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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
2
Editorial urges students to think before acting and explains horse sense as careful planning. It reassures freshmen and upperclassmen that fear is common and encourages completing assignments, participating in clubs, and balancing study with fun for a successful college experience.
Audrey Bethard Janet Diffenbaugh Mary Jane Frasier Annabelle Howard Donna Swinke Jeanne Saunders Neil McNinch named to special edition team. The roster lists eight editors and contributors for upcoming publication.
The piece urges students to show loyalty to their school through cooperation with faculty and peers. It highlights strong faculty, well kept facilities, and active participation in sports while stressing classroom and corridor conduct as part of school spirit.
A reflective diary note about a summer camp experience by lake life. The writer details crowded cabins, scarce electricity, seaweed tangles, mosquitos, hard cots, mixed meals, prunes, and a failed tan attempt, ending with a lesson learned from the outing.
A list of S.HLS students who spent summer vacations working at various local sites. Names include Hendricks Drug Store Florence Pratt Eberley's Drug Store Dopee Bowran School DuWayne Dietz West End Root Beer Stand Jo Anne Andrews LaVonne Kunde Norma Todhunter Country Club and many others across shops, service stations, pools, and firms.
A reflective fragment shows a traveler noting appreciation for home after a week away. The writer jokes about more wandering next year and the habit of returning, seasoning the note with a playful complaint about prunes.
The column lists summer romances and new friendships among students, names several couples and new pairs, mentions picnics at White Pines, and notes Miss Johnson teaching algebra while Mr Pletcher is away. It invites Script Bits contributions for school happenings.
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