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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1937
Page
6
The Sterling Script is a monthly school newspaper published by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It serves as a student-run forum featuring campus news events activities and club reports for the school community.
A long roster lists editors reporters and staff positions at the school newspaper. Names include Elmer Barraclough Naomi Benters Hildegarde Gantzert John Stabler and others across editorial sports and birth section staff.
An editorial argues training regulations in schools must be strictly enforced to foster loyal, responsible athletes who can compete under pressure. It notes some boys break rules to alibi to coaches, risking honesty and school loyalty, while praising Sterling’s proud, clean team discipline.
The passage argues that concentration is crucial for success in both school and life. It notes some students naturally develop it while others remain scatterbrained, and emphasizes that paying attention yields immediate dividends by helping students understand expectations and handle classroom situations.
Puckett Names the winners list Moonlight and Shadows as number one and Goodnight My Love in second. Ive Got My Love To Keep Me Warm and This Years Kisses also rank highly with Boo Hoo and Easy To Love shown among the top picks.
A wide range of new titles arrives. Highlights include Bob Benchley’s My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew and An American Doctor's Odyssey by Fred Sterenberg. Also featured are works on Paris London Chinese art and a complete Mark Twain set.
Birthdays listed for February and March include numerous individuals with dates ranging from February 13 to March 14. Names mentioned include Douglas Cassens Warren Siddles Edward White Alicemae Richards Melvin Betts Russell Wagenknecht Lawrence Wiker Richard Wallace Nivetta Charlees Margery Jones Harold Wade Lanita Bendewald Kenneth Melvin Bernice Schultz Betty Woodyatt Alvena Holy Jack Olmstead Mabel Folkers Oliver Taylor Edgar Houseman Paul Bjork Mary Jane Crump Leslie Schrader Janet Ewbank Ray Pettit James Camps Walter Helms Paul Johnson Elmer Keefer Beverly Schrader Virginia Brown Evelyn Hussing Marie Burkett Merrill Tabor Clarence Cross Myrtle Fritz Harriet Kidd Virginia Martz Dorothy Myers Betty Faulkner Earl Giddings Lyle Swartley Dorothy Lambert Vincent Mays Lorraine Allen Eleanor.
A brief piece emphasizes listening as part of a pleasant personality. It notes etiquette requires attention in company and in class to speakers. The message highlights that paying attention yields benefits.
A humorous grim story from Income Texas follows Doc Brown and Sally, a doomed romance ending in Sally’s explosive death and Doc’s odd fishing method with tobacco. The piece leans into dark punchlines and macabre jokes central to Prof. Hashhandel’s style.
A sequence of names with ages and dates is presented, including Mary Wilbern Rankin aged 15 and many others up to Janet Prestin aged 16, plus a second block listing Robert Andrews and others with April 2 dates and birthdays from 4 to 16.
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