Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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Yblllllldllllll Illllllllll 441441 Illlllllllllllllllllll COMPANY POLICY fflontmuedj At that moment John was thxnkmg of weathel He had seen all so1ts of weather through that wmdow A year ago he saw the December snows as they lay on the roof tops then the Ap11l thaws the beaut1ful sunsets of May the heat of July and August October s autumn and now December aga1n But tomght lt was 1a1n1ng It w as a very dlsmal ra1n dalk and unpromlslng Just l1ke ll1S own 1 e Yes It was a year ago tonlght that he had first begun to come here For s1x months before that he had been out of work too for elghteen months he had not earned a slngle dollar erghteen months smce the shop 1n whxch he had been em ployed had been forced to close down and fo1 the first tlme s1nce he was twenty years old he had found hlmself wlthout a Job It xx as a stlange sltuatxon to h1m and lt was the rnost dlfflcult ploblem he had eve1 faced For John Bradley not to work vs as unthxnkable A year and a half ago he began to use the saungs he had always thought would buy them a home xn the country when he retlred They we1e not much and they were all gone w1th1n the year After that h1s son was forced to leave the D1esel school and look for work H1s forty dollar a month salary as a runner on the Stock Exchange was what the famlly had been on for three months And st1ll the Old Man couldnt get a Job though God knows he had t11ed h1s best So John was st1ll comxng to the Tr1bune between four and slx every day except Sunday The OHICE was l1ke a second home to h1m Ex eryone was frlendly and cor the company phys1c1an whom he sometlmes met were all h1s fr1ends If they could theyd gxve h1m a chance he knew that but apparently no prmter ever qult the Tr1bune It was practlcally a l1fet1me Job fine pay and b9S1d9S all the men knew how tough It was on the OutS1d6 In the sllence of the OHICG the clock on the wall cl1cked as It always d1d when the mlnute hand reached twelve F1ve o clock One more hour to go John saw that there was a sllght break In the clouds to the west By hangxng around for two houxs after the Illgllt shlft went on he hoped that a nlghts work m1ght offer 1tself through someones absence but usually the cxew struggled along 1f they knew that a man would be out for only one nlght Needless to say hard tlmes were conduclve to adm1rable attendance lecords Just then Mr Rankm sm1l1ng as usual entered Good evenmg Mxss OConnor Good evenmg John he called Hello Mr Rankln they both replled ID UDISOH then they looked at each other and laughed at the comcldence Sure IS rotten weather but lt looks llke It wlll clear up Rankln observed Anythmg up Mlss OConnor Only thxs telegram she sa1d handlng hxm the yellow envelope Oh and wlth a wlnk to the secretary thlS must be lt Then after read frm 0s000000 0400000 - ' uv A' 'l Y . ' U ,. , Y J. . 1 . . ' 5 7 l'f . , . ' , : ' Z . . . . - , 1 ' ' v v . l U L 1 . . . y v 7 ' Y. , ' . , . ,J , . V 1. . , . ' ' xc ' yy , ' dial. Miss O'Connor, the secretary. Mr. Rankin, the press room foreman, and Doc, , . . . . 1 V ' . H . . . . . . ' 7 7 3 9 . . , . . . 7 . . , N . . . , . '- 9 Y i . ' 7 , . rn ' - - ' sv IL ' 77 ' ' ' 1 li ' ' ' ' .' . 77 ' 1 7 Y ' H . . , ., , . H . ,, . . . V V ll 71 ' ,' Ci ' ' . , . , ' J J.

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COMPANY POLICY QContmuedj mg rt xery qurckly Yep rts come John who had not seen the wrnk looked up anxrously and asked Its not bad news rs rt Rankrn laughed pleasantly No John rts rather good news Its word from Ixen our number one composrtor telllng us that he s passed hrs C1V11 Servrce Exam and been appornted to the Government Prrntrng Offrce We knew all along that l c d m rdc rt and I guess you d lrke to fill rn the gap rn our staff eh John looked long at the clock then out the wrndow down at the srll and Fnally rnto the foremans face HL began IH a slow quret xorce You mean Ive got a Job Thats about rt was the reply Of course theres a senrorrty plan rn th1s I op and youll have to start as bottom composrtor but you won t mrnd that John dropped hrs feet and stood rn amazement at th1s stroke of good luck Then he chuckled softly as he thought of the foolrsh prcture he must be making In a sudden rush of hrgh sprrrts John added I want to thank you Mr Ran k n You don t know how much th1s means to me I thmk I do he sard sympathetrcally Well lets get gorng Youd better punch your card Old Man You vc already lost a dollar and a half John saw that Mrss OConnor was holdlng somethmg out to hrm He took rt at the same trme murmurrng somethrng about too much kmdness to show toward one fellow press room Mr Rankrn was already drsappearrng through the door at the other erd of the hall As the roar of the machrnery wrthrn beat upon hrs ears he glanced down at the prece of pasteboard the secretary had grven hrm It was a tune card wrth hrs name already wrrtten on rt They had had rt all ready for lllll John Br rdley was ID h1s element The smell of punters rnk stung pleasrngly rn hrs nostrrls and the roar 'Ind c ash of the prrntrng machrnery was a symphony to hrs ears Mr Rankrn w as standrng next to hrm shoutrng rnstructrons rn hrs ear Now John you gotta set these want ads up and then take a proof of your copy on the machrne rn the corner there After that take your proof to the reader and haxe hrrn check rt Get lt John nodded assent It was the usual procedure rn newspaper press rooms The foreman contrnued Now come on ox er and Ill show you the proof ma chrne They strode quxckly over to the squat mechanxsm Agarn the shoutrng rn hrs ear began Thrs IS one of those new Hammond models Came out about four months ago Thev re the same as the old models except that the FORWARD and REVERSE pedals are rrght along srde each other viflfllgflll lll4'4'!Xlf64bQ4XllllX6XQNlXll4'lll'44xW! llflffflllllsll ' ' , , ' Ai ' Y 77 , ' A 7 7 ' 7 7 ' Il 7 ' ' 77 7 7 ' -' at - v , - v . , , . , I . . , , . . . f . . . . I C I A- E X - y - , A - V H , . 7 v- v V ' Q C 1 . ' ' . x x ' ' , ' cz 1 V ' wr 7 ! ' 66 5. ' 71 tl 7 ' ' ' ' . , . QAE ' ' , Y ' 77 , . , . . . . y u lg 1 .1 - ni ' YV ' ' K6 7 ' 7 . 1 ' 1 I ' , , , r l ,. .. v ' I ' ' ' l ' , I I . i . . 6, . Y! The office door' slammed after him as he hurled down the long corridor' to the A X v v' ' ' ' ' v , l ' . -Z v v l . l L I V . K. I V. ' . I v y ' q - v ' 1 . Y . . - q., v v I y . . ' U v V ' v , . - . ., . . . . ' M . . .rraar.r.aaa'a'aaoao6ab.Srrvs.oroaa-.orfrfrfpQfaaoor Noo'ao'aaaaaaa4aa4a' 67