Cal State Polytechnic College - El Rodeo Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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EL MUSTANG STAFF (left to right'] First Row: Gu y Thomas, Bob Saunders, Eugene Kemper, John Patter- son, Herb Bundeson, Joe Griffin, Carl Taffera. Second Row: Carter Camp, Donald Miller, Otho Budd, Bill Roth, R. E. Kennedy, Glenn Arthur, William Nolan, Paul Tritenbach and John Columbini. [27] Paul Madge, drafted into the job of business manager, kept the paper sol- vent with good management and plenty of advertising. Madge doubled in brass as the assistant editor for most of the year. Bob Rowe, staff cartoonist, kept the customers happy with his drawings until he transferred to another college. John Patterson, editor, kept the student body aroused with the editorials which were alleged to be radical. Patterson maintains that at heart he is a Republi- can and that the editorials kept “Dear John” column full of letters. Bob Kennedy, advisor, was kept con- tinually busy laying oil on the troubled waters. Carrying a full time load in sev- eral other departments. Kennedy al- ways managed to keep the staff on the beam when assistance was needed, which was often. Going down the line for student con- stitutional reform and revision, and ev- er emphasizing the importance of effi- cient student government and extra- curricular activities, El Mustang was truly considered representative of the student body. PAUL MADGE Business Manager El Mustang, throughout the year, managed to keep a considerable staff busy most of the time, and so, perhaps, out of more serious mischief.

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Cl IfluJtahg None of the staff will ever forget Hallowe’en, when a perfectly good issue fell to pieces before i t reached the press. Following that date, the staff managed to get out many ex- cellent editions, but somehow they always appeared dazed and punch drunk after each issue was off the press. JOHN PATTERSON Editor EL MUSTANG’S staff, finding a sud- denly grown up student body, in- creased the size of the weekly student paper several times during the year. El Mustang reached full tabloid size with six pages during the Winter quarter. The paper’s policy was decidedly liberal for a student publication. The paper, acting as the official organ of the stu- dent body, sponsored many items of constructive work in student affairs during the year. Continuous checkouts and changes in curricula forced complete revision of the staff many times. Patterson’s chief worry was always, “Who have I got working on the staff this week?” Num- ber two worry was the absence of copy at deadline time. After that, Patterson could always worry about the press, “Will it last for one more issue?” EL MUSTANG STAFF AT WORK Paul Triltenbach, Editor Patterson, Paul Madge, Roy Bethel [ 26 j This year El Mustang was printed in the college’s own shop. This kept the editorial staff and the production staff working in close collaboration, and resulted in considerable saving to the student body. The editorial staff thanks A. M. Fellows, director of print- ing, and his classes for the ex- cellent work done in printing the weekly editions of El Mustang.

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(jcal pcAt ftluA tanq Woundup GLENN ARTHUR Editor rpHE Goal Post is actually a cooper- ative publishing venture between the Publications department and the Ath- letic department. Advertising, which is the sole revenue other than sales, is handled by the publications advertising manager. Photographs of team mem- bers are taken by publication photog- raphers. After all expenses for engrav- ings, printing, photography, commis- sions to advertising solicitors and stu- dent salesmen are paid, the net profit is divided equally between Publications and the Athletic department. IN NOVEMBER the first and last issue of the 1946 Mustang Roundup ap- peared here on the campus. The would- be 25c monthly was greeted with polite but restrained enthusiasm. Many students volunteered reasons for the magazine’s short life. Some said the articles were too general and did not interest the majority. Others held that like similar college ‘mags’ the car- toons should be racy and plenty of them. The typical “kid campus” wanted more hot gossip and men’s room jokes like— “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t,” or “familiarity breeds.” These may have been contributing factors for the publications failure, but the real reason was the shortage of staff members for such an undertaking. HARVEY KRAMER Editor [28]