Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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-. if - f 5-.., - ,..,cq,- ------ -. , r-.,.?,, .4 -ff--f 'T-g-- . -. N -- 1 'J , I - if 'S fi n s-Stihl both have in common is to make their teachers think that since they are on the Scrip they are so brilliant that they don't need to study. Now if the Editor and Business Manager have both done their duty, all the material is in Mr. Smith's handsg and when he has read the copy and called for any necessary revisions it is ready to go to the print- er. Someone said, Oh, I thought you just wrote something on a piece of paper and the Scrip came out 2 In reality here is how the Scrip does come out. The Editor sees that the copy is taken down to 1427 Locust street, where the Firm of Buschart Bros. is located. They have been our printers for Eve years. There the First thing that is done is the making of a work ticket, which is an envelope seven by ten inches, in which all instructions for setting, printing and binding are set forth. It tells the number of pages and copies desired, the color of ink, and the style of binding. It also has a place for all the operators on the work, such as proof-readers, machine compositors, hand compositors, stone men, press men, feeders, folders, gatherers, stitchers, cutters, and wrappers. Did you think that the Scrip went through so many hands after leaving Soldan? The work ticket also specifies a place for delivery, or shipping instructions, and when to be delivered. The copy goes to the composing room where the lay-out man sep- arates it. , That is, such copy as the Tattler, which is printed in eight- point type, is separated from the general reading matter, which is in ten- point type. The advertising copy V ,, 1u is also put apart from the other so , that it may be set by hand. The other copy is then given to the oper- If , J ator who sets it up with the use of the lmotype machine. To me the fwlrig' A lmotype machine is one of the most I, Iizfgog WM wonderful of inventions. It is not -1-U very large, about eight feet tall and ul six across.- One man works this 4 fl ' machine in much the same manner as a typewriter is operated. There ' flwlwi ii iu ' is a key board similar to that of a L ,, y W ,p MX' typewriter, only small letters, cap- fl Q T' A 'M lll T illil l iii. 4 itals, and small capitals may be set. These letters are set in a line in an assembler, by matrixes, which later represent one line of reading matter. Between the words small metal spaces are inserted which regulate the spacing automatically so that all lines end evenly. When the assembler has been filled with type it quickly passes along the machine to where a molten liquid composed of tin, lead, and antimony, heated to the high 59 Linolypc Machine

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- gr ' '5 ' U2 ' rs-' - s 7. had signed up sixteen by the time the first issue went to press. The peculiar thing was that almost without exception the advertisements were those of instrumental or vocal teachers. He had simply picked out one line of trade and stuck to it for results! Could Leon write? Well, he never tried to write even a joke and we didn't want him to, either, as long as he could get ads. There is also the fellow who couldn't sign up an advertiser if all his chance of getting an E in Latin depended on it, but he will sit in the Scrip room by the hour doing the necessary cler- ical work. And when he gets that done he'll go up to the art rooms and make a few posters which are about as artistic as a picture of a Missouri mule crossing the Hellespont by moonlight. Nevertheless the Scrip couldn't get along without the fellow who does this work. I have spoken of those who are interested in the business side of our paper and who make up one group which is responsible for the Scrip. The other group is composed of those shining lights who have been blessed with a spark of intellectual originality which causes them to pro- duce some literary effort of more or less valueg most of the time less. It's hard to believe that there are boys in school who would rather write poetry than eat apple pie, but it's the truth. Now you know why the Scrip begins in the gray matter of the stu- dents. They either get the inspiration that they can write something or that they can do something. They are classified accordingly, as has been said before, and put to work. These premises having been of- fered, here is just how the Sctip grows, beginning in the minds of the students and ending by being inclosed in an artistic brown and gold cover, and resting upon your reading table. The Scrip convention has been held, the new staff chosen, and down in the sanctum sanctorum-speaking in the vernacular, room 230-Mr. Smith, the Editor, and the Business Manager are assembled in solemn conclave. They are deciding which members of the staff are to fill such positions as advertising manager, subscription manager, director of pos- ters, exchange editor, editor of the Tattler, athletic editor, reporter of auditorium sessions, and so on, until all have a certain duty assigned which seems to fit best with their ability. While there is no such title as office boy and general fiunky, some one of the staff occasionally finds it becoming to his dignity to remind the others of the fact. The duties of the Business Manager are to superintend the work of the staff, to see that the fellows are keyed up with lots of enthusiasm, to keep the books and write all checks, which is quite a man-sized job, and in gen- eral to do every thing that no one else does. The Editor must see that all writers get their assignments, plan for the date of issue, see that all expected material comes in on time, and help Mr. Smith whenever he can. If the editor chances to have a particularly amiable disposition, he occasionally helps the Business Manager also. One duty that they ss

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...hs v.,q.-- --va... , --ri,-- Q ye -..,..,- - TA - .-5 '--- '. .fz., T .- NY -'A NK ' ' ' 1' 41 21-411 . ,,,, 5i,.ii2 -1-,f .i:il5, temperature of 550 degrees, is forced into it. This forms a line of molded type which is dropped out at the side of the machine. The matrix with its metal letters then travels to the top of the machine and then across where each one of the letters, having been constructed like a key, automatic- ally falls back into its place, ready to be used again. The molded type that has been made on the linotype machine is then given to the galley boy who prints a long sheet known as the galley proof. This proof is given to Malrix the proofreader and mistakes are marked and then are cor- rected. Then two copies of the galley along with all copy set by hand, such as the headings and advertisements, are sent back to school to be further corrected. One copy is corrected at once and sent back to the printers, where the changes are made in the type. The other copy goes to the art department where Miss Fitch, the Art Edi- tor, and their assistants are hard at work. Does the school know who that football player is whose picture was in the last issue? Why of course! He's the boy who worked every afternoon until seven o'clock and gave us a winner last year! But does the school know who the lit- tle quiet fellow is who worked every afternoon trying to get just the right action for his picture and who then went home and worked until one in the morning, so that it would go to the engraver's the next day? No the school doesn't, but the Scrip would be essentially lacking if it did not have its staff photog- ' rapher. And someone has to draw those cartoons, The ' V- , Scrip has a set of decorative l initials all designed by pupils T R of the school. Then there is f 3 ,, i' the group of folks who begin 5 if nf 45,55 717, , where these others leave off. I, They prepare the illustrations again to be sent to the engraving ff'E5j.jiffj-, - company. The various pic- ,-'f my Q ' , tures and drawings are sorted ,,,, f over, a selection made, and the , if 4' proper size for insertion deter- 5 1 V 3 , mined. The cartoons are past- . ed in suitable groups: the 1 ' , -,-- ., photographs or enlargements -T 'I ,. ..... .u.. , i f :f A i of them are trimmed, arranged ,- -, I , N -.-, - K and mounted on a brown paper . 1 which is responsible for the W , 1 pleasing border which embel- s - f., f - lishes them when they appear u , in print. At the engraver's ... ..,s Galley, Dummy Page, and Page Proof 60