Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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CRITICS KONAH—1ST SEMESTER Wharton Budewitz Daly Cozad Walterskirchen Lister Johnson Swan Lang Bates Bain Minty Golder Kingsford Peete Blackman Barnes Coffman KONAH STAFF Poring over copy, writing headlines, making assignments and a multitude of other tasks fall to the editors of the Konah. Burning the midnight oil to meet a deadline is an almost daily occurence to every young journalist on the Konah. Fleet reporters dash about the halls covering their beats, predicting foot- ball scores, browsing through new library books, criticizing art work, catching the high points of an assembly, or painting a colorful picture of a coming dance. Behind the scenes Miss lone Lake, journalism instructor, and the editors rewrite, modify and add to this information gathered by the reporters. The ad- vertising staff under the business manager, solicits ads which provide a large source of revenue for the paper. Howard Golder and Harold Swan were co-editors the first semester with Byron Clow as business manager. Howard and Harold were well qualified to take up their new jobs after spending a month at Northwestern University. Their first coup was to make the Konah a weekly, instead of a semi-monthly. 14

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BITTER ROOT Behind locked doors with their noses to the grindstone worked the Bitter Root staff from September to May. Inspiration for the wooden covers came from Mr. Watt, while June Luedke designed the cover motif and directed the eight-month task of sandpapering, varnishing, painting and stenciling 900 cov- ers. Varnish spatterers were Virginia Johnson, Ellen King, Barbara Daigle, Ruth Mitchell and nine sophomore girl assistants. The sandpapering was done by eight sophomore boys. Amidst paint fumes and stacks of wooden covers the editorial staff dis- played their respective geniuses. Vague ideas gradually blossomed out into definite forms which were all O. K. ed by Sponsor Robert Watt and Editor Newell Wood. Staff stooges, David Houseman and Walter Orvis helped with everything from picture taking to write-ups. William Miloglav held the purse strings, keeping in check all expensive ideas. Most seen in public was the student photographer, Lloyd Eastman, who spent his time tracking down pho- togenic personalities with a flash bulb in one hand and his camera in the other. Aline Mosby secured the ads so necessary to a successful book and de- serves credit for many of the write-ups. Prudence Clapp wore out the type- writer ribbons. Chief worries were keeping the covers a secret, curious souls out of the office, and most important, the student opinion of our final handiwork. PUBLISHING THE 1939 BITTER ROOT

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CRITICS Ray Coffman and Ed Minty were selected as the editors for the second semester and Louis Dwight was made business manager. To strengthen in- terest in ads the Konah sponsored several ad contests, giving a prize to the student who wrote the best ad. The second semester staff abolished the kidding column. Another feat of the second semester staff was the editing of a six-page Easter edition. Much extra work was necessary to make this a success. The guiding genius of the Konah is Miss lone Lake. For several years she has consistently held the Konah at a prize-winning standard. Any student who takes journalism is automatically put on the staff and given a job of doing anything from writing sports to interviewing new students. Every Thursday evening Miss Lake and the editors go to the Missoulian to supervise the final editing and make-up of the paper. Fitting it together piece by piece like a jig saw puzzle, cutting down headlines that are too long, copy-reading for mistakes, and finally O. K 'ing the final paper require much time. Little do we realize when the paper is dealt out so quickly Friday noon the hours of labor behind its completion. Many aspire to be on the Konah staff but only those with C's or better in English are accepted. The ambition of every Konah staff member is to become a member of Quill and Scroll, international honorary society for high school journalists. The num- ber taken in is necessarily small due to the high requirements. KONAH 2ND SEMESTER Delaney Nielson Bates Jones Baird Walterskirchen Glase Holmes Minty Patterson Clark Coffman Campbell Daly Orvis Donovan Dwight Eastman Thompson 15