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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
6
The Sterling Script is a monthly publication by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School. It serves as a school paper circulating within Sterling, Illinois, featuring student writing, club news, and campus events.
The document lists staff roles including editor in chief Etta May Anspach and assistant editor Robert Johnson, plus editors, administration, typists, athletics, clubs, and a long roster of names for circulation, business, and advisory positions. It provides a snapshot of the newspaper’s personnel and department heads.
Editorial urges students to join dances at the high school and stop being shy on the bleachers. It encourages freshmen to learn dancing at events and to lead by taking part, promising social benefits and memorable times.
The piece argues Latin endures beyond the death of Romans and classical artists. It asserts Latin survives through literary works, classical architecture, and painting, noting that age does not kill these enduring arts.
An essay argues that Latin remains essential for understanding language structure. It notes that English words derive from Greek and Latin roots, cites examples like aviator and monoplane, and advocates counting syllables and linguistic relations to reveal logic. Questions challenge readers to apply this linguistic analysis.
The S H S Debate Club expects a strong year with new material after losing last year’s starters. They plan another circuit of debates plus practice sessions and will tackle the on the spot resolution that the states should enact complete medical service for all citizens at public expense.
The Sterling meat team of Donald Ebersole Claude Bley and Russell Wagenknecht finished third while Dixon took fourth and Canton won. Individual scoring tied Bley and Wagenknecht for fourth. Forty one teams competed and both meat and milk judging events started at nine. The group traveled ninety miles to Champaign then visited the UI campus and attended the Illinois Washington game before returning home.
Rev. A H Keck Jr of St Johns Lutheran Church spoke to students on the ties between the school and Hi Y He highlighted Hi Y ideals leadership and Christian living Based on his four years in high school and past role as Indiana State Older Boys Conference president his talk stressed character development and education.
Healey announces Halloween Frolic at S H S on October 26 with a themed dance orchestra. Students in costumes receive a reduced rate while games booths side shows and prizes promise novelty and fun. Healey chairs organizing committees with Herb Bell finance Geraldine Councellor publicity and others handling candy novelties concessions casino and cleanup.
September birthdays include 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 Lor raine 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.
Letters from Everett Myers and Arden Ewbank indicate interest in journalism at Knox College. Betty Stevens and Harriet Ports, previously library assistants, are now stenographers in the Lawrence building.
The district announces October 18 as a non instructional day due to the Rock River Divisional meeting of the State Teacher's Association in Dixon. Mr DeVoe questions a claim about Alice Mae Richards and Perry. Ray Mackamnan and Thoris Hloak have been seen together frequently recently.
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