Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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r Harry Peggy Charles Blanche Geraldine Jack FroThingham Fisher Gran Grapey HaTTield Haase Associafe BeTTy Murray Virginia Richard Warren Edlior Mayrand Packard PoTTer Raymond Ward each deparTmenTal beaT, over one hundred in all, by means of assignmenT sheeTs posfed in room l39. ReporTers hurry To pick up These assignmenTs and To have The finished sTory ready and Turned in by The deadline seT by Their edifor, usually eiTher Friday or The following Monday. As The sTories come in, wriTTen ouT in long-hand by The reporTers, They pass from one superior ediTor To anoTher and are mean- while Typed, so ThaT by The Time They have been okayed by The deparTmenTal ediTor, news ediTor, copy-desk sTaff, associaTe ediTor, ediTor-in-chief, and faculTy adviser, There is a liTTle possibiliTy ThaT a single error will creep inTo prinT. Page make-up is compleTed by The Tuesday of The week of disTri- buTion, and The compleTed page-proofs go To The prinTer. From The day-by-day rouTine of wriTing, checking, and re-wrifing, The members of The Evansfonian sTaff This year Took Two disTincT vacaTions. The firsT was The annual ChrisTmas parTy. l-leld in The week iusT preceding The ChrisTmas holidays, when The re- porTers were unbofhered by ThoughTs of assignmenfs and deadlines, This affair provided an aTTernoon's respiTe from affairs of sTaTe. Each deparTmenTal sTaff presenTed a skiT or some oTher form of enfer- Tainmenf, and refreshmenTs were served free of charge To Top off a gay affernoon. The second annual Journalism Ball provided The oTher deparfure from rouTine. In The spring of l935, The Evansfonian sTaff managed and presenTed To The school a novel form of dance. Called The Ben Franklin Ball in honor of ThaT early paTron of The TourTh esTaTe, The parTy feaTured novel decoraTions, good music, and an all-sTar floor-show. This year's dance forgof The Colonial TradiTion seT by iTs suc- cessful predecessor and called ifself The Harold Teen I-lop. Aided by The friendly services of Mr. Carl Ed, creafor of I-larold Teen, The l-lop reached a new high in enTerTainmenT value, reTaining all The besT feafures of The Ben Franklin Ball and pre- senfing many new ones. Door prizes consisTing of original carfoons were merely one of iTs many surprises, and The commenTs of The pleased dancers assured The conTinuaTion of The Journalism Balls. As succeeding issues of The weekly made Their appearance, The annual TryouT weeks rolled around. l-leld in The spring To give aspiranTs for ediforial posifions on The following year's sTaff a 'chance To display Their TalenTs, These few weeks bring To lighT a wealTh of iournalisTic abiliTy. A differenT Try- ouT sTaff produces each issue for several weeks, and aT The close of This period The board oT publica- Tions considers recommendafions and picks The besf possible sTaff. ReporTers who have done consisTenTly good work ThroughouT The year and who have received Training in one of The Two iournalism classes are given precedence, and ofTen The sTar reporfers on one year's sTaff graduaTe bodily inTo ediforial posifions for The nexT year. Thus anoTher successful year of The Evansfonian Weekly has drawn To an auspicious close, and hope- ful would-be ediTors have gone nervously To The annual spring JournalisTs' banqueT in hopes ThaT They will find Their names on The lisT of ediTors-To-be.

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I I I I I I I , ,, ,,.,...,., ., ,, , I George Paddock I Peggy RoberT Barbara Mari Charles EdiTor I Bear Bellamy Bellows Bishop Cleveland I DoroThy John Parker Jean James I Hill Ingersoll Kaehler Kniskern Lucado I WiTh an ouTsTandirI1g record To live up To, The EvansTonian Weekly Newspaper sTarTed The school year oT I935-I936 wiTh a compeTenT and experi- enced sTaTT To direcT'iTs pubIicaTion. ATTer several weeks oT compeTiTive'Try-ouTs held during The pre- vious spring, an ediTIoriaI sTaTF had been seT up which was To be headed by Two senior co-ediTors. During The early parT bT The season, several resigna- Tions necessiTaTed minor changes in The general seT-up, buT Throughol.IT mosT oT The year, The sTaTT was direcTed by These seniors: George Paddock, ediTor-in-chieT: Jack ITroThingham, associaTe ediTorg Jean Kniskern, news IediTor: Harry Fisher, TeaTure ediTor: Geraldine I-Iabse and PaT Kivlan, copy desk assisTanTs: James Lucado, Press Bureau ediTor: and Richard Raymond, spIorTs ediTor. I-low high school sTudenTs wiTh so Ii++Ie previous experience can manIage a weekly newspaper so successTuIIy has mysTiITied many. The TacT ThaT This year's ediTors were members oT lasT year's sTaTT may shed some lighT on The subiecT. For during The school year I934-I935 The EvansTonian made a Truly re- markable record. Be'sides earning The Quill and ScrolI's InTernaTionaI I-Ionor RaTing Tor The second consecuTive year, iT' was awarded All-American I-Ionor RaTing by The NaTionaI SchoIasTic Press AssociaTion. These honors mighT have saTisTied The sTaTT, headed by Tom Ledhy, buT insTead iTs members wenT on To acquire' TurTher disTincTions. AT The Ivledill Journalism CohTerence, held in The spring oT I935, a picked Team pT Tour EvansTonian sTaTT mem- I I I I I I I I bers besT TuITiIIed The requiremenTs oT a sTiTT news- wriTing assignmenT and earned, besides a handsome Trophy which now sTands in The journalism room, Tour scholarships To The summer session oT The Ivledill Journalism School. AT The same conTerence. George Paddock, This year's ediTor-in-chieT, wroTe The edi- Torial which Took TirsT honors in ThaT division. This year several imporTanT improvemenTs were inTroduced inTo The TwenTy-six weekly issues. A new column, Across The AssociaTe's Desk. was sTarTed by Jack FroThingham To Till The place oT BeTween You and Me oT The previous year. The second page, as always crowded wiTh conTribuTions Trom The pro- ducTive minds oT The pupils Themselves. was re- arranged To make a more pleasing impression on The reader's eye. The masT-head, ThaT boxed porTion oT The page which presenTs The names behind The newspaper, was moved Trom iTs conspicuous posi- Tion in The upper leTT-hand corner To a more reTiring IocaTion aT The boTTom. The number oT ediToriaIs was cuT down, Thus leaving more room Tor con- TribuTed IiTerary arTicles. These innovaTions gave The second page a disTincTive TormaT Tar superior To any previous seT-up. A glimpse behind The scenes may shed some lighT on The meThods used To puT ouT a Tinished publica- Tion in The shorT space oT one week. DeparTmenTal ediTors meeT wiTh Their superiors and The TacuITy adviser beTore school each Tuesday morning To deTermine whaT sTories musT be covered Tor The is- sue oT The Tollowing week. Then assignmenTs oT These news-sTories are made To The various reporTers on

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