Seniors Should Consider Northwestern U in Choosing Their College
Northwestern University at Chicago Illinois offers strong education and social benefits for graduating seniors. The campus system includes Evanston and a Lake Shore drive site near Lake Michigan with beaches and wooded grounds. Strong programs include journalism music and liberal arts with good work opportunities and reasonable room and board for students.
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Northwestern University
Chicago
Illinois
Northwestern
Evanston
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Michigan
Annual Senior Class Publication Details And Production
John Platt led the publication team with Art Melville Keith Swartley John Adams and Clair Book assisted by staff. Editors with Clarence Strock Marvin Mundorf Vera Long and Dick Smith contributed written material. Beverly Null and Bernadine Hurd did all typing.
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John Platt
Art Melville
Keith Swartley
John Adams
Clair Book
Clarence Strock
Marvin Mundorf
Vera Long
Dick Smith
Beverly Null
Bernadine Hurd
David Stryker
Library Buys Current Biography 1940 for High School
Miss Loretta Browne announces the high school library has received Current Biography 1940. The 928 page volume profiles 1002 modern notable men and women with 650 photographs, plus random anecdotes about Dr. Thomas Parran, Leon Blum, Al Jolson, and Erskine Caldwell.
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Loretta Browne
Thomas Parran
United States
Leon Blum
France
al Jolson
Erskine Caldwell
Latin Club Banquet Transforms School Gym Into Roman Style
Latin Club students held a May 6 banquet in the S H S gym, converted into a Roman peristyle with a central pool, canopies, palms, and flowers. Freshman slaves served and perfumed guests while plays A Day Without Latin and In Ancient Days debuted, with Art Wildman MCing.
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S.H.S
Art Wildman
Julius Caesar
Rome
Shop Exhibit At Local Home Show Demonstrates School Work
A portion of the high school shop department was moved to the Sterling Coliseum stage for the American Legion Home Show on April 30 and May 1 2 3. Students demonstrated shop tasks and displayed and sold many machine shop products to the community.
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Sterling Coliseum
American Legion
See Those Tears School Is Almost Out
The piece reassures readers that no one died as schools near the end of term. It uses a somber tone to acknowledge worry about school closure but emphasizes the situation is benign and temporary.
Senior Plans Look Beyond Graduation For Future Careers
Senior plans from the page list students eyeing Scovill Business College for secretarial work and piano teaching, Ellen Megli aiming for nurse’s school and art, Arthur Melville with a scholarship and possible drafting, Marvin Mundorf pursuing Eureka College and a stenographic job, Janet Olinger unsure about college but seeking a legal career, and Francis Orlowski Gation toward bachelorhood and chief bookkeeper roles with draft expectations.
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Scovill Business College
Ellen Megli
Nurse’s School
Arthur Melville
Francis Mitchell
Marvin Mundorf
Eureka College
Janet Olinger
Francis Orlowski
Paul Overholser
Northwestern
Wayne Friedrichs Takes Second in District Speech Contest
Wayne Friedrichs a SHS Future Farmer placed second in the district speaking contest at DeKalb, finishing one point behind the winner as champions advance to Urbana for the state finals in June. Coach Miss Pasek earned praise for coaching help leading up to the event.
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Wayne Friedrichs
S.H.S
Dealb
DeKalb
Illinois
Wayne
Antioch
Bradford
Urbana
Pasek
FFA and Home Ec Hold Joint Meeting and Party
A joint meeting of the Future Farmers of America and Home Economics clubs at S.H.S. was held Monday evening May 12 in the gym. Betty Darnell and Wayne Friedrichs won high prizes while Marjorie Curtsinger and Daryll Long took low score awards. Motion pictures and refreshments closed the event.
Four Teams Prepare For State Judging Contest
J. A. Twardock will again send several judging teams to Urbana in June for competition in the state vocational agriculture contests. Teams now training are grain, poultry, dairy, and fatstock. Several boys are competing for positions on the various teams.
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J. A. Twardock
Urbana
Unnamed Iowa and Illinois Graduates Weigh Futures and Plans
A compilation of student profiles shows plans ranging from college attendance at Cornell College and Stephens College to teaching, nursing, aviation and civil service ambitions. Several intend to marry or delay marriage, pursue the Navy or flying, and seek clerk or office work, with scholarships and military academies also noted.
Two Plays Presented By Dramatic Club On May 14
Members of the high school dramatic club presented two one act plays in the gymnasium on May 14. The first, He Ain t Done Right by Nell, featured Nell and her grandfather with a village gossip and a bashful hero in a mountain dialect melodrama.
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Keith Swartley
Clarice Hey
Nell
Jean Coats
Ellen Haskell
Janie Bartel
Jerry Shore
Phyllis Shannon
John Platt
Art Wildman
Villian
Clair Book
Gits
Fay Ewbank
Gordon Behrens
Jack Chapman
Dick Hill
Mary Andrews
Students Map Paths to Careers and College Choices
A list of graduates and their post school plans includes scholarships at Illinois and Iowa universities, intended careers as engineers, nurses, teachers, journalists, and pilots, plus aims for marriage, military service, or farming. Several seek further study at Ames, Mt. Vernon, and Mor ningside colleges, with diverse trades like machinist work and medical technologist training.
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U. of Illinois
Alice Partridge
Scott
Dorothy Pearson
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
John Platt
Northwestern
Vina Pollock
Vera Pollock
Clara Popkins
Marie Popkins
Clarence Strock
Ames
Carl Stutzke
Big Order
Carl
Keith Swartley
University of Illinois
Annapolis
Andrea Tunner
Andrea
Dick Ulm
Ellen Jane Wallick
Gloria Waters
Coast Guard
Arlene Wechsler
Prairieview
Rockford
Betty Welker
Doris Mae Welker
Lorraine Wessels
Wanda Wharfield
Jim Wink
Valparaiso College
Flossie Witmer
Africa
Robert Walker
John Woodyatt
Jamita Woodyatt
Betty Wright
Dean Young
Paul Young
Morningside College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northwestern U
F.F.A
Home Ec
Pat Prince
Stephens College
Patricia Prince
Missouri
George Reitzel
Erwin Ridge
St. John’s Military Academy
Maxine Rosenow
Helen Shaw
Sarajane Scott
Scho
Dramatic Club
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