West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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T e Clipper C vers the Campus The Campus Clipper is the official newspaper of West Bend High. From reporting to production it is almost entirely student work. This year this has been true to a greater degree than in previous years because the staff had a rotation of faculty advisers. Miss Hickey, Miss Stanf'-ield, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Eggert took turns in supervising the various issues. Miss Kucirek was the permanent production adviser of the student staff. To the average student the Clipper is fifteen minutes of reading time. To the staff members it is fifteen hours of work per issue. This includes ferret- ing out information, writing the articles, typing, justifying, stenciling, mimeographing, stacking and distributing the editions. The routine of the Campus Clipper is simplified into the following steps: First, a meeting is called on the Monday follow- ing publication of the paper. At this meeting the last issue is criticized, suggestions are made for im- provement, and assignments are given out. The re- porters pursue their leads and write their articles. These are proofed and typed. The words are so spaced as to make the lines even at the margins. Next, the pages are set up by the make-up crew, the ads cut, and the articles typed on the stencils. The stencils are then placed on the mimeograph and the pages run off. The stacks of paper are then placed on two tables around which an assembly line forms and arranges the paper. The finished product is then distributed. The writing experience obtained helps the indi- vidual be more exact in expressing his thoughts and in organizing his ideas. The threat of the deadline teaches him to budget his time, and incidentally, the work is a lot of fun. 'A' 1. The make-up crew inserts a scoop. Top row: M. Gumm, R. Hiller, H. Ross, D, Schowalter. Bottom Row: F. Niel- sen, R. Jaekel, D. Klein. 2. The staff reads the Clippers still Wet with ink. 3. Production staff puts on finishing touches. Left to right: C. Groom, L. Held, D. Vanderwalker, J. Froede, A. Jagow. Memories Made Permanent Because of the disturbing factor of a war, a few changes have come about in this year's Bend. A one- third cut in the budget, soft covers, and paper re- ductions were the orders. This meant copy took a severe cut, but pictures were increased in size to compensate for a slight reduction in number. Loss of quantity, however, meant a gain in quality, and in fairness to the subscribers, the price was reduced in proportion to the size. Scrapping all other plans and working with a timely military theme, we called our book the Vic- tory Bend and dedicated it to our former faculty members and students who are in service. Planning pictures, writing and re-writing copy, cutting, mounting, subscription sales, and all details which go into the production of an annual, provided the staff with plenty of work, a few headaches, and lots of excitement. l-lowever, they were equal to the task. For instance, the advertising staff, led by Austin Hancock, went over the top in sponsorships. Vernon Dengel, the business manager, put over the student subscription sales with a bang. Carl Heuer, Walter Wendt, George Herman, and Mr. Baxter did the fine job on the pictures. Copy-editor Mirabel Hansen, pencil in hand, slashed down, built up, and rewrote copy while Jean I-lorlamus and Joy Schnei- der, the staff editors, worked and worried to meet the budget, the deadlines, and did some general kibitzing among the staff members to get the book out on time. Early in winter the editors of the Bend and Clip- per, as well as several of the staff members, made a trip to the Nackie Paper Company at Milwaukee to study an extensive display of annuals in order to gain some new angles in book layouts. Throughout the production of the annual, Mr. Baxter, the Bend adviser, worked hand in hand with Jean and Joy, the staff editors, and helped them immeasurably with the tough problems which arose. ir 4. Time out for a check-up on Bend accounts. V. Dengel, A. Hancock, G. Altendorf. 5 and 8. The Bend staff poses for its pictures. 5. Top row: E. Schmidt, R. Malzahn, D. Heid, F. Yahr, H. Gumm, C. Meyer, R. Bennett, A, Froede. Center row: F. Nielsen, J. Horlamus, J. Schmidt, V. Weyres, H. Kienholz, G. Lenz, D. Frank, J. Schneider. Bottom row: H. Boettcher, L. Hetebrueg, M. Hansen, R. Hiller, B. Kremsreiter, B. Barens, A. Frederick. 8. Top row: G. Altendorf, E. St. Thomas, A. Hancock, W. Dhein, F. Yahr, L. Geib. Center row: H. Cechvala, M. Seyfert, D. Klein, M, Koch, L. Held, M. Gonnering. Bottom row: D. Weiss, F. Friede- mann, A. Cechvala, D. Schemmel, R. Jaekel, K. Driessel. 6. Searching for yearbook ideas at Milwaukee. J. Schnei- der, D. Schowalter, M. Gumm, J. Horlamus. 7. A new idea pops up at the annual display. D. Weiss, J. Frcede, G. Grogan, M. Hansen. Page Seventeen