Sterling and Dekalb Race for Conference Title
An oath and initiation event by the S club precedes exams, with twenty three new members welcomed after a raucous pre initiation display. Names listed include Fay Bodk, Charles Eversole, Willie Sims, Jake Amsbaugh, Jack Longabaugh, Bob Johnson, Ray Falls, Charles Langrey, John Salm, Burdette Miller, Leland Myers, Bill Metcalf, George Dies, Bud Seagren, Al Hill, Larry Wheeler, Bob Andrews, Lawrence Coats, Tommy Magin, Dick Nicol, Don Clark, Bob Besse, and John McCombs.
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S” Club
Fay
Charles Eversole
Willie Sims
Jake Amsbaugh
Jack Longabaugh
Bob Johnson
Ray Falls
Charles Langrey
John Salm
Burdette Miller
Leland Myers
Bill Metcalf
George Dies
Bud Seagren
al Hill
Larry Wheeler
Bob Andrews
Lawrence Coats
Tommy Magin
Dick Nicol
Don Clark
Bob Besse
John McCombs
Conference standings reveal two way tie for first
Sterling and DeKalb share the Conference lead with 3 1 records each. Dixon is third with 1 2 and Belvidere 2 1. Rochelle stands fifth at 2 2 with Mendoza at 0 4. Lightweight: Dixon 3 0 leads, DeKalb 3 1 second, Sterling and Rochelle tied for third at 2 2, Belvidere fourth, Mendota last at 0 4.
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Sterling
DeKalb
Dixon
Belvidere
Rochelle
Mendoza
Mendota
G A A Members Present Perform Clog Dance at Dixon Game
A group of 58 G A A members staged a clog dance during the first half of the Dixon game on Friday the 11th. Dressed in blue gym suits, they danced to Sterling High School band music led by Miss Yeager. Doris Geer and Cynthia Irwin led two lines on opposite floor sides as the routine concluded with a spiral march.
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Dixon
Sterling High
Doris Geer
Cynthia Irwin
Miss Yeager
Author Professor Harry F Weber Honored in Script Feature
The Script introduces Dr. Harry F Weber a Sterling High School alumnus and Lockhaven State Teachers College professor. Born July 24 1899 he earned degrees from Goshen Bluffton and earned a PhD after study at Wisconsin Northwestern. He wrote the Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois and collects rare books.
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Harry F. Weber
Sterling High School
Lockhaven State Teachers’ College
Lockhaven
Harry Weber
Sterling
John Weber
West Science Ridge
Goshen College
Indiana
Bluffton College
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern
Weber
Teachers’ College
Illinois
Bob Briggs Featured in Lyceum's Fourth Evening
The lyceum course presents its fourth number on February 18 with Bob Briggs, noted for his negro dialect readings. He will also sing musical anecdotes read poems and show scenes of southern life artfully reproduced on his easel.
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Lyceum
Bob Briggs
Callighan's Final Game Shocks Sterling in Narrow Loss
Sterling sputtered in a tough loss to DeKalb 21 to 10 as injuries and disputed calls hampered the Blues. The piece notes S. H. S. losses to Batavia 23 to 16 and Rock Falls 17 to 15, with Dixon 20 to 17 and Mendota 26 to 17 and Belvidere 31 to 22.
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Dekalb
BLUES
Sterling
Batavia
Sterline
Rock Falls
Dixon
Mendota
Belvidere
Jack
Keyhole) Callighan
S. H. S. Rock Falls
Thomson
Joses Oleson
G A A Teams Organize For Inter Class Basketball Tournament
Under Miss Yeager guidance the G A A has formed basketball squads in physical education classes. In late month the inter class tournament promises to be exciting due to skilled players. Captains are Jeanette Meggars Hazel Oltmans Arlene Pyse Margaret Gebhardt Dorothy Ann Kidd Jane Vickrey Lola Hartshorn Marjorie King Jeanne Walker and June Smith.
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Miss Yeager
Jeanette Meggars
Hazel Oltmans
Arlene Pyse
Margaret Gebhardt
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Jane Vickrey
Lola Hartshorn
Marjorie King
Jeanne Walker
June Smith
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Sterling and Dekalb
Order In “Blood and Thunder” Meeting of Society
Callighan
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