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Show SOME INSIDE INFORMATION77 ||HAT? Tell you about the Chronicle, did you say? M m Certainly; a pleasure I assure you. Oh, write it for ^^^P you! The more the pleasure, for even meditation over the Chronicle is joy supreme.The Chronicle is to the University of Utah what Harper's Monthly is to one class of the American reading public; what Puck is to another, and what the Salt Lake Tribune is to another. Under one cover it contains the best that the literary stars of the "U." can write; the cleverest sayings and poems that our many famous wits can manufacture, and now and then a story sensational enough to startle even the San Francisco Examiner. Think of it-three great publications, and all for a mere pittance.The Chronicle, like every other great magazine, has had its periods of ups and downs in the course of its development from a small, insipid print to a paper respected and quoted by all the largest publications in America. Some of the managers in the past have cleared for themselves from eighty-five cents to two dollars and a half. This year the editors exp'ect to break all records, and from present indications will clear up about four dollars and twenty cents. Of this the Student Body gets ten per cent.-that is, the Constitution says that it ought to get that much.Staff positions are for the most part appointive. This system will, however, be done away with in the near future, as the honor of being on the staff is becoming so great thatnearly every one of any ability whatever is anxious for the position. These hundreds of applicants are a source of much worry to the editor, as he fears that those who fail to receive an appointment will feel deeply grieved.Another thing that causes the editor no end of trouble is the taking care of the great number of manuscripts that literally flood the office. The Chronicle editor is probably the only editor of a Western college paper who does not have to go before the Student Body and request material or beg for subscriptions. Our students almost tumble over themselves to subscribe and pay their subscriptions. Several times this year the business manager has been compelled to remain at the University until dark merely to receive and enter subscriptions.There is still another point that merits attention. It is the firm, staunch way in which the students support all Chronicle advertisers. Every student makes it a point to insist on having the firms he deals with support the paper. A story has come to our ears that well illustrates this stand that they have taken and the sacrifices that they are willing to make to carry their point. According to the story a certain crowd of young ladies refused for some weeks to chew a bit of gum because the gum firms refused to advertise.Did you ever hear of a Spartan maiden making a greater sacrifice? Do you wonder that the paper is a success? And do you now understand why being editor is "just like stealing baby's candy?" D. Alexander.io' |
