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

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xilllllllllllll 4110141441414 dddlllddlllli 4414114401014 COMPANY POLICY fCont1nuedj Pedal on the rrght makes the roller go forward one on the left makes her back up Get rt Ill show you He stepped on the rrght one John was amazed at the speed wrth whrch the machine started When Rankrn applied pressure on the left one the roller snap ped back agarn Lot faster than the old ones eh? Rankrn asked But youll get thc rdea Just take rt easy at first After admrnrsterrng a hearty slap on the back Rankrn lcft John who cheer fully turned to hrs work At last he agarn had tht ful of type rn hrs hands and at last he was workrng, An hour and a half later John had the 1ob set up and was all ready to take a proof He earrred the heavy form oycr to the proof machrne and clamped rt rn place He slrpped a p ecc of paper ox er the roller to rceerxe the rmprcssron and than he threw on the clectr rc swrtch Unconscrously he stepped on the foot pedal and the roller shot forward but half way acro s the form rt stopped When he looked rn hrs tr arned eye drscerned one small letter that had Jumped out of the column and w as rmpedrng the progress of the roller That would be easy to frx just put the roller roto rex erse and shoxe thc type down He tuck hrs frnger between the roller and the column to push the slug down as soon as the roller should back away As he held hrs finger he thought that one makes her rex erse And he saw hrs foot dropprng on tht ll ht d NO the left' Hrs hand flashed toward the sw rtch to cut ofl tht current Too late Hc looked at what xx as left of hrs finger where the roller had tr ay eled oy er rt It was a drrpprng crrmson mess John drdnt lose conscrou ness He remembered drstrnctly how the men had gathered and how he had hrmself walked rnto the offrce The reason he hadnt sard anything was because he had been searchrng for srmple words to ask a xery simple questron It w as only after Doc had told hrm that hed haye to take hrm to the hospital to haxe the finger fixed up that he finally looked at Mr Rankrn and asked How do my chances for a Job stand boss There must haye been somethrng outside that held the foremans attentron for he w as lookrng rntently through the window Hrs xorce was very soft as he replred The most wc can do rs compensate you for that mashed finger You know as w ell as I that the companys polrcy of not rehrrrng men who ve rniured th mselx es here w rll keno me from gryrng the iob back to you Im sorry Johns eyes followed hrs and came to rest on the western sky He notrced th rt the clouds had closed rn and that rt vt as pretty black ox er there agarn RICHARD MILCZARSKI 12A N l 000 0 ance' 0 0000000 'I' . Q 7 1 . , v H . 7 v. y . H 1 v- ' .r - X - s ' ' -' . ,. . Y K , . . ' , . . , , - , ' . . . 3 ' , , , , . ' 'L L 5. , K , . ' ,' - C r -q ' K s E v - 1 'r V I . .' , X , 2 . . ' ' ' r x - - r V v' .' Y . . 1 ' . 'A , v x A Y I S I ' v . . . , I ' . there he looked down to straighten out that pedal business in his mind. t'Oh. yes. , . re L Y, , , K , - , V x '11 pff Y. . X If ' L 1 , , v ' v , . , - .- ' 7 ' S- I . r . ' ' v - , , ' . - ' v . . V . , 7 . ' , , mn '7 ' rr , K - ,- ' v - x , X ' rs , , ' v 1 V v v , . 1 I 1' I ' ' C v Q v' l x - A y' ' , .. Y Y r ' 1 - - 5 ri ' , ' ' . . , . ' g 1 . . I til'

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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

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