Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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The Editors Who Tell It Lelt to right-Downey, Cooper, Smith. Newcxld. Dobb, Burdick, Mason, Tumer, Essenberg, Hice Platte. McCarthy. 4 ,,.,Q51. .. . .bfi

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The Oaks Story The Oaks , senior class annual yearbook. is planned, written, and edited by seniors who are members of Mr. W. E. Murray's journalism classes tEnglish 12-1 and 12-2-I, as some schools call it.J But it requires the co-operation of a large number of persons to publish a 160-page book containing hundreds of photographs, drawings, written materials. and statistics. Let us tell you how it is done. To begin with, the work begins in September and gains momentum throughout the year until spring, when the pressure is on. A deadline has to be met-not one deadline as in the case of the school newspaper, The Acorn e-but many deadlines. one for each section of the book. First, a theme or motif has to be decided upon. This year it is music. Then. a plan must be made for every page which will tie the book together, so to speak. Drawings in art work, writ- ten composition, and photographs in general must all center around the theme. Next, a plan for the taking of all photographs must be arranged, with a description of each photograph, its size, and place on the page clearly indicated. All writing assignments must then be given out and section editors named. The editors-in-chief of the book are usually chosen on the basis of ability, loyalty to the staff, and am- bition. Editors usually are requested to present to the staff a dummy for model yearbookl show- ing their ideas of how the book should look. Editors are directly responsible for the entire ap- pearance of the yearbook. After a rough sketch of the book is prepared. or format is prepared. In this of every story and photograph a final dummy dummy a proof is pasted. It is from this Final Dummy that the printers work. This brings us to the responsibility shared by our high school press. Under direction of Mr. C. F. Koehn, instructor, senior boys have charge of printing the annual. They lock up both the type and the cuts or engravings, and print them on the large press in the print shop. The practice they receive in doing this is very valuable. Many boys who wish to become printers can leam a great deal from the experience. To Mr. Koehn also goes our deepest appreciation. iw? 4 A PA .i..mr, Art editors, under direction of Miss Kathryn Keillor, instructor, prepare all omaments, line drawings, and other art work necessary, such as the design for the cover made this year by Garnet Keefer. A large number of photographs in The Oaks are taken each year by Mr. Iames V. Cobb, English and photography instructor. The Camera club and photography class often contribute pic- tures also. The fact that The Oaks won a high award at Michigan State College last year was partly owing to the high quality of our photo- graphs. All linotyping and engraving is dsne by pro- fessional shops. and the cover itself is manu- factured by a Chicago cover concern. The book is bound and put together in Lansing, and sent back here by express. So far as the business department of The Oaks is concerned, that, too, is an interesting story. For example, we have a man on the faculty who has been one of the most faithful in his loyalty to The Oaks. His name is Mr. Roy A. Peterman, head of the commerce department. He has been advisor of sales and distribution ever since 1921 -quite a record. His job is to guide the seniors in their sales. and to stimulate enthusiasm among the class members. The tact that we usually sell around 1500 copies of the annual is at least partly owing to Mr. Peterman's splendid co-oper- ation and support. The advertising department, which contributes at least one-fourth of the financial support neces- sary to publish a 160-page book like The Oaks, is supervised by Mr. C. F. Bolt. our principal. Mr. Bolt, as chairman of the Board of Publications, has always been a sincere and loyal member of The Oaks staff and all its undertakings. Senior students volunteer to sell advertising to local mer- chants and industries. The school owes much to Mr. Bolt for his help, and to the townspeople who help to support our publication. That, in a nutshell, is The Oaks Story. It may be an old, old story to Mr. Murray and all of the advisors, but to every senior class it is a brand new, exciting experience which they would not trade for any other in high school. rf t: rv it T K

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R 1 X. .X 42 ig? J SWINGING THROUGH THE YE7-KRS MASTERPIIECES . Faculty and Administration CLASSICS . Senior Class of 1949 SEMI-CLASSICS . Sophomores cmd Iuniors CONCERT MUSBC Music and Art Groups PCPULAR NUMBERS Clubs cmd Activities SWING . . . Athletics SEBIENADES . . Advertising and Snapshots Keegfp' .... ,.. Page 9 . 21 . 55 . 67 . 73 . 89 . 103