Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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a Ethel Siegel Fditor-in-Chief Me PRATTLER Two wooden doors intermittently opening and closing, the steady rattling of three work worn typewriters, the curses of the Copy Editor trying to dig up material to fill the empty holes, the squishy sloshing of rubber cement as the copy is glued into place, the noisy sniffing hither and thither of re- porters searching for news, the jokes of the Gababout writer, the banging and clattering of the Advertising Manager look- ing for the cuts, the dull sobbing of the News Editor trying cad story, the flashing of the Photography Editor’s camera, the loud cracking of the Managing Editor’s to decide on a whip as he drives the staff on to greater efforts, the worn out shoes of the Circulation Manager, the fiendish phraseology of the Sports Editor, the over-heated slide rule of the Business Manager who has yet to learn that you can’t add on a slide rule, the constant search of the Office Manager for the Busi- ness Manager, the everlasting requests of the Exchange Editor for stamps, the wonderful diligence of the Secretary in keep- ing the minutes of Editorial Board meetings, the relieving sistance of the Faculty Advisor, the bullets sweated by the Editor-in-Chief as he endeavors to co-ordinate all these activi- ties while writing the editorial, the beautiful peace of issue night... that is the prattler now, as ever was, and ever shall be. Kenneth Hagen Editor-Emeritus