Tamaqua High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Tamaqua, PA)

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AX ,, lx -, of ' T' va f -'f--J' are-'-We ft 3' The Value of a Year Book from the Students' Viewpoint HE discussion this year concerning the method of using most profitably our class money and the subsequent decision in favor of an improved year book has disclosed to many formerly unappreciative students the value of this annual publication. At first many condemned the idea and declared it to be a flagrant waste of money, a foolish method of getting rid of hard-worked-for school funds. Some even refused to give any time or help toward its making. But all this was said rashly and without realization of the value of a year book. Since then they have become wiser and more considerate and realize their mistake. For there should be no doubt in the thoughtful students mind that the year book is the most lasting and treasured reminder of school life. Witli the exception of the scholastic ability acquired, the year book is the most useful product of school life and training. Its uses are manifold. The first great use to students is its utility as ax guide to school life and as ll means of learning the administration and activities. It acquaints one with all the teachers. It gives the inside dope on all the clubs. It is a means of learning about the various athletics. It enables a student to plan his work both from a scholastic and from an extra- curricula standpoint. In short, it is a fountain of knowledge for everyone who wishes to go through school in the most beneficial way and to take advantage of the most that the school can give. It is also a great advertisement for the sclfool. The greatest test one can give to determine the desirability of attending a certain school is to examine its year book. From it alone, with no other information any student is able to decide whether the school is desirable or not, whether it would be worth his time ro attend it. A friend to whom you are describing your school and whose interest you are trying to arouse will nine times out of ten ask to see your year book. From this standpoint a year book is practically indispensable to the student and his school. Finally, the most important use and the reason why year books were first published is that they serve as a lasting personal reminder of school days. School days are the happiest and most eventful days of our lives. The experiences, accomplishments and mistakes of this stage in our existence should never be forgotten. Many of them are so planted in our minds that we never forget them. But there are also many pleasant memories that are driven out of our minds by the increasing cares of making a liveli- hood. They are too valuable to be so soon forgotten. A year book solves the problem. A year book to be truly successful must be crammed full of personalities and interesting snapshots of as many as possible in each class. The book is most valuable to the class that edits it, of course, but this does not mean that it is not interesting to others as well. Each class is represented by pictures, snaps and notes and many schools devote a few pages of the book to an outline in which each student can put down his own individual experiences. In this way the book becomes a permanent record of one's own thoughts and actions during the school years. As a guide to school life, an advertisement to the school and as a personal reminder, the year book undoubtedly is one of the most valuable possessions that a student can have. Only after he has grown older and has made use of it, will he have an increasing appreciation of its value. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. 'if' 3 Page Twenty-two

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AX if , , 11 4' 2 3-34'-Fav? .rr-V' 'E -'Fig-.ix Sphinx Staff Edilor--in-Clnief .... ...............,....,..... A lbert Thompson Arrinazzt Edifor. . . .... Luke Kochenberger Bf1.ri11ef.f Manager ..... ..... J ames Schlegel Ad1'erliJil1g zlflanager .......... ,.................. D an Schlegel Adz'erri,ring illanager ........................... Charles Schissler Arforiale Editorr-Paul Swank, Estelle Steinert, Donald Gerhard, Dorothy Nitchun, Agnes Rynkiewicz, Grace Zech- man, Russel Long, joseph Lutz Alllllllll Edzlor. . . .,............................ Rubye jackson Sofia! Edilor. . . Allnrir Editor. . . Calendar Editor . A rf Erliforx ........,.. .. Szmp Shot Edilor Albletic Edilorr. . Facility Adriror . . . . . . . . .Helen Miller . . . . .Kathryn Bingaman . . . . .Bernard Zuckerman ...........Harry Scheuch, Ethel Nahf Isabelle Reichelderfer . . . .jack Reese, Paul Neifert, Elizabeth Long 1 '2 U'lFlt- . . . . . .Marion Ellenbogen --f Pagc Twenty-one

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4X ti ' .0-fi' ww --- e'-Hearn-f ,r -52:5--4 it -'l'yf-i'i- WUIIR,-3 The Value of a Year Book from the Staff's Viewpoint N ADDITION to the value of a year book to the student, there is the importance and value of the book to the staff. Each member receives a valuable training which may serve him in good stead later in life. In the first place there is the business ability which the publishing of a High School Annual develops in the staff. Our business manager is just about the busiest person around the school. He gives and has given much of his valuable time to planning and budgeting the book. No business man can be more careful in preparing his budget than the business manager in making a budget for the year book. Besides this he must learn a great number of technical terms used in printing and engraving. He must send an estimate to the printer which will tell him the kind of paper,. the number of cuts, the number of pages and a hundred other little details, all of which have been put down after much careful thought and intelligent planning. The advertising managers work together with the' business manager. They must be capable people, able to talk convincingly to the merchants whose advertisements they solicit. The real work of getting the material and arranging it is in the hands of the editor and his associates. The editor-in-chief is the big boss of the whole affair. He keeps his assistants on the job, and must see to it that each copy comes in on time. He must then carefully examine the work and if necessary order it to be rewritten. He works with the faculty advisor, in discussing features for the book, the correction and arrangement of the material. He must always be ready to express his opinion and see that it is carried out if he thinks it best to do so. His is an endless task. He burns the midnight oil many times planning things which he hopes will make the book the best in its class ever published. The art editors work with the editor-in-chief. Their work is 'painstaking and exact- ing. They must have real ability and be willing to give much time to their work. The performing of the tasks mentioned above constitutes a training whose value can scarcely be estimated. Who can tell but that the business training received on the staff, will in the years to come develop a great business executive? Or who can say that the editorial work on the staff will not produce great journalists or authors? To those who follow after us we would say that if an opportunity to serve on the staff of the annual presents itself, seize it eagerly and give your best efforts to the performance of your duty in that connection for the valuable training which work on the staff offers. ASSISTANT EDITOR-1N-CH1EF. I i -. as fi-i5i fer ' fr- z - ,, S I 'S' 9'-6'-3 , .. Page Twc'r1ly-1lJrc'c'