Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Although Gerry Schurman and Sue Bliss don't hold editor's positions, their work is just as important. Without the ads that Sue sells, the Highlander would have little income. Many an hour is spent on the phone or uptown arranging for inches and signing contracts. As one of the production staff, Gerry runs the headliner machine. 1 . ,pgimv Students publish paper As the deadline nears, the Highlander press room is like most other newspaper press rooms. To the out- sider, it looks like confusion reigns, but it is the end of a well organized system of steps beginning with the assignment of stories and ending with the delivery of the papers to classes. Working on a two week cycle, assignments are made every other Monday. The press room is quiet for a while, but paper flies as journalism I's sweat out their stories. The noise really begins when IBM machines start clicking, people yell to be heard, and frantic efforts are made to get everything in the right place at the right time. When the last piece of copy is finally pasted down and the printer comes to pick up the pages, the staff can breathe a sigh of relief and rest up for the next two week round. The circulation staff takes over when the papers arrive, and handles the mammoth job of stuffing and counting classroom-bound papers, and wraps those to be mailed to alumni and exchange schools. 4Even with three editors. checking and rechecking must be done so that nothing will be overlooked. John Hill and Anne Bauer take care of the front page and editorial page while Tom Burgum sees that the third page is in order. With a twofold job of ad manager for the Piper and busi- ness manager for both publications, Bill Ellis has very few free moments. His biggest rush is in January when the Piper ads are sold and pictures are taken. V S . -ai -1, 1

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We meet new slfuahons deadlmes and frlencls Beset by organlzatlonal dlllicultles the Pzper had trouble gettmg off the ground m early fall but towards Jtnuary the cause seemed a llttle more hopeful ln SpltC of dlre messages on the board ltke 55 days left 195 pages to go Four pages a mght Mr Hammel pushed md staffers shoved Typewrnters were never stlll and the pages started grmdlng out four a night If ll IS possible thmgs became a llttle more hectlc ln February when for one week of vlrtual bedlam Pzpers were sold to students and other members of the communlty all eager to find out whlt those Pzper people had been workmg on and grumbllng about for the past five months Riddles relayed over the P A clues hidden m Highlander ads and varlous other meth ods were used to stlmulate sales Slowly but surely the record of sales grew higher and higher untll at last the drlve was over, showmg more than 1900 books so Deadlmes came and went, but so d1d pages There were crlses of course such as ripped pictures and e sectlon that just wouldnt get ready for press but e Pzper w1s gone Statters heaved a hearty slgh of IC and started work on the 1961 book Oh but Piper people have fun' In Memoriam Calmness cheerfulness and dedlcauon these were the qualltles that typllfied Mr Guy Jameson whose new career with the Seaholm lournallsm department was mterrupted by hrs untlmely October death Mr Jameson had quickly en deared hlmself to all who met htm and when he d1ed Sea holm lost a great frlend Sf! MF ABefore he takes a plcture the photographer must be told the slze and shape of the desired shot For thxs reason lt IS essential that an accurate plan be kept of all the pages ln the book Prmdle Anders Carol Kmg and professlonal photog rapher Chris Nottle go over the Pzper planbook The sports staffers of thc Pzper begm work on then seclnon the year before thelr book comes out and contmue therr work throughout the next year Checking some facts are Gerry Storch Jon Spoelstra and B111 Race sports edrtor f e' S 1 .h .-Q gnrfiv I O I O I I ' A. - , V If . ' . . 1 N. -- ld. 1 I 9 7 ' I' 1 . . , 5 - th r x 1 N , ' book gradually emerged. At last come April 1 and the .x W ' z . ' ' re- ri 1' f . . . . , AM. g 11' 1 5 ge 1 M.. J g 1 1, . A 5 A 5 ' V ' A 5 ' 1 S' 1 ' J ' 1 J. 47

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Many hands produce Get that headline done' Where are the IBMed SIOFICS for the thlrd P156 Puttmg out an offset paper lb one of the most compllcmted methods of producing a hlrh school newspaper The method IS based on the fact that o1l and water dont mlx and plates are made by photo etching Therefore mythmg that wlll appear 1n the paper must be pasted on a sheet ldentxc 11 to the fimshed product that w1ll be reduced 2596 or 33W The Highlander staff IS umque rn that rt does all IIS own 1BM1ng headlmmg and paste up On press nrghts the paper and rubber cement fly, as the staff prepares the pages for the prmter Job requlrlng a keen sense of orgamzauon After the papers have been stuffed each must be folded and wrapped wlth the proper address on each one Pete Russ reads the llst of names whlle Paul Turk folds a paper for malllng The boys also handle dlstnbutlon of papers to 6th hour classes On the average each lssue contams about 14000 words and each one rs typed twxce once for the rough draft and again for Justlficatlon The entlre job IS handled by the staff and IS done on our own IBM machmes Cathy Lewis and Judy Knowles help out to meet the deadlme Group co operation I5 a necesslty when tenslon IS high and the deadlme looms ln the foreground for tempers are apt to Hare and people seem to get ln each others way Drane Downey and Cathy Lewls feature edltors apply blemlsh erasers and rubber cement Tom Burgum assoclate edltor lmes up copy and Jlm Wxlllams and Paul Turk check for errors 1' op notch Highlander l un-14 A 'hae 7 arwarrlwfee Ta' 49 I - LL ' . 1. 'V . . .. . - 3 7 1 ' . B 5 ' f - ,Sa-' . E L C ' L K - ,. l . Y , . - :-- .A 7 . L ' , 1 9 I ' ' 7 5' ' ' Q- 2.- ,NM-5:1..,.-,...- ...- 'J' , . . . . P Majjflkff,-,'1',,t f. rt K., . mp, ---- PSee1ng that each subscrlber recelves a paper IS a mammoth A f'-' 1 ' - siflrf-Q Wff' , -2' ,sf . ., I . . , ' - ' 1 -'HA 1 ,zen - V r k. . , V' - , ' , - ' A , ., nu 'r -'H 'W- Y -lx I . v 5 R 3 u - -x Q- - - - l . . , . l I . 1 . 1 I . In V , , - V YY l