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During the 1908-1909 school year, the students of the Bellefonte Academy published the initial issue of a school newspaper named The Xcellentidea. Vol. 1, No. 1 & 2 were published in the last months of 1908. The initial offering was a four page newspaper style publication, but Vol. 1, No. 2 grew to eight pages and was published in a magazine style with a colored covered. (left: Vol. 2, No. 5, December, 1909)
One of the few references of the paper to be found appeared in the June 10th, 1910 issue of the Democratic Watchman in which they describe The Xcellentidea as follows:
"During the past school year the students of the Bellefonte Academy have been represented, in the college and school paper world, by a publication of their own entitled the Xcellentidea. It has always been a creditable school journal but the commencement number published this week is one which reflects so much honor and glory on the young editors, managers and contributors that it is deserving of more than a passing notice. It is a neat two column paper-magazine in fact - of forty-four pages exclusive of the cover, beautifully illustrated and containing, in addition to a historical sketch of the Academy, a big lot of very interested reading - matter pertaining to the Academy and education in general. There are also two pages of jokes, illustrated, and one of poetry, and the staff of the Xcellentidea can take considerable pride in the fact that it is all original matter, written by the students themselves, and not copied from other publications."
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