As part of the Centennial, the department of Communication, Journalism, and Philosophy has sponsored a timeline of the almost 100 years of student newspapers at Keene State.
Professors Julio Del Sesto and Rose Kundanis will present this timeline Friday, November 6, at 4 p.m. in the Media Arts Center Atrium. Join us as we celebrate the Equinox — and earlier versions of the student newspaper.
To RSVP or for more information, contact Rose Kundanis.
Hello,
Just wondering if there is anyway that there can be a little something about Silas Bennett. Just like a poster or something (anything) that can say “In memory of Silas Bennett, journalism major” or something to that affect.
Si was completely devoted to journalism at KSC and I think it would be a nice touch.
Regards
Jenn
Some of my happiest days at Keene were the Fridays three of us met to compose the Manadnock. We rewrote stories, laid out the paper and wrote the editorials. Monday mornings some volunteer would take the copy to Milford for printing.
The April fool’s issues were the most fun, especially during the height of the McCarthy witch hunts when we could spoof some of the faculty and student leaders as being secret communists.
The present Equinox demonstrates the vast improvements in Keene State journalism since our primitive attempts to publish a newspaper back in the early 1950s
First, I would like to say that we all need to remember the late wonderful advisor and KSC Journalism professor, Corneilus Lyle. Prof Lyle was my advisor while I was on the Monadnock for over 3 years, 2 1/2 of them as Editor and Co-Editor. He was a great man and also a tough man…you would always learn from him! He was a mentor and a friend. We miss you Prof Lyle!
I have never found out why the change in the name of the newspaper from The Monadnock to The Equinock, but there must have been some crazy reason?
The Monadnock of the early 1960’s became a more up-to-the-moment newspaper when we switched to offset printing from hot type! We could add last-minute items for the next day’s paper. It was a lot of work in those days, but I had wonderful folks working under me and for me! The best was Tom Clow. He was a maverick, but a hard worker. We often disagreed but we always hung in there to get out a great paper.
Last, but not the least memory is that one of my issues of The Monadnock was BANNED from distribution in the N.H. State Legislature. The issue was an expose of the poor conditions at Keene Teachers College, how the professors were making less than their counterparts at UNH, and that N.H., Keene and its students and faculty deserved more attention from the State in terms of interest and in funding! We marched to Concord with our petition. I sat with a group of fellow students from both Keene and Plymouth Teachers Colleges in a meeting with then Governor, John King. We Won! We got more funding and the following year I got to graduate from the first class of Keene State College! [Oh, and also I was a speaker at the Commencement Exercises where I presented President Loyld P. Young with the key to Keene’s first Student Union Center! What a memory!]
.In 1953-54 Frances Ward and I were co-editors of The Monadnock. It was a lot of fun except for the time we wrote an editorial critical of the dingy way that the school cared for the room that commuters used when they were not in classes. I was called to meet with Pres. Young and was quite sharply reprimanded for what we wrote. However 50 years later I was pleased to be told by some the the commuter girls that the room was vastly improved after the editorial. The Power of the Press!!
.In 1953-54 Frances Ward and I were co-editors of The Monadnock. It was a lot of fun except for the time we wrote an editorial critical of the dingy way that the school cared for the room that commuters used when they were not in classes. I was called to meet with Pres. Young and was quite sharply reprimanded for what we wrote. However 50 years later I was pleased to be told by some the the commuter girls that the room was vastly improved after the editorial. The Power of the Press!!
Thanks, Ken Morris, for remembering Prof. Cornelius “Bud” Lyle. I was fortunate to benefit from his excellent teaching and mentorship.
I was a reporter for _The Euinox_ in 1980’s and had fun working with our editor Bill Fosher & fellow reporters like Jim Corrigan. We had lively articles and I have fond memories of all of it!