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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
6
The Sterling Script is a school publication by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It presents monthly student journalism and club reports from the Sterling community.
A partial roster lists roles from editor to typists and administration. Names include Etta May Anspach, Robert Johnson, Eugene Young, Cynthia Irwin, and Roy Friesen among many others across editors, clubs, athletics, birthdays, exchange, and administration.
Editorial notes express sympathy to Miss Hunt on her mother’s death during illness in Sterling. The Gazette also extends condolences to Virginia Grandon and her mother on the death of Virginia’s father, Mr. Grandon, the paper’s managing editor and an ally of high school activities and journalism.
The germ of scarlet fever is a form of streptococcus and can infect the throat severely. An antitoxin exists but immunization lasts only weeks. Early symptoms mimic a cold and sore throat, prompting preventive measures as Sterling schools closed Thursday and Friday. Shirley Walker and Marilyn Bogett are new S H S champions after defeating Rock Island boys. Follow Uncle Lem adventures in Script.
A 1936 school resolutions feature urges students at S. H. S. to value education, friendships, and discipline. It stresses using the year to improve oneself and others, making the school experience meaningful and memorable.
Freshmen Bob Salm, sophomores Lyle Swartley, Sue Rubright and senior Janet Hoover advocate a student council. They cite benefits like increased school interest, initiative, leadership, student voice, and closer contact with faculty, while noting concerns about rules and local popularity.
Lem Perkins travels to the city for a day and encounters pushy coffee sellers a hat with a red band a taxi request a tea room hostesses and a strict hotel with quirky rules the tale ends as he steps from the station to explore more with a note of continuing adventures.
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