EDITORIAL PAGE
THE CAMPUS CRIER
Member Inter-Colleglate Press
Published twice monthly by students of Asheville-Biltmore College,
AsAeville, North Carolina.
Editorial and features in The Campus Crier reflect the opinions pt
ibo •writera and do not claim to represent student or college opinion.
Smiley Courtney Editor in Chief
Jean Kennedy Associate Editor
Pi'ances McIntyre Associate Editor
Peggy Crompton Associate Editor
Helea Dickei-son, Feature Editor; Grant Owen, Frank Wamsley, A.seist-
ant Feature Editors; Henry Simpson, Sports Editor; Walter Baker,
Business Manager; Harding Ellis, Advertising Manager; Jean Kennedy,
Bugimo Waldrop, Advertising Assistants; Billie Cobb, Circulation Man-
iger; Eugene Waldrop, 'William ICorton, Zora Reece, Clarence Towe,
Wilson, Harry Ballew', June Dougherty, Reporters.
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Frank Yow
Ediiorial...
WEIXX>A£E, NEW STUDENTS, to the Asheville-Blltmoro Campus.
Whatever it is that you want out of college, We of the Campus-Crier
sincerely hope that your w-ants will come true. You have all heard of
ooHeges which have had pasta. Well, we to not intend to be corny
when we say that Ashoville-Blltmore has certainly had a past. Many
successfLl men have studied here, men who now hold responsible poei-
Uons in this and other communities. As far as the present is con-
*erned, you ^vill find out about that in the next few weeks. The future
—Wlio can say? We can .say, however, that we students, the faculty,
ajid responsible persons of this city have been, and will continue, bend
ing our consistent and never ending efforts to the up-building of
AshoviHe-Biltmoro College, Won’t you join us?
IT I.S StniPllISING how many students do not know how the
Campus-Crier happens to be handed to them every two weeks. Some
know, and some have only a vag^ie idea. The following paitigraphs arc
presented for the benefit of both the old and new students.
A single issue of even a small paper like the Campus Crier entails
ti lot of hard work. The woi'k usually begins at eleven o’clock during
Uio advanced Journalism (Journalism 25 and 26) class.
Smiley says, ‘What has happened during the pa.st two weeks that
TRtos a story?"
Peggy, Frances, John, or Clarence quickly begin to relate the
events that they are familiar with or have heard about. Of course
it Isn’t always so simple, that i.s, just one person doing the talking".
Sometimes everybody has been to a club meeting, attended a party or
hoard a rumor that needs to be chased and verified. It is during
these se.ssions that chance listeners would think a w'hale of a hen party
■was in progress.
But then, material isn’t always .so easy to get cither. In spite
of all that happens on, or concerning, the campus, a worthy news
story is hard to finh.
It is during such trying timc-s that Mr. Wooton, our instructor, who
ha-S been sittln-g back trying to see which of his stvdents reoognlze a
news story when they see one, comes to our aid.
When the brains of the class have been drained, and advertising
ban been dlscu.ssed, argued over, (no, not fought over) it is about time
for the bell. The rest of the period is taken up by discussing the tech
nique of getting an interview with a prominent person, recognizing the
value of a news story, debating make-up problems, or hunting a feature
Story for the next i.ssuc.
Even after all these hoadache.s, the material for the paper Isn’t
nearly in. At the one o’clock class Smiley reads the list of suggested
stories that lie has taken down in the first class, and aska for other
augigcstion.s.
All Journalism students are supposed to make a note of stories
they como into contact with from day to day and hand them into the
editor at every c!ass period. Together with the material the editor has
gathered himself, there is .sometimes a sizable list on the future book.
The claseroom sessions, however, bring out an occasional gem of news
that has been overlooked.
Then comes the moment when the student really earns the right
to have his name on the mast-head of the Campus-Crier. A.«slgnment.s
are handed out. "June, a feature story on . Helen, Zora,
Jean, take them in order as I read them out. Simpeon, Harding, there
should be a good story on the last basketball game. Frank, Harry,
Buddy, for which one would it be most convenient to see so-and-so?
The rest of the assignments have been given to the eleven o’clock
class. Buddy, how much advei-tising do we have for this issue? That’3
not enough. Harding, do you think you can get any more? We've
got to have it." Frank, do you have any new pictures to turn In?”
From that day until the next class day the editor collects the
written stories in the halls, on the campus, on his way to the drug
.store, and sometimes he finds one in the newspaper box in the office.
The editor and associate editoi's now prove whether or not they
know anything about a paper. All the copy must be read, corrected,
and some of it typed.
The printer is next in line. The editor takes it to the printers and
makes arrangements to pick it up as soon as it is set into print and a
proof prepared.
When the galley proofs (long single column sheets) are ready,
the editor and associate editors paste up a dummy of the paper. That Is:
they cut the galley type out and arrange It on a dummy Campvs-Crler
just as they w^ant it to appear when it comes off the press. This task
takes from two to four hours.
The editor takes the dummy to the printers and, together with the
make-up man, they prepare the type into a form which will fit into
the pross. This takes from one to four hours, depending on whcthep
you are to receive a four page or a six page Campue-Crier.
When the form is ready for the press it is placed under the rollers
and a sitmple copy is run. This, the editor checks carefully to guard
against mistakes. Even with careful checking it is sometimes hard
to detect all errors. ^Vhen all necessai-y changes are made the jm-css
starts rolling and five hundred copies are run off. Only one side is run
at a time and the pressman must w'ait for the ink to drj’ before back
ing it up.
When it comes off the press the Campiis-Crier must be folded man
ually as the printer has no folding machine for our size paper. H it is
a six page paper the middle sheet has to be inserted.
To one w'ho is unfamiliar with the Journalism department it i.»
hard to believe that so much work and time goes into every issue of
your Campus-Crier.
OVER THE
COFFEE CUP
By MAC
Ho-hum! I’m .so tired. I don’t
think I’ll write my column this
week. Everybody already knows
all the new.s, anyway . . . The only
interesting thing that happened
wae the .snow, and that was gone
before I could enjoy it . . . Mr.
Tran.sou said he had only two
bowls of snow cream. ■ I didn’t
oven have that much. . . . The
folks at Oak Lodge must have
thought there was a lunatic at
large la.st Monday morning at C
a.m. Mr. Wooton couldn’t wait
until a decent hour to sot out and
build a snowman.
Thank goodnes.s regietration is
over. Some order is finally be
ginning to rise out of the confus
ion, although the report cards
coming out did nothing to help
the situation.
. . . Went to my first Hygiene
class the other day. It isn’t going
to bo eo bad, considering that I
have been putting off taking the
coirse for the last year and a
half.
. . . Juno, what’s this I hear
about you donating some equip
Sandburg Cont.
(Oontlnued from Fage One)
ory here, to use the letter in his
novel.
With Mr. Sandburg were his
daughter, Helga Sandburg Toman,
and her husband, his grand daugh
ter, Paula Toman, and Mrs. Don
Shoemaker of Ashevillt:.
Mr. Sandburg has just returned
to his home at East Flat Rock
from a trip to ^Jew York.
ment to the Radio class? That's
what I call i-eal school spirit/
. . . The attic has become quite
a popular place since the head of
the Journalism Department went
to all the ti-ouble of making it liv
able, hasn’t it?
... Is there anything in the
world more heart-breaking than
losing a hard-fought basketball
game? Xot in my opinion!
. . . Bob Colkitt wore a tie to
school for three days last week,
.hoping to get his picture made.
Too bad you had to go to all that
trouble. Bob.
No coffee, that’s what is Uie
matter with me. Guess I’ll go
have a cup. Sec you later.
The little -shepherd girl who
cried "Wolf" was jufit wishing.