Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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,,,f- sports. Boasting a crackerjack battery of sports writers, among whom were Kern, Rowen, Rose, and Kelley, sports editor Baldwin kept the Regiment well informed on all the details of Regimental and collegiate sports. Photo Editor J. M. Snyder faced the tremendous task of supplying more pictures for this yearis Loo than any previous editor, due to the trend toward greater pictorial coverage in modern periodicals. He and his staff, how- ever, more than carried the burden. Running neck and neck with the joke department in popularity was undoubtedly the cartoon section under the direction of jack Kalina. With contributions from such ace cartoonists as Roop, Schwartz, X. X. Virg Partchu Migoo1 , and R. W. Anderson, Kalina and his staff always turned out an issue loaded with fine drawings. The Midshipmen are never completely away from Navy information. Every issue contains a number of articles of useful information which every oflicer and Midshipman should know. The purpose of these articles is to convey general knowledge about the U. S. Navy, they cover every typeiof naval craft from battleships to P-T's. The job of selecting, rewriting, and organizing all of these articles falls upon the professional staff. Gossip by Salty Sam, short stories, a music column, Midshipman polls and various and sundry other topics Sorting !brozzgb fl fweeklv collection f of shots is Pboto Edilor Snyder. .Y :mn iegff . f -1- - 4 vp. fl .L-j::,1:e-.p. L--H 1' 1 .. , 'iv ,E H. :J- N -.--:rr 'v 3,'L'1- ,- 1- -. agp, C!

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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

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'll WRFITTINBS ABE noon uumazns 1 ,A ,,q ,,4. .v-' -4 . , . ll ,-Aiiffll r ,ij 'cj.iff-jM'fq7 :,A lg , flu t , M' llf xl.. .., s. Ma- LJ K I N Cartoons beat Ufffllllifl pills for tba! down-im tbe-rlumps feeling, claims Art Editor Kalimz. found space in the LOG, and proved to be interesting reading. All in all, for jokes, light reading, and straight dope on events at the Academy, the LOG was unbeatable. But the LOG labored under difliculties that are ordi- narily unknown to most college magazines. There is absolutely no time in the daily routine that is not occu- pied. The men who make our LOG took the time in bits from their studies and shorted other activities for the benelit of the magazine. There werenit very many men who could make the exchange or could feel the lure of printers ink above the other urges. And then they catered to a very specialized audience, the Regiment. This reader demanded technical information, and he had developed tastes which were at variance with the rest of the country in many respects. It was a tough problem to please such a reader as well as the others who would read the LOG. just where to draw the divid- ing line in readers was a problem that presented itself with every new joke and every new story. A The Log bas its columnists too. I J V.-he 1 1 1 z., ff? f f 3 -2 ,f if an yy f- . .i-Ju :tl - 1 ' O, 35.1.-,L W!.:Ti ...M ,, is V ' - lass- 'z,lna,Q--..2L,Q,.A:-5, Q.: . iE5? iE?1'4fiLl'i' si ' IAF! EW: '3'Q:5 :Ag sg-fx. ' 1 ., ,,,gd!15f:-D gf. 'mg' I. -1 1-:ze rr. ,-.1 13 '. ' 3- v,E?eifqa:,-at ELA-' 2 e . Q i eps- -rg --- f .1 ki we-Q 421 ff PW l if li V: fl. in lu. limi ....-5- ' Ojicer Representative Comdr. Dexter cl: eck: o-ver' Log copy with Allan Sla-fs help.