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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
3
The annual Halloween Frolic unfolds tonight under Lyle Swartley with a large committee handling concessions decor and events. A mid way circuit leads to the big top for a free show and dancing, with tickets at ten and twenty five cents and numerous committees guiding novelty candy and publicity.
Night school began on October 11 for a term of twenty weeks with 120 in attendance. Most students are from the twin cities. Classes meet Monday and Wednesday evenings from seven to nine. Offered courses include Shorthand II, Bookkeeping, Typing I and II, Business Law, Machine Shop, Mechanical Drawing, Wood Work, Welding, Salesmanship, Business English, and a Nurses Training Course in Chemistry. Agricultural courses start January 1. Faculty: Roscoe Eades principal, Miss Hunt, C. N. Timmons, J. L. Robbins, Haden Moore, J. A. Twardock, Misa Peterson, H. E. Whaley, T. G. Scheid, Miss Schick, Peter Hoogveen.
Six new members of SHS faculty were interviewed by cub reporters. Miss Hester from Scottsburg Indiana is the cooking teacher replacing Miss Bassett after attending Purdue and Columbia. Mr Haden Moore, an SHS graduate, teaches machine and wood shop and praises the shop. Miss Brooks from Clintonville Wisconsin is in the English department after Oshkosh Teachers College and Wisconsin study. Miss Sherman from Maquam Illinois teaches biology and advanced physiology and studied at Knox College and Wisconsin. Miss Weston from Missouri Valley Iowa attended Drake University Michigan and Columbia. Miss Turnell, director of physical education for girls, studied at Northwestern Illinois and Iowa and served on a state curriculum committee.
The 1938 Blue and Gold annual board will meet Monday evening in the gym for a picnic supper. This first official meeting names Vernon Frye Dee President Russell Wagenknecht Vice President Beverly Anderson Secretary John Schueler Treasurer Elmer Barraclough Editor Dorothy Bissell Assistant Editor Dale Harshman Business Manager Vine Asst. Bus. Manager De Vere Tarvin Circulation Beverly Anderson Evelyn … Literary Sue Gerdes Mary Jane Geyer Assistant Literary Janet Prestin Society Alice Mae Richards Dramatics Fine Lewis Kornman Ida Jayne Blanchard Photography Everett Birch Paul Johnston Football Lyle Swartley Basketball Continued on Page 4 Col 4.
Alumni lettermen will parade and perform at the Dixon homecoming, with a big Friday night opening, a Saturday dance, halftime field display, and a gym fest. Co chairs Schueler and Richards lead committees for entertainment, refreshment, decoration, and publicity as funds go to GAA and S club.
Harry C. White, a friend of Thomas A. Edison and Charles P. Steinmetz, demonstrated marvels of invention before students. Using equipment worth thousands, he showed the electric eye, a beam of light that rings a bell or powers a fan, and the radio pen writing letters of fire on a distant screen. His humor and vivid demonstrations inspired the audience and showcased outstanding scientific work.
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