1928 - Monroe County Library System

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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Yearbook Collection
n M. Jenkins
Faculty Advisors
This year East High School welcomed a new teacher who has stepped into George
Carhart's place as advisor of the school paper, the Clarion. Needless to say, Donovan
M. Jenkins has made good. With youthful enthusiasm, Mr. Jenkins launched a campaign
to make the official organ of the Students' Association one of the brightest
periodicals in the state. And as a result, the Clarion increased its circulation under the
regime of Donovan M. Jenkins.
A journalism class conducted by Mr. Jenkins during the second semester was quite a
successful organization. This group contributed much toward making the Clarion
such an important factor of the school's activities.
Two numbers of the Clarion inspired by Mr. Jenkins at this time are worthy of mention.
The political issue of the first semester and the quarter century edition published
during the second term were both rated high in scholastic publication circles.
Roy E. Davey acted in the dual role of advisor to both the Clarion and the Orient.
And how he watched the expenditure of the shekels can be ascertained by looking
over the ledgers of both publications. The Clarion returned a fair profit on every issue
this year, which is more than can be said for many preceeding years.
Mr. Davey possesses that indefinable zeal that spurs on all that associated with him.
The business managers of the Orient established a record in gaining advertisers for the
yearbook, and behind it all was Mr. Davey.
How Mr. Davey learned to guard the treasury of the school may puzzle many, but
one thing they know and that is, he certainly can get more out of a dollar than many
a financier.
A new feature in faculty supervision of publications was instituted this year for the
Orient. The regular class advisors inspected the copy of the yearbook instead of one
faculty member as in the past.
-W.