"Where's the page one editor?"

"Mr. Royer, how can I fix this. . .

"Hey, stupid, move over. I can't see what I'm proofreading!"

Surrounded by shouts, questions, anxious remarks, and exclamations, the members of the Westerner staff busily hurried around trying to finish the paper in time to have it at school today for the students. The place of all this hustle and bustle was the Suburban Times Newspaper building in Des Plaines - or more appropriately called "The print shop."

The staff for this "cub" issue was special‑not the regular staff of the previous issues, but a "cub" staff, composed of the two English III‑J (journalism) classes under Mr. Gerald Royer, sponsor of the Westerner.

The purpose of this "cub" issue of the Westerner was a "practice" run for the journalism students in preparation for becoming members of the official Westerner staff next year.

Since the number of students who will be accepted for next year's staff positions is fewer than the number or persons in the two classes, choices must be made from the students. The "cub" issue, along with class work, participation, and interest, will be used as a basis for the choices.

Each class worked separately in composing its own issue of the paper, and the best pages from each issue were then chosen and printed. The students from both classes had been writing stories for all previous issues of the Westerner, but this was their first attempt at putting out a paper.

"Boy," sighed all the staff members in unison as they rested their aching arches and' cramped hands at the end of the day. "It was a lot of work, but it was worth it."