Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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L N .O L. 'U -i, I I, M oe W i 1 eo? e 609 N Staff Records 1941 School History Faced with the tremendous task of follow- ing in the footsteps of a championship Wfar- bler, the 1941 staff began to shape another year hook into form. The 1940 Wfarbler won second place in the state contest for printed annuals and a sweep- stakes trophy and first place trophy for printed annuals at the 20th Annual Northern lnterscholastic Press Association meet held at the University of North Dakota, November 7. 8, and 9. Four states. Wisconsin, South Da- kota. Montana, and North Dakota competed. Members of the staff did most of the work in putting out the '41 production except print- ing and engraving. which were done by com- mercial firms. In selecting the theme, the staff considered students' wants and practicalness, with the idea that it would give a little more light on the subjectf' As most of the work of the annual was done by students. staff members felt that it would serve to demonstrate MHS spirit and ability. Most informal pictures appearing in the book were taken, developed. and printed in the darkroom by some of the group. En- larging and scaling pictures for engraving was a job left for others not engaged in vari- ous parts of the process. After this was done. all picture-pasting and alphabetical arrange- ments had to be done before the engravers re- ceived the material. ivriting the copy for all pages. also. was no small task. T -.. , ff! f La' ' if

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s I 5 N Y - . .- 'il X I ' 5. XR it t Journalists Report Events at MHS When the announcemem was made that the Crocus for the preceding year had vvont X first place for primed papers in the state con- test, the 194-U-fll staffs were presented with a ffoal to reach in their iuhlications. z- l Approximately three weeks at the first of each semester were spent by the journalism students in learning about the different types of newspaper stories, columns, headlines, and page make-up that are required in a paper. From that time on, the Crocus was puh- lished every two weeks. printed in the high school print shop hy the students in the ad- vanced printing classes. A new feature this year was the increased use of cartoons. These cartoons were drawn was given to use more of the talent found in Senior High. Various other obligations of getting the Crocus ready were handled hy the journalism students. Besides writing. copyreading. and fitting the stories. staff memhers also proof- read copy and sold and collected for adver- tising for the paper. An attempt was made this year to advertise the different departments of the school. Rang- ing from the dramaties department to the print shop. each time one particular division was publicized with a picture and explana- tion on page one. hy some of the hoys of the journalism classes. next transferred to chalk plates. and then stereotyped and made into cuts. In addition to making the papers more interesting with the variety acquired with cartoons. a chance X4 . wot . G ,, 581 .0099 ax 'tt A 46

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P- L- fU L .O .J ffafh s t tx X lx L Students Assist as Librarians A place for studlyxx a place forirecreation, These sessions help the students to become and a place every pup'l in the school knows acquainted with the purpose of the library about is our library. hey know of it be- and also help to encourage the use of the vari- cause everyone has an occasion to make use of the advantages made available through the purchasing of many books, newspapers, and magazines. Nearly all school work is based on the library. Here is found material other than that in tl1e ordinary textbook, such as maps. magazines, newspapers, and fiction books. These sources of information are in use nearly every hour in the day especially by history. civics. English. or biology students. A card catalogue and volumes of the readers guide are available for locating in- formation. So homore English classes each 'ear s Jend 1- 5 l a period of time studying the use of the read- ers guides, card catalogues, and dictionaries. Workirig-or pretending Ccneral checkup ous types of reference material found there. Miss Hopfner has a number of student as- sistants who take care of the library during their study hours. Every Tuesday night they meet to increase their knowledge of how the cards should be filed and other helpful hints that librarians should know. The assistant librarians were as follows: Edris Miller. Charlotte Talbot, Lucille Ehlers, Marcia Janda, Norma Griffin. Frances Maake- stad. Betty Miller, Shirley Comstock. Tessa Ocheltree, and Bonnie Foster. Several interesting hobbies have been dis- played in the library throughout the year by the members of the hobby club, which is sponsored by Miss Hopfner. Reference rnatcriul Ancient book dm-comics MHS Wu.