Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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SEATED: Dr. Sisson, Boatwright, V. Brinson, Collins. STANDING: Kay, Finch, Banks, Ligon, H. Johnson, McCracken. Pyke eriscope | “The lady in the window wants to buy “Make sure the spelling is right, Biddy.” Dixie makes her rounds with “hot-off- an ad, girls.” Hosey, Stogner, Pridgen. the-press’”” Periscopes.

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It all began second semester of last year. A pebble of of an idea was Cast in an unpretentious pool of ordinary minds. The ripples floating out into the pool made this little pebble so important that it became a MILESTONE. The initial ripple gently lapped at the minds of Annual Editor Lib Plowden as soon as she was elected. Throughout the summer she gathered ideas and made notes. In the fall, the pool was agitated by new pebbles and the ripples spread out to include other members of the staff. Some stones quickly sank to the bottom; other were kept afloat by Lib and Assistant Editor Sara Rodgers, until they, too, became a part of this growing MILESTONE. One of these ripples carried some revolutionary ideas which were to become the crest of the wave. Organizational Editor Sally Banks and Activities Editor Sylvia Graham were called in to discuss these changes in style, and the addition of more copy to the annual. Soon other pebbles were caught up in this flow of ideas. Art Editor Nancy Stevens worked on layouts with Mr. Brum- baugh, Advisor; Liz Degenhardt took charge of photography; Carolyn Allsbrook and Peggy Cantey added their secretarial talents. The ripples gained momentum when Business Manager Charlotte Reaves and her staff took over annual finances. How many trips they made to Hartsville and the surrounding area for those important ads! How many headaches were theirs be- cause of bills that had to be paid! Sometimes the pebbles got mighty heavy and the ripples on the pond could barely be distinguished. There were troubled moments in the little office under North Dorm, as picture schedules met seemingly impossible conflicts, lay outs had to be re-planned, picture angles decided on, deadlines met. But somehow a little breeze always came along at the right moment, and the pebbles drifted along toward that all-important Mile- stone, Elizabeth Plowden, Editor Charlotte Reaves, Business Manager But just a few pebbles and a few little ripples can’t get very far without help. Thus the students themselves became the crest of this wave of ideas and gave it the momentum it needed. Clubs cooperated, when information was needed or pic- tures had to be taken. Faculty members made allowances for occasional class cuts in order to work on the annual. “Ghost writers’ helped with write-ups of their classes, and the pebbles were on their way. Finally the waves subsided, the last ripple lapped the shore, and all was calm. The humble little pebble had become a proud Milestone. Frances Gurley, Reaves, Harper, Powers, Connor, McCracken. SRST TO Te RNR aR RTT OT i The Yeerbook. Picts! VEARSOOR ROUSE rer cor ™ Charlotte sends Louise out to get an ad.

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Look through the Periscope for a students’ eye view of campus news and features! Coker’s bi-monthly newspaper, the Periscope is edited by students who are interested in journalism. The paper is a member of the South Carolina Collegiate Press Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. Extra! Extra! The Periscope is off the press. Circulation Manager Dixie Whittington distributes the papers and mails copies to off-campus subscribers. It is the job of Exchange Edi- tor Hazel Johnson to send papers to other colleges. Business Manager Louise Price posts bills to the advertisers. Yet the assembled group in Editor Ann Boatwrigh t’s room has little time to enjoy its finished product. Already plans for the next edition of the Periscope are in the making. Ann con- fers with the Assistant Editor Frances Ligon and News Editor Delores McCracken; news possibilities must be explored, pic- tures planned, articles assigned . . . “What events will make interesting features?” ponders Feature Editor Sally Banks. Re- porters Jane Collins, Bobbi Finch, and Mary Kay must meet that deadline! “Who goes to town this afternoon with Pat Rosey?” Ad- vertising Assistants Louise Harper, Jane Howie, Carol Prigden, and Peggy Stogner know they must pound the pavement for those seventy inches of ads necessary for each edition of the Periscope. LEFT TO RIGHT: Price, Rafletis, McGuirt, Whittington, Hosey, Pridgen. ABSENT when picture was made: Ann Boatwright, Editor Louise Price, Business Manager Finally, the last assignments are completed, but still the editors burn the midnight oil. Rewrite that article... cut an inch here . . . construct headlines . . . compose an editorial. The typewriters of Louise Harper, Anne McGuirt, Yvonne Raftelis, and Gene Townsend click busily. Then the material is off to be printed by the Hartsville Messenger, which so will- ingly co-operates with the Periscope. Surely the staff can now breathe a sigh of relief! But back come the proof sheets to be corrected by Copy Editor Virginia Hall Brinson, and the final dummy is set up. Only then is work on this edition completed. As the papers are distributed, again the staff assembles in the editor’s room—and again we know we will have a Periscope to be proud of! Harper, Howie, Stogner, Townsend. f i 4 H i i