Thomas Starr King Middle School - Echoes Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Where we Print our Publications our monthly literary paperg there a boy sets the type for the headlines of the Echoes, our school paperg in that corner a group of boys who have charge of At Dawning, our book of poems by the pupils, set their fancy types. At that table those boys are counting and sorting tickets and programs, for the coming play. The two presses catch the eye and are fascinating to watch. Every time the press comes together--a new, fresh paper is printed. The visitor may hear a cry of joy near the press as a boy glances over a freshly folded page. He is probably finding an article in print that he has set up or perhaps composed in the English laboratory. He then folds the paper and puts it in his pocket, to take home and proudly display the printed article to his parents. Truly our print shop is one of the most important shops in the school. Paul ffllen, B9 Kenneth Hecht, B9 A COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY A visitor enters the typing room. The teacher immediately appoints a guide to show her around the room. In one corner of the room the guide shows a group of industrious pupils typing Echoes material for the print shop. As they progress down the right aisle the guide points out two pupils cutting mimeograph stencils for the General Science problems. Next they find a busy girl typing letters for the Doctor to be sent home. As they reach the end of the row the visitor is inter- One Hundred Twenty-five

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Where we Compose OUR SCHOOL PAPER ' Our paper, The Echoes, is entirely an activity of our school. It is written by the B9 and A9 English Classes. Then it is printed in the print shop and distributed to subscribers at a reasonable price. In this way, all news is spread throughout the school. Many different departments contribute things toward this paper. Some of the departments concerned are: the English classes, which do the writingg the homeroomsg the art department, which contributes cartoons, the business department which takes care of the advertisementsg and the print shop, Where the paper is printed. The paper takes in all the phases of our school life at Thomas Starr King. It contains important coming events, articles abouttthe things that have happened, editorials containing advice, notices from the ofilces, boys' and girls' sports, homeroom news, news of organizations, jokes, cartoons, and' advertisements. Donice Rose, A9 A BUSY SHOP In print .shop all school publications are printed. The atmosphere smells of printers ink on fresh crisp paper just off the press. The first thing noticed by a visitor is the business-like attitude of the pupils setting type. Here a boy is setting small type for the King's Call One Hundred Twenty-four

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l l Where Manuscripts are Made ested to see a young typist, Who, after finishing his typing exercises, is type- writing some work for his English notebook. I 'think it is very advantage- ous, remarks the visitor, to be able to typewrite onc's otherwise longhand work. ' Then, turning, they start up the center aisle and perceive another group turning out the monthly labor bill for the cafeteria, inthe regular bill style. Then, attention is turned to a rhythmic noise in the back of the room. When going closer it can be seen that one of the pupils is running off a Social Studies Unit of work on the mimeograph machine. Suddenly a messenger ente1's and rushes hurriedly to the teacher and gives her some rush copies from the Mechanical Drawing room to he made into working sheets for Architectural Drawing. A pupil at once volunteers to do this work. And after giving the room a once-over the visitor comes to the desk and says, Your Typing work is what I'd call 'a very well organized business firm' doing not only its own business but cooperating with all other depart- ments. And I like its atmosphere of happy busy-ness. Burton W. Farber, A9 One Hundred Twenty-six