New Class Schedule Introduces Section Period and Lunch
A revised school timetable adds a section period from 3 20 to 4 00 pm at day’s end. Each class lasts one hour with a lunch period in the fourth or fifth slot and three minutes between classes.
03 Sep 1946
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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1946
Page
1
A revised school timetable adds a section period from 3 20 to 4 00 pm at day’s end. Each class lasts one hour with a lunch period in the fourth or fifth slot and three minutes between classes.
The office regrets that Student Handbooks will not be available due to printing difficulties. See pages three and four for rules and useful information. Freshman and transfer students are urged to note the information to aid adjustment to Sterling high.
S.H.S. Future Farmers, as usual took many honors at the vocational agriculture fair of Illinois held Aug. 20 at Morrison. Arthur Schick helped the boys with their entries. Wayne Geeting won a grand champion Jersey junior heifer. Lawrence LaFevre won with his Duroc Jersey boar and litter. Gary Strock won firsts with his Hereford boar gilt and litter. Dale Long with a Chester White gilt and litter. Duwayne Dietz excelled with Hampshire ram and lambs. Other winners included Donald Busing with a Duroc Jersey boar, Lester Cordes with Poland China swine, Dick Haines with aged Hampshire ewes, Charles Matznick with Poland China boar, and Jim Stouffer with Hereford boar gilt and litter.
The message urges students to seize school resources and guidance as veterans return and jobs remain scarce. It welcomes new freshmen and transfer students and emphasizes training as key to fulfilling ambitions for a successful year at Sterling Township High School.
While students were away the old school building received thorough cleaning and repairs. Floors were washed and waxed. walls were washed. biology room tables were updated. window bindings were cleaned. Stadium repairs followed, leaving the campus bright and orderly. Students urged to maintain cleanliness and avoid vandalism.
S H S welcomes Arthur Schick as agriculture teacher with four years service including overseas in the 79th Infantry Division. Lula Pignatelli will teach Spanish and year four English, William Tomkin directs vocal music, Marjorie Schumaker librarian, Robert E. Pletcher fills math vacancy.
Plans to offer an art course this year depend on enough student interest. If offered, two classes daily will run one morning and one afternoon with Mr. Nearhring teaching. Students should watch for announcements.
The first issue of the Sterling Township high school SCRIPT is free for every student. Subscriptions cost 75 cents per year without an activity ticket. Nine more issues are planned.
Mr Eades describes Illinois extension program at Sterling Township High School starting Sept 30. About 75 students enrolled. classes after 4 pm with one hour periods offering rhetoric algebra trigonometry drawing foreign languages and chemistry. Open to those meeting University of Illinois entrance requirements and veterans using benefits. credits count toward a degree up to 60 hours. tuition 5 per hour plus 5 books per semester.
All students are informed of the rearrangement of the three rooms between the center and south stairways on the main floor. The north room near the center stairway becomes the offices of Mr. DeVoe and the main office, replacing Mr. Eades' private room. The center office will no longer be open to students and the south room is now Mr. Eades' private office. Telephone use is discouraged and likely requires a good reason.
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