![]() But I soon discovered that I had a friend in Ferd Appel.įrom the moment I met him he seemed to treat me with a kind of respect. True enough, there was a great deal more horseplay in newspaper plants then than there is now, and the freshman was normally the butt of countless practical jokes, a traditional hazing process. Newspapers had a reputation for being pretty rough places. Besides fearing what this new master of mine might be, I also was scared of the shop. ![]() ![]() In those days, the apprentice was completely dominated by his mentor and you worked just for the experience-there was no salary. READ MORE: PAUL HARVEY ON SUBMITTING TO GOD Some of my illustrations had just been published on the Boy Scout page of the newspaper and my father, a newspaper printer, felt that the time was ripe for me to get some real professional experience after school and on Saturdays. ![]() Ferd was the head of the art department of what was then the Dayton (Ohio) Journal when I was brought into his presence as a lad of 13. ![]()
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