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

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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.

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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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Talented Students Get Chance Looking over some student themes are the members of the English Magazine committee. Seated, Mary Ann Willett, Natalie Harris and Adelaide Gest. Stand- ing, Charles Johnson and Bob Bergstrom. When students are dejectedly laboring over es- says, themes, or any other form of prose or poetry, there is one thing they can remember that may compensate for all their efforts. And that is the English Magazine, with the purpose of affording them a chance to have their articles published. The articles to be published are chosen for their originality, cleverness, and interest, from the scores of class contributions. The job of selecting the Worthy originals falls upon the English Maga- zine committee, this year composed of five seniors. Articles from every field of imagination and every field of realism confronted the committee, and this year, many commemorating Rock Islandis Centennial year were written by students. Miss Sarah Laraway, editorial adviser of the magazine, Miss Carolu Schutz, circulation and financial manager, and David J. Borth, technical adviser, are the faculty sponsors of the magazine. The circulation of the English Magazine runs around 600 copies, and the contents include some 35 different student articles. The sponsors of the 1941 issue of the English Magazine are pictured below. On the left is Miss Carolu Schutz, who managed the business matters, and on the right is Miss Sarah Laraway, who supervised the editing of the magazine.