District contest acts draw 21 bands and S Club banquet
Chicago announcer Bob Elson will be the guest speaker at the S Club banquet on Tuesday March 14 at the coliseum. G A A will serve dinner at 630 pm with tickets on sale to the public and discounted for S H S students. Elson, famed Windy City sportscaster, will share anecdotes from baseball football hockey and more before heading to California camps. Sterling residents praise his engaging talk and he is kept busy year round.
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Bob Elson
Chicago
Windy City
Sterling
Cub
White Sox
California
Elson
Morrison
1939 Blue and Gold Displays New Features
The 1939 Blue and Gold annual advances with more pictures and informal shots. Senior adviser Miss Echternach notes subscriptions through March 15, Mary Andrews oversees the yearbook with Bob Salm and the board. A full page colored photo of the school debuts with a new cover and free dance tickets for subscribers.
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Miss Echternach
Mary Andrews
Bob Salm
Friday Classes for Jitterbugs Begin This Year
Miss Turnell restarts ballroom dancing lessons for students to learn essentials and join school social functions. Three beginner and three intermediate groups accommodate 283 signups, with enrolment open to all. Classes run during girls’ gym periods while boys adjust their schedule.
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Turnell
Miss Turnell
Richards elected director of National Bandmasters Association
Sterling band director J. J. Richards was elected director for 1939 40 at the National Bandmasters Association convention in Fort Dodge Iowa He conducted his march Shield of Liberty and remains a leading composer with more than a hundred marches and overtures He joined Sterling two years ago after a career with Barnum and Bailey Circus Ringling Brothers and others He is also author of two musician books and leads the S H and Community bands.
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Sterling
J. J. Richards
National Bandmasters’ Association
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Richards
United States
Richarda
American Bandmasters’ Association
Mr. Richards
Grandon Civic Center
Tripoli
Alexander
American Conservatory of Music
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Pittsburg
Kansas
Sterling Band Group
Latin Students Stage Catiline Conspiracy Play at Club Meeting
Latin Club members present The Collapse of the Catilinian Conspiracy a short play from early Rome March 7 with Sanford Mitchell as Catiline and Bob Philips as Lentulus Jim Brown Marjorie John Darlene Weber Na Mae Brogh Arlene Karel portray apiritora Evelyn Shaible speaks on Catiline and Ruth Welton covers Cicero. Pat Donahue shares music Dale Schumacher assists and Mary Anna Turnroth leads games. The season closes after a 260 attendance fifth basketball dance on Friday February 17 with chairman June Frysinger and Jack Phelps orchestra.
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Catiline
Sanford Mitchell
Bob Philips
Lentulus
Conapiritora
Valturicius
Cethagus
Statilius
Ceparius
Galinius
Evelyn Shaible
Ruth Welton
Cicero
Pat Donahue
Dale Schumacher
Mary Anna Turnroth
June Frysinger
Jack Phelps
Debaters Travel To Princeton Tuesday
The Sterling S H S debate team heads to Princeton on Tuesday for the second round of conference contests after a win and loss against Mendota on February 23. Judge J W Burland from Rockford officiated with Mendota having defeated Princeton twice, and Sterling aiming to match that feat. The league closes March 11 at North Central College Naperville with a three‑team meet against Sandwich DeKalb and Morris, as Sterling pursues its best year, already placing high in Wheaton and league standings.
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Princeton
Sterling
Mendota
J. W. Burland
Rockford
North Central College
Naperville
Sandwich
DeKalb
Morris
Sterling Debaters
Wheaton
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Spring Vacation Starts March 31 at Local School
The break begins Friday March 31 and runs through Monday April 10. The board plans to redecorate several rooms and conduct a general overhaul during the flu epidemic inspired vacation period.
District Musical Contest Entries At Sterling In March
Illinois School Band and Orchestra Associations gear up for the District Musical Contest in Sterling on March 18 and 26. Sixteen schools signaled entries for solos ensembles or orchestras with state Champaign eligibility at stake. Judges include Iowa and Illinois educators from Coe College Augustana Davenport High Sigourney and more.
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Illinois
Sterling
Champaign
Iowa
George Wessely
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Himie Y Voxman
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Thomas Collins
Davenport
M. Kesner
Augustana College
Rock Island
M. Mortibay
P. Dawson
Council Bluffs
Friedrichs Plans State Future Farmers Broadcast
Warren Friedrichs state president of the Future Farmers of America plans a 15 to 20 minute program on the state Future Farmer program of work and association accomplishments to be presented at the Kinois Vocational Association meeting in Moline Illinois in April. He will chair a committee to discuss sponsoring a leadership camp at Springfield later this year while a teachers group led by Mr Twardock will address the same issue during the Illinois Vocational Association meetings April 14 to 16. Mr Eades departed for Cleveland to attend the national meeting of the American Association of School Administrators and was expected to return tomorrow.
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Warren Friedrichs
Future Farmers of America
Kinois Vocational Association
Moline
Warren
Springfield
Twardock
Youg
Illinois Vocational Association
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Bandmasters’ Association
Erie
Ashton
Sparland
Senachwine Community High
Henry
Galva
Orion
Geneseo
Buda
Aledo
Tiskilwa
Eades
Cleveland
Ohio
American Association of School Administrators
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