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Sterling Script

Location

Sterling, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1935

Page

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The Sterling Script Special Edition Staff Box

A structured masthead lists editors managers and reporters for The Sterling Script Special Edition. Notable names include Everett Myers Arden Ewbank Lois Reitzel Burton Ferguson Tom Stabler and Frances Conner among others in the editorial and commercial departments.

Ing Rae Nore Esbee Everett Myers Arden Ewbank Miss Lovrien Eades Lois Reitzel Burton Ferguson Tom Stabler George McClanathan Frances Conner Lynn Timmons James Lawson J. T. Mortensen, Jr Dorothy Ann Kidd Betty Stevens Lillian Voeltz Mary Belle Haglund

Open House at Sterling Township High School

Sterling township high school invites parents patrons and general supporters to an open house to strengthen cooperation between school and home. The faculty emphasize mutual goodwill and social mingling as keys to student life and invite constructive criticism and future visits.

Sterling Township High School

Home Economics Three Year Course Offered

The home economics department under Miss Neff and Miss Bassett offers three years of study. First year girls study cooking, second year sewing, and third year home management with topics from the home, family, finances, sanitation, child care, heredity, and environment. Students prepare a baby layette and miniature living room, plus garment sewing and fabric education. Tonight, posters on meals and food value appear, and chocolate cookies from class will be served to visitors.

Debaters Active in Inter-School Competitions

The debate club reports high activity with all members trying out and most engaging in at least one inter-school debate. Members gain experience through club meetings, parliamentary drill, and extemporaneous speaking opportunities.

Senior Assembly Reopens as School Library in Two Offices

Three librarians convert the former senior assembly into a library with second hand shelves and a new charging system. Four graduate students assist cataloguing under Miss Lovrien while staff describe the weekly rhythm of students from Murphyites to seniors and the weary but noble work of keeping shelves in order.

Harriet Ports Betty Stevens Ellen Hall Anna Marie Young Lovrien Willie

Open House For Mr Stone In A Busy School Day

Parents visit a new school building to view classrooms offices and the lab. They inspect desks detention areas and the sewing room while children and teachers showcase work and routines. The event ends as students leave and families discuss the experience.

Father Mother

Girls Athletes Receive Varied Program Under Yeager

Dorothy Ann Kidd reports that girls in the program enjoy a rapid rise in athletics and G A A activities under Gertrude Yeager. Despite equipment limits, a well rounded schedule is offered with each girl required to complete at least two hours of gym work.

Dorothy Ann Kidd Gertrude Yeager

Girls Athletic Association Programs and Activities

Freshmen receive hygiene lessons while routines include speed ball hit pin baseball tap and folk dancing basket ball volley ball tumbling and baseball with season adjustment. Tournaments in volley ball and basketball invite all girls. A rhythm revue was presented last year. The association has 76 members and groups enjoy bicycling hiking roller skating with stunts during basketball halves at the coliseum and occasional parties.

Girls’ Athletic Association

Latin Still Important In Education For Citizenship

The article argues Latin remains crucial in education, examining its role in shaping citizenship. It asserts Latin enhances cultural and disciplinary training, noting no subject has tested better in contributing to education and overall student development.

Commercial Work Popular Subjects At Sterling High

Sterling High’s commercial department under Miss Hunt and Miss Peterson is the largest elective area, with three divisions shorthand typing and bookkeeping. First year shorthand runs 60 to 80 wpm, second year 100 to 120 wpm, with pins earned for various speeds. Night classes run 20 weeks October to March, enrollment about 60. Spring contests involve three person teams. sixteen Sterling students entered the district contest in Oregon on April 27, taking second among 12 schools, with ten advancing to the sectional at Mount Morris on May 11.

Miss Hunt Mias Peterson Sterling Oregon Mount Morris

Sterling High Adds Animal Husbandry and Biology

Agriculture, dropped in 1928, resumed last year under Mr. Hoogeveen. Course in soil and crops replaced by animal husbandry this year covering breeds, judging, feeding, care, and management of cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs with slides and field trips. Biology was added, featuring two quarters on animal life and field trips.

Sterling Hoogeveen Sterling High

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