Commencement Set For June 4 At Stadium
Graduation exercises for the 1939 class will be held in the high school stadium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 4 with a rain date of June 5 at the same time. John M Stager president of the school board will award diplomas to 135 seniors. Dr Albin C Bro president of Frances Shimer College will deliver the main address. Principal Roscoe Eades will speak. The program includes several students and the band Robed Chief and special awards to three outstanding graduates.
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John M. Stager
Div
Albin C. Bro
Frances Shimer College
Bro
Roscoe Eades
Baccalaureate Set For St John’s June 2
The baccalaureate for this year’s 133 graduates will be held Sunday evening June 2 at St John’s United Lutheran Church. Reverend Allan Billman of Fourth Street Methodist was chosen by the ministerial association as speaker. The Robed Choir will sing several numbers. All seniors are expected to attend.
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St. John's United Lutheran Church
Allan Billman
Fourth Street
Classical Revue Shows Work of Latin Students
The Latin Club of 5 H S staged an evening of classical entertainment on Thursday April 25 featuring Greek sculpture in pantomime Sculptor's Prayer with white costumes and blue lighting. Also presented were a three act play Ulysses and the Latin freshman class short Medicus. Music came from a newly organized string ensemble directed by Dean Ball. The Latin quartet sang Caudeamus Igitur and In teger Vitae.
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Ulysses
Medicus
Dean Ball
Caudeamus I
Gitur
Judging Teams Prepare For Future Contests
The Sterling F A will send four teams to the Preliminary State Judging Contest on June 12 to 14 at Urbana. Central Illinois inner circle competes June 12, F F A day June 13, and northern and southern sections contest June 14. Top 2 percent advance to state finals. Contests cover grain fat stock dairy and poultry with tryouts listed for each team.
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Sterling F. F. A
Urbana
Ilinoia
Wayne Friedrichs
Kenneth Harms
Lester Jacobs
Keith Smith
Ray Mellett
Harald Steiner
Senior Examinations Schedule May 29 and 31
Senior students will take final examinations on May 29 and 31 during regular one hour periods. Other students have finals on June 3 and 4 in three two hour periods. Seniors may split exams across the two days. Memorial Day dismissal shifts from Wednesday to Friday. Morning and afternoon period times are specified for June 3 and 4.
Sterling Seniors Tour Chicago on Annual Class Trip
The Sterling Township high school senior class traveled by C. N. W. at 6:23 a.m. to Chicago. They rode two-deck buses to Marshall Field for a lunch at Narcissus Bridge and viewed the Field Museum mummies and Shedd Aquarium fish. After a stop at Municipal Airport, the group enjoyed a pleasant day before continuation on page 2.
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Sterling Township High School
Chicago
Marshall Field Building
Noted Traveler Addresses S. H. S. Students
Arthur Verner, noted traveler and lecturer, spoke to the S. H. S. student body on Monday April 22 about his world journey on fifty cents. He described stowing away on a passenger liner to reach the Hawaiian Islands and discussed his naval air corps work and the standards to become a naval man. He spoke in a private conference with interested boys after the assembly.
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Arthur Verner
Verner
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Air Corps
United States Naval Air Corps
General Assembly
North Central Meet Tonight and School Concert at Gym
North Central Conference Meet is set for tonight at the stadium track. A concert by the Robed Choir and high school orchestra, directed by J J Richards, profiles selections by Strauss and Elgar with Lorraine Wolf as soloist. Admission is free but by ticket only, available from students or director David Stryker.
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Johann Strauss
Lorraine Wolf
J. J. Richards
Sterling Township
di Lasso
Elgar
Lyovaky
Jacqueline Vertrees
Journalism Student Wins Non Scholarship Award At Northwestern
Helen Lea Hansen a junior at S. H. S. earned a non scholarship admittance to the journalism division of the tenth annual national high school institute to be held June 17 to July 14 at Northwestern University. She was chosen from about a thousand applicants as one of the qualifying hundred.
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Helen Lea Hansen
Northwestern University
United States
Helen Lea
Chicago
North Central Illinois Conference Track Meet Tickets
After school office sales offer admission to the North Central Illinois Conference track meet. Student tickets cost 10 cents each and buying at the school supports the local track team.
Senior Track Stars Enter Last Competition
The North Central Illinois Conference Track Meet concludes tonight at the stadium with preliminaries in the afternoon and finals after dark. Competitors include Princeton, Mendota, Belvidere, DeKalb, Dixon, Sterling, and favorites Sterling and Dixon. Standouts and possible records include Terwilliger of DeKalb and Hussing of Sterling in multiple events, with strong fields in sprints, distances, field events, and relays.
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North Central Illinois
Princeton
Mendota
Belvidere
DeKalb
Dixon
Sterling
Frank Knox
Bradford
Terwilliger
J. Harms
Rochelle
F. Leno
Whitmore
A. Hoeman
Jencen
Diana
B.J
Strong
Junior-Senior Prom At Coliseum Tonight
Prom night at S. H. S. is highlighted by live music from Hac Jackson and band of Peoria and a floor show led by Margie Andrews. A secretive decorations plan, a reception committee, punch, games, and a formal atmosphere headline the Junior Prom event.
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Hac
Jackson
Peoria
Margie Andrews
Bob Jamison
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