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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1937
Page
7
A lively roundup of local mentions from the senior dance and New Year festivities. Couples and encounters fill the scene at town events, with notes on injuries, car incidents, and upcoming plans involving students, staff, and townsfolk.
Lois and Jean Beier enjoyed a Christmas vacation in the South with stops at Sarasota the Fountain of Youth in St Petersburg Miami Beach and cities like St Augustine and Jacksonville They returned home January 3 Taking the East coast trip Miss Rawson Miss Brough toured New York Washington and attended multiple plays including Hamlet Victoria Regina The Wingless Victory and Night at Eight Thirty Others watched First Lady Jane Eyre and Jane Eyre in Washington and noted Katherine Hepburn Kathy Hepburn in New York City travels through the holidays
Erika Morini, renowned violinist, performed at the Coliseum on January 14 to strong applause from many students. Her pianist Arthur Balsam offered several excellent selections. Morini plans a Europe tour in April and a May appearance at King George VI’s coronation in London.
Special prices offered to high school students for the matinee next Wednesday. Stars include Leslie Howard Norma Shearer John Barrymore Edna Mae Oliver C Aubrey Smith Ralph Forbes Reginald Denny Andy Devine. Shakespeare language retained and historical accuracy shown in sets and costumes.
Bob Johnson, last year’s top journalist at S. H. S., spent ten weeks before the holidays at the Federal prison at Chillicothe, Ohio, not as an inmate but assisting the athletic director. He was sent on the job by Antioch College. Miss Ludens screened Alaska films by her father in class yesterday and Hawaii clips by Mr. Joe Bittorf.
The piece collects a group of student voices criticizing the new exam schedule and personal jibes about names and campus conduct. It includes comments from Gene Dies Bob Fields George Huber Betty Northington Helen Pough and a senior signer. Mr Bowers notes his upcoming departure and hopes for student progress.
Mr. Robbins offers a second semester course on social and economic problems with Civic leaders speaking from experience. Tours to the post office and fire department are planned. A second year course by Mr. Small targets students skipping college, focusing on home budgeting and car costs.
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