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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
6
The Sterling Script is published monthly by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It serves as a school newspaper for students and staff detailing campus events, clubs, and student contributions.
A long staff list appears with editors and department heads named including Etta Anspach as editor in chief Robert Johnson city editor Eugene Young business manager William Sims circulation manager Larry Wheeler and many others across features athletics clubs and typists.
The editorial lauds Stella Coney retiring after thirty three years at Sterling High School. It notes her dedication to literature, her influence on pupils and alumni, and expresses regret at her departure while wishing happiness in writing and travel.
A school notice invites students to attend the prom with style and spirit. It encourages both boys and girls to participate, stressing social function support and enjoyment without requiring large sums of money. The message addresses boys and girls who have or lack dates and urges inquiry.
The speaker recalls a four year effort at Sterling Township High School to advance knowledge and liberty. He compares the class to a battlefield and urges dedication to learning and the nation under God, promising to uphold government by the people and for the people.
Two kids hurry to start a nature field trip and joke about a missing notebook. They boast about identifying birds and agree to keep notes on sightings for the trip.
Birth dates for numerous individuals are listed: Fred Brauer on May 8. Marilyn Bogett Janet Hoover Lois Musgrave on May 9. Darlene Hoover May 10. Betty Over May 12. Robert Zbinden Mason Bogh Mildred Fritz Bob Fields May 13. Don Clark May 15. Etta May Anspach Marian Benson Robert Book Bernice Waterbury Rose Anderson May 17. Mary Mair May 17. Law ton McCandless John Powell May 18. Helen Wright Dorothy Mae Hostetler May 20. Edward Rieger Keith Healey Harold Healey May 22. Clyde Sathoff May 24. Beverly Anderson May 25. Earl Burks Alfreda Wempe May 26. Betty Braitsch Dorothy Frank May 29. Evelyn Johnson May 30. Kenje Ogata Orin Book June 1. John Albers Mildred Weyrauch June 2. Jeanne Walker Dorothy Rogers June 3. Robert Burch Howard Gaffey June 4. Charles Gasso June 5.
Community event planners urge singles to attend a standalone prom night described as a carefree evening. Organizers emphasize enjoying the social scene with peers, encouraging participation for a lively experience.
The Romani Hodierni held its annual banquet Friday May 8 in the school gymnasium. Decorations recreated a Roman home with an altar bust, archway, and flowers. Members wore Roman attire. meals followed gustatio and cena with items like lactuca ova pullus panis fabae and placentae mala innocuum vinum. Dorothy Frank led, Lucille Ohnen danced, Lois Musgrave spoke, Bettijane Long played harp, and a play A Roman Wedding featured Margaret Birch and Edward Hay as bride and groom.
The Music Department staged a concert at the high school after May Day, led by Kenneth Bailey and John Howens. Selections ranged from Willoughby and Zamecnik works to Wagner and Faust pieces with performances by the orchestra, mixed and girls choirs, and the student band concluding with works by Ribble Holmes DeLamarter Yoder Sullivan and Weber.
Parents and patrons visited the school on April 29 to tour active classes and view student-made exhibits displayed across the rooms.
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