University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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LINC STAFF CONTINUED STAFF AT WORK Under a policy instituted last year, the Publications Committee instead of the student body now chooses the edi¬ tor and business manager of the LinC. Bill Cobb, editor, is a journalism major with experience on the Crescent, campus newspaper. Bill Collins, assist¬ ant editor and a journalism major, also served on the Crescent. Jo Ann James, business manager, is a business administration major who has filled the positions of managing and news editor on the Crescent. Sam Wherry, photographer, is completing his third year in that capacity. John A. Boyd is faculty adviser for the LinC. Juna Howard, artist, is an art major who volunteered to do LinC art work. JUNA HOWABD Artist JOHN A. BOYD Adviser EARLY LAST SEPTEMBER Editor Bill Cobb met with Bill Collins, Bob Bammer, Charles Greer, Fred Shatara, and Paul Nichols to plan the 1950 LinC. Although not appear¬ ing until May, page makeup, picture taking, and the plan¬ ning of the general theme begins almost a year in advance. The 1950 LinC attempts to take the reader through a school year by telling the story with pictures. Some of the copy and pictures for the LinC had to be sent to the down¬ town printers as early as last December. Since many of the school year’s social and athletic as well as scholastic and honorary events happen during the latter part of the winter quarter and early in the spring quarter, the staff must plan the book with continuity and good coverage both in mind. Work for the staff begins with gathering facts, writing copy, and identifying people in pictures. Later comes copy¬ reading and proofreading of each other’s writings, and finally pasting up of dummy pages to see if sizes of pictures and lengths of stories have been figured correctly. Although some students volunteer to work on the LinC, most staff members are either journalism or education majors en¬ rolled in special publications courses for experience in the field in which they expect to work upon graduation. 4

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V SPEAKING OF LINC ...Makeup of book changes for title BILL COBB Editor JO ANN JAMES Business Manager BILL COLLINS Assistant Editor SAM WHEBRY Photographer The 1950 LinC staff has attempted to present something different in yearbook design. The style and theme of this year ' s book have been changed to fit the title. The word LinC when broken down means “Life in College.” We felt that a proper portrayal of life in college called for a new and distinctive theme. The first big problem, then, was that of determining what theme to use. Many publications were studied and it was decided that LIFE MAGAZINE most nearly approximated our idea of a yearbook theme. The summer months of 1949 were spent drawing up two preliminary dum¬ mies, following LIFE style. When com¬ pleted these dummies were turned over to the publisher for cost estimates. The next step was that of preparing a final dummy, combining the two ini¬ tial ones, to be used in making copy and photography assignments and for general planning purposes. Many ideas expressed in the original dummy had to be altered, and in some cases completely cut out, because of the cost. We had hoped to use color, for example, but that would have upped our expenditures too much. The makeup of the 1950 LinC is un¬ like that of any past college annual. Simply being different does not make it good. But we hope that we have done more than produce an unusual year¬ book. The 1950 LinC, we feel, gives a complete, over-all coverage of campus life—and does so in an interesting, color¬ ful manner. Long hours have been spent studying the style of writing found in LIFE. We have tried to duplicate the sharp, punchy copy which has helped to put LIFE in the respected position it now holds. We have included several new fea¬ tures and have incorporated most of LIFE’s standard sections. Among the new features in the 1950 LinC are: Picture of the Year, Play of the Year, editorial page, LinC Queen, Women in Sports, and several LinC Visits and LinC Reports sections. The book has been planned with the idea of letting pictures, more than copy, tell the story of a particular event. Con¬ sequently, the 1950 LinC contains near¬ ly twice as many pictures as any past LinC, and almost as much copy, the number of pages having been increased to 144. We proudly give you the 1950 LinC— your annual. We hope that you like it. A 1 — (oS I CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 3

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