Commencement Set for June 4 at High School Stadium
The 1939 graduating class will hold commencement in the high school stadium with 135 seniors receiving diplomas from John M. Stager. Dr. Albin C. Bro of Frances Shimer College gives the main address. Principal Roscoe Eades presides. If rain delays, ceremonies move to June 5 at 8 p.m. with music from the band and Robed Chief. Special awards will go to three outstanding graduates.
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John M. Stager
Albin C. Bro
Frances Shimer College
Bro
Roscoe Eades
Baccalaureate Service Set for St John’s June 2
A baccalaureate service for 133 graduates is planned for Sunday evening June 2 at St John’s United Lutheran Church. Rev Allan Billman of Fourth Street Methodist Church will be the 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 Showcases Latin Students’ Work
The Latin Club of S. H. S. staged an April 25 program headlined by Sculptor's Prayer a pantomime on Greek sculpture. Ulysses and Medicus a Latin freshman class play were also performed with a string ensemble directed by Dean Ball. The Latin quartet sang Gaudeamus Igitur and In teger Vitae.
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Ulysses
Medicus
Dean Ball
Judging Teams Prepare For Future Contests
The Sterling F F A will send four teams to the Preliminary State Judging Contest on June 12 13 and 14 at Urbana The central Illinois inner circle competes June 12 F F A day is June 13 with various contests June 14 northern and southern sections compete The top 2 percent in each group advance to the state championship Fat stock dairy grain and poultry contests have defined teams Wayne Friedrichs Kenneth Harms Lester Jacobs Keith Smith Ray Mellett and Harold Steiner vie for fat stock Thirteen boys seek dairy seven for grain and six for poultry Urbana bound teams announced.
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Sterling F. F. A
Urbana
Central Illinois
Wayne Friedrichs
Kenneth Harms
Lester Jacobs
Keith Smith
Ray Mellett
Harold Steiner
Senior Examinations Schedule For May 29 And 31
The article outlines senior exams on Wednesday May 29 and Friday May 31 during regular class periods. Other students take finals Monday and Tuesday June 3 and 4 with two-hour blocks. Each class follows period-specific start times and continuation across days, noting Memorial Day dismissal shifts the schedule.
Seniors Visit Chicago on Annual Class Trip
The Sterling Township high school seniors traveled by C. N. W. train to Chicago, arriving 10 15, toured two deck buses, visited the Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium, and had luncheon at Narcissus Bridge inside a Marshall Field store. They then rode to the Municipal Airport before continuing on.
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Sterling Township High School
Chicago
Marshall Field Building
Noted Traveler and Lecturer Addresses S H S
Arthur Verner, noted traveler and lecturer, spoke to S H S students on Monday April 22 about his feat of circling the world on fifty cents and his hazardous stash aboard a passenger liner to reach the Hawaiian Islands. He recounted service in the naval air corps and described the training to become a naval man, noting an honorary discharge. He met with interested students after the assembly in a private conference.
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Arthur Verner
Verner
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Air Corps
United States Naval Air Corps
General Assembly
North Central Conference Meet and School Concert Tonight
The North Central Conference Meet is held tonight at the stadium track. In the high school gym the Robed Choir and the high school orchestra perform Wednesday evening May 29 at 8 p m. Lorraine Wolf, first division state vocal winner, is featured with Jacqueline Ver trees as pianist. The program includes Strauss tales and sacred works Hospodi Pomilui. Admission is by ticket only with tickets from any musician or director David Stryker.
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Johann Strauss
Lorraine Wolf
J. J. Richards
Sterling Township
di Lasso
Elgar
Lvovsky
Jacqueline Vertrees
Glee Club
Giannina Mia
Rudolph Friml
David Stryker
Northwestern non-scholarship ward to journalism institute
Helen Lea Hansen, a junior at S. H. S., won 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. The institute offers lectures, a daily paper, and trips around Chicago with leaders in the field.
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Helen Lea Hansen
Northwestern University
United States
Helen Lea
Chicago
North Central Illinois track meet ticket sale notice
After school sales in the office offer student admission at 10 cents. Buying tickets at the school benefits the local track team.
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North Central Illlinois
North Central Illinois Conference Track Meet Preview
Prime contenders Sterling Dixon and DeKalb loom as favorites at the North Central Illinois Conference Meet with prelims in the afternoon and finals at night. Records expected to fall include Terwilliger and Hussing among others as top athletes from Mendota Belvidere Princeton DeKalb Dixon and Sterling compete for wins and a queen’s prize.
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North Central Illinois
Princeton
Mendota
Belvidere
DeKalb
Dixon
Sterling
Frank Knox
Bradford
Terwilliger
Wolf
RK. Gebhardt
Ster
Hussing
Corrigan
R. Jurkens
J. Harms
Rochelle
F. Seno
Whitmore
A. Hoeman
Iw. O’ Jensen
Diana
B.J
Junior Senior Prom at Coliseum Promises Busy Night
The Junior Prom at the Coliseum features Har Jenkson and his Peoria band. Margie Andrews directs a floor show with a chorus of junior girls and other numbers. A reception committee greets guests, with Bob Jamison as chief greeter and punch planned.
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Har, Jenkson
Peoria
Margie Andrews
Bob Jamison
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