The Collegian
Volume I of The Collegian, “A Spider Publication for Spiders,” was published on November 25, 1914. That first year, the weekly paper was published on Fridays and was four pages long. Single copies were 5 cents, and an annual subscription could be purchased for $1.John Archer Carter was the first editor-in-chief. He transferred to Richmond College from the University of Arizona, where he had been editor-in-chief of University Life. Other students who played a role in establishing the paper were Roger Milhiser, Alvah Hovey, Victor Metcalf, and E. W. Miller.
In an article he wrote to mark the 25th anniversary of the Collegian, Carter credits Roger Milhiser with contributing to the early success of the paper by acting as its business manager. Florence Boston and Weston Bristow served as assistant editors-in-chief. Dave Satterfield, who later became a third district Congressman, was an associate editor.
In the early days, the Collegian office was in room D-4 of Dormitory 2, later named Thomas Hall. Raising funds for operations was a tough job the first year, as advertising income was slim.
In a 1914 article called “The Weekly – Why, and How?” the editors discuss the purpose of establishing this weekly paper. “We must have something to create new bonds, and to strengthen old bonds of acquaintanceship; something to advertise Greater Richmond College; something to educate in the cognizance of the several things happening around us, and lastly, to act as a revolutionary force… So let The Collegian be to us, the living, breathing, fighting expression of student ideas…”