19 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1961
Page
1
In its first issue Excelsior describes attending the Chicago Tribune editors seminar at McCormick Place. It outlines sessions on makeup design reporting features and editorials and invites readers to submit opinions to shape future issues.
A humor piece frets freshmen at SHS about pranks and scams like full Nazi dress sales, elevator tickets, and a Black Book Club. It notes upperclassmen sell passes and a boiler room midnight sale, with rumors of a student data sheet scheme. The article also reports Dr. Vernon R. Wyland’s part time consulting role for school facility planning.
The narrator details a lifelong phobia of insects, especially shiny black beetles and wasps, with shrieks and frenzied escapes. They reject common excuses about fear and describe a recent incident of a beetle skittering from a pocket, eliciting a panic response and a careful disposal. The piece ends noting an ongoing search for a bug free country and a joke about homework.
A youth choir visits Vandercook College of Music in Chicago for a choral clinic and concert amid a day of city sightseeing and shopping. The piece notes the performance, cast, and a later junior class production of Outward Bound with listed student cast and director.
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