The Spotlight. Published by Students Association of Custer County High School. 1922/23.
Custer County High School, Miles City, Montana.
Price: $60.00
Book Id: 71001
Description
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **The volume for the school year 1922/23. 30 issues in total, 4 tabloid pages each, bound in lightweight boards and maroon cloth. 39.7 x 31.5 cm. Oddly numbered, as follows: volume II, numbers 33 through 38 [i.e., 1-6]; volume II, numbers 7 through 29. Apparently, the editors first numbered the second volume continuously with volume I and then decided after six issues that each volume should have its own sequence. Except for the first issue, which appeared on Wednesday, October 4, 1922, the newspaper was published most Tuesdays through May 23, 1923. The last issue of the year, number 29, is printed on orange paper and is a spoof, with stories headlined "Senior Prom Best Party of Year," "Junior Hop a Grand Failure," "Seven Thousand Students Fail in Senior English Classes Last Quarter," and so on. Laid in is volume 3, number 1, Wednesday, October 3, 1923, plus a couple of clippings and a mimeographed sheet: "The State Basketball Tournament, Bozeman, Montana, 1923. Custer County High School---Champion," with lines drawn on it to indicate winners and losers. Some external wear, including chipping of cloth, but still in pretty good condition. Local businesses advertised heavily, including Orschel's Men's Wear, Midland Coal & Lumber, Miles City Saddlery Co., and many others. This copy of a high-spirited piece of Americana belonged to William W. Boorse, Class of 1923, and bears his name and associations on both front flyleaves.
