Nation Mourns Jane Addams Beloved Hull House Founder
The nation mourns the death of Jane Addams a pioneer social worker and author of Twenty Years at Hull House Her life shaped Chicago reform and she inspired girls nationwide Her connection to Miss Forbes and Sterling ties to James Weber Linn are noted in the obituary style tribute
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Jane Addams
Miss Forbes
Hull House
Chicago
Miss Addams
Cedarville
Rockford College
London
Sterling
James Weber Linn
University of Chicago
Northwestern alumni meet sparks candle service in Dixon
Miss Ludens secretary of the Northwestern university alumni association spoke at a candle lighting service in Dixon. Several Sterling students attending Northwestern joined Miss Ludens for the ensuing dinner.
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Miss Ludens
Northwestern University
Dixon
Sterling
Northwestern
Densolated and Sparsolated Enter Tic Dimond Prizes
Tic Dimond coins a new pair of terms in a class history discussion. He introduces densolated to describe densely populated regions and sparsolated as its antonym. The coinage aims to enrich lexicography with a playful yet practical pair of descriptors.
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Japan
Tic
Hi-Y Groups Complete Year of Varied Activity
Senior Hi-Y officers led a productive year with Arden Ewbank as president and a team including Lynn Timmons Bill Black Bill Sims Dan Metzger and advisers J F Robbins Lyle B Wilcox I A Bowers and T Ross Young Vocational educational and entertaining speakers highlighted the year Delegates attended the State Older Boys Conference in Freeport in December With Sterling clubs joining Rock Falls to host a district Older Boys Conference at the Y M C A and Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal church New leaders elected for next year include Senior Hi Y Herbert Bell Robert Book Eugene Young Frank Geoffrey and Jack Metzger Junior Hi Y Don Fehrenbach Milton Green Donald Zbinden Paul Johnson The new officers were inducted at the annual mother and son banquet.
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Hi-Y
Arden Ewbank
Lynn Timmons
Bill Black
Bill Sims
Dan Metzger
Hi-V
Jack Longabaugh
Robert Book
Bill Will
Jack Metzger
J. FE. Robbins
Lyle B. Wilcox
I. A. Bowers
T. Ross Young
Freeport
Sterling
Rock Falls
Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Herbert Bell
Eugene Young
Frank Geoffrey
Don Fehrenbach
Milton Green
Donald Zbinden
Paul Johnson
Summer school slated to run nine weeks after commencement
Summer school will begin the day after commencement and continue for about nine weeks. Courses will be determined according to demand, announced today by Mr. Eades.
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Eades
Prom Details Near Completion at 5S High
Junior seniors plan the annual prom at the Coliseum Saturday at 6 30 PM with a reception at the door and seats assigned. An elite Northern Illinois orchestra, a secret decoration theme, and a floor show promise a thriller as committees led by Huber Birch Thomas Kidd Councellor Batteiger Ward Bell organize the gala.
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H. S
Coliseum
Northern Illinois
Marijane Huber
Margaret Birch
Margaret Thomas
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Geraldine Councellor
Carol Batteiger
Jane Ward
Herbert Bell
Practical Geography Lectures Planned For Fall Series
A series of seven or eight lectures in practical geography will be presented next fall by local travelers who will speak about various foreign countries.
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