126 Seniors Receive Diplomas June 9
The S H S honors seniors with a June 9 diploma ceremony as the campus music program closes a Spring Music Festival. The May 24 25 concerts featured band under J J Richards the glee clubs robed choir and orchestra performing selections from Gilbert and Sullivan and contest winning pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. S. Band
J. J. Richards
Arland Gould
Clarence Strock
Mary Anna Turnroth
Julia Heida
Bob Jones
Edwin Bowers
Pat Donahue
Josephine
Mary Andrews
Buttercup
Bob Fields
Ralph
Lyle Geeting
Warren Friedrichs
Dale Schumacher
Joseph
Jean Coats
Hebe
Harold Stone
Mr. Richards
Latin Club Revival of Old Circus Maximus at S H S
Old Rome returns as the Latin club stages a revival of the Circus Maximus in the S H S gym. Master of ceremonies Bob Salm reads from an ancient scroll while a processional introduces Romani Hodierni judges officers and a large chorus led by Andrea Turner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Rome
Circus Maximus
Bob Salm
Romani Hodierni
Marie Vogel
Ruth Welton
Mariann Birch
Mary Anna Turnroth
Andrea Turner
Julia Heida
Pat Donahue
Geraldine Lange
Jean Coats
Gertrude Fine
Sterling Faces Decision On Building A New High School
Citizens must vote soon on funding a new high school costing about seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. The current building is grossly inadequate for rising enrollment and crowded conditions strain faculty and students. Advocates stress federal help may be temporary and emphasize broader educational goals beyond college prep.
Final exams schedule and class periods announced
Final exams are set for June 5 and 6. Students including seniors will attend regular classes in two hour blocks. The first three periods occur at 8 00, 10 00 and 1 20 on Monday. Fourth to sixth periods will run on Tuesday.
Seniors Set for City Sightseeing Trip to Chicago
Seniors depart Sterling at 6:45 a m by train for a day in Chicago. They tour the Northwestern depot visit WGN broadcasts Marshall Field’s lunch at a private dining room and see the Art Institute Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum. They inspect Stevens Hotel visit Chinatown and tour the University of Chicago campus before returning by train.
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Sterling
Chicago
Northwestern
WGN Broadcasting Radios
Tribune
Marshall Field
Wonders of the Art Institute
Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum
Stevens Hotel
Stevens
China Town
University of Chicago
Faculty Honors Miss Forbes With Banquet
Miss Forbes was guest of honor at a faculty dinner at the Lincoln Hotel last Monday evening. She will retire after fifty years of teaching, forty nine in the local portals and one year at Buda. Eades paid tribute and presented a ring. Board members Stager Wheeler Austin and other guests praised her long service. Echternach led the event.
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Miss Forbes
Lincoln Hotel
Buda
Eades
Stager
Wheeler
Board of Education
Mr. Austin
Miss Bassett
Echternach
Geyer and Welton Crown Spring Formal King and Queen
At the annual junior and senior prom on May 18 in the Sterling Club floor show featured Marilyn Anning and Joan Eberhardt ballet and a skit to Neath the Spreading Chestnut Tree. Charles Geyer was king and Ruth Welton queen with attendants Ruth Walker Ray Pettit Annamae Hussing Wayne Andreas Mary Ruth Sears Lyle Hall Charlotte Goetz Ward Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Moore
Sterling Club
Charles Geyer
Ruth Welton
Ruth Walker
Ray Pettit
Annamae Hussing
Wayne Andreas
Mary Ruth Sears
Lyle Hall
Charlotte Goetz
Ward Dillon
Marilyn Anning
Joan Eberhardt
Naomi Renters
Sanford Mitchell
Barbara Flinn
Charles
Graduates Hear Dr Shannon Speak At Sterling Commencement
A class of 126 seniors at Sterling High School will graduate June 4 with Dr Frederick Shannon the featured commencement speaker. The former Harvard graduate and Chicago pastor will deliver the address at 8 pm at the municipal coliseum. Bob Salm and Don Fehrenbach will also speak and the school orchestra and mixed chorus will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Frederick Shannon
Central Church
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Municipal Coliseum
Board of Education
Shannon
Harvard
Southern Methodist-Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Bob Salm
Don Fehrenbach
John M. Stager
Track Queens To Lead Grand March At S Club Dance
Shirley Jenkins and five visiting queens from Seattle schools will lead the grand march at the S Club dance in the high school gym tomorrow evening with escorts. Colors will color decorations and Jack Phelps' orchestra provides music. Paul Hubbard arranges a floorshow. Editor Mary Andrews notes oe and Gold will be out around une 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Jenkins
Jack Phelps
Paul Hubbard
Mary Andrews
Une
Student talent show delights parents and teachers
June Frysinger, Lyle Geeting and others performed in a floor show concluded by Janet Wilger's tap dance. Parents and teachers enjoyed watching the students dance as favors balloons and noisemakers were handed out. Leola Hunsberger chaired the event with Miss Ludens and Mr. DeVoe supervising.
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Miss Turnell
Louaine Allen
Betty Chamberlain
Beverly Mullen
Dorothy Pearson
Marie Hopkins
Gloria Waters
Wanda Wharfield
Doris Brittain
DR. Shannon
Twin City Country Club
L. N. Main
United Brethren Church
East Jordan
Sterling Ministerial Association
St. John’s Church
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