China Chief Continued I wanted Kathy to give Irene the little Indian for a wedding present but nothing doing. "Someday," Kathy said, "Irene will want to talk with me but it will be up to her to give the word. If she does, I will break him into a million bits and try to forgive, but as long as I've got Ponto I'll never forget the days I've spent despairing because I despise her." That's why it was so hard to understand why all of a sudden Kathy would cash in and turn soft unless, maybe I dashed to the paper basket. The porter must have thought I was crazy as I searched madly for the little paper bag that Kathy had been carrying. I found it and-I was right. It is funny but I felt all warm inside as I darted home and dialed long distance. I wasn't afraid now. I didn't know how I could say it or what I could say but somehow I knew I could make Paul understand. The operator was saying "go ahead, please," as I let the little pieces of an Indian warrior drop into the little bag. Contributors MAURICE RICHARDS ... editor, since the last issue of Scribulus, has been elected Sophomore class president. He used to be a fairly good debater, but now even that is debatable. LESBETH LUCAS ... a Freshman, who is making quite a "mark on the wall" in journalism at Weber College. Lesbeth is a member of all three publications Scibulus, Acorn and Signpost. IRENE BUSHELL ... the only Freshman on the staff who has raised from a contributor to an associate editor. She is now short story editor. H. A. DIXON ... has a doctor's degree in the field of education and is a regular contributor to national education magazines. Recently elected president of the Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Dixon is well-known as a civic leader in Ogden. VIRGINIA HARRIS ... the only two-year member of the Scribulus staff this year has taken up "knittin' for Britain." She still finds time to write for Scribulus. MARJORIE McKEE ... a special contributor represents the A. W. S. in this issue by writing an article on girls' part in national defense. WALLACE PINGREE ... was advanced from a sophomore associate to poetry editor. The Scribulus is not the only publication on which he works as he is sports page editor on the school paper. WILLIAM WEST ... wrote the story as an English assignment. He'll be probably as surprised as you are to see his "Prodigal Son" in print. Recall Rain ... like oil across my face It sticks and calls for nights Dark crimson nights, in a filthy trench. Sticky blood on my cartridge belt Tracer bullets make weird flashing lights. Mustard gas rides swiftly on the wind To burn and irritate and make Men miserable. Why must it rain? Page Eighteen A cover is made Inasmuch as this is the age of experimentation, the art department wrung a word of consent from the editor to attempt a "Scribulus" in three colors. The whole design and printing was to be made by means of screen process printing, and in the art department itself. The resulting cover precipitated such a flood of inquiries concerning the production of the cover that an explanation is made here. Process printing is done by means of forcing color through a silk stencil by means of a rubber blade. Three separate stencils were necessary, and three separate printings were made. The yellow was printed first, the red second, and the final stencil was done in black to complete the design. 750 covers were fed by hand three different times to make a total of 2100 imprints necessary for the complete job. Marie Larsen, Dave Meyer, Bert Strand, Lorna Hull, Jack Standing, Mel Owen, Vernon Christensen, Oren Jacobs, and Myrene Montgomery all took turns at getting oil paint under their finger nails in the printing process. Farrell Collett made the design. Believing that nothing succeeds like success the art department attempted something even more difficult in the present cover, which was designed by Dave Meyer to be run in four colors, using red, yellow, and blue transparent inks. The same corps of brush pushers distributed the 750 covers over the entire art department four different times in an attempt to better the effort of the Autumn "Scribulus." A number of unforeseen technical hazards almost wrecked the winter cover, but lessons learned from their encounter should produce a masterpiece for the spring issue. Page Nineteen