Soldan Blewett High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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0lfLI I'lCl, l5l'l'l The lournahsm Class 1S rather umaue 1n 1ts cor1pos1t1on and funct1on Operatmg as closely s poss1ble hlce a mmrature newspaper olhce the class IS d1v1ded 1nto two d1st1nct groups ne cons1 ts of the exp r1enced stall wh1ch pr1 1ar1ly publ1shes the school newspaper SPOT LIGHT and the other IS made up of Cubs who re tra1necl for one semester by the staff mem b rs and MISS Koch th faculty sponsor After twenty weeks of gather1ng news wr1t1ng ed1tor1als composvng and countmg headlmes 3 ff jelm proofreadmg rece1v1ng spec1al 1nd1V1clual 1n struct1ons on ed1t1ng or column wr1t1ng and l1v1ng 1n a cont1nuous genume newspaper at mosph re each Cub IS perfectly capable of stepp1ng 1ntoa graduat1ng staff member s place The1r f1rst comb1ned 9V1d9l'1Ce of these newly acqu1recl ab1l1t1es IS revealed to the school at large m the spec1al Cub Issue Work1ng as a un1l1ed team the Cubs put 1nto pract1ce the essenhals ol good reporters whlch they were vat1on sens ot news value accuracy loyalty thoroughn ss promptness depenclab1l1ty and lr1endl1ness The resultmg product IS a news , aper snug I .Sill IH? jfjfffl -s Q-s M f. '5 E I Q. ' l 1 I - htm .,.. a , 4 B 1 Cl I ' . . . . . . . . . - . . . . - Q 9 ll' . a, , , ' ' A ' ' , . , ' O .SL 9 . A , . ,Q t b . . .H . n 11 ' ' , - , ' , U '- ' - taught to practice, such as: keenness of obser- 9 - Q , e , , , ' V ' Q , , ' ' , ' ' , . Q ' ' , , 'C . tr , ' t . 1 1 l S . K 4 V 5 K . - , I

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But SPOTLIGHT IS not 1ust an ordlnary lugn school newspaper Th Iournahsts are very proud of the many awards they have recelved for outstandlng columns features news stones and general ratlngs For rnstance the Qutll and Scroll has awarded SPOTLIGHT Inter nattonal F rst Place as well as Second Place several tm s Some large un1vers1t1es sucfl as Mlnnesota and Colurnb1a Unlverslty hav rated the paper both ftrst and second place also ln a Natlonal Tuberculosls Educatron Con test Soldan Blewetts newspaper came IH flrst au1te a few tlm s ln lune 1951 Mlssourl Um verslty gave SPOTLIGHT a rat1ng of Super1or B9S1dGS these awards the 1nd1v1dual Iournallst frequently recelve pr1zes certrflcates and hon ors for exc ptlonal artlcles Wh1le learn1ng how to publlsh a paper suc cessfully through actual experrence the care of the mechamcs of lournahsrn from the1r text book teacher and regular class asslgnrnent Occastonally the class takes a tour through a large local newspaper plant engravlng or pr1nt1ng concern All arttcles are typed excluswely by the re porters Each member of the class becomes well acaualnted w1th a d1ct1onary whlch he uses constantly 1n the never endlng 1ob of proof readlng After the prmter returns the long strlps of paper conta1n1ng the contents of the newspaper called galleys the lrnportant Job of proofreadlng beglns agafn When the gal leys are corrected they are sert back to the prlnter and a day or two later return to the school ln prlnted form ready for d1str1but1on Bestdes prov1d1ng valuable bas1c tra1n1ng fo students lnterested 1n the Journahsm or wr1t1ng frelds the Iournahsrn Class does much toward moldmg desrrable character1st1cs such as sense of respons1b1l1ty dependabtllty prompt ness mdustnousness yudgment personal1ty and rel1ab1l1ty . e ' . 3 I 3 i e . ' ' ' I . . . . 9 . . 9 4 I . . .4 e ' ' . fully-selected group gets a thorough knowledge , , , , L . . . . . . T I I -