Publishers Visit School of Graphic Arts
HE HELPED START IT—Josh L. Horne of the Rocky Mount Telegram (center) is shown on the porch
of the new Chowan College School of Graphic Arts building. With him are John McSweeney, director
of the school and James Willoughby of the Telegram. Mr. Horne was one of the founders of the school
and remains one of its staunchest supporters.
The colorful Chowan Col
lege campus was visited by
numerous newspaper pub
lishers, newspaper mechan
ical personnel, and repre
sentatives of newspaper
production machinery man
ufacturers on Saturday,
May 9, when Chowan Col
lege School of Graphic Arts
was host to the spring
meeting of the Eastern
North Carolina Press Asso
ciation.
Mr. Frank A. Daniels, Jr., busi
ness manager of the News and Ob-
server-Raleigh Times and presi
dent of the Eastern North Caro
lina Press Association, presided at
both the morning session, held in
the classroom of the Graphic Arts
building, and at the luncheon
meeting.
The visitors were guests of the
college at a luncheon in the caf
eteria following the morning ses
sion.
PlaqiM Presantad
Prior to the introduction of the
scheduled speakers, John Mc
Sweeney, director of the School
of Graphic Arts, presented a pla
que to Mr. Joe F. Schuman,
Southern Sales Manager of Mer-
genthaler Linotype Company, At
lanta. Mr. McSweeney told of the
long interest, contributions, and
guidance given to the school by
Mr. Schuman. The plaque read;
Presented to
JOE F. SCHUMAN
as a sincere token
of our
great appreciation
for his contributions
and helpful guidance
CHOWAN COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF GRAPHIC ARTS
1964
LINOTYPE REPRESENTATIVES—Joe F. Schuman (center), southern sales manager for Mergenthaler Linotype Company, shows the
bronze plaque that was presented to him at the Eastern North Carolina Press Association meeting. Held at Chowan College School of
Graphic Arts, the meeting was attended by numerous printing machinery manufacturers’ representatives, including Mel Franks (left) and
Leonard Murdoch, both of the Mergenthaler company. Mr. Murdoch erected the school’s new Linotype Elektron.
Other Mergenthaler representa
tives at the meeting were Mel
Franks, and Leonard Murdock,
sales engineers.
Jim Robinson of the Jackson
ville Daily News, proposed a res
olution honoring Mr. Henry Belk,
one - time president of the as
sociation and editor of the Golds
boro News - Augus, on his 66th
birthday. The resolution was ap
proved, and a copy was printed by
students of the School of Graphic
Arts. It was presented to Mr.
Belk at a meeting in Goldsboro
that same Saturday evening.
The speakers for the morning
were Mr. E. P. Andrews and Mr.
L. E. Dodson of Washington, D. C.,
and Mr. R. E. Lewis of New York,
representatives of the Interna
tional Business Machines Print
ing Computer Division.
The Computers
Mr. Andrews spoke on “Com
puters and Newspapers Today."
He described the three main parts
of computers used in tape per
foration, which in turn is used to
automatically operate typesetting
machines; different types of in
formation material, such as paper
tape, cards, and magnetic tape;
sequential processing; and the im
portance of programming a com
puter.
Mr. Lewis told of the different
types of computers, such as the
model 1620 which runs 4,000 lines
of tape (or type) per hour with
95 per cent accuracy in hyphena
tion, and the 1906 Buffer which
rims 12,000 lines per hour with
95 per cent accuracy. He described
the three functions of these type
setting computers: hyphenation,
justification, and format.
Mr. Dodson told of the many
things that computers do today.
Some computers have voice com
munication, others can dial tele
phones and send messages, and he
said, computers now have a
visual display which could prove
helpful in the printing industry.
He suggested that one news
paper have a computer tie - up
with several other newspapers
having circuits to this central com
puter. In ten minutes each day
a newspaper can run 1,000 lines
with 30 characters a line or 130,-
000 characters. “This would great
ly speed up and emphasize the
newspaper industry,” he said.
Mr. Jim Garland and Mr. Ro
land Ericson, regional representa
tives of IBM from Raleigh, were
introduced.
New Elektron
Of primary interest to those at
tending the meeting was the new
Linotype Elektron typesetting
machine that had been installed
in the School of Graphic Arts only
two days prior to the meeting. This
is the fastest typesetting machine
manufactured and is automation
itself in that, besides setting type
via perforated type, it has many
electronic push - buttons to speed
its various operations.
At 12:30 a sumptuous luncheon
was served in the cafeteria by
Mrs. J. F. Beaman and Mrs. Char
lotte Beaman, college dieticians.
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, presi
dent of Chowan College, welcom
ed the guests and reminded them
of the close tie between the col
lege and members of the Eastern
North Carolina Press Association
which “fathered the establishment
of our School of Graphic Arts,
known as the Roy Pariter School
of Printing.”
Mr. Mel Franks of Mergenthaler
Linotype Company was introduced
and told of a number of amazing
machines either already in pro
duction by Mergenthaler or plan
ned for early output. They include,
of course, the new Elektron line,
including the Electron Mixer; the
Linofilm now being widely used
in large newspaper and publica
tion plants, and the Linosec to
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FOR APRIL-MAY, 1964
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