Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Above, Donald Briles. editor, and Kenneth Wait associate editor, plan paice layout. • Upper I the Blaekhawk come sizzling off the press. • I. Donald Briles, editor, interviews aetor Francis I.e er. • Lower left: Blaekhawk staff broadcast» I school news over the air. They are: left to ri Bob Collins, Kvalcc Bouithan, Kenneth Wagner. I aid Briles, Marian Hinton. THE Journalists Find New Advisor When the newly appointed lilack- hawk staff returned to school a week before school officially started last fall in order to put out an early edition, it found a new facul- ty advisor, Mr. Hach. The Mackhawk soon got under- way to report all the high school activities m a manner that im- proved with each succeeding issue. For Homecoming, the staff put out an extra that was distributed to all the students. Very unusual in the high school newspaper field, the Blaekhawk issued two full pages of pictures, used large color cuts, and put out several six-page edi- tions. Spring staff members are: seated left to right. Velma Walliker, Kvalce Houghan, Eva Mae Shewry, Barbara Brann. Donald Briles, Marian Hinton. Mary Elizabeth Baker. Patricia Leon- ard. Kenneth Wagner. Dorothy Hall. Imogen Taber. Standing, second row. Walter Kuttler. Richard Corbin. Bussell Moorhead. Robert Col- lins. Mary McClelland. Jean l-ouisc Thuenen. Marjorie Stevens. Lloyd Cook, Robert Jones. Betty Pottorff. Marjorie Ross, Betty Brady. Betty Hayes. June Hartman. Mary Margaret James, (above) Barbara l.armer. (below) Ann Wiese. Maxine Buckles. Jeanne Rodgers. Alice Lorber. Betty Swanson. Herbert Hartkop was absent when the picture was taken.

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tUcaiiojiA The editors and staff of the 1940 Yearbook welcome you to another edition of the Dav- enport high school “Blackhawk.” Let’s start when the semester starts. The first problem is the theme. Having picked the seasons as the theme, the next step was to enumerate or pick out the con- tents of each season. Our next act was to figure out the total number of pages, the number of pages for each season, and the advertising; thence to the making of the first “dummy.” The first “dummy” was a very rough plan of the book, page by page. This was the job of the three editors, who, after school, strained weary brows for ideas. Mean- while the advertising staff was “rolling,” hunting prospective customers, all this tak- ing place the first few weeks of school. In November a committee from the staff went to the National Scholastic Press Asso- ciation convention in Chicago, where they re- ceived hints and suggestions on the construc- tion and development of high school year- books. At last the Fall section was finished. What a relief! Then, up to Miss Doennecke for her students to begin work on the final draft. Here art students designed and added the vital color and layouts needed to help make the book a success. On to the Winter section. Hmmmmmmmmmm! Let’s see. Cut a few pages here; add one there; need one more for intramurals; better take one out here..... And so it went, day in and day out. All departments were running smoothly. The sports editor was busy with football, the class editor with data on graduates, the pho- tographer was bringing pictures regularly for page “layouts.” Then came Spring! In most cases ‘a young man’s fancy lightly turns-’ as the old say- ing goes, but the editors just heaved a sigh and rolled up their sleeves. For it is in Spring that things really “hum.” Now all the pic- tures of clubs, R. 0. T. C., and gymnasium classes were taken and most important, that old ‘deadline’ was creeping closer and closer. Club pictures were taken, the club editor worked at top speed; R. O. T. C., and gymna- sium pictures were taken and slowly but surely the book was being finished. Finally came the deadline. The copy was in, the advertising had been cleaned up, the pictures were in place, and the book was on its way to the printers. The result? A very satisfied staff and. well, see for yourself! Standing: Malcom Kraut- hanter. Richard Corbin. IIoukIks Bruner, Joe Matous, Sam Zoeckler. Joe I.cc. Joan Klcchurg. Virginia Hansen. .Mar- jorie Hull, Mary Klixa- beth Baker, Velma Walli- ker. Mai narcl Colbert. Scaled: Patricia Leonard. ImoKcn Tabor, Marjorie Ross, Janccy Witcher, Belle Sirota, Mildred Blair, Jeanne Rodgers, Catherine Harmeier. Neither Ann Wiese nor Alfred Lawton. Advertis- ing Manager. were pre- sent when the picture was taken. 21

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Member of the fall xtafY are: xeated left to right, Joan Kleeburg, Jean Aldredge, Kuth Iverxen, Kathryn Stevens. Iona Jonc . Standing: Kdmund Mengel. Jenny Howard, Leo .iflfren, Marjorie Hull. Kenneth Schumann. Marjorie Roxx. Hetty Swanxon. Donald Hrilex, Clifford Dawson. Jack Malloy, Harriette Hertram. I.rxlir Hate . Mildred Blair, Margaiet Martin, Ruth Huixinger. Don Knaack wax not present when the picture wax taken. •Mr. Cl. H.ch. BLACKHAWK Staff Members Attend Convention In order to publish a paper with the advantage of being better in- formed, several staff members of the Blackhawk attended the Na- tional Scholastic Press Association convention in Chicago last Novem- ber. Here they took short courses conducted by outstanding men in the field of newspaper work — edi- tors, educators, executives. Knowing that many of the sub- scribers are interested in stage and screen personalities, the Blackhawk tried and succeeded in interviewing Francis Lederer when he was in Davenport. Quill and Scroll Chapter Organized A chapter of Quill and Scroll, the international honor society for high school journalists, was organ- ized during the Spring semester by Mr. Hach. Charter members were initiated into the Dr. Frank Luther Mott chapter at the publications’ banquet June 1. Deadline days often found the paper in the process of being writ- ten as late as 8 o’clock at night. Since all work and no play is not a good policy, the staff compensat- ed with several informal “blow- outs” this spring — the best of which was a pot luck supper held at Credit Island with the yearbook staff. Blackhawk Hated as Excellent” The Blackhawk has been award- ed another outstanding rating, “First Class—Excellent” bestowed by the National Scholastic Press Association. There were only three schools in the Blackhawk division (1600-2500 students) who outdid the Blackhawk for all around good journalism during the first semes- ter. The N. S. P. A. is an organiza- tion that exists for the sole pur- pose of raising the standards of high school journalism by author- itative criticisms with suggestions for improvement. The Blackhawk also expects a superior rating from Quill and Scroll which will not be announced until next fall.