Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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PAGE 13 LOVES LABOURS REGAINED V. f' D , Ca X V P . A Z if 2 'f 2 4 Harriet Zieman, Associate Editor, Dolores Stark, News Editor, Kafbryn Gilbert, Associate Editor, Arthur Kusjmr, Editor-in-Chief, Robert Krlllrr, News Editor, Harrier Rolojf, News Editor, Rufla Rehm, Associate Editor. The day had been W8l'I11 and sultry. At 3:10 the corridors were deserted and by 4:30 not even the most urgent Orarle article could have scared up the faintest semblance of any one of the Oracle advisers. Miss Roberts, Miss Johns, Miss Alcott, Miss Pierson, Miss Durham, Miss Zarling, and Mr. Nelson had retreated for one night from a flutter of papers and blue pencils. Only in a far-off corner of the fourth floor, in the Oracle office itself, did any sign of life exist. There, seven or eight students, gathered informally about the big copy desk, were pretending to study. Though the hot sun was fast sinking behind the farthest wing of the building, and the light was growing more and more dim, not one had made even the slightest move toward the electric switch. Being Tuesday, September 20 to be exact, copy had all gone to press. No unfinished work remained in the school. News editors Harriet Roloff and Kathryn Gilbert, had checked up every scrap of news before 8:30 in the morning, and associates Harriet Zieman and Ruth Rehm, had finished the last head over their noon lunch. The sixth hour had seen editor-in-chief Arthur Kaspar off to the printers with fillers , with Miss Landwehris proof-read galleys, and Miss Robert's weekly pass, the latter returning him well before the end of the afternoon. Yet, here they all sat, together with Lorraine Blank and Eva Wollman, typists, and the Mana- ger of this usually bustling office, Evelyn Schubert, sat glumly on an afternoon that should have meant an appreciated breathing space for flat-foored news editors, and printers' ink for Arthur Kaspar. Even business manager Al Doss and assistant Arthur Peck were there, fiddling away with a couple of rulers, not at all on their usual line, that of watching the layout of ads at the print shop. This was to be the second edition of the Oracle in the fall of 1932. The first paper had been completed a week before school opened and issued the first Friday, to every student. Imagine the proud Arthur, toting Iwo giant packages of papers up to the Oracle oHice, exactly 2,600 copies! Never before in the history of the school had so many been printed. They had been part of the subscription drive. Only today this drive had reached its climax in the portrayal of the 'Qliving newspaperu to the student body. Suddenly each of these students was brought back to life by a loud, shrill, warning bell which seemed to hit and rebound on every wall of the building. Five to five. Time's up, I guess , and Arthur Kaspar made a move as if to gather up the mass of papers spread before him. Living newspaper-blah. Willing to wager anyone that whole box of Evais fudge that this is the last work we'll ever see on the Oraflc' newspaper . The depression was on. Here were eight students actually looking for more work! They had completed an entire issue, apparently on the blind, without the least assurance of its ever being printed. At this crucial moment, in dashed Ullenberg, subscription manager, with a list of figures long enough to have warranted deep conference with both official business overseer, Mr. Costello, and supreme Oracle ad- viser, Mr. Korn. Safe',, he yelled, as he flung open the door waving this long white paper over his head and trailing it behind him. The school turned out first rate at the rally this afternoon. We're guaranteed over 1,000 subscriptions. Art, you can tell the printers to start setting up tomorrowf, Newspaper

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PAGE 1 2 6, , ? ANNUAL STAFF RUTH REHM, Editor VIOLA STRINGER, Assofiatc Editor MARGUERITE KRUEGER, Senior Editor Assistants: PETER TOPITZES HERBERT MEYER ALICE RAMISZEWSKI REINHOLD PETERSON VIRGINIA SINCLAIR, Organization Assixtantx: RAMONA VANDERHOO1- HENRY SCHNEIDER ARTHUR KASPAR SYLVIA ORZECHOWSKI MARGARET CLARK LE ROY GOODMAN DONALD FRICKER Faculty Advisers MR. KORN, Clzairnmll HORTENSE RUTKOWSKI ELAINE GOETZ LA VERNE EBERT ELLEN WOLFF Editor OLGA HINICI-B EDWIN PIONKOXVSKI JANE DEGA HAZEL WURSTER ARTHUR BAHR ERIC SCHALLA KATHRYN GILBERT MISS WATSON MISS LANE MISS ROBERTS MR. BOERNER MISS JOHNS MR. J- J- SMITH MR. COSTELLO MISS PIERSON MISS ALCOTT MISS DURHAM MR. NELSON MISS ZARLING I MISS LANDWEHR MR. FRITSCHE, Ex-Officio SLIGHTLY JUMBLED.' ! 'f'w FQ o L N ff A POLITICAL MESS

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PAGE 14 SO, the wheels of the Oracle were set agog once more! The students were to have the experience and fun of living the part of real newspaper workers, writers, organizers, and business administrators for one more year. Again the Commercial and English departments would be more than books and routine. One more year of carbon-stained fingers, news noses, and flying reporters in Bay View. Those highly competent ad solicitors, Marcella Kuhr, Ethel Fritz, Florence Fredricks, and Ruth Brunk-billing clerks, Helen Hrynie- wiecki and Edith Medved-bookkeepers, Mary Gardetto and Blanche Jastrow-stenographers, Anne Walutke- vicz, Anna Lunkiewicz, Audrey Thompson, Lorraine Blank, and Eva Wellman-and mailing Clerk Chester Budny were to keep their jobs after all. Promptly at eight the next morning, the Oracle office assumed its normal aspect with Doss raring to go and registering enough surplus pep to tackle every Bay View merchant personally. As he rounded the corner, he came upon Evelyn Schubert and Lorraine Blank. Hy, Evie-Lorryu, he called. First,', he added as he slid to the door of the Oracle office. But, no, he was doomed to disappointment. There sat Anna Lunkiewicz already lost in her Spanish book. Throughout the remainder of the day, typists, assigned to ofhce duty through exceptional skill displayed in class work, invaded this busy domain in one hour shifts. They were usually joined by editors and news writers during the first and sixth hours. Functioning in this manner, this corps of workers sent proof to press and distributed Oracle newspapers to customers every week throughout the entire semester. In February, however, a number of vital armatures were loosened from this free wheeling machine. Ruth Rehm was transferred from the Oracle newspaper to the Annual and Harriet Roloff graduated. A quick ad- justment was necessary to carry the increased load of subscriptions. Kathryn Gilbert switched to the associate editorship and Robert Kaller and Dolores Stark, two promising cub reporters, became news editors. Life and Oracle work resumed its steady onward course. Al continued to leave his old derby on the shelf in the office, the old tin tuba still barred the entrance to the one copy desk, and the non-shatter glass on the cupboard doors continued to stand up in spite of twenty Jane Degas. One day in early March the wind suddenly shifted from the east to direct north. Bob Kaller's sensitive news nose instantly recording the change, Bob fairly flew up the four flights between Miss Alcottls room, short,' headquarters of Miss Robert's staff, and the Oracle office. Idea!', he yelled, somewhat breathless, before he had even half-opened the office door. He was coldly greeted by the half-finished remains of Arthur Kaspar's lunch. Shucks , he half muttered, his spirits somewhat lowered by this unsavory welcome. That's right: noon-hour, lunch, and then either the printer or parade, but maybe I can get Miss Roberts if she hasn't al- ready embarked on her famous 'hall duty' , and he slammed the door behind him, off for the second floor. Bob had no more than rounded the row of lockers bordering the office than Doss, still a business mana- ger, dashed into the hall from a late conference with Mr. J. Smith on ads. After confirming his opinion on Evie Schubert's and Lorrie Blank's ever more wayward ways by one peep into the Oracle office, he began to run up and down, here and there, in a frenzy, calling, Typist, typist . Charles Ullenberg, Subscription Manager. Chester Budny, Mailing Clerk. Lorraine Blank, Stenographer. Audrey Thompson, Stenographer. Evelyn Schuberi, Oflice Manager.