Red Bank High School - Log Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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THE ROUND TABLE 25 In our first issue of the Round Table we welcome many friends, some old, some new. It is our aim to form new friendships and also to keep the old. All exchanges are welcome. We may be hard in our criticisms but we 'believe it helps. You can help us greatly too, by being fr'ank in yours. None of us can be perfect and others aid us in finding our mistakes. There- fore we believe that we are doing you a good turn, in our remarks, and you will be aiding us with yours. The Round Table acknowledges the following list of exchanges: THE RED AND BLACK—Reading High School—Your stories are very in- teresting and show talent. Your cuts are good. Class and Club Notes in- dicate fine school spirit. TRIDENT—Neptune Township High School—Some cuts would make your literary work more interesting and your magazine more attractive. Your ath- letic notes are good. CRIMSON CRIER—Keyport High School—Your paper shows great possi- bilities. You have made a fine start. Keep up the good work. Make more of your literary department. THE REFLECTOR—Leonardo High School—Your literary department should be enlarged. Why not some original stories? THE CHRONICLE—Niagara Falls High School—A very newsy paper. Your humor department is fine. PERISCOPE—Perth Amboy, N. J.— Your literary department deserves spe- cial mention. TARGUM—Rutgers College—A very interesting weekly.

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24 THE ROUND TABLE Be on time. Cultivate ipatience. Do not argue with a Department Head, it is useless, say nothing but gradually work out your own plans. Do not hesitate to ask for the repeti- tion of a word, better then, than having the letter returned. If the dictator does not invite interruption, before you leave his desk, ask your question. Punctuate as the letter is dictated, although in most cases it will be done for you. When taking dictation, do not scrib- ble an unfamiliar word but write it as it sounds even though it may take an extra second. Do not rely entirely on your memory for after an hours dicta- tion, your word has become “cold.” Read the letter to yourself as you are transcribing it, it aids in punctua- tion. Understand the subject matter you are writing about. A good plan for marking off trans- cribed letters from your notebook, in- stead of marking with a check or cross. is to write the date the letter was trans- cribed. This dates it and checks it. Number your notebooks and keep from say, one to ten for reference. When sending enclosures—if the en- closure is given to you to be sent with the letter, you are responsible for same. Sometimes the dictator has not pre- pared the enclosure at time of writing letter, it will then be necessary for him to attach same himself. What if he neglects to do so. Who is forced to take the blame? The Stenographer. As a safeguard, when writing the dicta- tors initials and your own in the corner of the letter, put the letters “enc” under the initials of the one who sent out the enclosure. For instance BHT EWS enc meaning the enclosure is not in the Stenographer’s -hands and therefore not responsible for same. The above notes are a few points which I have found useful and trust that someone may receive some benefit from my early mistakes. Evelyn W. Chandler, 1917.

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26 THE ROUND TABLE THERE ARE SMILES, ETC. She smiled. And I smiled back. I met another— She smiled I smiled too. (So would you) They all smiled— I thought it queer. I began to fear. (So would you) And then I found My sock was down Over my shoe— And then I knew. (So would you)—Pelican. Little girl, little girl, where have you been. I’ve been to a girl’s school, some cul- ture to win. Little girl, little girl, what did you do there, I smoked cigarettes and cut off my hair. —Dirge. He seized her in the dark and kissed her. For a moment, bliss was his, “Oh” he said, “I thought it was my sister” She laughed and said “It is.” —Medley Pat—“May I kiss you on the fore- head?” Marion Ivino—“Not unless you want a bang in the mouth.” Mr. Wolback (in geom. explaining a problem) : “Now watch the board while I run through it once more.”