NHSPA Convention Issue
Vol. 47 No. 85 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Saturday, February 22, 1947
High School
Fads Shown
On Campus
By Mary Sigrler, Pep Staroscik
and Merna Quick, Osceola.
This week-end high school stu
dents from all over attending the
fifteenth annual Nebraska High
School Press association conven
tion dotted the university campus
with their usual classrooraQattire,
bobby socks, dirty saddles, sweat
ers and skirts or tweed trousers
and shirts.
Lincoln high sent their repre
sentatives in the school colors, red
and black. The girls had red
sweaters with black letters. The
fellows sported red and black
sateen jackets. No need to ask
where they hailed from because
Lincoln high was plainly written
on the backs. Not to be outdone.
the delegation from Northeast was
decked out in their black letter
sweaters and black skirts. White
Eton hats topped the outfits.
More Formal Attire.
Suits, neat blouses and hose
were worn by those who were
more formal. Pretty pastel sweat
ers and skirts, jot bright .ski
sweaters with dark skirts were
frequently seen. The boys, too,
were seen with bright ski sweat
ers with wool tweeds or plain
dark trousers. Some of the boys
were dressed in bright, plain or
checked shirts, overall pants or
yellow cords.
Indian jewelry. Identification
bracelets and long key chains
were worn by all. Some of the
girls wore costume jewelry.
It was our guess that some of
the boys were basketball players
because of their crew cuts. A
number of the boys had pride and
retained their curls and waves.
The hair-dos of the girls were
dominated with short bangs and
long or short loosely-curled hair.
Thcta Sig Head
Tells Problems
Of Convention
By Barbara Gloek, David City.
"Yes, there were many head
aches in organizing the convex
tion," said Raye Kinnier, presi
dent of Theta Sigma Phi and co
planner with Scott Greenwood,
Sigma Delta Chi prexy, of the
convention.
As Raye said, "For exactly a
month we looked for some place
to hold the mixer and dance and
for some sponsor for it. After
much worry we found that the
Student Foundation wai very wil
ling back it.
"The banquet worried us too,"
she continued, "but we finally
found a sponsor, and everything
nas worked out satisfactorily."
Sending out invitations to all
schools with journalism courses
was handled by Dr. Swindler.
They were written by members
of the organizations. Members
planned and helped with regis
tration, publicity, - contests, and
news writing.
Without the help of these organ
izations and many other people,
this convention would not have
been held. Said Raye, "Dr. Swind
ler did a lot." '
THE UNIVERSITY
TO THE
mm
Good Luck
To NHSPA delegates-
Members of Sigma Delta
nate to see you leave, it s been fun, being your hosts.
We hope you've enjoyed these two days as much as we
nave. N
More than that, we hope you've picked up bits of
Knowledge and new ideas that will bring improvements in
your mgn scnool publications. That has been our purpose.
You who are high school seniors are the future re
porters and editors of the
will not be back m the fall. The responsibility for main
taining The Daily Nebraskan's high standards will fall on
your shoulders.
To the contest winners, may we offer our congratula
tions. And to those who put out this issue of the Ne
braskan, may we say "A job well done."
If you like journalism,
it's fascinating.
Until next fall, when we
the "Crib," or in Sosh, goodbye and good luck!
SIGMA DELTA CHI
THETA SIGMA PHI
Director Lists
Aims of Press
For Convention
By Bev Wehmiller,
Sidney High.
"Yes, I very definitely consider
this convention successful because
everyone seems to be benefitting
from it and is enjoying himself,
Dr. William F. Swindler, director
of the university school of jour
nalism, stated yesterday. "It was
like shooting in the dark," he
continued, "because this is the
first convention we ve had in six
years.
The university had three aims
in mind when sponsoring the Na
tional High School Press associa
tion convention. The first is to
help the different high schools in
the state obtain new ideas for
publication of their papers; sec
ond, hoping journalism students
will become interested in jour-
See DIRECTOR, Page 4
Todays, Program
Changes in Saturday's program
for the Nebraska High School
Press Association convention are
as follows: William H. Hice, uni
versity journalism instructor, will
speak at 9:15 a. m. for R. K. Gor
don, Scottsbluff high school; Mrs
Anne Savidge, Omaha Central,
will replace Gunnar Horn, Omaha
Benson.
Tha complete program fi:
8 a.m. a.m. Kegiatratloa Third Floor
Student Union.
a.m. 9 a.m. Advisers' Breakfast
Lincoln hotel.
:15 10:18 a m. Newspaper Bdltorlal
Clinics.
"Freshening Tour News Writing"
10 University Han, William H. Hies,
university Instructor.
"Better and Better Headline" 103
University Hall, Visa Frances Halten,
Kearney High school, leader.
"Makeup and Typography of Pages"
102 University Hall Mrs. Anne
Savtdgt, Omaha Central high, leader.
"Hunting and Finding Features"
111 University Hall, Mias Nell Glngles,
Beatrice HlKh school, leader.
"Sports Writing Do's and Don'ts"
110 University Hall, Norrls Anderson,
8ports Editor, Lincoln Star.
11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Final Advisers'
meeting 10 University Hall.
12:00 Awards Luncheon Ballroom
Student Union. I
OF NEBRASKA SAYS
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NEBRASKA HIGH
. . .
Chi and Theta Sigma Phi
Daily Nebraskan. Many of us
stick with it. It's fun. And
see you in journalism lab, in
Journalists
Hear Talk
By Swindler
BY BARBARA GLOCK.
David City.
"Opportunity for young men
and women of Nebraska seeking
a journalistic career is not only
m the metropolitan centers of the
east but also in our own state,"
said Dr. William D. Swindler, di
rector of the university school of
journalism Friday morning when
he addressed the first post-war
session of the Nebraska High
School Press association conven
tion. "The products of our university
and other Nebraska college jour
nalism courses have consistently
sought careers in the metropolitan
centers," Dr. Swindler stated. "We
have here in Nebraska an un
ending drama of the struggle of an
industrious p j-e for a better
life. Surely there is no greater
challenge to serve our fellow men
than in the small towns and cities
of Nebraska."
Trained Students.
Dr. Swindler said the students
would be trained to meet the re
quirements of Nebraska journal
ism through the university's
school of journalism.
"By this we mean that students
will be well-grounded in a liberal
arts course which will give the
necessary background to appraise
accurately the economy and soci
ology of Nebraska. And we hope
to train them in the fundamentals
of good usage of the English
language so that they may trans
mit their observations into clearly
understood writing."
Merritt Whitten of Nebraska
City, president of the association,
and Tom Sorenson, who was
graduated from the university
See JOURNALISTS, Page 4
SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION vr'
Thirty Schools
Attend UN Meet
Students Participate
In Two Day Convention
BY PAT O'BRIEN, DOROTHY
GOULD, MARY DEARDOFF,
COLLEGE VIEW
Two hundred and eighteen
students, representing 30 Nebras
ka high schools, registered Friday
for the annual two day Nebraska
high school press convention.
This morning, delegates will at
tend newspaper editorial clinics in
University hall from 9:15 until
10:15. Climaxing the convention
awards are to be presented to
Eager Writers
Swamp 'Daily'
Paper Office
BY JACK LOUDEN
Lincoln High.
Staffing the "Rag" for this edi
tion (at least, trying to help out)
were numerous well-meaning re
porters, headline writers and fea
ture writers from the Nebraska
State High School Press conven
tion. These high school students
wrote most of the copy for this
unique edition.
After the onslaught of busy busy
juveniles, the regular editor, Shir
ley Jenkins, took protective cover
in her quiet office, while Dake
Novotny, the managing editor.
was making room to sit on a win
dow sill. Dake was planning to
watch "the proceedings from his
perch. As soon as things became
well muddled, he planned to jump
into the middle of things to
straighten them out.
"The Daily Nebraskan. in my
estimation, is a more complex and
better paper than our high school
paper, "The Podunk Pot" at Po-
dunk high," expressed one of the
more intelligent visitors. "The
Pot only comes out twice a semes
ter and the Nebraskan is issued
daily, so I guess I really shouldn't
compare them.
"Things will be straightened out
for the Sunday edition I HOPE!
Dake sighed.
These are some impressions ex
pressed by the potential students
of the University of Nebraska at
tending the Nebraska High School
Press Association meeting.
"A nice place," "Like to go
here," "Lots of pretty girls" are
some of the remarks overheard.
"Kinda crowded" remarked an
other as he gazed at the cascade
of human bodies pouring down the
stairs of the Social Science build
ing. On the whole the views of the
students implied that this is a good
place to attend school. Some had
already planned to enroll in this
university, and others probably
will begin to make plans to at
tend after viewing the school.
New buildings, along with the
fine buildings already constructed,
will soon help to relieve the
crowded situation that prevails
here as in most schools. '
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winners of writing contests at the
luncheon in the Union ballroom
at noon today.
Following registration in the
Union Friday, visitors were con
ducted on a tour of the univer
sity campus by representatives of
the Tassels and Corn Cobs, pep
organizations.
Whitten Addresses Convo
Men-it Whitten, of Nebraska
City, president of the high school
press association, spoke on
"NHSPA in the Postwar Years"
at the general convocation held
in the Union ballroom at 10 a. m.
"What the School of Journalism
Seeks in High School Graduates"
was discussed by Dr. William F.
Swindler, director of the univer
sity school of journalism. Tom
Sorensen spoke on "Journalism
from the Student's Viewpoint."
Writing Contests
Students attending Friday af
ternoon sessions worked on po
sitions assigned to them by regu
lar staff members of the Daily
Nebraskan. Writing contests for
journalistic practice were spon
sored by the school of journalism.
To enable delegates to become
acquainted, the university Student
Foundation sponsored a student
mixer dance in the Union ball
room Friday night.
Schools represented at the con
vention were Lincoln High,
Northeast, College View, Diller.
North Platte, Bertrand, Gurley,
Kearney, Seward, Sidney, El-
wood, Plattsmouth, Omaha South,
Dorchester, Beatrice, Superior,
Osceola, David City, Nebraska
City, West Point, Grand Island,
Bellevue, Omaha Central, Arcadia,
Longfellow, Fairbury, Alliance,
Dewitt, Holy Name, and Cam
bridge.
Press Convo
Marks First
SDX Activity
By Lois Mary Laurence, Thelma
Erny, Betty McCormkk, Alliance.
The High School Press confer
ence which is being held Friday
and Saturday is sponsored in con
junction with Theta Sigma Phi
and Sigma Delta Chi, journalism
honoraries for women and men,
under the auspices of the School
of Journalism.
This Is the first activity for
Sigma Delta Chi since their re
activation Dec. 13, 1946.
Sigma Delta Chi is a men'a
professional journalism honorary
society whose members have had
practical experience working on
the Lincoln State Journal, Star
Journal, and the Daily Nebraskan.
The qualifications are that one
must be majoring in journalism
and have a high scholarship. At
present there are sixteen mem
bers who have chosen as their
officers: Scott Greenwood, presi
dent; Jack Cressman, vice-presi
dent; Jim Cooper, secretary; and
Taylor Lewis, treasurer.
Monthly meetings are held at
which time nationally known
speakers are presented to the organization.
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