Cumnock School - Chronicle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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GUY H. MOORE Editor-in-Chief CUTLER L. HUEBENER Sports Editor MARYANNA E. GARDNER Advertising Manager ELLIOTT B. HENSEL Activities Editor MARGARET ROSE SHNELL Business Manager MARGARET DOAN Photograph Editor A410 DELLA ROOT High School Editor BETTY ANN BRADISH Assistant Editor JUNE RHINOCK Feature Editor SHIRLEY ROSENTHAL Assistant Advertising Manager 83

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MAROON AND GOLD STAFF Like all Annual staffs, we have had our ups and downs. Among the ups have been the consistent efforts of a few of the members of the staff, among the downs have been the failure of students to get the ad- vertising so enthusiastically promised at the first of the year, failure to come through with copy and snapshots, and a general let the other fellow do it attitude. At last the copy is done and the dummy is finished. The ma- terial is ready to go to the printer and be made into a book. We who have worked so many days and nights on the preparation feel the thrill of cre- ative achievement that must come to all those who have anything to do with the making of books. Now, proud of the effort it represents, and con- vinced that we are going to be proud of its appearanceg but at the same time conscious of the unavoidable errors and omissions-we offer it to you in the hope that you will find it a storehouse of happy memories, today and in the years to come. EDlTOR'S MESSAGE The Cumnock Annual, Maroon and Gold, was started in September, l934, The staff and l had but one object in view - to produce a book worthy of the students, the faculty, and the name of Cumnock. The task was not easy, as a school of this size is limited in a thousand ways. The actual organization and work on the book was directed by Mrs. Woody. Because of the inexperience of those of us on the staff, the greatest part of the work has fallen on her. She is to be congratulated and thanked for her patient and untiring effort in preparing this book. l also wish to thank the staff and those others who have given of their time and talent to this student publication. l hope that you will get as much pleasure out of read- ing your Annual as we have had in planning it. GUY MOORE. 82

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- CUMNOCK COURIER Although it has been handicapped by a very small staff, the Cumnock Courier has nevertheless endeavored for the past nine months to enlighten the students, faculty, and friends of Cumnock as to the events that daily transpire in the school. Because it is a bi-monthly paper, the Courier natur- ally does not appear with what is known in newspaper circles as scoops , but contains news pertaining to the various projects, exhibits, class activi- ties, assemblies, and football games. ln the main only items thought to be of the utmost interest were pre- sented. ln our one attempt to publish a serial, there was of necessity a lapse of several weeks between publications, and an underseas diver was involuntarily compelled to remain on the floor of the ocean somewhere in the South Seas until another edition of the Courier raised him to the sur- face where he could re-commence his activities. A more extensive advertising campaign was carried on for the past year than during any other period the Courier has been published. Advertise- ments were solicited from large and prominent eating establishments, con- tractors, radio shops, photographers, and other concerns. A large exchange list with many colleges and high schools in the West- ern and Mid-western states was maintained and at the time of each Courier edition papers were sent to the schools on the exchange list. The Univer- sity of Southern California, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, and The Concordia School in Concordia, Massachusetts, were only a few of the schools. The plays and games of the year were all given advance publicity that was followed by an article after the event. Assemblies were also publicized in advance, thus creating an early interest and improving attendance. At all times during the semester, articles of student opinion were wel- comed by the staff. The staff had to contend with lack of interest and co- operation among the majority of students, and feels that it has done the best job possible in the face of such obstacles. 84