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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
7
A playful column catalogs the many Little Rollos involved in campus social shenanigans. From hotel slights to note reading and lunch hour escapades, the piece notes freshmen crushes, mischief, and whispered gossip around Willamette era life.
Dialog snippets capture fan banter during a game including calls to players and referees. Loud crowd moments, band noise, flirtatious comments, and light gossip create a snapshot of the arena atmosphere.
Twelve girls from the G A A perform a wooden shoe dance at the coliseum for a Republican rally and at the Westminster Club event. Miss Neff designed their Dutch costumes, Sue Hendricks plays piano, and the group is led by Miss Gertrude Yeager. The dancers include Mabel Eckman Margaret Jane Smith Leona Goulding Marie Kommer Betty Stevens Jane Harden Ellen Hall Doris Geer Lois Wahl Frances Connor Helen Corbin Kathryn Yeager.
The schedule lists cheerleaders aiding Ports and Kreider for upcoming basketball games. Assignments include Mangans, Moore, Gebhardt, Walkers, King, Ward, Kidd across Sterling, Rock Falls, DeKalb, Mendota, Rochelle, Dixon, Freeport, Morrison and Belvidere from January 23 to March 2 with some games having no assistants.
Lockport High School reports freshmen dominate the honor roll with more names than sophomores or upperclassmen. Dixon’s intramural league is the Fowl League with Night Hawks and Screech Owls among teams. The Dixon Dramatic Club produced As the Clock Strikes a mystery comedy love story. Marian community marks its tenth anniversary with celebrations.
The piece recalls past memories of Mary Lois Heflebower Ibby Hungate Don Wing Willie Sims Bob Besse and George Wilbern. It imagines kindergarten style coaching and humorous antics then notes with a Dobbin Dance planned for January 30 during the Rock Falls Sterling game with fifteen two girl horses under Miss Neff.
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