Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Praise the I-ord — and dream up a feature story ' . . . or any otiier story for llial mailer ... is ifie iiiollo of jonrnatism sliidenls. Room I l() is llie liaxeii for all joiunalism 2 stu- dents and a Sliantfrl f.a for (jreenliorn reporters. Behind its formidal le porlais many distinct events occur, hut never l)efore lias a class learned so ((uickiy tlie principles of newspaper produi tion as did the iournalism I students this semester. The CVeenhorns. led liv co-edilors Rose Jean Lewis and Burton Wilson, plus their worthy re- porting; aides. pro ed their ahilily as huddint ' journalists hy ahly puhlishinj; the tireenhorn issue of I he l ailspliller w ithout a deadline! .Ml the opx had tjonc to press 21 liouis hclorc the date set for deadline nifjlit. l or the adviuiced journalism class, one day anticipated with gleeful relish hy those staff mem- l)ers fortunate enough to make the grade, is group |)iclure lay for the Senior Railspliller when fun( tioning journalists are e.xcused from classes. From 0:50 a.m. til 5:35 p.m.. slalf officials await one thing . . . you re right — the fac ult ' pic- lure! I hat is the peak of a perfec t, although oc- casionally old day. . n interesting little hy-phn ' in Room I 16 which is familiar to all journalists is the mounting of proverhs composed of raridon) words ut from I lie Railspliller. On the mirror hanging ahove the sink are pasted such sage compositions as: Hi. Spinl QiH ' en! . . . I he unusual— a student . . . I ypi( al stiuh ' tit ( reates comedy. With the paste scarcely dry is the recently added c|(iip. Wouldn ' t it he awful if the students killed the faculty? 1 he dec iciing fac lor on every story, large or small, is the dynamic Miss Mac. She catches and correc ts the mistakes the geniuses miss. Most ol her lime is de oled to puhlishing Lincoln s literar - efforts and to proving that teachers are human. An ac li ily never engaged in before by journal- isls was the dismantling of cuts so that zinc could be salvaged for I nc le Sam. I his was acc om- plished by hammers, screw drivers, pliers, and a maxiimiiii .imount of noise. 1 he greatest help one derives from journalism besides learning to be exact and brief is the de- velopiiic-nl ol sue h dow ntrodden virtues as helpful- ness, punc tualilv. promptness, and of all things. i)i;i ' i:M). Bii n Y. It s realK the . Vmei ic aii Wiiy w hen a veri- table bee hi e of students, good and bad. can apply themselves and work together in a minia- lure newspaper oflic c to publish successfully the voic e ol Lincoln High. I he Railspliller. Journalism I (Top picture) Front Row left to right: Heii, Marturello, York, Sonneborn. Second Row: Gale, Knause, Tarn, Lewis, Deever, Scoqin, Flaherty, Miss McFarland, Cavender, Christian. Third Row: Hedburg, Griffin, Dixon, Rittel, Creveling, Madison, Quigley, Bradley, O Keele. Falbo, Iournalism 11 (Center picture) Front Row, left to right: Bergtrom, Harmon, Mitchem, Graham, Miss McFarland, Foust, Palmer. Anderson, Farson, Magnuson. Back Row, left to right: Crookshank, Rich, Reeves, Tripe, Sheraden, McConnell, Knotts, Darnes, Hines, Porter. Iournalism I (Bottom picture) Front Row, lelt to right, Sitting: Textor, Johnson, New- ton, Forsythe. Lester, Patthoff, Arlberg, Pearson, VanHorn, Harvey, Oliver, Folsom, Benoit, Clemmer, Joss, Wilson, Boudewyn, Wilson, Miss McFarland.