Guilford High School - Rostrum Yearbook (Guilford, ME)

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EXCHANGES No two year books are just alike, We naturally think ours is best, This section renders comparison IVith our '43 year book guests. At his desk, Mr. Ideal Yearbook was interviewing a representative from each of several schools. It was his job to select excerpts from each of these year- books which he would like to have in his ideal school book and he was also to deal out criticism which he thought would be to their advantage. The first to be interviewed was 1'The North Starf from Houlton, Maine. How do you do, Mr. Yearbook?v said N, ul have with me a copy of our yearbook which I think you will agree is very good. '1Lct me see it, pleasef, Mr. Yearbook picked up the book which had a very neat cover of black and white. KAI1, here's something that draws my atten- tion. This Service Honor Roll with a picture of Old Glory as the subject of Dedication is wonderfulf, 'cHow about our literary section? KN. S. asked. I was just coming to that. Looks pretty good. Let me read somef' After a few minutes Mr. Yearbook nodded his head. A bit of all right, lid say. Yes, I'll take that, too. Oooh, oh! I was just noticing your Senior section. For a school as big as yours I should think you'd honor your Seniors with a small individ- ual portrait of each instead of group pictures. Oh, yes, how about adding a miscellaneous division? Your book will be perfect when these changes are made. Thank youf Sf, replied. :Til talk it over with our board. With that he left and an applicant from Newport, Maine, by the name of Live Wirev was shown into the office. Hello, 'L. Wfv Mr. Yearbook cor- dially greeted. 'KI have already read your book and I want to start in by tell- ing you that your cover is also one to be complimented. I see that you have a very cleverly arranged snapshot sec- tion. This added very much to your book. Those humor and miscellaneous divisions were swell, too. I canit com- pliment you enough on the attractive ads you had. Those ads should make your advertisers very thankful they put confidence in youf, 'Thank you, Mr. Yearbook, but do you also have some criticism?', Oh, yes, just leave it to me to find something that just didnit suit my fancy I didnit like the arrangement of your ads on one side and printed material on the other side of a page. No doubt this must have suited your editor or they wouldn't have been there. But I would much rather see the ads in the back of the book by themselves. How about a few more poems and editorials to round out your literary section? I hope to see these few changes in your next editionf, The aLive Wire left, bearing in mind these suggestions, and The Windonianv was next shown into the ofHce. He had come all the way from VVindham, Maine. Ah, you're just the book I wanted to seef, Mr. Yearbook said with alacrity. 'The Rostrum, of Guilford High School wanted me to thank you for many sug- gestions they took from your swell book. You will notice these in their I944 edi- tion. They feel as though they were quite indebted to you. I liked your Ser- vice Roll very much, on which you placed the names of all in the service who ever attended W. H. S., whether they were alumni or not. This shows impartiality. Although your book desires nothing in structure and content and is as nearly perfect as any book I have

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THE ROSTRUM 61 seen, I have found but one faultf' nWhat is that?i' 'The Windonianv asked eagerly. Well, your group photos were not as clear as they should have been, but we cannot blame you nor your photograph- er, because those things just couldn't be helped. These group photos were the only things to be criticized, but we shall just let it ridefi The Four Cornersf, all the way from Scarboro, Maine, was next on the Wait- ing list. Mr. Yearbook noticed the effec- tiveness of the black and orange cover with the clear engravings. Upon looking more closely through the book, he no- ticed the compilation of servicemenis pictures, for whom the book had been dedicated. There was a snapshot of each of the alumni who at that time was in the service of our country. This page of pictures entitled 'These Are Worth Fighting For, is something that I have noticed to be original, since nonc of the other schools on my list have such an interesting division. Your 'The Serviceman Speaks, is highly com- plimentaryf, I Have you any suggestions for us, Mr. Yearbook? KT. F. Cf' asked. Only one. I find that a miscellaneous section is lacking and this always adds so much to the popularity of a school's yearbook. VVhy donit you add a section of this sort, containing school gossip, a popularity poll, a comic strip consisting of S. I-I. S. kids, etcf? They are very easy to do, and, as I said, they add immensely to the bookf, Mr. Yearbook next called in aThe Nautilusv from XVest Paris, Maine. As he looked through a copy of the book, he said: MT. N.,, I must congratulate you on the wonderful stenciling of your book. I know from experience that this is not easy to do, and when a few of your students can do such a wonderful job, without errors, I think we should all take our hats off to those typi-sts. The design on the cover should be given honorable mentionf: Mi: Yearbook, weire eager for any suggestions that you might be able to offer that will better our book. Have you any? uVVhy, yes. For the first thing, I would say to arrange your material differently. It was all mixed together in your 1943 edition. A separate section should be given for certain material. You had a fairly good amount of miscellaneous, but it was scattered. Why donit you write a little more about the Exchanges? The kids of G. H. S. would like to have you mention them next year. Any criti- cism for them would be greatly appre- ciated, too. Will you tell them what you think of their 'Rostrum,?,' The Pinnaclev from South China ap- proached Mr. Yearbook then. Mr. Year- at it a few minutes and offer you no criticisms for book looked said, HI can your book is pretty nearly perfect. Your very good and your edi- pictures are torial section is outstanding. Your humor and alumni sections took my eye, toof, Last on Mr. Yearbook's list was The Keystonev from Crosby High School in Belfast. The first thing he noticed was the clear pictures in the ibook. And after reading it he told HT. Kf' how well he liked the division of the book into class sections. c'The snapshots were interest- ing, too, and the stenciling was a won- derful job. Muzch credit must go to your typists. I noticed the lack of an Exchange Column. How about adding one? How about some poems to go with your swell literary sections, too? Your 'Freshmen at the Gate of Saint Peter' and other humorous divisions are very amusing r id interesting. We used a few of your itffias in our book. Thankslv