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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1949
Page
2
A dense roster lists names under categories Staff Feature Editor and Sports Editor with many assistants and a faculty adviser. The compilation names Shirley Humphrey and Maxine Wallis among others, reflecting a school or publication staff directory.
The article profiles Jo Anne Andrews, 16, 5 feet 4 inches, brown hair and eyes, active in cheerleading drama club G A A and Campus Club. Glenn Mortenson, 5 feet 11 1 2 inches with brown eyes and hair, leads the S H S band, plans to study music teaching, and is drawn to short, dark, smart girls who bake beans. Dick Nuttall plans to study creative writing at Antioch College, Yellow Springs Ohio, next year, with a taste for tall brunettes and blue.
A playful Halloween gossip column links pairs like Mary Brandt and Bill Stewart and Lola Nelson with Chuck Cole while name dropping locals such as Shirley Laden berger, Marilyn Huffman, and Genevieve Frank. The piece hints at romances and haunted mischief through a whimsical cast and a fortune teller’s list.
A list of birthday names by day from November with entries including Joan Bogott Lanor Maier Harold Lobaugh Bernice Proprieter Marilyn Pyse Arlene Wolf Beverly Cotter Bob Galloway Dick Gebhardt Pat Hanson Alice Bennett Merlyn Book Joe Moreno Marilou Dummett Joan Elmendorf Karl Kilberg Glenn Freas Roger Puterbaugh Max Schmaling Richard Rea William Peale Raymond Habben Margie Paulson Terry Powell Donna Bowman Marian Kendell Mary Miner Edward Olsen John Williams Donna McBride Merchell Flynn Joyce Bethard Anne Buhrow Michail Burke Bob Forward Ronald Nelson Pat Walters Marilyn Bawden Robert Cordee Ronette Shanger Sue Bucher Vernon Kendell Vivian Karr Johnny Dummitt Sallie Shaffer Loretta Rockwell David Ahrens.
A senior class poll lists the ideal date as a neat, trim girl with intelligence and a good figure. Boys prize humor, easy going nature, and conversation balance, while avoiding excessive talking, insincerity, or clinginess. They want a date who adapts to situations and ends the evening gracefully.
This month the sophomore class defines their Ideal Date as a blonde crew cut youth with brown twinkling eyes and fair skin, wearing loafers, a sport shirt over a white tee, maroon gray jacket, and matching neat trousers. Next month the freshman class presents its own Ideal Date.
Inquiring Reporter asks Joanne Dummett about going steady. She, a senior, says it is swell if you truly like the person but warns against dating once and then promising to be tied down. She shares she wants to like the person well before making promises.
Jeannie Sterenberg, a sophomore, warns that going steady limits meeting others and future options. She suggests keeping a special person in mind but not committing early to allow time to explore and "shop around" for the future.
Doris Kunde junior questions the idea of going steady saying it is silly. She argues each person should feel free to date others without promises. If two people truly want commitment they will pursue it without formal agreements.
Four quotes from Ann Farrer and classmates across freshman to senior classes discuss dating commitments. The column preview asks readers to watch next issue for the male student opinions on going steady and relationship choices.
In this column the writer claims girls will reveal what they think makes the perfect boy next month. It urges readers to read the upcoming piece to learn the girls’ views and expectations for dating behavior.
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