Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Crimson Crier Streamlined By Fall Staff . . Top picture, seated, Vera May Brazell, head proofreader, Alice Levin, assistant editor, Betty Burke, editor. Standing, Alice Schafer, head copyreader, Virginia Hankins, assistant managing editor, Bill McCaiTree, assistant editor, Harry Althouse, make- up editor, and Edwin Cohen, managing editor. Center picture, seated, Elayne McMurtrie, ad solicitor, Helen Stockdale, business and advertising manager, and Jean Johnson, irdqtsolicitor. Standing, Sol Marder and George Havlik, ad so- 1c1 ors. Bottom picture, seated, Bob Scott, sports editor, Lois Crompton, columnist, Miriam Patterson, columnist, Carl Anderson, copy- reader. Standing. Dorothy Smith, Anna May Mercer, and Mary Jane Bremner, reporters, Kathleen Roach, copyreader, Bonnie Rae Burke, columnist, and Joe Carnithan, assistant proofreader. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Crim- son Crier goes streamlined. In marked contrast to the dull, uninterest- ing newspaper pages of a century or more ago, the Crimson Crier now offers an attrac- tive, up-to-the-rninute make-up. B e t t y Burke, first semester editor, and other mem- bers of the staff, started working on the Crimson Crier during summer vacation. They made plans for modernizing headlines and changing the whole style of the paper. The student body reacted very favorably to the change. Representatives of both the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois complimented the staff on the stream- lined ideas which they introduced. In past years students have studied jour- nalism for one semester and in their second semester edited the paper. Under the plan introduced this semester, students must study journalism for a whole year before they are eligible for a key position. Five students of last year's staff were retained. By having some experienced workers, the new members are helped along. This results in fewer errors and less confusion. eww gazes, aww

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Of course, if it were not for the business side of the yearbook, it would not be possible to put out an annual such as this. Much credit is due Zalman Gellerman and Helen Stockdale, co-business managers, who spent many hours linking the advertisements with the Centennial theme. Many snapshots of the students and faculty are scattered throughout the advertising section of the book so as to attract the attention of the readers. This year a goal of S800 of adver- tising vvas reached. t'Buy an annual, fifty cents down and you can pay the balance later, was the cry heard from a vital part of the annual staff, the Cir- culation department. During the sales cam- paign last fall when WATCH TOWERS were selling for the bargain price of 51.50, any person wearing a red or White carnation was Willing to sell you an annual before you could say Jack Robinson. The circulation staff, headed by Harry Althouse and his as- sistant, Betty Schneider, sold over 800 an- nuals. adelena? am! 3 Qelfmman, ea,Bad4Sne44 lfffanagead a Top Picture. Front row, Jean Johnson, Helen Stockdale, R0- berta Ellison. Back row: Jean Saunders, Arleen Dierolf, Betty Burke. Center Picture. Seated: June Krueger, Margaret DeSchinckel, Harry Althouse, Alice Levin, Mimi Patterson. Standing: Martha Driscoll, Lelene Gellerman, Betty Schneider, Judy Mitchell, Bette Peterson, Delores Weckel, Betty Burke, Bill Krueger, Doris Eng, Bonnie Burke. Bottom Picture. Harry Althouse Congratulates Bill Krueger, star Annual salesman. l

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What, no gossip column? You're right. In the second semester edition of the Crimson Crier, the gossip column was discontinued. What do we have in place of it? A news column by Ruth Harriett Koch which has proved quite interesting. It contains news, some gossip, happenings around school, and other notes of interest. Many years ago, there was no social news, dramatic criti- cisms, or gossip. Nothing but dead copy. To- day students should be proud of the concise and interesting way in which the news is presented in the Crimson Crier. A new idea employed by second-semester editor, Bill lVIcCaffree, required that each staff member write a weekly story. It may have been a feature story, a human interest item, a news story or another type. The best stories were selected and printed in the Crimson Crier. The others were kept on file for future reference. Since business staff members as well as editorial students were required to write these stories, all advanced journalists gained valuable experience in newspaper writing. . X, . fi Q , 1 i . i L . I . . I l Q, l-. , 5 . 1 X , x. K. i i Q . t l . 'E i .... ii V Staring Staff, lWflf2fS nz and .All of ' 6 v fi S Top picture. Standing. Herman Cohen, columnist, Ray Dasso, make-up editor, Larry Brown, proofreader, Jeanne Hendricks. reporter, Genevieve Kelse, reporter, Beatrice Jones, proofreader, Barbara Hender, copyreader, Dorothy von Ach, assistant manag- ing editor, Phyllis Volkmann, copyreader, Leona Richeson, re- porter, and Ruth Harriett Koch, copyreader. Seated, Bob Berg- strom, sports editor, Hazel Erickson, assistant editor, Lena Mae Balmer, page editor, and Gene Heber, page editor. Center picture. Seated, Bill McCafEree, editor, and Bob Scott, managing editor. Standing, Sol Marder and Jean Johnson, co- business managers. Bottom picture. Seated, Jean Saunders, Louis Wilson. Muriel Shipman, Roberta Ellison, advertising assistants. Standing, Floriene Chinlund, columnist, Arleen Dierolf, advertising assist- ant, and Jean Johnson, co-business manager.