The Nebraskan
NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL 1KESS ASSOCIATION EDITION
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VOLUME V, NO. 11.
LINCOLN, NLBKASKA, SATURDAY, NOVKMItKIt 21. 19.il.
LINCOLN, NEB.
Saturday Slate Features Round-Table
NEWSPAPER IS NOT
CONCLAVE SPEAKER
Ours Is Age of Transition
Declares Editor of
Lincoln Star.
By EMMETT DEAOMAN,
Fairbury High.
"No other agency ia so misun
derstood as Ihe American newspa
per." This was Mr. J. E. Law
rence's statement when he ad
dressed the Nebraska High School
Press Association Friday. Mr.
Lawrence, who is editor of the Lin
coln Star, went on to say that
ours is an age of transition and
although we suffer many adversi
ties, it only gives us greater power
to face the future. He also stressed
the fact that since the turn of the
century a heavy premium has been
placed on failures and that he who
fails must pay the full piice. . In
speaking on "The Newspaper of
Tomorrow" he stated that it must
take a more positive stand in the
defense and promotion of public
welfare.
Dean T. J. Thompson in his ad
dress of welcome said that the
newspaper's statement could not
be thrown down the sink as the re
sults of a chemical experiment but
remained there as tomorrow's his
tory. He also read a paper on "An
Outsider's View of Journalism."
Service It the Ideal.
Mrs. Marie Weeks, former pub
lisher of the Norfolk Press, in
speaking on "Journalism for a
Career" made the point that "profit
must give way to service through
leadership," if the American news
paper is to hold its place in the
public eye. She also stated that
the school paper must represent
the school and not the school board
nor the faculty. According to Mrs.
Weeks our school papers are too
much subject to standardization.
That the high schools should
have a course in which the pupils
study the news in the papers was
the suggestion made by Mr. Gene
S. Robb when speaking on "New
Furrows for Newspapers." He said
that there are 2,300 daily newspa
pers in America today with a cir
culation of about 44,000,000. Mr.
Robb told of the departure of the
Hearst papers from the accepted
news style by not having the head
line tell the story but to merely
serve as bait to attract the read
er's attention. Sample copies of
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Former Nebraskan Editor Believes
Journalism Provides Good Foundation
BY BARBARA ROSEWATER,
OMAHA CENTRAL.
High school journalism courses
are good preparation for any pro
fession, says Gene Robb, of the
general offices of the Hearst news
papers in New York, providing
that these courses are backed up
by an old-fashioned 'liberal edu
cation." "The ability to write easily and
clearly, and to put important facts
first, is one of the keenest tools
any business man can have," said
Mr. Robb, "and Journalism courses
cultivate this ability. The high
school journalism course is really
just a good course in business
composition."
Journalism Valuable Basis.
For prospective newspaper re
portres the courw is a good basis
to build on. A person who has had
journalism "knows what it's all
about" and has a decided advan
tage over one who comes into a
newspaper office without previous
journalistic training. Tho course
does not take the place of news
i paper experience, or of specialized
courses like history, sociology,
arts, and sciences, however.
"I think each Journalism stu
dent should learn something about
thf business end of the paper as
well as the editorial work," Mr.
Association President
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
Miss Mary Nichols, instructor in
Journalism at Kearney high school,
who is president of the Nebraska
High School Press Association,
having been elected at the confer
ence of the organization a year
ago.
OF
Howard Shaw of Same
School Second; Maudie
Fowler, Alliance, Third.
Ruth Dohrmann of Omaha
North high school received first
place in the news writing contest
sponsored by the Nebraska Press
association Friday. Bernard Shaw
of the same school ranked second,
and Maudie Fowler of Alliance
high school was third.
The winner of first place win
have as a reward her name en
graved .on a loving cup which will
remain in the possession oi umana
North until the next convention
The trophy award has been pre
sented thru the courtesy oi Mr.
Fred Minder, secretary oi me cse
hntsk Pros Association and it is
the first time that one has been
offered for such a contest.
Thwi were atDroximatelv fifty
students entered in me contest rep
resenting about twenty-live airier
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Robb said. T am not suggesting
a revision or addition to the
cotiurses given at present, but I
would advise students to pick up
what they can about the mechani
cal and business sides' of a news
paper." Robb Once Nebraskan Editor.
Mr. Robb was advertising man
ager on the Lincoln High Advo
cate and second semester editor of
the 1929-30 Daily Nebraskan. He
also worked part time on the Star
while he was in college.
"When 1 try to justify to myself
my change from newspaper writ
ing to the business end of the pro
fession, I say that on the business
end I am really building up a great
public organ, while a report gets
life second-hand; he simply writes
what other people do and never
does anything himsc-lf."
Hack Writer Numerous.
Most newspaper writers are
hack writers, according to Mr.
Robb. Few have the fresh vivid
slant on events that puts tfcrm into
the big money class. But the pro
fession ha a charm and that
thai m grips even high school jour
nalists. Mr Robb spoke on "New Fnr
roAS for Newspapers'" at the gen
eral session of th journaliKm con
vention Friday afternoon.
ALUMNI CONVERGE ON
FOR ANNUAL EVENTS
One of Busiest Homecoming
Days in Past Few
Years Planned.
With hundreds of alumni from
all parts of the state expected on
the campus, one of the busiest
Homecoming Days of the past few
years is scheduled to get under
way early this morning. In ad
dition to a full program of cam
pus events a Nebraska Day pro
gram has been planned by Lincoln
merchants to honor week end visi
tors. Opening the morning's program
is the annual Kosmet Klub fall Re
vue which is to be presented at the
Stuart Theater at 9 o'clock. Fea
turing the program is the presen
tation of the Nebraska Sweetheart,
while fraternities and sororities are
presenting fourteen acts of vaude
ville. N Club Men Honored.
N club men who earnel their
letters before 1900 will be honored
at a luncheon presented by the
present organization. A special
table will be set for the guests,
fifteen of whom have signified
their intention of attending. Fol
lowing the luncheon the group will
go to the club's rooms upstairs in
the coliseum, where an initiation
will be held. The men will then
attend the Missouri game in a
body.
First on the after-noon's sched
ule is the downtown parade head
ed by the university and Beatrice
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'Ode to Journalium''
In Which Delegate
Tells of Convention
By MARY JANE DAVISSON,
Nebraska City.
Instead ot the proverbial "sword
fish" the most effective password
to the Nebraska State High School
Journalists' convention is wide
eyes and "all ears."
No matter how much sophistica
tion and worldly wisdom I may
have tried to assume during this
event, I have a confession to make
even though I'm not a coed
I've been simply thrilled beyond
articulation at my first delicious
taste of "big time Journalism.
The first thing that put me all
in a dither was the sight of all the
university Journalism "young
hopefuls hurrying to their classes.
Then I was overwhelmingly im
pressed at the thick veil of non
chalant braindust that permeated
the office of the Daily Nebraskan.
It proved to me that there was
something to this thing called
stick-to-ii-iveness, although I
have been inhumanly empted to
tell the vendors of such sage ad
vice to go sit on various and sun
dry tacks.
The most outstanding impres
sion I gained from the news-writing
contest was that the atmo
sphere, instead of being filled with
the "I 11 be glad when you re dead.
you rascal you!" spiiit, was utter
ly friendly. Of course, everyone
was aware of the competition, but
they all seemed to want to give
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'CrccK! Again Put Up
Homecoming Decoration
Times are better again, is the
general explanation arising from
people passing by the soronty and
fraternity houses. When asked for
an explanation they tell how, for
the first time in three years, so
rorities and fraternities are deco
rating their houses for Homecom
ing Day.
Altho there is to be no contest
according to Owen Johnson, Inno
cents society president, there will
be many original an.l unique deco
rations, lie in certain that it will
add to the glamor of the day.
PRESS DELEGATES
VIEW
A IT'ord From the Staff
The Rag staff was glad to
co-operate with the Nebraska
High School Press associa
tion in publishing this special
tabloid edition, the first spe
cial convention paper.
The Editor.
THREE GIVE TALKS
AT ANNUAL QUILL,
L BREAKFAST
Holdrcge Chapter Sponsors
Breakfast at Hotel
Cornhusker.
Nebraska members of Quill and
Scroll, international honoiury so
ciety for high school journalists,
held a state breakfast meeting at
8 o'clock this morning at Hotel
Cornhusker. The event was planned
by the Holdrege chapter, under the
supervision of Miss Lucile Heflen,
state president of Quill and Scroll.
Max Franzen, associate editor
of the Holdrege Duster, high school
newspaper, presided. Appearing on
the program was Mary Frances
Wittera of Kearney, who explained
How To Apply For a Quill and
Scroll Charter." Beth Dahlgren of
Superior described "The Alumni
Project of the Superior Chapter."
"What Quill and Scroll Means to
the Student and to the School" was
explained by Edmund Stecves of
Jackson high, Lincoln.
Table decorations consisted of
covers of Quill and Scroll mag
azines with pictures of prominent
journalists, and mounted headlines
clipped from the magazines to
show the type of material con
tained. Copies of "The Morning News,"
a miniature newspaper prepared
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39 SCHOOLS ARE
REPRESESTED AT
PRESS COSCLAVE
Tiro Hundred Delegates
In Lincoln Over
U eehend.
Two hundred delegates repre
senting thirty-nine schools were
registered for the eighth annual
Nebraska High School Press asso
ciation convention Friday at the
school of journalism office.
The list of schools represented
and their sponsors are as follows:
Jackson, Mrs. C. A. Gately; Lin
coln, Belle Farman: Havelock,
Margaret Douglas; Merna. Hazel
E. Powell; Nebraska City, Mrs.
George Slack; Neligh, Judith
Stolpe; Eenson, Mary Ellen Klop-
pmg; Omaha Central, Mrs. Anna
Savidge; North high. Ruth Red
field; South high. Myrtle Graham;
Ord, Bernice Slade; Rokebv, Glenn
E. Turner; Schuyler, Arthur Gil
bert; Silver Creek. Earl Arnold;
Superior, Clara Johnson; Tilden,
Frances Weigel; Walton A. C.
Huslbert; York, Helen Day; Ains
worth, Clare von Bergen; Albion.
Ruth Kelly; Alvo, L. M. Haupt
man; Rennet, M. R. Davis; Colum
bus, Nina McKennan; Fort Cal
houn, Elizabeth Groni; Fremont,
Edgar R. Newman: Greenwood,
Frieda Weitzel; Gresham, Mareclla
Davis; District f2, Maria L. Fric
son; Hardy. Ethel Mae Moor ; Hol
drege, Lucilie F. A. Heflm; Hooper,
Itemice Tirnma; Huntley, tiro
Packer.
Schools' represented but who
have no sponsors here are Grand
Island. Fairburv. Benson. JVarriee.
Wood llivei, NtMiA 1'iaO.tc, and (
Kearney.
RE
PROBLEMS
I? Prominent Journalists Will
Speak to Specialized
High School Groups.
BY ROBERT M'GEACHIN,
Lincoln High.
Round table discussions will fea
ture Saturday morning's program
of the Nebraska High School Press
Association to be held in the Social
Sciences building at 9:45. Authori
ties on various phases of journal
ism will speak to the groups, and
discussions will be led by represen
tatives from high schools thruout
the state.
Topics of discussions, seven in
all, include sports, the annual, the
mimeographed publication, mak3
up and typography, head line
schedules, finance and editorial.
Prior to the round tables, a gen
eral business session of all repre
sentatives to the convention will be
held at nine o'clock.
Ware Discusses Sports.
Frederick Ware, fports editor of
the Omaha World-Herald, will
speak to the sports round table in
the auditorium. The annual will be
discussed by R. R. Maplesden of
the Burger-Baird Engraving com
pany of Kansas City, in room 105.
Student comment will be in charge
of a representative of Hastings
high school. Richard Irwin, Fuller
ton high school, will be discussion
leader for the round table of E. J.
Beaurivage on the mimeographed
publication. Mr. Beaurivage, a rep
resentative of the Nebraska Type
writer company, Lincoln, will meet
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SPECIAL STAFF TAKES PAPER
Press Convention Delegates
Work as Publishers
Of Nebraskan.
New faces were prominent in
the office of The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, when, for the first time,
a group of delegates to the Ne
braska High School Press Conven
tion took a turn at news writing
for the campus newspaper.
Delegates who assisted were
Maudie Fowler, Alliance; Margar
et Kaufmann. Columbus; Emmett
Deadman, Fairbury; Emil Hanson,
Fremont; Max Franzen, Holdrege;
Robert Wade, Kearney; Robert
McGeachin, Lincoln, Edmund
Steeves, Jackson High, Lincoln;
Mary Ann Tompkins, Merna;
Janis Johnston, Benson High, Om
aha; Regina Liske. Silver City;
Armand Dedrick, Superior; Mar
tha Craig, Albion; Mary Jane
Davisson, Nebraska iCty; Dale
Ganz, Alvo; Janis Armstrong,
Greenwood; Lucille Todd. Neligh;
Lois Owens, North Platte; Betty
Walker, Columbus: Oscar Clarke.
Beatrice and Barbara Rosewater,
Central High, Omaha.
New Scene. Impre-eI on
Mini! of Ilipji School Cirl
A glare of lights, after a Ion?
ride in comparative darkness; a
sudden increase in traffic: people
hurrying along at an hour when
the home town streets are desert
ed; looking into peoples' faces and
realizing with a shock that they
are all strange; the self-sufficiency
of everyone, showing no interest
whatever in their fellow-beings: a
woman with a fur coat occupying
the same seat in a bus as a homeward-bound
laborer. This is I,in
eoln at 10:30 p. rn.
Lincoln at 7:00 a. m. presented
a different appearance. The air
was crisp and students were hurry
ing to S o'clock. Noticeable wer e
the number of fur co.-i!s, the gen
eral fineness of ro-ed. and the
inimitable gait of the college men
Such sre the impressions of I
group of Nh si tiool stuil .-nts fo.
the first lime attending the jjit.
convention.