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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1965
Page
2
Dr Sims warns that cramming for exams wastes knowledge, drains brain cells, risks mental and nervous exhaustion, and lowers infection resistance. Rests and steady study prevent fatigue and the need for stay awake pills. A regular routine helps health and exam success.
The Iowa Tests of Educational Development were given to sophomores all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning March 2 and 3. This marked the first use of closed circuit television for instructions. The tests focus on broad intellectual skills and understanding rather than memorized facts, and are the same ones used in the 8th grade.
Sterling High School FFA earned multiple honors at a recent awards assembly. The chapter won five of seven teen categories in a sectional contest with 18 area high schools. Winners include Wayne Pough first in farm mechanics and livestock production, Arvin Johnson in small grain production, Larry Ebersole in livestock production, and Jim Ethridge in farm and home safety. Wayne and Jim advance to Section II public speaking.
Spanish Club members enjoyed a February 25 gathering starting with dinner at a Spanish restaurant featuring tacos enchiladas and tostadas. They then watched a double feature at the State Theatre with Spanish dialogue. The march 11 meeting screened The Alphabet Conspiracy.
Coach Robert Henard was guest speaker at the February Future Teachers of America meeting. He stressed knowing teaching requirements before college and outlined common college courses. A Q&A session followed where many questions were answered by Coach Heward.
February 16 meeting featured Jane Puterbaugh and Laurel Rick discussing German resistance to Nazism in World War II. Mrs Griesser presented slides from West Germany and Berlin, plus snapshots pamphlets and theatre programs. May 1 was set as tentative Chicago trip date. refreshments by Eric Mosher.
Randy Osborn is Student Council president and a multi sport athlete active in football basketball and track. He plans West Point or Western Illinois University and a math major. Pat McCormick earns honor society and junior rotary, excels in GAA monitor duties and guitar, with a future teaching path. Jane, eighth hour monitor and editor, sings in choir and excels in honors society, plans Illinois State University for special education.
Glen Weatherwax a SHS senior is named a semi-finalist in the Illinois State Scholarship competition. He is a Junior Rotarian and a National Honor Society member, serving as vice president of the Student Council and leading assemblies despite claiming to be an introvert. He plans to attend Illinois State University for a history and political science double major and aims to teach high school before becoming a college professor.
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