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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
7
A lively Sterling High page sketches New Year resolutions from students and couples in a social whirl. It names many juniors and seniors with hints of dances, confessions, and evolving pairings amid school life and local hangouts.
Future Farmers announce new officers Norman Schuneman president Roy Beck vice president Kenneth Mannon secretary Arthur Koster treasurer Chester Long reporter Charles Knuth watchdog The group plans a thrift bank and starts judging practice for the spring contest at Oregon February 19 with thirty schools competing A basketball schedule includes Rock Falls Milledgeville Dixon and Morrison A father and son banquet is planned for March 14 with Rev Uhlinger as speaker Christmas toy drive aided Mt Carmel home Illinois Farm Bureau delegate Warren Friedrichs served as usher J A Twardock praised for leadership and team records
The Annual Board reports steady progress under editor Elmer Barraclough. The January fifth meeting at seven saw the literary sports typing society track G A A and picture groups each contribute their share to the year book.
Society notes describe sleigh rides and New Year celebrations with the Mistletoe Swing dance. Guests at watch parties include Elmer Barraclough Ida Jayne Blanchard and Bob Castendyck Pat Donahue with others noted at front-row theatre events and after basketball gatherings.
Six debate teams head to DeKalb on the twenty second for a dekalb speakers tournament. Two teams enter Augustana College meet in Rock Island on February fourth and fifth. Mendota teams from Morris Kewanee Galena Sandwich Pontiac Princeton Sterling and Mendota competed. Wentworth Military Academy Inter state Invitational in Lexington March eighteenth and nineteenth draws fifteen to twenty schools. New members to be initiated by month end. Mrs McAndrews attends each morning to examine ill students in the little room next to Miss Turnell's.
In a classroom discussion a student notes that moving pictures help make history clearer and biology life cycles vivid. The school, S. H. S., boasts projectors and 16mm machines to enhance lessons with slides and films under Mr. Hoogeveen's supervision.
Faculty members spent the holiday season in varied ways. Several stayed in Sterling or visited relatives in Illinois and nearby states, while others attended conferences in Springfield and Chicago. Travel included trips to Bloomington, Des Moines, Beloit, and Lima, with some enjoying performances in Chicago and family gatherings in La Harpe and Grinnell.
The Mistletoe Swing, chaired by Virginia Miller and Lyle Hall, stood out as the main holiday event. Decorations by Shirley Jenkins and committee drew compliments, with guests in new formals entering under a grand wreath. Keith Healey led the floor show featuring Fields and Fadden tap, a junior chorus, and solos by Puckett Hubbard and Beverly Anderson. Alumni attended the gala.
Dr. Hilton Ira Jones spoke to students and parents in the high school auditorium on how chemistry can shape business and government. He cited waste material reuse and by products as key examples and urged collaboration between sectors with science. The talk was the third of four lectures by the science club led by Lyle Swartley. Mrs. Dick Ericson and her husband are in Florida and the Bahamas.
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