Henderson County Community College - Cardinal Yearbook (Athens, TX)

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Fred Johnson, Editor Eleene Davis, Editorial Bill Mullins, Photographer lt P Steve Davis, Sports Editor Ernest Holland, Sponsor Jan Fitzgerald, Organizations Editor, Charlotte Harris, Associate Editor -t '77, V.-5.-E , . ,Z-o5,,.,, J if , , i ' .1 Ml is Cassandra Nolley, Associate Editor Kennieth Rudd and Ken Watts, Reporters

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STUDENT PUBLICA TION OF HENDERSON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE VOLUME XXII ATHENS, TEXAS, 75751 NO. 3 .IOURNALISM CLASS RECEIVES NEW EQUIPMENT COMPOSER, HEADLINER AID PRODUCTION The Journalism Division of Hen- derson County Junior College re ceived a substantial addition in the l 969-70 school ygarf an IBM Selectric Composer, a VariTyper Headliner, and a completely new photographic lab. The addition of the two ma- chines and the photo lab now make it possible for the staff of the student newspaper, THE TALEFEATHER, to produce all facets of the school paper in the laboratory sect-ion of the journalism class, under the instruc- tion of Mr, Ernest Holland. Only the actual printing of the paper is done off campus. That is done by the local paper THE ATHENS DAILY REVIEW. The composing machine was added at a cost of S4,600. At first glance it looks like any other type- writer and is like them in many ways. Each letter on the machine has a dif- ferent number of points whereas a regular typewriter has only one stan- dard size. The machine is able to de- termine how many points it will take to make a completely justified line by simply typing the line out with the machine set to record the number. When the machine comes into justi- fying range a bell rings like on a conventional typewriter and a read- ing is taken. A tube on the composer is used to take the reading, it is divid- ed into a series of colors lblue, or- ange, green, white, red, and yellowl and numbered from 0 to 36. The color that is disappearing from the IIO DARK ROOM BIG ADDITION tube and the number is then typed at the end of the line. When a complete story has been typed for a reading it is then retyped with the code for justi- fying set into the machine. The retyp- ing of the story a second time is the only drawback the machine has. When the second typing is completed on a special paper that reproduces photographically it is justified or the margins are straight on both the right and left side. The headliner which produces the complete headlines was added at a cost of Sl,500. Letters both capitol and lower case are outlined on a clear plastic font. The letters are clear on a black background. Each letter is on the font twice, once where the op- erator can see it and once where it is in the machine. When the letter is to be reproduced a light flashes through the clear letter exposing o roll of photographic film onthe other side. When the complete headline has been printed the film is fed through a tray of developing solution in the back of the machine and emer- ges within two minutes ready to be trimmed and pasted on the dummy. The darkroom is perhaps the most important addition to the journalism division however. Until this year pho- tos had to be sent off for developing which was unreliable and made it im- possible to get pictures in the paper that were less than three or four days old unless they were polaroid which does not reproduce well in print. Now the staff photographer can cle- velope the pictures and have prints ready for reproduction within an hour and a half. The photo lab is equipped with much of the latest equipment including an enlarger and timer and print dryer. Despite all of the newly added equipment the main function of THE TALEFEATHER is to give fledgling journalists a chance to receive actual reporting experience. They learn the history of journalism and how to handle any type of story be it straight news, a feature, or an interview. Many times the staffers are called upon to interview dignitaries who are visiting the HCJC campus. They learn to be concise in their writing and the absolute importance of meeting their deadline. But no matter how early copy is turned in when the deadline for tak- ing the dummies to the printer rolls around the editors can be seen fran- ticly making last minute corrections and pasting down copy. ju The paper is printed on an offset' press which means the complete paper just as it will look in print isi- pasted down on the page dummies. These are then photographed and the negative developed over a QJQI sensitive metal plate that when proc- essed has raised figures on it where the type is. This is obtained by devel- oping solution eating away a tiny layer of metal around the parts of the plate that light reached.

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