George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Cartoons Depict Production Although the Pioneer News is not dis- tributed until Thursday, the first of the many steps in production begins Friday of the preceding week. The initial procedure is aiaking assignments for page two on this day. Having received their assignments, re- porters from the journalism class set out to get information for writing their sto- ries. They interview both teachers and students in securing all the essential facts . Ry to jvrsrt e y SEVEfl TH PERIOD A staff typist, who must be accurate, neat, and intelligent in her work, receives the copy and makeup sheet from the page editors. Following their implicit direc- tions, she transposes the stories onto the stencil. At thj.s point in production, the sten- cil is presented to a mimeoscope operator, who cuts the headlines and cartoons accord- ing to the page editors instructions on the makeup sheet. Extreme care is exerted to make the heads mechanically attractive. Page Ten

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of Pioneer News . . . £ I WISH THRT CLASS WOULD LEFIRN TO WHITE o According to the deadlines ■which are set up for each page of the PN, the jour- nalists turn in their copy to staff edi- tors , who work on the Pioneer hews during their free periods each Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Individual page editors, working under the supervision of the co-editors and spon- sor, swing into action next. They fit the stories into position on a makeup sheet and write headlines. Upon completion of their work, the page is carefully laid out. After the stories, cartoons, and head- lines are cut, the stencil is ready to go to press. A last-ninute check for errors is made, and then the stencil is fastened to the mimeograph, which prints as mam- copies of the page as are needed. tribute the Pioneer News to the 600 student subscribers and Clark’s teachers. Copies also are sent to numerous alumni and ex- change high schools. Page Eleven