University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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rjnuil CorriKun growl Into Ihr telephone ait Jim Jeffrey ■iinlUnli- on the pouilbllltlr of IKiroth) livin' lntr l production an wu trba»krt lining. a fury of activity. Both typewriters, the Hurricane veteran and the one snatched from the Ibis office, are being battered. From 2:30 to 6:00 Corky sits close beside one, swinging his keys and waiting for inspiration (he's strictly an inspiration guy). The ever busy typewriters furnish a legitimate excuse for columnists when they hand their copy in on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. By five o’clock Corky has definitely decided what his contribution to the editorial page will be. notes the time, and decides to write it on the morrow. On the whole Tuesday ekes out a fair number of frail bits of editorial copy. Once all the copy for page two was turned in Tuesday. Wednesday is still the great day of activity. Things remain unchanged in the office. The copy basket serves its purpose while Corrigan does his French. This is the day Red Estersohn, dubiously dubbed the man with the green mustache. darts in and out getting reactions on his latest music criticism. After one of his concert reviews has lieen blindly slashed his artistic feelings are soothed by the declaration, “You'd be music editor if we had one.” Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 on the staff members remove themselves to the print shop. Franklin s countenance beams and beams through the hours until he is forced to realize that some people just won't get copy in. Then activities on his fingernails becomes furious. He puses every few minutes to liounce his head between his hands and wail. Freshmen Preston and Levin take their journalism seriously and really apply themselves when they reach the shop. When things get a little slow Dotty devotes some time to cmbc|lishing Webster’s work. She concocts most grandilixjuent words. Her pet duty is reviewing plays; sloe's drama critic junior. Also she is a minor whiz at writing heads that fit. Elaine and Dotty work as a pair. They seem to think of the same thing at the same time. If Dotty needs a word or an idea Elaine supplies it and vice versa. Elaine writes her own stories and re-writes other people’s contributions. Between them they turn out a fair portion of the pper. Desperation crowds Linrothe, co-sprts editor, into a corner. Always there is not enough sports copy written. Girls intramurals is the most consistent delinquent on the page, not to mention I.inrothe's column. Linrothe’s sidekick. Jim Jeffrey, is always on hand to do an odd job. He is the one who maintains the friendly relationship between the Hurricane and the load papers. Each Wednesday afternoon he takes a jaunt to town and politely extracts necessary cuts from the morgues of the daily ppers. When the editorial page is a few inches short Jeff is ready to slip into any role and produce a letter to the editor about anything. His official capacity is Circulation Manager. He hauls copies of the Hurricane from the print shop to places where no one can find them. Charles Chester Baake. our rosy, burly business manager, usually drops in the shop to inform Mr. Ilurrlcanluii at II bright a Ihr »tnff lulu action twenty minute nflrr Ihr paper I »lippo c ! lu havr gone to pre ». 21

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Assnriatrb ffiribgiat Jfrrss uf 5J. JI.A. l»» AM -AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CK1MCAI. SERVICE £Ik Utinmi hurricane In f««jn liMi of alt mint,. it oworJtJ auainmcnn Junior bating in ihr MmrUrntlt National Nen-tpnfnr CrilitJ St mrr of A tintUltJ CJItfUlt Pit Ml Al. lit Xjmtretiily of Mimtumlo, Drpoifntnl of ..u w ra. lliii FillI Jay J M j. 1959. The Hurricane ■ This year ihe Hurricane reached an all time high in Hurricanism — more errors, more good stories muffed, more inefficiency, more enemies, and more fun. A general view of the Hurricane reveals that it took on the usual small quota of students who really intended to do something about it. Once this year the Hurricane came out by 12:30 Friday. It suffered through an abnormally long period of adjustment; after two months of juggling, the masthead finally settled down. Regular contributors were so preoccupied with enchanting each other with “sharp” remarks and actions they scarcely had time to prepare their choice humor for publication. So the Hurricane as it is. Mechanical changes also took place this year. A nice, neat hole was cut in the office wall so the Ibis could share the phone. It is kept on the Hurricane side mostly because notices from the business office requesting that the number of personal calls be reduced are addressed to the Hurricane. In spite of all notices it is purely a communistic phone. Half the words spoken in the office are in explanation of the phone situation; half the words spoken arc ignored. Some day the Hurricane is going to awaken its crusading spirit and campaign to exterminate phone moochcrs. Then what will the music school do? The walls of the office have increased in value for they have become a source of student opinion (biased). The numerous pictures have been fully captioned and annotated; the bulletin board has l een well marked with sage bits. Along with mechanical additions we might as well add sound effects. These are produced by Al Collins. Since Al has devoted his all to radio there has been no peace in the Hurricane office. He goes there to practice and collect news briefs for his scripts. He tries to glean criticisms and pointers for his announcing. Now for the stories during the year that showed possibilities. First off there was the Hospitalization plan. The Hurricane really went crusading for a few issues, but the plan and story just fizzled out. The election story would have been swell meat but it came in the Hooeycane. We had some fun with Gracie Allen and her Surprise Party. But if only the Senate had impeached the student government president that would have lx en the story. There's only one way to attempt to understand how the staff achiever! the new degree of Hurricanism. Take any week of the Hurricane year and analyze it. After picking the week apart one is amazed that the amazing Hurricane ever makes an appearance. Monday, the entire staff looks chipper and has intentions of getting things off early this week. The first day is devoted to getting into the mood. Corky Corrigan, managing editor, spends by far the most time getting in the mood. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday he spends three solid hours of the morning in the office translating two pages of French. He is there to receive, with special Corrigan grace, all visitors and phone calls. He calmly sits by and watches the Hurricane public dash in and out (mostly out) while he absorbs the atmosphere that is most conducive to his type of work. Monday morning, Franklin, editor, wheezes into the office, gasps out what he thinks alx ut it all, and wheezes out again. The office is deserted at an early hour in the afternoon. A few staff meml ers move over to the Ibis office to attend an imitation of a Monday staff meeting. Thus Monday goes by uneventfully in the way of copy (except for B.S.U. news). By Tuesday, maybe three staff members are in the mood to produce. If these three exert enough pressure they can force a little copy out of numerous writers. Late Tuesday afternoon the office is in 20

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Franklin that he will l e after him at two to take him home. Baake is a self-appointed nursemaid to Franklin. However, not even Baake's tender care can keep Franklin from eating nothin ' hut pastry with pineapple tilling for Wednesday supj er. Besides his caretaking job Baake also is in charge of advertising copy for the Hurricane. Just after the weekly Hurricane social hour is Over Helene Putnam buzzes into the shop. She's all business and turns out copy double-quick; that is, after waiting two hours to nab a typewriter. She lingers long enough to type Seymour Simon’s, honorary co-sports editor, latest plea for baseball. Another Hurricane convert is Margaret Klotz, who holds down the glamour job. She’s scenery and romance. She writes features and gets called “Maggie” in the headline every week. After calling Franklin six limes on Wednesday afternoon to assure him he has a big scoop for the front page, Jacques Wilson swoops in about 10:30 and lustily declares that he has not even the ghost of a story. Having heard Wilson's choice explanations. one by one the staff members depart, and leave Franklin to bounce his head alone and to give vent to his passion for paragraphs. We’ve heard that this goes on until two or three in the morning. ViMlirr version at Hurryvtrriu; Ihlv lime with tire Impot-ftlblr otnfte u-ltinK f almost the entire »lulT gathered urouinl the vtonr. Thursday is devoted to odds and ends and mechanical details: make up, heads, proofs, and filling up holes that will sneak in. Twelve-thirty ticks by unnoticed; it is no longer a significant time in Hurricane production. Everyone relaxes and the pper goes leisurely on. By 4:30 the first copies are off the press. Corky and Jeff, after groaning over glaring errors, station themselves in the rear of the shop and insert the chocolate filling. So the Hurricane makes it appearance approximately at 5:30. Friday the staff steels itself to withstand the verbal blows of student readers. No week goes by without some mishap that won't be overlooked. This public reaction doesn't effect the staff seriously. Rather late additions to the Hurricane staff this year were Richard “Bubblenose Paige, Fred Nesbitt, and John I). Kendall, the first and last being sports writers. Paige played junior varsity tennis and was on Mr. Head's softball team; therefore, he wrote those two events consistently. Kendall took over football and boxing when the remainder of the staff became reluctant about frequenting the gym and athletic office, while Nesbitt was publicity director for the TKPs and the Debate Council. 22