Sunday, February 12, 1950
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Journalists Have Two Dreams
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I'HOTOGRAI'HY Students in
chance to cover all branches of
in the Pictorial Journalism lab
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Sellin Reports on
AgLife in Finland
By Dick Walsh
Americans would be the gain
ers if they took time to study
some of tlie Finnish agricultural
practices.
That is the opinion of Duane
eld Ag junior,
who recently
returned to
the U. S. after
spending six
months in
Europe. r
Sellin was
one of a group
of 31 young
Americans who
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Sellin, 21-year- Iluanc Sfllin.
tional Farm Youth Exchange
program. His trip was sponsored
by Nathan Gold, Lincoln busi
nessman. The Nebraskan was both sur
prised and impressed by the
Finns' feeling of co-operation.
"About half the field workers
over there arc girls," he said,
therefore take care of all the
livestock. Rarely docs a man
milk in Finland."
Like Business Teoplc
''Farm workers have hours
similar to business workers in
America. They work from 7
a. m. to noon, take an hour for
lunch, then work from 1 to 5
p. m. If they work Saturday's
Meet Feb. 16
Economics
MeetFcsb. 16
Engineering economics will be
the topic of Lee S. Whitson when
he speaks in Love Memorial li
brary auditorium Feb. 16 at 7:45
bs part of the University spon
sored Cost Reduction Conference.
The appearance of Whitson is
being sponsored by the Uni
versity student branch and Ne
braska section of the American
fority of mechanical engineers.
Whitson is head of the industrial
engineering division and profes
sor of mechanical engineering at
the University of Minnesota.
Friday, Feb. 17. the Cost Re
duction conference will begin.
Jlighlighting the noon luncheon
program and the afternoon ses
sion, both of which are open to
University students, will be Prof.
Whitson and Allan H. Morgcn
$nn. respectively. Whitson's topic
v ill be "Cost Reduction Through
Effective Management Controls."
Morgenson is a New York In
dustrial Consultant, Consulting
Editor of Factory Management
Magazine. In 1937, he was the
recipient of the Gilbreth Medal
for outstanding work in the field
of management. He will express
his views on "Cost Reduction
Through the Simplification of
Work," using "The Simpler the
Better" as his theme.
Students who desire to attend
jhould express their interest by
f igning their names in the ofiice
of Gordon Mattson. 31 6. Special
Science, belorc Wednesday, 5
p m., Feb. 15. There will be a
cost of $150 for the luncheon.
For the afternoon session, there
will be no charge. Starting at
12:15 Friday noon, the luncheon
Will be held in the Georgian room
of the Cornhusker, immediately
followed by the afternoon ac
tivities, which will begin at 2:45
p. m.
The morning session. Is not
open to University students. The
conference in its entirety is open
to businessmen and engineers.
The enrollment fee will be $5.00.
'Investments' Trio
To Win Awards
Three awards to students of
finance and economics have been
announced by the Pierre A. Du
Val foundation.
The awards of $500, $300 and
$200 each as either tuition or
cash will be made to encourage
Investment studies. Awards will
be made to students on the ba
sis of their "investments."
Students may invest a theoret
ical $25,000 each in stocks listed
on the New York Stock or Curb
exchanges for year starting
March 15, 1950. Determining fac- j
tors will be maximum oiviaenos
and appreciation. A panel of ex
perts will study submitted rec
ords and make yearly awards.
The DuVal foundainn has
polled educators to get their ad
vice on such awards. They have
expressed interest and offered
useful suggestions about them.
Rules and applications may be
secured from the Pierre A. Du
Val foundation. 13 West 46th
Street, New York 19, N. Y.
The awards are open to stu
dents of finance and economics
thruout the U.S.
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the School of Journalism have a
the field. Here are some students
practicing table-top photography.
they get time-and-a-half, on
i Sundays double time."
j Because almost all commodity
1 markets are of the co-operative
I type, Sellin found the nation's
I neonle are "not too rich nor too
poor.
As a young American, he was
also surprised to find that all
Finnish students studying agri
culture in a University must
work one year on a farm to gel j
a degree.
Love Home Life
He also found the Finns are a
happy people, spending most of j
their leisure time on the farm 1
and preferring home life. I
"The young people also stay
close to home, some going to vil
lage dances Saturday nights," be
said. "They go in mostly for
waltzes and polkas. Finnish
girls arc good dancers."
He noticed too that little meat !
is eaten by the tinns and tnal ! iruu-n.-jlism faculty are listed m
many vegetables they raise are j Who's Who in America. They are
fed to animals, chiefly pigs. He i p,- William F. Swindler, director
gave the following as an average ; nf )P school; Prof. George H.
daily menu: Turnbull, Prof. .Tames E. Law-
Breakfast Oat porridge, milk j rcnce, and Prof. Robert P. Craw
anri bread, but no coffee. , font.
Lunch Potatoes, gravy (meat j rr. Swindler has been director
flavored), bread, butter, milk 0f the school since 1946. He in
and a sour dish called vccli (Scl- structs courses in editorial writ
hn came to like vccli but not j jnr. mid history of iournal-
nccma. a souied buttermilk).
Dinner Same as lunch, some-
times with fish soup or fish dish,
plus berries for dessert.
Know LHtle About U. S.
He found that a number of
Finnish farmers would like to
visit America and study our
farm methods. Because of Rus
sia's influence, they "really
know very little about the
United States. But they would
like to have closer associations
with our country."
Though some 90 of the last
200 years have seen Finland and
Russia at war, Sellin feels that
the Finns dovetail a feeling of
pity toward the Russian man on
the street, and that of hatred to
ward his government.
"The common Russian lives
very poorly according to most
any Finn." he said. "He may
live in something about the same
speed as our chicken coop.
"The Finnish say we are just
beginning to see the light with
respect to Russia especially in
their dealings with other na
tions." As part of the war debt Fin
land owed Russia at the end of
the last war, the Russians were
allowed to lease a large tract of
land in Finland on which they in
turn established a largo naval
base.
It so happened that a major
Finnish railroad line passed
through this sector. Because of
the general rough terrain, to re
route it was impossible, so the
Russians allowed the trains to
pass through "their" base.
'World's Longest Tunnel'
"I was on one of these trains,"
Sellin relates. "We were re
hooked to a Russian engine, a
Russian guard stationed in our
car, window-shades were low
ered blackness resulted a n d
we passed through. The Finns
call this the longest tunnel in the
world."
Sellin has compiled an out
standing farm record. A 4-H
clubber for nine years, he also
holds the degree of American
Fanner of the Future Farmers of
America. Another of his major
activities has been work with
rural youth.
Theatre Tickets
On Sale Monday
Ticket sales for "Glass Menag
erie." University Theatre play,
to be presented Feb. 20, 21 and ;
22 will begin Monday, cd. u.
Ducats for the Tennessee Wil
liam's winner of the Pulitzer
prize and the Drama Critics
award may be purchased at the
Temnle box office. Regular sell
ing hours will be maintained
from 12:30-5 p.m. Monday thru
Fridav.
Mrs. Margaret- Denton urged
those planning to attend to make
their reservations early. She
added that organizations or
groups might obtain block areas
for the production if they make
their reservations early some
time this week.
Tickets will sell at $1.20 each.
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Know Your College ...
iThli li th first of n sprtpR of articles
about collfKes an school within the Uni
versity.) Graduate work and a teletype
machine are two of the dreams
for the School of Journalism
which Director William F.
Swindler would like best to see
realized.
Graduate work in journalism
was offered for only one year
1924 and Swindler hopes that it
may be begun again. The tele
type machine Is needed in the
copy-reading classes, but the
present budget will not allow
its use.
Since 1948, wlien the school
moved to its new quarters in
Burnett hall, however. Univer
sity journalism students have
had some of the finest facilities
in the country to help them learn
their subject.
The photography lab in the
basement is among the most
modern in the country. There are
twelve darkrooms containing
modern equipment. Four speed
graphic cameras are available to
all students to use at any time
thev are taking the course. The
darkroom facilities are
available to students who
enrolled in the subject:
T.vpoRrapliy
The typography lab ranks
among the top 25 percent of such
tabs now in American universi
ties and colleges, according to
Dr. William F. Swindler, head
of the school. Most recent addi
tion to the lab is a linotype ma
chine, acquired from West .Sta
dium. Practice on this machine
will be included in future typog
raphy courses.
More than 150 cases of various
type faces are contained in the
typography lab, as well as a
small job press, metal saw. nnri
molding caster. Each lab is
equipped for 15 students. Dr.
Swindler has announced that lie
hopes to be able to obtain more ,
equipment in the future.
Four members of the school of I
ism. and beginning writing
Professor Turnbull, dean emer
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itus of the Oregon school of jour
nalism, is a visiting professor at
Nebraska this year. He was on
the Oregon faculty for 31 years,
and served as dean for lour
years. He is conducting labs for
news editing, as well as instruct
ing courses in beginning journal
ism, advanced reporting, and
methods of jouralism.
Lawrence
Professor Lawrence has served
as part time instructor in the
school for a number of years. A
graduate of the University, he
has been editor of the Lincoln
Star since 1911. He is at present
instructing courses in editorial
writing and news editing.
Professor Crawford serves as
instructor during the fall semes
ter. He taught in the American
university
in Italy during
the
last war. and was in public re
lations work under General Mae
Arthur in the occupation of Ja
pan. He teachers courses on
magazine writing and on public
opinion.
William H. Hice. associate pro
fessor, teaches news writing, re
porting, and feature writing
also : Prof. Ray Morgan, who teaches
are j .-ill courses in photography, is an
internationally known photog
rapher. His pictures have won
prizes at several international
picture salons.
Newest addition to the faculty
is Thomas C. Sorenscn. who is
teaching classes in beginning
news writing and in radio jour
nalism. He completed his gradu
ate studies at the University in
1949, and is working part time
for radio station KLMS.
Early School
In 1895, under the leadership
of Will Owen Jones, late editor
of the Lincoln Journal, Nebraska
was the sixth school to begin the
teaching of journalism. The
courses were expanded, and in
1923 journalism was organized
as
a separate school tviin ur.
Miller Moore Fogg as director.
The school continued to grow in
lis quarters in me oin i imii.-ui
hall. In the fall of 1948. classes
were moved to newly construct
ed Burnett hall.
Students can take three se
quences of journalism. The
straight news writing sequence
oflers a bachelor of arts degree.
The agricultural, and advertising
sequences offer bachelor of sci
ence degrees in agriculture and
business administration, respectively.
. I tively. t The national photography or- sumcni loan runns oners ou i ivy nag warn aas.
The University journalism
school serves Nebraska, Wyom
ing, and southwestern Iowa.
Many graduates of Nebraska
take jobs on weekly newspapers
in' this area. A high percentage
of editors and publishers of
papers throughout this part of
the country are graduated from
the university. Of 15 students
who received their certificates in
1950, 13 have already found jobs.
The school, in co-operation
with the High School Press asso
ciation, puts out a monthly bul
letin, The Nebraska Newspaper.
This offers an outlet for the
school's faculty and graduate re
search. Aids to High Schools.
Various aids to high school
journalism students are published
by the school in the form of the
annual Nebraska School Press
yearbook and the bi-monthly
NHSPA round tables. Round
tables presents problems and
practices which confront high
high school publication advisers
and student editors.
The school also offers a service
to newspapers throughout Ne
braska in the form of research
requested by the various news
papers on special problems.
The reading room, on the third
floor of Burnett hall, offers a
complete collection of Nebraska
weekly and daily newspapers.
About six dcfcn daily and
weekly newspapers from all
parts of the nation can also be
found in the. reading room.
Bound volumes of sample copies
of every daily newspaper in the
United States, as well as trade
and professional journalism
magazines are contained in this
room.
llonorarirs.
Several professional fraterni
ties for students who plan to
make their living in journalism
are organized on the campus.
professional fraternity, elects '
OIK'1'" ULIld VIII, Him a iiu.iu.iu.
junior and senior men.
Thcta Sigma Phi is the wom
en's national professional organ-
! ization and elects junior and sen
i ior women who have a high
j scholastic standing.
Students who have a high
' scholarship average and have
hnwn proficiency in advertising
are elected to Gamma Alpha Chi,
professional advertising society,
The national photography or-
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TYPOGRAPHY Not only is the writing angle of Journalism
stressed, but also the practical side. Students learn the practices
of the "back shop" of the newspaper plant in Typography lab.
ganization is Kappa Alpha Mu,
which elects uppcrclassmcn who
have shown special ability in
pictorial journalism. The Ne
braska chapter conducts an an
nual contest for student pictures.
The group also conducts a
monthly survey of picture cover
age in the state's daily and
weekly newspapers.
Kappa Tau Alpha, national
scholastic fraternity in journal
ism, recently established the
Will Owen Jones chapter at the
University. The upper 10 per
cent of juniors and seniors in
journalism and selected alumni,
who have conspicuously con
tributed to the growth of jour
nalism in their careers, arc
members of this organization.
The chapter plans to present an
alumni achievement certificate
each fall to an outstanding
school of journalism graduate.
Scholarships worth $500 are
available to each year students
ords in journalism. The J. C.
who have made outstanding rec
Scaerest Scholarship is awarded
annually to the student who has
made the most outstanding rec-
, ord and plans to continue his
studies. The prank L. Williams
student loan funds offers $500
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to any students, with preference
being given to journalism majors.
Varied Courses.
Courses in the school cover
almost every phase of newspaper
work. Students learn techniques
of reporting and writing stories,
how to make up pages, and how
to write intelligible editorials.
Studies of various Nebraska
newspapers and suggestions on
possible improvement are given
to those papers who request
them.
This year, the history of jour
nalism class began a long-term
project of gathering material for
a book on the history of Ne
braska journalism. Professor
Turnbull, who has written a his
tory of Oregon journalism, is in
charge of the project. Classes
will do research on various
phases of the subject for several
years before the complete book
can be assembled.
Students in the advanced re
porting classes gain actual expe
rience covering city affairs. Class
members get stories from th
ctiy hall, police department,
courts,
and other public affairs.
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