The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-02
|(900L PAPER IS
NOW MOI BIG BUSINESS
,.,,;res Spare Time Of Two
E' rs.chers And Large
staff Of Students
BLOMME

tsr Hlsn wildcat" has grown into
on ' m,siness which REQUIRES all
VIC u' time of two teachers and
he spare 81 If student reporters,
lfss managers, editors, etc.
usnesS tho newspaper can be pub
before carnations must be made
s sttIr Ds after the beginning o. Of the the
fals ,par for the expense OF run,
h00l yen naper. The circulation and
fng tne fdepartment of the Wild
Fsine ss,r the supervision Of Mrs.
- al'I Btonerud, opens a subscrip,
ernlce .o among the students and
On l,' ar'' The department ad takers
ac''e' .beir rounds to get enough
Fsde '4 +he first issue of the paper
'g ess department then notifies
sd%ttor-in-chief of the number OF
1 2ts for each issue.
r., circulation and business de-
lDs nrepares all papers for
Enerlstion includes about rs papers
lAa aabools in the United States.
tl 1H dspartment prepares subscrip-
Old 'ists for each home room in
oil .ahoo, ON which students and
E,,h ssr may sign for their copy
/ the day it is delivered; These
"a. ass,,rs an accurate delivery OF
Fsners and furnish a complete cir.
apsia record. The department
Ia ss many extra copies as pos
a. 5c per copy to those stu
ents or teachers who did not sub
tribe.
III. business department keeps
lro sets of books one by the
Ss,,rtv sponsor and one by the
+,1ent business manager. These
,ots are in the form of a column
i, journal and show the following
|,bits and credits: cash, printing,
Isrsral expenses, three percent to
h general activities fund, sub
rription, advertising, paper sales.
The department analyses all
vsilable funds and advises the
ditorial staff of the amount of
bonsv available for each issue, the
umber of pages to be in each is
he and number of cuts, pictures,
h. The department also supplies
te principal and board Of educa-
lon with financial reports upon re-
!, hest. 1t also approves all bills in
irred and pays them by checks
rlv. These checks are issued by
h. general activities fund controller
br the High school.
The advertising staff of the Wild
kt is responsible for securing all
IDS for the paper and several stu.
lent are on the volunteer list as
takers. Each student has a GER
an section of the city to cover
4 his or her route to solicit ads.
After the ad is solicited the student
axes it to the tipping room where
is typed by student typists and
hen it is sent to the printing COM
bany for the final okeh. After the
baper is delivered bills are made
but to the advertisers and are de-
fvered along with a copy of the
ch0ol paper to the advertisers by
student ad taker.
Ad takers are: Eleanor Romeo,
Sylvia Allen, Ann Carr, John Cod
ngton, James Ezzell, Ruby Jack.
ION, Mary Alice Rose, Billy Wilson,
Louise Davis and Jean Brown.
Student typists are: Zoe Harrell.
Fybil Grimstead, Juanita Blackham
lnd Mamie Brown. Mrs. Emory
Prubbs is in charge of this Sec
ton of the Wildcat.
With the business end of the pub.
fcatlon taken care of the setting
Pp Of the news and ads occupies
ghe greater time.
After the editorial staff of James
lynch, Arthur Shain and J.. A..
vest, and Mary Helen MCGOWAN,
pas learned just what they have
. work on in a financial way they
Fleet with Mrs. Cleve Symmes,
FACULTY advisor, to discuss the allot-
Fleht OF space to each department
IND the general makeup for the
fe5t edition.
Inc editors then list all assign
(nehls in their departments then
Fal together all reporters, assign
faeh to special news to gather in
taultlon to their regular work or
FOutlne duties. Feature writer's
ealVe constantly for originality.
Pae editors study our exchanges
SllA other schools constantly to get
Ft paper.
VII the date set for the news to
Ill the editorial offices, the edi-
NUS again gather for a meeting.
"Nn the help of Mrs. Symmes they
[sau' correct, assign re-writes, and
EOull the number of inches turned
H. Inns goes on for two or three
sS' some news copy being un-
h i'oie until the paper is about
W put to bed. As it is corrected
"0
"Nen all copy is in and the re-
h.s and editors have worked
non ofalns to think up additional
he 10 take care of the shortage
|firo M'lCles to complete the edition,
|ar,ia,l pans are made for placing Of
Tho writing of headlines, etc.
|ers svpy is then taken to the print
tyno y" the task of setting up the
and Inc editors, assistant editors,
tbo BUSINESS managers take over
with wv Vi making up the dummy
or s''n editor responsible for his
,,o, Nl page. The business man.
for ana assistant are responsible
cbeol.a placing of ads. Mrs. Symmes
ssnens me galley proofs and gives
ed ADVICE which is often ask
stsff WIN all the pages set-up the
.sndn. setlles down to a supper of
"tches and cold drinks tn wait