Summer Classes At S H S Train 53 Students In Workshops
During vacation 53 students attend classes at S H S under Miss Eva Hunt Peter Hoogeveen and A R DeVoe. Courses include typing wood shop math algebra geometry and business principles with additional NA defense driven machine shop welding and mechanical drawing sessions. An afternoon woodshop for N Y A students and a sewing class for N Y A girls are offered.
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S.H.S
Eva Hunt
Peter Hoogeveen
A. R. DeVoe
Timmons
National Defense Administration
Moore
Extracurricular Clubs Open to Sterling High Students
Sterling High School offers many clubs and activities for boys and girls. Freshmen through seniors may join groups like the Girls Athletic Association and Boys Hi-Y, with some clubs limited by subject or eligibility. Enrollment depends on grades and space, with a minimum requirement to participate while prioritizing scholarship.
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Future Farmers of America
Sterling High School
Fishing Provides Recreation For Summer Session Staff
The article describes Charley Curtsinger catching two prize catfish a 26 inch and a 20 inch one with Mr DeVoe claiming to have eaten most of the smaller fish. The maintenance crew undertook summer cleaning painting sanding sealing and general repair including a new coat of paint for the library repaints on stadium seats and light posts and fence posts plus fencing and tennis court surface hardening.
Don’t Forget It Is Mrs Olsen Not Miss Wolber
Mrs Frank Olsen is now the name of Mr Eades pert secretary. Florence Wolber, a former S H S student class of 35 with top average, married over the summer and now lives at 509 Third Avenue Sterling.
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Frank Olsen
Eades
Florence Wolber
Third Avenue, Sterling
Dopey Definitions Will Help Misguide Freshmen
A satirical freshmen guide lists terms and bluntly describes harsh school spaces. It condemns areas like Inner Sanctum and Gym while hinting at social events, assemblies, and a looming initiation with dark humor.
A Good Beginning- High School Advice for Students
The piece offers practical guidance for students, urging active effort and focus in study hall. It emphasizes that teachers are human, and highlights a proper use of study time as a path to learning.
Student activities count toward credits in music and debate
Academic credit toward graduation is given in the music activities and in debate. Other activities are participated in solely for the benefit and pleasure the students receive.
Football Penalty Signals and Their Meanings
The article explains common referee signals used in football. It details offside with hands on hips, pass interference by crossing arms, illegal motion with a sweeping left arm, unnecessary roughness as an army salute, holding by wrist grasp, and a 15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness.
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Mussolini
Returning Gridders Prepare for Rebuilt Team
The 1941 Illinois All-State champion squad enters a rebuild as nine of eleven players depart. Veterans Captain Earl Nelson and Harry Woodyatt lead the return, with a host of skill position contenders including John Gould, Leon Gould, Harvey Riser, and DeVere Leonard eyeing pivotal roles under coaches Scheid Brandau and Terhune.
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Theodore Scheid
Clinton High
Illinois
Scheid
Brandau
Terhune
Earl Nelson
Harry Woodyatt
Nelson
Puckett
Kelley
Hults
Flack
Norval Zigler
Charlie Miller
Jim Lansford
Vern Hinrichs
Marvin Saillard
Bill Adams
Dean Dahlgren
Roland Kelsey
Wayne Friedrichs
Johnny Ahrens
DeVere Leonard
Leonard
Clair Book
Woodyatt
Doermann
Football Season Opens as S.H.S Battles Rock Falls
Coach Ted Scheid brings a rebuilt S.H.S. squad to face Rock Falls on September 19 at Rock Falls field or possibly S.H.S. stadium. The Green and Black seek revenge after last year’s 18 to 0 loss with captain Leo Hunsberger and backfield veterans Dale Lane Junior Spencer and Web McMurry. A large crowd and high tension expected. Community also visits in the next game under a new coach in an experimental season.
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Ted Scheid
Rock Falls
Quire
Leo Hunsberger
Dale Lane
Junior Spencer
Web McMurry
S.H.S
Committee Formulates 1941 Football Rules
The 1941 rules committee revises play to speed offense. Substitutes may communicate with teammates after entering, and free substitution in the last quarter is allowed. Backward passes behind the line may be handed forward to a nonline player. A forward pass into the end zone on fourth down is not a touchback. the ball restarts at the scrimmage line of the last play.
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Curtsinger
DeVoe
Mrs. Olsen
Miss Wolber
Scheidmen
Community
Mendota
Belvidere
Princeton
Dixon
DeKalb
Clinton
Bassis
Sterling Township High School
Sterling, Illinois
Paul Hermann
Marion Palmer
Gordon Behrens
Dick Smith
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Stryker
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