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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1960
Page
3
The Citizens Advisory Council urged a campus addition and alterations to serve up to 1500 students. After studying architectural legal and financial details the Board recommended a 985000 bond issue. The defeat does not erase the need for expansion.
Students will vote for president and other offices in a mock November 8 election conducted like the national one. Homerooms form precincts and wards. registered students vote. Co chairs Karin Allison and Jill Weatherwax, adviser Mr Stitzel.
Sterling Township High School students discuss best choices for first lady and president. Arguments favor Mrs Kennedy crediting her intelligence and hosting ability, while Mrs Nixon is praised for dignity and people skills. Kennedy supporters cite foreign policy ideas, honesty, and problem solving. Nixon supporters highlight experience and steadiness for handling world leaders.
Mr John Strenge of the Industrial Education Department advocates fluorescent lighting to boost candle power from 1/10 of required safety levels. He notes 300 watt lamps are inadequate and that fluorescent lighting would cover the gap while saving costs over ten years. The Script argues safer, more efficient shops support Sterling’s industrial town image and student training.
Sterling Township High School guidance reports that all but two of the upper 15 percent of the class of 1961 plan to pursue college or training next fall. Most of 36 seniors intend to go to college, with a few girls aiming for business college or nursing training. one student plans to work a year before college, the other is uninterested in further study. The district is assisting students facing financial barriers to attendance.
The Co-Ed Council sponsors a TWIRP season dance titled A Backward Bop with the Quad-City Royal Teens on Friday November 11 from 8 00 to 12 00 p m at the YMCA gym. Tickets are 75 cents per couple and couples only. Jim Hubbard is general chairman with Dave Casey as MC. Chaperones include Linda Sulouff Mary Kay Plautz Roberta Smith and Dan Turney George Beatty. Informal school clothes suggested.
SHS students share opinions on who should sponsor the Homecoming Dance. Responses favor varied sponsors from the S Club to a rotating or senior led approach, with calls for broader involvement and a more special event.
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