Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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There has been more interest than ever before in the student weekly, the Elm Bark. The intensity with which Claudia Ruxton and Mary Lou Houx read their copies would seem to verify this statement. At the bottom john Hose is seen in his weekly effort to keep his paper well-liked by the student body. John has repeatedly turned out a good paper. The middle pic- ture shows several members of the staff hard at work. The Elm Bark has changed as much in the past year as it has in any of the pre- vious years of its existence. The staff last fall worked hard in an attempt to develop a six-page paper. As a result of its efforts a large percentage of the issues have had six pages. The Bark has also undergone great changes in make-up. Streamers and double column heads are the accepted thing where previously any break in the general make-up would have been viewed with contempt by the staff. More cuts have appeared in the Elm Bark than ever before. This has had the effect of making the paper better looking. A change was also made in the hold- ing of office. The term of office of the editor and business manager will now run from September to June in- stead of following the old system of a February to February term. The staff making the contracts will be charged with the fulfillment of them. The publication has been changed to Friday, which has made it possible for the Bark to contain just a bit more news, even though news is almost im- possible on the Elmhurst campus. Members of the staff have felt from time to time that there should be a training and promotion system for the selection of the editor. Important in the arrangement would be a journalism class to break in interested Freshmen. It would develop a better trained staff generally. Eventually the best person would be selected for editor. Plans have been made for developing a system of train- ing for next year. Professor Herman J. San- der, the faculty advisor of the 1937 Elms, next year will advise the Elm Bark, and will assist in the development of an even better paper. [25]

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