Arkansas City High School - Mirror Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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printers Are Kept Busy Recording School Activities An all-important question asked of high school journalists is Does your school have its own printing press ? Our printing department prints the college and high school annuals, the Ark Light, tickets and programs, calendars, and all record cards and office forms. This department is a pre-vocational course in the art of print- ing, which provides an opportunity for self expression and de- velops technical skill. Good printing requires foresight in planning, initiative, stick- tol-it-iveness, and an understanding of human reactions to the printed page. It develops the complete personality. Printing, The Mother of Progress, and education are insep- arable. This activity provides the opportunity to apply the Learn by Doing philosophy to our teaching methods. A system of rotation of positions is employed, in which the fellow who does the make-up work changes with the cylinder pressman, the stereotypers alternate with the job pressmen, and the advertising compositors rotate likewise. The linotype operat- ors do not rotate as this is a separate course. This plan of varia- tion ofers a more thorough training in the different phases of the work. Student printers who make 'B's are eligible for membership in the Pica Club, the social organization enjoyed by the printers. The club meets every other Friday in the print shop. Pica officers for the first semester were Ross Turner, presi- dentg George Pitts, vice-presidentg Jack Maze, secretary-treasuw er and Ark Light reporterg and Howad Clark, sergeant at arms. Ross Turner was re-elected president for the second semester and Jack Maze continued to be the combined secretary-treasurer and Ark Light reporter, Alvin Scott succeeded Pitts as vice- president, and Frank Henderson was elected sergeant-at-arris. The Pica , the paper published by the printing students, is issued at irregular intervals. It shows excellent training and the boys get experience in editing and supervising a small paper. Many field trips were taken to commercial shops by the class. In these shops they viewed and inspected bigger projects and how they are carried out and supervised. One of the most in- teresting of these was a trip to the Wichita commercial shops. Five graduates from the high school print shop are now em- ployed by the Daily Traveler, which fact in itself shows the vocational success of the department. Harold E. Gish, printing instructor, has an excellent way of getting things done, otherwise the department could never mas- ter all the projects they are required to do. He has always been willing to cooperate with the students whose work encompasses his department, giving the Ark Light and Mirror staffs valuable aid and information. PAGE 24 IIUROTHY MORRISON liulustriul- Ark Light reporter of con- ference, cnnferexu-e health chairman GRACE Nl-IWMAN College Prep. Girl Reserve program elmaifrinzui. Student Council representa- tive ol' Hnnor Society, opera, confer- encnve president, Messiah Glee Club. W0lt'l'I'l l'AY'l'llN College Prop. Glce Club. Hi-Y, Honor Szzcicly, Messiah, i-zimliilaitc: fur Sum- rncrlic-!:! Sclwlarsliiir. IIUNNA l'UltlN'l'ON Cornnicrciul Cinursc. CHAltl,l'lNlC RAMEY ln lustrlal Course.

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Class of '36 NOBLE MAYHILL-Industrial Secretary oi' conference MARTHA JANE McGALL-College Prep. Treasurer of conference, Girl Reserve, Mirror stuff CHARLES McCLUREfCollege Preparatory Course NELLIE MCGILL-College Preparatory Course NEWELL MEEK-Industrial Glee Club, Messiah, intramural basketball MARK MENDENHALL--General Course MAEDINE MILLER-College Prep. Glee Club, Messiah, Triple G Club, G. A. A. MARIE MILLER-College Prep. Glee Club, Girl Reserves, vice-president of con- ference PEARL MONETATHCHI-College Prep. Glee Club. Messiah, vice-preident of conference LURALINE MORRISgCo11ege Prep. Ark Light staff, vice-president of conference PAGE 23

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' Class of '36 i EMMA ll'lUCH-COmmerCial ALICE NEWMAN-College Prep. Secretary of Glee Club, Messiah, song leader of Girl Reserves, opera, stunt chairman of Pep Club, public speaking play. ALDO ORIN-Industrial Intramural basketball, football. 'WILLIS PAYTON-College Prep. Public speaking play, senior play, opera, Pep Club, Student Council representative of Hi-Y, Messiah, president of Honor Society, business manager of opera. MARGARET PICKETT-General Glee Club, Girl Reserves, Pep Club, opera, vice- president of conference. , DOROTHY PROBST-Commercial Honor Society, opera, G. A. A., color bearer of band. PAUL QUINN-General Football, basketball, track, Student Council. MARY JANE RALF-College Prep. Glee Club, Girl Reserves, Messiah, Honor Society. ROBERT RAMSEY-General Glee Club, Hi-Y, Messiah, opera, senior play. BRUCE REID-College Prep. Glee Club, president of Pep Club, basketball, tennis. l,,jgg,,g,4,,l,,,,3,.,,u.,r,.s,,..,,-.'.,, ,,,, M, ,, i ,.'- W. lf: PAGE 25