Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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a fiancee. It was a story that had unfolded itself quickly, so quickly that we weren't quite certain of all the steps and processes it had included. We were already first class and the time would soon come when it was all over. Maybe we had missed much of it. During the time the various sections of the Lucky Bag were taking form, the business stalfwas coordinating the demands of the authors with those of our engravers, printers, professional photog- raphers, and supply companies. Unforeseen difficulties and problems had to be faced, and the business staff became guardian of each problem child. Ace Lewis inter- viewed the Academic Department and had pictures taken of the instructors for our academic section. We grouped all the clubs and organizations in the extra- curricular section-everything from the Chess Club to the Sail- ing Club. Bill Polhemus arranged them all in such order as there was and recorded the part each played in Annapolis routine. This being the Academy's centennial, we indulged in a history section. With a hundred years behind us, we had history on a grand scale. The Battalzou Rejzreseutatz ues had rz Ing job supervising the Biogmphy Sectiorz. Bush and his Advertising Staj' brought us out on the right side of the ledger. Business Manager Eidsoufound that money mrziiers meant headaches. The Business Staj worried about budgets and contracts. The Circulation Sli!-5. under the mamzgelnent W' Bradley, worked when EUE7j'0I19 else was through. Commander Wezmer superwsezz' the LUCKY BAG in the formative period. 421 '

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Editor Johnston breaks out the red pencik fbereiv more copy to be cbecfaezl. Lewis was cbrnged with the Acaffezrzic Section. :ml ww 1' , H. t f Peyton recorded the three year bisfozjl of om' class. 1:f'r 3f ' ' ' . 3 ' -- '0He'i Nm 1 L :Nl-n, M . 1 '--K, I Y - ' N., -Mtg ' n lluuecleyf lilliefmg Etaeiegaanmy E1DlFll'EIlDQllEl!IQfjlEl6IDHlZl THE Company representatives provided Company his- tories, scheduled pictures, and checked biographies for Sorenson's biography department. Joe Schiflms studio was busy all Fall taking pictures of the Iirst class. Nine hundred biographies had to be checked to see that they were poignant enough to characterize the men and do more than flatter them. jim Strand and his staff began their continuous task of covering sports events and getting action pictures. Our local sport writers had their chance to make a permanent record of an outstanding football team. The sports writers were faced with the perennial problem of writing up the spring sports in time to make the final deadline. And, the deadline came before the opening of the season for several sports. We made a record of our class history. . . the meta- morphosis of a midshipman. The Pollaenms lmmllezl the various clubs and ovgrwizations in the Activities Section. care-free life as a plebe, the class crest, an anxious youngster year crowned by June Week, our class ring, the ring dance, and maybe 1301.071-f0l1l1If hidden glrzmozn' in the build- ings and the growzds for lbe Yun! Seotion. Lt. Comdr. Oseib bl01lgl7f the LUCKY BAG to its C071C1llSi0l2. 420

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-X The stajf responsible for produc- ing the history of the Academy. Great credit must be given to the midshiprnen of the photographic staff. The photographers were always at hand to take pictures for our chronicle when something happened. Though we had able, professional photographers, the Lucky Bag would have been missing many of its pictures had not Bob Steele and his stali been working from the time this Lucky Bag was con- ceived until the last pictures went to the engravers. The engraving stafl kept a steady How of photographs going to the engravers to be made into copper, and dressed the photographs to fit the required spaces in the dummies. The printing staff did a similar job of checking copy and Htting it to our plans. The circula- tion staff had plenty of work to distribute the Bag .. 5. ,, on , . 1 Q-' try E, w r 4 ' ' fl-'lfbfs ,Q ,-,g:.g1lg1.5,'?5, YT' LT-1 'tg fists, w The sports department was headed by Strand. , EF,-v .-,iz . ' f-..AL5f7i', .T 4 -sw, 1 si H 'v V s 1 - .rt ,.: vl., , . 'X ' . 1 ' -J' ,1 - . :fly ' 'V 'tx it Hawes saw that we had Y 5 the copy for our annual. mv-., -.Nt 579019 'md his P50f08 4PbJ' 941.7 aided 10-'Qf SCIPW if' Whetton was in charge of the plates and cuts. taking the pictures we printed in the LUCKY BAG. 422 it