Evening star., 1928-03-25

that his material is properly marked
for the printer. These positions are
filled at present by Gordon thinner
man. in charge of the first page; Mary
Virginia Smith, in charge Of the edito-
rial page: Catherine Prichard, third
page, and George Price. sports page.
A board Of editors, four in number,
assist wherever needed. sometimes be-
ing assigned regularly TO help on par
ticular page. They do rewriting. get
late news, and sometimes write head
lines.
The list of special writer's varies. New
ones qualify. others attain higher posi-
tions, some become headline writers, so
that the number iuctuates from five TO
fifteen or more.
The humor column is in charge Of q
member Of the advanced class who has
shown special aptitude in writing and
Judging humor material A very def
mite attempt Is made to keep the humor
original rather than TO have 1t re-
hash of borrowed material.
Among other features, the Bulletin
beasts q real columnist, Richard Moore,
who. through character OF his own
creation, "1gnatiuS p. Foghorn, the In
durable cynic" makes witty and Satiri-
cal comment on the news Of the day.
often injecting some broad hints as 20
desirable changes to be brought about
In the affairs of the school.
Exchanges. under the heading Here
and There,F are handled by an advanc-
ed student who culls the papers receive
ed from other high schools, quoting and
ha
News from other Washington high
schools, published under the caption
rBest OF the Rest" Is obtained by a
student who each week gets in touch
with representatives from Western,
Eastern, Mckinley annd Business High
Still another department. that which
furnishes news to the Sunday papers.
Is conducted by q pupil who assumes
the responsibility for selecting the out
standing news of the week, tipping and
sending 1t to the Washington papers.
\ The art end OF the Bulletin. under
the supervision of Miss Katherine
Sunny OF the art department, boasts
an art editor and a cartooniSt who
supply the cuts" each week in ac-
cordance with suggestions as to sub
ject from the editor.
. Miss Rehecca Stanley is the faculty
member In charge of corps of ener-
getic workers who handle the business
end Of this newspaper game" From
the business manager down through
the thoroughly organized stan OF ad-
vertiSing manager. sales and subscrip-
ton managers, accountant. mailing
manager. floor manager, sales and
section agents, every member of the
business staff is ION his toes" to put
the Bulletin over. Carrying out the
suggestion OF Alvin w. Miller. princi-
pal of Central. the business depart
ment places In the letter box Of each
member of the faculty u copy of the
Bulletin each week free of charge.
1t Is q matter OF no small pride to
the school administration In general
and TO the faculty advisers and men,
bers Of the Bulletin staff III particular
that practically every pupil holding
responsible position on the newspaper
is outstanding in scholarship. The
large percentage who are enrolled as
members Of the National Honor So
ciety for Secondary Schools, the quail
flcations for entrance to which are
character. scholarship leadership and
service, Is q testimony to the caiiber
of these young people. who. In addition
to carrying their required school sub
JectS, are giving worthwhile service
and learning valuable lessons In co-op-
Grafton and responsibility.
The Bulletin was begun I'm 1917 as
small paper. in appearance like a
pamphlet. Since then it has grown 10
Its present size, . four-page. Slx-column
newspaper. rejecting the life of the
school Under the editorship of Doro-
thy Kirkwood the Bulletin In May,
1927, received "first-class honor rat
ing" in the annual contest conducted
by the Central mterscholastic Press
Association.