Senior Commencement Set for June 3 at Stadium
One hundred twenty eight seniors of the class of 1941 will hold their last unified graduation at Sterling Township high school stadium on Tuesday, June 3. If weather fails, exercises move to the following night. Dr Carl Adams, president of DeKalb State Teachers college, will speak on Changing Values Democracy and Education. The class will participate in the program with the high school band leading the procession and graduates in caps and gowns.
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Sterling Township
Carl Adams
DeKalb State Teachers College
Baccalaureate Service Set For June 1 At St John’s
Baccalaureate for the graduating class will be held at St John’s Lutheran Church on Sunday evening June 1. Rev A H Keck will deliver the sermon titled Do You Know Anything. The class will wear caps and gowns. The high school Robed Choir, recently placing first division at the state contest, will sing several numbers with assisting ministers Rev Norris Wilson and Rev H E Olson.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
A. H. Keck
St. John’s
Norris Wilson
Congregational Church
H. E. Olson
Broadway Methodist Church
New Blue and Gold Marks Departure From Usual Yearbook
Students celebrate the 1941 Blue and Gold annual a marked shift from tradition. The book features numerous original illustrations by Ruth Ann Castendyck and Jason Hopkins across 96 pages. Co editors Mariann Birch and Helen Leen Hansen laid out a vivid portrait of high school life with guides Steve and Sally Sterling and campus views.
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Ruth Ann Castendyck
Jason Hopkins
Mariann Birch
Helen Leen Hansen
Steve
Sally Sterling
Evelyn P. Marsh
Herb Carlton
Arden Daehler
John Griffith
Graduating seniors reveal next year plans across colleges jobs and marriage
A long list of local graduates outlines next year intentions including college attendance at Bradley DeKalb Rockford Monmouth Valparaiso and Carleton as well as work in factories offices and hospitals. Several express interest in marriage while others plan nursing teaching beauty culture or aviation study. Some names mention army service plans or civil service aims.
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John Adams
Eureka
Knox College
Betty Ague
Fern Allen
Wayne Andrews
Marge Andrews
West Suburban Hospital
Oak Park
Mary C. Andrews
Bradley
DeKalb
Betty Bealer
Augustana
Chicago
Clara Behrens
Mariann Birch
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest
Illinois
Clair Book
Royal Breed
George Buell
Alice Burns
Mary Alyce Butterfield
Rockford
Carlton
Carleton
Herbert Carlton
Pop
Carleton College
Minnesota
Robert Carlton
Some Air College
Walter Cassens
Chicago Technical College
Ruth Ann Castendyck
American Academy of Arts
Army
Navy
Betty Chamberlain
Notre Dame
Foreign Legion
Donzetta Clemens
Wilma Jean Ats
Eileen Corrigan
Chillicothe Business College
Janet Cross
Don Gould
Arden Daehler
Cornell
Leland Davis
Geraldine Des Combes
Chicago Art Institute
Ruth DeWolfe
Helen Dimond
Velda Dingman
Bill Drury
Bill
Leona Drury
Chillicothe Iole
Elwin Duhm
Gertrude Fine
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Neal Foulds
Valparaiso College
Phyllis Geer
A Gehring
Jacksonville
MacMurray College
Wilma Gerken
Harriet
Annual Prom To Climax Year’s Social Events
The junior senior prom will be held at the Sterling Coliseum tomorrow evening with a Hawaiian Paradise theme. Betty Darnell and Devere Leonard co chairmen have led committees to create a top school year event. Bobbys Orchestra from Bloomington will provide music and a rustic refreshment stand serves admission to all dues paying juniors and seniors.
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Sterling Coliseum
Betty Darnell
Devere Leonard
Bobby Moore
Bloomington
Coliseum
Beverly Anderson
Ellen Haskell
Marion Palmer
Fay Ewbank
Gordon Behrens
Darda Lubben
Paul Hermann
Senior Examinations Set For Late May And Early June
S H S schedules senior exams for May 27 and 28 and June 2 and 3. Senior tests occur during regular periods with one hour blocks, while underclassmen test on the following Monday and Tuesday. Regular class times remain mostly unchanged and students must stay in period until it ends.
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S.H.S
Name Publication Heads For 1942 Script Annual
Heads of the high school publications for the coming year have been selected. Paul Hermann and Janie Bartel will head the Script as co editors. Gordon Behrens chosen editor of the Blue and Gold and Marion Palmer business manager. All editors are from journalism class of 1939 40 and have held roles on the Script. Marion Palmer named business manager and has been a top magazine subscription salesman for three years.
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Paul Hermann
Janie Bartel
Gordon Behrens
Marion Palmer
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St. John’s Church
Bob Griesser
Erwin Ridge
Dick Havener
Wayne Andreas
Paul Overholser
John Platt
Clarice Hey
Dick Hill
Helen Lea Hansen
Velda
Hermann and Bartel
Behrens and Palmer
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