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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1963
Page
1
A local message condemns recent campus violence by rival students while defending Sterling High students. It notes an attacked senior requiring major surgery and a postgame scuffle with other schools. The piece urges restraint, condemns revenge, and praises Sterling students for maturity.
A reflection on the decline of reading enthusiasm among students and teachers. The piece urges selective summer reading, defends unread books as sources of knowledge, and cites author Somerset Maugham on reading matter. It promotes Robinson Crusoe as a starter for future summers.
A hypothetical inch worm moving at one inch per second would require 5,290 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 6% seconds to circle the Earth at the equator, illustrating an extreme travel time for a tiny creature.
The University of Illinois began on March 2, 1868 with three faculty and fifty students. By 1946 Chicago Undergraduate Division opened. now nearly 10,300 faculty and staff and over 32,000 students exist across Urbana Champaign and Chicago. The Urbana main campus offers numerous colleges. Chicago units provide similar first two years and preprofessional studies. Graduate and professional programs run on both campuses, with admissions details available from The Dean of Admissions and Records.
Script listings recount SHS history with ten year ago noting peak enrollment of 800 students and hits by Les Paul and Mary Ford. Visitors Nora Strunk of Chili and Tusi Taulalini of Hawaii joined, adding overseas flair to the year.
A SHS notes column spotlights the Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett album Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (Columbia). The 40 minute disc features singing, dancing, and humor including a satire on The Sound of Music and a lively salute to classic American stage songs.
A humorous collection quotes Tom Swifties with wry punchlines. The snippets feature playful misfires on charm cavities camping sleep and sports prowess. Captain Hook adds a safety caution in a breezy Reader's Digest tone.
A quirky note highlights rivalries in humor about last year's Robed Choir Joke of the Year plus apologies for omitting Mark Behrens and Mike McNinch from Boys State delegates. It also mentions pigeon toed walking trends at SHS and crumbling car woes with a wink to Sue Ann.
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