American Institute of Laundering - Annual Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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U 1 ..v--ff-----,- FRONT ROVV Cleft to rightj-VVarren Thomas Davies, Thomas Charles Campbell, Donald M. Butz, Hubert K. Cowan, Margaret F. Schwartz, Arthur Primack, P. Edward Jefferis, Maurice L. Papp. SECOND ROW Cleft to rightj-Bernard S. Gerskovitz, Irwin Harris, Mrs. May L. Grady fManager, Sales Promotion Departmentb, Lawrence C. Deibold, Richard T. Impson, Presley A. Martin, Alfred T. Batchel- d .BACKROWClftt 'htb-H Rb kAl'H.B Pb Bk D FB Pl er,Ir e orig enry o ec, vm.. erg, re en ec er, on . ussey, au Dorris, Robert Henry Stoer, Paul Jones CManager, Advertising Departmentb, C. H. Lanham CDirector of Schoolj. Member not in photograph-Ben Pollock. had talked about in class actually work. Some of the Workers in Student Laundry, tiring of the frequency with which Gersh sent in his study britchesj' did a fancy job on them one fine Monday. After they were washed White as snow they were dipped in collar starch and pressed. The Waist-band and cuffs were fluted on the curtain fluter in the latest laundry technique. It took two men and a boy to fold them, but it was Worth the trouble, because instead of sending in one pair . . . he began sending in three. After becoming thoroughly confused in the mass of detail connected with Sales Control, we finally began to see the dawn and at last understood it to Mrs. Grady's complete satis- faction. It Wasn't so hard after all. Another field trip took us to the Gerlach- Barklow Company where we saw offset print- ing done to perfection. It proved to be a very involved process, but H. K. Cowan got to the bottom of it by climbing on top of an offset press Where We found him finding out things from the pressman. The Illinois Laundryowners Convention gave us another vacation, for we attended several of the sessions and heard mighty fine talks by Walt and Mrs. Grady. Margaret came to school with the most beautiful black eye you ever saw one morn- ing, and claims to this day that they had an automobile accident on the way to Cleveland. She was unlike the usual woman in that she stuck to her story. Finally, after finals, we became graduate salesmen and advertisers. Funny, but it didn't feel any different. Of course, we have more confidence in our selling ability and We think We can at least tell a good ad from a bad one now. Page Thirteen -f f Wtinif' E,I+5?'T:2.1i 23727 375 - -JET. 1 . f. iff? S., ..i....' , V f- 2. .. .,1,,ps :.fv.-v T-.WV ' f'- - ..,1:,'i.z:j1eg v 4: 5

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sales, service, and advertising course You see, in vertical filing, the clerk can go through the cards in very little time. HE Sales and Advertising Course started off with a bang. Our new professor, Paul Jones, initiated us with a quiz. No doubt he was as unimpressed with our intelligence as we were with that sort of an opening. Every day in Sales class brought more and more lively discussions. Mrs. Grady led them with a will, but more and more often became upset with her Canaries when they whistled at odd moments. Sales films were shown by members of the class who later led discussion on the various points they brought up. Entertainment was provided after each of these by a little recur- ring skit entitled, I'll get that darned bundle from this house if it kills us both. All hands took the title roles at one time or another, but we unanimously elect Mrs. Jeff as the most domestic of the gamut of housewives we had to cope with. We took a field trip to Chicago, not in a bus this time, but in the cars belonging to some of the students and staff. We spent the entire morning becoming more and more amazed at the variety of processes going on at the Cuneo Press. Of course the hike through their plant reminded us of our Boy Scout days. After lunch, for which we split up, we met at the Daily News building and saw how a metropolitan newspaper is pro- duced from top to bottom and at length. Again we separated for supper and after- wards went through the NBC studios and heard the Carnation Hour being broadcast. It may have been coincidental, but we rather suspect the statement about the pre-shrunk ' milk. Our Spring Formal, better known as just a party, was held at the Trojan Hall and was a howling success. Music, dancing, and gen- eral good spirits prevailed. We found the back porch still good for those tired feet and for inhaling the fragrance of the river. Our advertising campaigns proved to be more work than We expected. But we worked with a will and with the help of Paul Jones, and despite ourselves, they were finished. Some of our stuff turned out to be pretty good, and some of it even usable. We had an interesting sidelight in a trip through the Joliet Herald-News. We started in the advertising department and followed the steps in making an ad from the idea through the layout, engraving, typesetting, mat-making, stereotyping, and finally seeing it come rolling from the giant press. We finally saw how the mysterious processes we By the same token, you could move this element down and make it a reverse plate. - Page Twelve

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g I laundry accounting course If you debit Accounts Payable, you must credit Account 2-4 in your In- voice Record. A HE monotonous inactivity of registration H day for the Accounting and Business Law Course was interrupted by a call for arms . . .to carry the voluminous packages of stuff and things that every true red-ink accountant should have in order that he may follow the straight and narrow path of the dollars and cents columns Cpronounced col-yumsh. The ensuing two weeks were devoted to teaching the not too bright students to speak in the vernacular that would enable them to direct a layman to a spot on a Balance Sheet which would be equivalent to Chicago and Cass Streets on the debit side of town. The remaining six weeks were filled with cold facts about expense classifications, interspersed with weekly examinations which seemed to enlighten the staff about the stu- dent body's dis-enlightenment. The legal end of the course was expertly administered to the class in lethal doses by Mr. J. Hinton Massey, attorney at law. Mr. Page Massey, in addition to being very proficient at teaching law, was equally proficient in instructing the cruder element in the class regarding classroom etiquette. The Republican element of the stai made an attempt at regimenting the class. The at- tempt was partially successful during the cooler portions of the course, but summer days brought the fiowers, the flowers brought per- fume, and Miss House got the mumps. It was in this course that extra-curricular activities were at their height. We visited the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville Cas spectators, of coursej. Some of the lads went down to the Kentucky Derby for a week- end without much financial success, although they still claim they were on the right horse. Two softball games were played by the stu- dents. The first was with the staff, in which the students, as usual, were victorious by an overwhelming score. The second was played a week later with the routemen, and the students were victorious again. ' 1 The Supreme Court in this case holds that the defendant is liable for nomi- nal damages. Fourteen