to another high school with additional exhibits planned later in the season.
Students earned pins for typing speeds from 30 to 100 words a minute. Harriet Giddings won the latest typing award for 50 wpm in 15 minutes with five or fewer errors. Recipients include Doris Mae Welker Glenys Cullen Eien June Wallick Virginia Fridley Wayne Andreas Jean Beatty Marjorie Overcash Marion Schueler Elda Robbins Ruth Heisener Maxine Rosenow Clara Behrens Phyllis Geer Leora Jacobs Eileen Corrigan Ruth Manon and others.
Howard Tooley presents the Marching Men of Song assembly at school on Monday March 10. The male choir will perform operetta tunes from Rose Marie Maytime and The Student Prince along with grand opera selections, military numbers, and sailor songs in period costumes. Director and tenor Phil Clark, a Texas native, curated the program and will also perform dances as high spots.
J. A. Twardock and Miss Viola Strauch have led evening farm meetings for adults over several weeks. The ladies group includes about 40 women focusing on spinning weaving caning slip covers and rugs while the men cover cement mixing the 1941 farm program hybrid corn and related discussions. A joint meeting featured Rev Uhlinger reviewing The Bright Land. Refreshments and motion pictures follow each session.
Plans are under way for Whiteside county to hold a county music festival May 16 at the high school stadium. All grade and high schools will participate with mass vocal and instrumental units, a combined high school band, a rural tonette ensemble, high school glee clubs, and mixed choruses. Gunnar Benson is chairman, with music already selected and in rehearsal. This inaugural event aims to become an annual series.
Dorothy Hoener is named chairman of the Windy Whirl annual sophomore dance to be held Saturday March 1 in the school gym. Committee chairs include Merrill Church tickets Tom Bogaard Keith Brown orchestra June Desmond Bill Adams, Gene Kelley decor Dan Troye Arlene Eldred publicity Barbara Bell Helen Becker refreshments. dance starts at 4 30 with Gil Hebard and his Swingsters.
E E Small, mathematics instructor at S H S, was chosen president of the Whiteside County Education Association for the coming year. He was elected at the two day annual meeting held February 6 and 7 at Morrison High School with Sterling teachers contributing to sessions. A R DeVoe led the business meeting and speakers included Dr Frederick S Breed of the University of Chicago and Dr Charles L Anspach of Central State Teachers College.
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