Biographies for English students reading list
A school column lists biography titles popular with readers and reports on accessible works. Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin, Stein, Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth and Essex, Booker T. Washington, Hull House, Virginia Woolf, and Paul de Kruif volumes are highlighted as engaging selections for student reports and study.
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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
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Marie
Grand Duchess
Russia
Paul de Kruif
S H S Students Enter March Music Contest
Sterling Township band and mixed chorus will enter the district and sectional music contest to be held in March. Mr. Richards and Mr. Stryker prepare soloists. instrumental soloists include Jacque Sterenberg Harold Stone LaVerne Hoener Jack Chapman Paul Young Katherine Detweiler Fay Ewbank Virginia Gelaz Dorothy Ward. vocal soloists include Alice Burns Mariann Birch Julia Heida and 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 Burns
Mariann Birch
Paulina Baker
Mary McCormic to Appear Here At Local High School
Internationally famed American soprano Mary McCormic is slated for a future appearance at the high school. She has appeared here before to warm receptions and recently sang at Chicago’s Heidelberg cafe. Her career includes Chicago debut in 1922, European debut in 1930, and performances with the London Symphony Orchestra and Paris Monte Carlo groups.
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Mary McCormic
Miss McCormic
Old Heidelberg Cafe
Chicago
Carmen
Paris
London Symphony Orchestra
Monte Carlo
New Night School Course In Shop Mathematics Offered
A new two hour night school course in shop mathematics has been introduced this year and is popular among factory workers. Instructor E. E. Small says the class, which includes a short trig fundamentals section, is aimed at employees in local shops seeking to improve their mathematical skills.
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E. E. Small
Wayne Friedrichs
Leo Megli
Harold Steiner
Keith Smith
Ray Mellett
Bill Buckingham
Keith Wells
Sterling High School Army Stages Snow Battle at Civic Center
At the Grandon Civic Center on a snowy Tuesday January 28 Sterling High School soldiers led by General Royal Breed clashed with General George Buell’s group. The mock battle ended in a truce after disobedience of orders to avoid snowballs.
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Sterling
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
Nanan
Principal Eades Speaks at State Schoolmasters Meeting
Principal Roscoe Eades was invited to speak at the Illinois Schoolmasters meeting held February 7 in Bloominton. He discussed Keeping the School Open After 4 P M and described Sterling High School’s after school programs including night school homemaking and citizenship classes.
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Roscoe Eades
Illinois
Bloomington
Eades
Sterling
MacAllister Joins Army as Band Drum Major
Joliet baton instructor Archie MacAllister leaves after the first week in March for Camp Forest Tennessee to serve as drum major with the 129th Infantry Band of Mt Morris. Induction on March 5 with camp arrival March 10 for a one year term.
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Archie .MacAllister
Joliet
Camp Forest
Tennessee
129Th Infantry Band
Mt. Morris
Nashville
MacAllister
McConnell to Speak at F F A Parent Son Banquet
W R McConnell from Miami University Ohio will address the Future Farmer Parent Son Banquet set for March 17. The event features a robed choir and high school orchestra with committee members listed for program recreation and refreshments. Sterling F F A notes a 20 to 16 win over Rock Falls and announces a February 28 Dad night.
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McConnell
Farmer Dad’s
Jim Wink
Marlin LeFevre
Smith
Mellott
Knox
Koster
Megli
Sanner
Sterling Future Farmer
Rock Falls
Harold Steiner
Ray Mellett
W. R. McConnell
Mr. McConnell
Miami University
Ohio
George Reitzel
Kenneth Harms
Clarence Strock
Practice Debate Between Mendota and Sterling Here
Students in fifth and sixth period study hall heard a practice debate on February 5 between Mendota and Sterling. The subject was Should the power of the federal government be increased. Gordon Behrens and Marion Palmer defended the affirmative while two Mendota debaters argued the negative. Behrens later joined Janie Bartel to defend the negative.
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Mendota
Sterling
Gordon Behrens
Marion Palmer
Janie Bartel
Quiz Relief and Renewal in a Busy Morning
An anxious student finally answers a question and learns the teacher will allow makeup exams. The piece ends with a playful note about future columns addressing love troubles and junior woes, closing with a lighthearted sign off.
Iowa State University Training For Senior Graduates
Iowa State University offers nearby training options for senior graduates with campuses in Ames and Iowa City. The article highlights Ames as strong in engineering and agriculture, cooperative living reducing costs, and guaranteed jobs for engineers after graduation. It notes cheaper living, higher out of state costs, and robust fraternity life supporting social and scholarly standards.
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Iowa State University
Illinois
Iowa State
Iowa City
Ames
Middle West
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
US of Iowa
Iowa
S H S Students Pay Honor To Their Faithful Junk-jobs
S H S students highlight their aging cars in a humorous tribute. Glenn Ellmaker’s 1926 Dodge rides oldest, while Don Knuth pilots a 1929 Flint hearse sedan. Others include Friedrichs Chrysler Lowrys Model A and several Chevy drivers among the group.
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Glenn Ellmaker
Glenn
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