NHS.-EA' Convention Issue
Special
Satig Nebraska!
Vol. 48 No. 32 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Saturday, November 1, 1947.
Specoeai
Edition!
Panels Give
Journalists
'Inside' Data
BY NINA McEWEN
Omaha North
Accuracy in all newspaper work
was one of the main points em
phasized in a panel discussion on
printed newspapers held October
31 in University Hall. Dick Reid of
Lincoln Northeast presided as
chairman, with Dale Farnbruch of
the Lincoln Journal acting as co
ordinating speaker. The three
members of the panel were: Patri
cia Considine, Omaha South, Betty
Bruha, Ord; and Marcia Imming,
Beatrice.
Mr. Farnbruch stressed three
rules as the three most important
requirements for a good reporter:
1. Be accurate,
2. Tell the whole story,
3. Never break a confidence.
He went on to say that in any
department of professional news
papers, knowledge of the back
ground of the writing subject is
essential.
"Since practically all high school
papers are printed weekly, bi
weekly, or even monthly," Dick
Reid recommended, "news is usu
ally stale bv the time it reaches
the reader." Writing these stories
in feature form is a good way of
overcoming that sound of old
news, he said.
Good Paper.
Betty Bruha told what is needed
to make a good paper. A depend
able staff, alert reporters, and a
cooperative taff are important,
she said.
Getting facts right, and the re
alization that reporting requires
mostly legwork were points ac
cented by Pat Considine.
Four don'ts for high school pap
ers were enumerated by Marcia
Imming. They include: don't over
burden the lead; don't constantly
begin paragraphs with articles;
don't use a complicated style of
writing, but employ simplicity al
ways; and don't include the writ
er's opinion that is, don't editor
ialize. BY CHARLES BRENNAN
Alliance
Virginia Lee Herrman, chair
man, opened panel three, on the
importance of choosing the staff.
Students Should Choose.
There was considerable question
about how staff members should
be chosen and organized. Some
students and advisers thought that
they should be chosen from the
vote of the Adviser, Student Coun
cil and senior members of the
staff. Others thought that the stu
dent body, as a whole, should
choose them.
The main thing of picking the
staff was to get a good dependable
managing editor. It was decided
that he should be a senior and
high in scholastic standing with
his class. He should be responsible
for his reporters on getting all
stories in on time. The adviser
should not have a thing to do with
"the paper. By this, it was meant
that the editor should copyread,
proofread and write all headlines.
It was suggested that there be
only three senior staff editors:
managing editor, news editor, and
advertising editor. Sports editor
should be a junior, so that, in his
senior year, he would have a good
knowledge of athletics.
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Students Explaiii Journalism's Lure
BARBARA CHESEN.
Lincoln High.
To obtain a clear view as to
what the average high school
journalist expects in the newspa
per field, the press convention's
own inquiring reported ap
proached these 21 "convention
ites" with these qu cmfwypm
ites" with the question "What do
you think journalism has to offer
you?"
Jeanice Schott, who hails from
Osceola, Nebraska, said: "It should
be able to offer me a great ca
reer." Doris Kennedy, who also comes
from Osceola, said: "Its many
field offer opportunities for use
of numerous talents and many
chance for advancement."
Joan Omachi from David City
answered: "It offers an exciting
career, one in which one must
really use her resources."
Wally Barnett, a student of
Lincoln high school, replied: 'A
course with a future in one of
the greatest fields of American
life."
Howard Berg, from Alliance,
stated: "It offers a great chance
to meet people thru my line of
photography.
Barbara Laughlin, a Northeast
student said, "You can use this
vocation as a good way of ex
pressing ideas and thoughts."
Jackie McKinley, also a student
of Northeast high school stated,
"A wide course which is helpful
in widening my English vocabu
lary." Virginia Loomis. a resident of
Lincoln who attends College View
remarked: "Journalism not only
offers a good career but gives you
a better chance to express your
self in everyday life."
Louise Stam, a Lincoln high
pupil, said: "Journalism offers a
very interesting career and one
that will never grow dull."
Doris Noble from Alvo, answer
ed: "Journalism offers me a posi
tive occupation. It has a widening
interest."
Harold Moon who comes from
Wauseto, replied: "Experience for
future journalism."
Ann Potter from Omaha North
high stated: "Journalism offers
me a chance to keep up on school
affairs and a chance to improve
my writing for the future work I
hope to do."
Howard Kirsch a pupil of Lin
coln high remarked with a smile:
"A good job with money behind
it."
Marlene Bresley from Ord re
plied: "Starting of a career."
Betty Johnson, who came in
from Cambridge, Nebraska, iaid:
"Journalism means a way of ex
pressing myself so that I may be
tetter able to handle the English
language."
Mary Lou Trimbauld from
Bellevue, Nebraska, said: "It is an
open field."
Jean Jackson from Omaha
North, replied: "A better appreci
ation of written material and of
written works so that I may read
in my daily life especially the
newspaper."
Barbara Yeager, a student of
Lincoln high school, stated: "I
think journalism offers a chance
for meeting people and widening
jour views because of the dif
ferent kinds you meet."
Mrs. Helen Schniidcn, an Eng
lish sponsor from Alvo, remark
ed: "For young people a ery in
teresting career today with world
situation as it is. It should rppeal
to students interested in current
history and to students looking
forward to the opportunity of
helping make the United States
a true democracy."
Ruth Jewett, from Lincoln high
stated: "It offers me a good chance
for a future with hard work, but
a future that holds excitement
and new opportunities and ac
quaintances in every day life."
Keith Schemnerhorn. a student
of North high school in Omaha,
Nebraska, the last of the "con
ventionites" to be interviewed an
swered: "To me Journalism offers
a career and a good job in the
future."
360 Attend
wigh School
lress Meet
BY VIRGINIA LOOMIS
DOROTHY GOULD
PAT O'BRIEN
College View High.
Three hundred and sixty rep
resentatives from 49 high schools
attended the annual Nebraska
High School Press convention held
at the University of Nebraska
Friday and Saturday.
Friday morning the delegates
were conducted on tours through
the Lincoln Journal plant and the
university campus. General con
vocation was then held for the
representatives. Dr. William F.
Swindler, director of the univer
sity school of journalism, spoke
on the topic "Tomorrow's Jour
nalists." In the afternoon students
were entered in competitive con
tests in journalism and others
gathered news for the Daily Ne
braskan. Panel discussions were held
Friday afternoon on organizing
the staffs for school newspapers
and yearbooks. These were among
other discussions held on prob
lems concerning the school pa
pers and yearbooks.
To enable students to become
better acquainted, a convention
banquet was held at the Corn
husker hotel, and a university
dance was held at the Student
Union ballroom Friday evening.
The schools represented at the
convention were: Alliance, Alvo,
Arcadia, Beatrice, Blue Springs,
Bellevue, Cambridge, Clay Cen
ter, College View, David City, De
Witt, Endicolt. Elwood, Grand Is
land, Holdrege, Kearney, Lincoln
High, Lincoln Northeast, Loomis,
McCook, Nebraska City, Osceola,
Fremont, Benson, Cathedral, Cen
tral, Holy Name, North and South
Omaha High, Underwood, Ord,
Raymond, Superior, Sutherland,
Utica, Wauneta, York, Bertrand,
North Platte and Norfolk.
Prep Students
Enjoy UN Visit
BY JACKIE M'KINNEY AND
BARBARA LAUGHLIN
Lincoln Northeast
Being highly excited and antici
pating our trip to the big city,
we awoke early (long before the
chickens), and started our first
lap of the day's excursions.
Clambering out of our mechan
ized lumber wagon we were con
fronted with a huge mass of brick
construction which we were later
told was the Stupid Onion (or
was it Student Union?) Clutch
ing tightly to our money belts and
ascending the steps (three at a
time) we flung open the portals
which were to hold for us a pre
view of our coed calamities.
Looking neither to left or right
we were rudely stopped, dead in
our oxfords, by two big, burly
bruisers, who flashed the sign
"Red Hot Kisses, $1.00," in our
faces. Immediately remembering
our warnings of the day not to
promote male advances, venture
down fraternity row, or peek in
windows at The boys dorm and
because our folding money was
limited, we cagely continued on
our way.
Realizing our knowledge of
See Prep Students, Page 2, Col 5.
THE UNIVERSITY IF NEBRASKA SAYS
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TO THE NEBRASKA HIGH KCIIOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION