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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
2
Editorial notes limited dances possible but urges use of new record player for events. No dirt column this year as staff pledges news focus for all students, disclaiming sensational gossip. Sterling Township High School earned North Central accreditation, entering in 1905.
The fall county teachers institute met in Morrison on October 15 with Dr. Robert L. Phillips of Purdue and Dr. Reg J. Smith of The Christian Advocate among the speakers. A Dixon posting followed on October 16. Delegates from Sterling Township included Mrs. Marie Davis and Curtis Brandau. Dr. Stoddard of Philadelphia spoke as well. Students enjoyed a two day holiday as teachers attended the sessions.
Frances supports Gilbert Fidalgo as he learns English and leads in Spanish club activities. Gilberto, born in Mexico and renamed Gilbert, arrived from Monterey in October and stays with the Jones family. He joins the Spanish club, studies guitar, and eyes school band work. John Magon, born in Dixon, Illinois, graduates from Wallace school and joins the club. Maurro Marruffo, born in Mexico, lives with his parents in Sterling and has two brothers entering the Marines.
Marjorie Holbert, a French exchange student, spoke to Francis Shimer College second year French class last week. She arrived in the United States a year and a half ago with Red Cross aid, learned English quickly, and now studies at Mt. Carroll. She calls Americans frank and friendly and says relatives in France have not contacted her since arrival.
The November schedule outlined by Peter Hoogeveen lists films and topics across science agriculture and the arts. Items include Planes Plains and Peace and America Builds Ships with biology and physics topics scattered through the month.
The piece humorously describes senior English students trying to reassure freshmen amid Halloween mischief and Macbeth stage antics. It notes a student playing Macbeth, humor about gym floor numbers by Miss Schwappach, and staff concerns over music carrying, study hall color schemes, and a vanished G Behrens affecting incentives.
A school remembers volunteers and performers who aided soldiers at the U S O center in Rockord. The Fresh-Soph football team earned praise for their 8 mei showing at Dixon and Mount Arrell. Gilbert Ficalgo entertained the Spanish class with song and guitar. June Desmond Martin Doermann and their committee organized one of the best Hallowe'en Frolics. The advanced art class designed signs advertising school functions.
George Hammond of Hollywood addressed students on October 6 about “How Important Is Two-fifths of a Second” using original poetry to show how drinking impairs driving. He noted U S traffic deaths in the last three years exceed bomb deaths in wartime England, mainly from drinking drivers. He warned that the extra two-fifths of a second to brake can cost an innocent life and noted his church appearance that evening in a separate show.
The boys and girls glee clubs and the robed choir are advancing well. Girls meet daily except Tuesdays from 1 to 1 1 2 p.m. Boys meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 10 to 11 50 a.m. Robed choir trains Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 10 to 11 50 a.m. Girls mix popular and classical music this year. Robed choir rehearses Honegger King David for a January Sunday evening Club. Boys recently sang for soldiers at the U S O center in Rockford.
Sterling Township High School gains sixty one new books across science biography history and literature. titles include The First Radio Book for Boys Story Lives of American Composers Unfinished Symphony Song of the North A Slave of Cataline Racing Start Choose and Use Your College Flying Hoofs and The Pageant of South American History plus forty nine periodicals including Le Soleil from Quebec.
A hastily written plea urges readers to buy War Saving Stamps to support the Dixon team and protect the school’s name after a disappointing game. The call emphasizes urgency and community help, addressing every kid and rider.
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