Mamaroneck High School - Mahiscan Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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Editorial Behind the four sheets of p a p e r and that comprise THE Record that you Business see every Monday morning lie hours Stags of work put in by patient and hard- working staffs. On Monday, bright and early, our busy news editor. Iohn Taub, scouts around to decide what is news- worthy material for the week. Then at a special meet- ing of his newshounds, he assigns the articles to be written. Meanwhile, the editorial board meets to write the editorial and discuss the week's work. By Wednesday, with a few exceptions, the news write-ups are in, and on Thursday the real work be- gins. In the afternoon the editors and the headline staff assemble to put the paper together. This par- ticular session always puts quite a strain on the Rec- ord room, but somehow our editor-in-chief, Bob Kiely, always manages to get things finished. ln the back of the room Chic Wright arranges the articles on the dummy sheets, cutting and padding where necessary. To one side our strong-fingered typists, Pat Tomassetti and Maria Giovannone work, rendering into intelli- gible form the copy, which is then passed on to Lor- raine Migliaccio and her copy staff, who proofreads the articles. A copy of each article eventually reaches Ioan Foster's headline staff, which fits the heads to the count given by Chic. Also seen around on Thurs- day afternoons is Patt Litt, who writes up all the party and feature news, and arranges the weekly interviews with students or teachers. During the afternoon, too, the young men who do all our sports articles, Phil Severin and Frank Stern, come in. Theirs is a hard job, because obviously the Friday night games cannot be written up until after they are played, which means that these boys must go home and write up these articles, being sure to have them in the hands of the printer early Saturday morning. Behind the mad scenes taking place in the Record room, the art editor, Pete Greeman, with a stylus ready in his hand, waits for the more humorous side of life at M. H. S. to pop up for the cartoon page, and The RECORD the photography editor, A. I. Stone, stands with his camera poised for a good shot of whatever is going on. Saturday morning, when nearly everyone is sleep- ing, our drowsy editors arise and stagger to the Print- shop to put the Record to bed, after which they usually crawl home and go back to bed themselves. Working on the financial angle of the paper are the tireless business and advertising staffs, under Henry Heil and Iim Shaffer, respectively. Minus the generous services of these two industrious staffs, the Record simply could not exist. Tedious, perhaps, is the proper word to describe their jobs. Weekly, Henry and his staff pick up, fold, and dis- tribute nearly seven hundred and fifty Records, in addition to the important job of keeping the budget balanced. Iimfs group is always busy soliciting those valuable advertisements which enable the Record to lower greatly its price. Indeed, the constant efforts rendered by these two boys and their staffs are indis- pensable to the efficient operation of the Hilltop's weekly. The Record can be justly proud of its fine work this year. Not only is it the only weekly school paper in Westchester, but it received a first place at the Columbia Press Conference and in the International Quill and Scroll Contest. The Record exceeds its guarantee of twenty-five four-page issues, having a six-page and an eight-page issue, in addition to an election extra. The record printing time for this is one hundred minutes. This year, as usual, there was an April Fool's issue which gave us many laughs. Much credit for the smooth running of the Record goes to the advisers-Miss Elizabeth R. Francis, in charge of writing and policy, Miss Marjorie Wheaton, business adviser, and Miss Maud E. Devereux, art adviser. 1 . A . i li ' P 1--4---P!--V' fist' D 19

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REV O1-ID EDITORIAL STAFF F' ' Sfcmul If mst Rou- ow: Pffe' ' Part Lift, Jnlm Taulz. Bob Kivly. E11 IV1'igl1t. 1 Grefrman, A. J. Srozzc, Gvrrla Fuchs, Lowailzc Migliaccio, Joan lf'ostf'1', Maria f:'lf1'l'Il7l?107l!', Pat Tomassrtli. Phil Sf?vP1'iu, Frank Stern. REVOIID BVSINESS STAI 1 First Roux' Emily Slzimkln, Ilflfwz Hayffs, Mary Lay. Lois Sack, Nanny Driscoll, Gayle' Kirkman, Margaret Bf'I117f'7'. lllarianns Heil, Thelma Englamler. Swmzrl Roux' Bffsy Allen, l,orwzi1m Migliaccio. I?m:r1'Zy llffittffn, James Shaffer, Henry Heil, Prim' fflilffllfllllll, Nancy Ramsay, Sue Libby. Tlnirfl Roux' Belly Sampson, .lwly lVInA'rrif1l. Nancy Dreyffr, Sally Stowell, Pat Arlifa Holt. Kay lPI1lu:m', Ilamzif' Ilfesymlink, Pat McCauley, Pe f 07l7'flL Roux' Erlitlz, Englazzrlfw, Priscilla l?iohtmyG1', Albert Stern Bob Driscoll, Harold Nirlsfn, Dick Hoffman, J Uoughlin, ggy Amlerson. , Don Rogers. James Fordyce, udy Saunrlers, Betsy Ketchum.

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.1l.1llISl'.l.X' .-1l. l' .l.YlI 1'llU'l'IIGlr'.fll'lIY ST.,11 l Nitliily: .lllillltl lmf' ,NYf'll,'kfV1t', Kitty Kirlrmrzii. lirrrla Fiuflls. Srfllzrliuy: -lim S-UNIIHIS, Imuy .lm'rIr111. A. J. Breaking precedent, Mr. U. S. Keebler announced the staff of the 1949 Mahiscan last spring, thus enabling the members to mull over their ideas and hopes for next year's annual. The more was sound and very desirable, for the staff was ready to discuss the theme and the difhcult matter of Hnances at the onset of its senior year. Swift and smooth operation thereby resulted. V - L -1' vs? , A A ,X-af' I -M -l . K V -Q g P- gr. . I . X' ' We t l r 4 Y. . T' A' MLM 20 Mr. Keebler diligently led The Ma- hiscan wagon train around all disaster SUNNY' to the golden hill of accomplishment, while Miss Riordan, aided by her photo assistants, arranged the senior portraits and the schedules for group pix. Miss Morgan and the office staff contributed greatly in clerical help. The fellow mak- ing things tick on time was Dave Wilkinson, editor- infchief. Helping him most generously were editors Pat Smedick, Sue Libby, Edith linglander, and Libbie Deverich. Business manager for QQQCTS was Alma McGowan, who was aided in the bookkeeping by Mrs. Linden. Subscriptions were handledby Mary Ley and Carol Goulding who, on behalf of the staff, express their thanks for the G. Afs support in the drive. Ad manager Dorothy Doneeker and her assistant, Lorraine Migliaecio, consumed many afternoons in soliciting the advertisements for this year's book. Many of the students new to the Hilltop probably wondered who the two harassed-looking individuals, heavily laden with equipment, were. Of course, they were none other than the Mahiscan's expert photo staff of A. Stone, editor, and lim Symons. The expert quality and quantity of work by these boys was indispensable. The gold rush theme inspired our talented artists, headed by Kitty Kirkman, to turn in especially fine drawings. Helping Kitty were Gerda Fuchs, Doug Iordan, and Mima Lee Newkirk. Since Mamaroneck is noted for athletics, good sports writers were necessary to record their achievements. The annual had