The Sterling Script Staff and Editorial Board
The Sterling Script monthly lists Etta May Anspach as editor in chief and Robert Johnson as assistant editor with Eugene Young as business manager. It names the circulation manager, advisers, and a long editorial board including Edward Hay Dorothy Ann Kidd and Jean Pettit, plus athletics and typists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta May Anspach
Robert Johnson
Eugene Young
William Sims
Larry Wheeler
Cynthia Irwin
Bill Hill
Margaret Thomas T. Geraldine Councellor
Mildred Aschoff
Robert Sundberg
Edward Hay
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Jean Pettit
Evelyn Cassens
Roy Friesen
Learn to Dance at the High School Dance
Editorial urges students to dance, stop sitting on the bleachers, and join the fun. It targets bashful freshmen and emphasizes learning to dance now to enjoy social events and become a leader by taking the initiative at school dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sissy
Latin Is Not Dead in Modern Cultural Language
An essay argues Latin persists in contemporary culture as a living language through literature and classical references. It asserts the Romans died, not their language, and links Latin to enduring art and architecture across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phidias
Michaelangelo
Raphael
Ita
Latin in Language Learnings and Lingual Debates
The essay extols Latin as a living force behind English terms like aviator and monoplane while contrasting English words such as bird man and bi plane. It argues Latin grammar offers rational linguistic anatomy and urges applying such study to Latin sentence structure and syllable counting, ending with four comprehension questions.
Debaters Will Argue Free Medical Service
The S. H. S. Debate Club projects a strong year despite losing last year's first team. Members plan a circuit of debates and practice sessions with the topic: states enacting universal medical service funded by public expenditure.
Sterling Places Third and Fourth in Judging Contest
The Sterling meat team Donald Ebersole Claude Bley and Russell Wagenknecht placed third with forty one teams in the event Canton won first Lewistown second Sterling third Dixon fourth Normal fifth Claude Bley and Russell Wagenknecht tied for fourth in individual scoring The meat team identified carcass and cuts of twenty five meats The milk team judged milk by flavor sediment and bottles and caps Contests started at nine oclock Teams left for Champaign Friday afternoon traveling one hundred eighty miles Overnighted at a University of Illinois fraternity house Saturday they toured campus and attended the Illinois versus Washington football game then returned home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Ebersole
Claude Bley
Russell Wagenknecht
Canton
Lewistown
Sterling
Dixon
Normal
Champaign
Twardock
Hoogeveen
University of Illinois
University of Washington
Keck Talks On Hi Y At St John’s Lutheran
Rev A H Keck Jr of St John’s Lutheran Church spoke to students on October 2 about the school Hi Y relationship. Introductions were made by Hi Y president Herbert Bell and Y M C A secretary T Ross Young. Keck, a former Hi Y member and former president of Indiana’s State Older Boys Conference, outlined Hi Y’s ideals and its tie to education and leadership in Christian living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Keck, Jr
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hi-Y
Herbert Bell
T. Ross Young
Keck
Older Boys’ Conference
Indiana
Healey Heads Fall Festival Frolic at S H S
October 26 Hallowe'en Frolic lights up old S. H. S. with a special dance orchestra. Costumes earn student discounts while booths side shows and prizes debut. Healey's committees unveil new ideas and a full slate of coordinators for finance publicity construction candy novelties concessions casino and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Healey
James
Healey
Herb Bell
Geraldine Councellor
Leser Kreider
Leland Myers
Betty Meyer
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Fay Book
Marjorie King
Tom Magin
Arthur Hussing
Don Clark
Larry Wheeler
September Birthdays List of Local Residents by Date
September birthdays detail local names by date including Fifth Wayne Ellmaker Hazel Karr Sixth Robert Semples Eighth Harrison Stone Dorothy Davis Marjorie King Eleventh Henry Brown Thirteenth Ethel Keefer Fourteenth June Turner Fifteenth Beverly Wolfe Seventeenth John McCombs James Rogers James Skelly Eighteenth Lucille Ohnen Al Keebler Nineteenth Lorraine Ohnen Lyle Shannon Twentieth Dorothy Ann Kidd Wilma Maxwell Bob Pierce Lois Beier Twenty second Elizabeth Harless John Kinman Twenty fifth Dean Geer Lorraine Schrader Doris Wade Twenty seventh Chester Long Twenty eighth Charles Love Roy Friesen Thirtieth Betty Meyer John Schueler Ardetta Bodine Margaret Birch October first Eugene Bentley October third Jacob Amsbaugh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ellmaker
Hazel Karr
Robert Semples
Harrison Stone
Dorothy Davis
Marjorie King
Henry Brown
Ethel Keefer
June Turner
Beverly Wolfe
John McCombs
James Rogers
James Skelly
Lucille Ohnen
al Keebler
Lorraine Ohnen
Lyle Shannon
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Wilma Maxwell
Bob Pierce
Lois Beier
Elizabeth Harless
John Kinman
Dean Geer
Lorraine Schrader
Doris Wade
Chester Long
Charles Love
Roy Friesen
Betty Meyer
John Schueler
Ardetta Bodine
Margaret Birch
Eugene Bentley
Jacob Amsbaugh
Ex-editor Myers and Ewbank Seek Knox College Journalism
Letters from former editor Everett Myers and ex business manager Arden Ewbank indicate their interest in journalism at Knox College. The brief note suggests career pivots or alumni engagement with the college's journalism program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Myers
Arden Ewbank
Knox College
Local hires and schedule notes from Dixon meeting
Betty Stevens and Harriet Ports now serve as stenographers at the Lawrence building. No school October 18 due to the Rock River Divisional meeting of the State Teacher's Association in Dixon. Mr DeVoe questions Alice Mae Richards following a claimed relation to Perry. Ray Mackamnan and Thors Oak have been seen together recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Stevens
Harriet Ports
Lawrence Building
Rock River
State Teacher’s Association
Dixon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Press Club
Sterling Township High School
Sterling, Illinois
Mary Anna Turnroth
Jean Maier
Naomi Reuters
Alice Mae Richards
Elmer Barraclough
Erma Detweiler
Everett Birch
Paul Puckett
Helen Pough
Sue Gerdes
Don Fehrenbach
Jean Wooster
Twila Oswald
Eileen Mangan
Mary Jane Geyer
Jack Metzger
Bill Swanson
Miss Lovrien
Mr. DeVoe
Ana
Healey Heads
Perry
Ray Mackamnan
Thors Oak
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