THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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.V ALEDICTORY.
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Do not let us think ourselves inferior in
ability to those with whom we come in
competition. Do not let us depend up
on others. Let us make our own
chances, our own environment. If we
can help another in the future let us do
so willingly. Let us respect work, the
work we have learned in our industrial
departments, and remember our clas
room education is intended to make us
better men and women.
Before saying farewell I would men
tion our absent classmate, Bessie Chilo
quin. Illness prevented her appearing
with us today. We sincerely regret her
absence, but are glad to hear of her re
covery. I now regretfully say farewell
to our fellow-students and beloved in
structors. May the class of 1908 be a
credit to this school, the school which we
will always love and venerate. Our dear
Alma Mater, Chemawa.
PRINTING TYPE DISTRIBUTION.
LOUIS JOHN.
My subject is the distribution of type.
It is necessary that a person shall have
worked at composition for some little
time before he is capable of distributing,
for only in working at the slower process
of composition can he acquire familiari
ty with the case and learn instinctively
the location of the boxes for each indi
vidual lyre, letter, figure or .face.
In distribution an .absolutely perfect
knowledge of the case is demanded or
else there can be neither speed nor ac
curacy. Both speed and accuracy are
required of distributors or else they are
what is termed "slow hands." Distribu
tion, roughly . speaking, is about three
times as fast as composition.
Type forms that have been, printed
are known as "dead forms," and the
type composing these forms is known as
"dead matter." These forms are wash
ed in a solution of lye and water; ben
zine and gasoline are also used for clean
ing type. It is necessary that type be
washed or the ink will adhere so firm
ly to the face of the type that it will
ndt print well.
After washing the type it is ready for
distribution and the printer takes up a
handful after wetting it with water' and
going to a case distributes it each letter
in its own little box.
It is more rapid and safe to have type,
matter wet in distributing it is not so
easily pied. However, in some offices
dry composition is insisted on by the
foreman.
If what is known as a rule form is to
be distributed it is well to wipe each bit
of rule with a rag before laying
it away. A rule case differs from a
type case in that the boxes are of vari
ous lengths, so that rules all have a box
according to their . length. Rules are
measured by the Em. It takes six Ems
to make an inch.
Like everything else requiring skill,
great practice is necessary and the long
er one works at the trade the more pro
ficient he becomes.
r William Towner, of Siletz, was in at
tendance at our Commencement exer
cises. Mr. Bowen is away on his vacation.
He will probably spend the greater part
of his time in Clark county, Wash; -
Mrs. Teabo, Miss Gertrude Brewer and
Ernest Brewer left Tuesday morning for
the Brewer farm .near Tacoma, Wash.,
where they will sojourn for a month.