Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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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

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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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p R O D U c E R S In the office or elsewhere about the building one may find Principal G. A. Ketcham attending to the multifarious duties of the biggest job in our school. Students often notice that the principal has slipped quietly into classrooms to watch. His quiet, firm manner and his attentive assistance wherever help is needed have endeared him to students and faculty alike. Without ostenta- tious show he quietly keeps all parts of the school in pleasant harmony. For twenty-seven years Mr. Ketcham has watched and guided the development of this ever growing high school. Assistant Principal H. J. Hunt has ably assisted in directing the affairs of the office. He is perhaps best known among the students as a dispenser of permits to enter classes. Besides his office duties, Mr. Hunt conducts mathe- matics classes and sponsors the Pep club.