Leavenworth High School - Tech Liber Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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TECH-O-SCOPE Perhaps the greatest voluntary student accom- plishment made during the past term in Leaven- worth was the establishment of a school paper by the Junior Class. Having observed the futile at- tempt of the 1925 Juniors to organize a student publication, the 1926 third-year pupils took up the project with determination to see it through. But nobody in the school knew about it. They kept their plan a secret. They held meetings of which only Juniors had knowledge. They elected astaff for their intended paper. Assignments were made. Material came in. Then they sprang their surprise. On Wednesday afternoon, Febru- ary 3, 1926, they presented the school with their Tech-O-Scope. The first nine issues of the Tech-0-Scope were only mimeographed copies. Yet every stu- dent in the school was pleased with them. They were full of newsy, interesting material about all the classes. No class was left out. There was no junior tinge attached to it. Pupils read the contents of each issue eagerly. This done, they waited impatiently for the next number. The circulation of the Tech-O-Scope grew by leaps and bounds. The first issue numbered 220 copies, the second 235, the third 250. The last mimeographed number had a run of 265. Meanwhile sales money was coming in fast. Although the paper sold for but one cent a copy, Scope Board oflicials announced after the ninth mimeographed issue that the next number would be a regular printed paper. A drive was then started to make the school 100 per cent in sub- scription to the Tech-O-Scope. One week passed and the goal was reached. Then came the new, bigger, and better Tech-O-Scope. It con- tained four pages. The type was smaller than in the former mimeographed numbers. Therefore it had more than twice as much material in it as the mimeographed paper. The quality of the material was also better, and as for technicali- ties, the paper could hardly be criticised. In gen- eral it was a huge improvement over the mimeo- graphed Tech-O-Scope. The Tech-O-Scope is still growing, both in size and circulation. Beginning with the eleventh Page Seventy-five

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3 TECH-O-SCOPE BOARD-1925-1926 Editor-in-Chief .............. John Emmett, ' Associate Editors- Ruth Chipman, '27, Raymond Kendall, ' Evelyn Smith, '27, George Steinmann, ' Associate Editor for Athletics- Dimitry Ksenych, ' Assistant Editor for Athletics- Julius Nedo, '27, Michael Verbickas, ' Associate Editor for School Activities- Mildred Turney, ' Assistant Editors for School Activities- James Nash, '26, William Borowy, '28 Grace Dayharsh, ' Associate Editor for Special Features- Lewis Slater, ' Business and Circulation Manager- Joseph Cepelak, ' Assistant Business and Circulation Managers Milton Akins, '27, Raymond Kasidas, ' Typist .................. William Borowy, ' Secretary ..... .... G eorge Steinmann, ' Treasurer .......... . . . . . .... Harry Tracy, ' Faculty Consultant ....... Thomas H. Robins Page Seventy-four 27 27 27 27 27 27 29 27 27 27 28 27 27 on

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number and up to the last issue, it has run six pages, and each week with every copy is included a photographic supplement. The basketball team, rifie club, Mr. Allen, the school, the faculty, and the seniors have all appeared in this manner. The Tech-O-Scope has now a circulation greater than there are pupils in the school. Many of the alumni members have subscribed to it, and many persons who were never connected with the school are buying it. These facts are evi- dence in themselves why the Tech-O-Scope is experiencing its present success. Yet behind all this are other reasons Why the Tech-O-Scope is the great little school paper that it is. Samuel Drubner, former circulation- manager of the Tech-O-Scope who has now left school, has perhaps done more than anyone elsc to establish Tech-O-Scope on a firm foundation. He saw that former mimeographed copies of the paper were sold and saw to it that they were subscribed to ahead of time. He was the big force behind the Bigger and Better Tech-O- Scope drive. He made Leavenworth 100 per cznt Tech-O-Scope. Soon after the first printed Page Seventy-six issue of the Tech-O-Scope was realized, Drub- ner left Leavenworth, yet his good work has not been forgotten. The entire Junior Class, in fact, deserves credit for Tech-0-Scope. But for the fine school spirit it displayed and the great amount of work it took upon its shoulders, this powerful medium, which conveys to each individual student a more inti- mate knowledge and a broader understanding of his school life, perhaps would not have been founded for years hence. The Juniors will reap their credit, but it Won't be undeserved. The staff of the Tech-O-Scope has been well- chosen. Editor-in-Chief John Emmett, besides being a tireless worker himself, has always kept his colleagues on the job. As a rule, however, Scope Board members needed no coaxing to fill their assignments. They worked enthusiastically and found pleasure in their undertakings. All members deserve credit for the success of the Tech-O-Scope in its first year. James Aloysius Nash.