Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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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

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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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U Ji I' ' I yn' xv? do provides us with the humor and the news HARVARD has its LAMPOON, the University of Cali- fornia, its PELICAN, and Northwestern, its PURPLE PARROT, but the Regiment of Midshipmen is willing to pit its ace humor publication, the LOG, against any other college magazine in the country. Every two weeks, on Friday afternoon, the LOG is delivered to midship- 5 G 'U-gf' I 2 , , 5 '. 'X Wednesday afternoon was Log make-up clay and the ,Staff Wx rushed to meet the deadline and evening meal formatmn if r 'xx X ' 'x 'x X w, A 15 Editor Slaf publtfs-hed a successful Log. men's rooms, by nightfall it has been devoured from cover to cover by the humor-hungry inmates of Bancroft Hall. Its jokes are guaranteed to bring a hearty gulfaw from even themost straight-laced non-humor man. Commander Dexter advised Editor-in-Chief Allan Slaff and his associates, and their collaboration always turned out a commendable publication. The problems of circulation, advertising, and management, never a small item in work of this nature, were handled in a manner that reliects credit to the editor and his staff. Each LOG issue featured a complete coverage of Navy 423