Photography Aids Writer Mason Says
Prof Edward Mason of the State University of Iowa told Iowa Press Women at their annual meeting that writers should illustrate their work with photographs. He outlined four essentials: good equipment, camera skill, knowing the story, and choosing the exact moment to capture the image. He urged writers to develop pictorial storytelling to clarify and complete their narratives.
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Edward Mason
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Iowa Press
Iowa City
Mason
Coleman Addresses Cedar Rapids Printing Club
Professor Carroll Coleman head of the Iowa State University journalism typographic lab spoke to the Cedar Rapids club of Printing House Craftsmen in February on Early Industrial Conditions in the Printing Crafts.
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Coleman
Carroll Coleman
Typographic Laboratory
State University of Iowa School of Journalism
Cedar Rapids Club of Printing House
Iowan and Interlandi Win Top Safety Awards
The Daily Iowan and its staff cartoonist Frank Interlandi earned two of the top 10 awards in a 1951 nationwide college newspaper contest for highway safety campaigns. The University of Iowa was the only school with multiple prizes, earning a $100 third prize for its safety features and Interlandi’s $100 prize for the best cartoon. The Lumbermens Mutual Casualty company sponsored the contest.
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Daily Iowan
Frank Interlandi
University of Iowa
The
Iowan
Interlands
Elmhurst
University of Southern California
University of Kansas
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
Iowan Tax Irregularities Spark Iowa City Revaluation
The Iowa City tax issue began with reports in the Daily Towan on December 12, 1951, leading to an April 1952 decision to hire Cleminshaw Company of Cleveland to revalue all city real estate. The process included an investigating committee, state tax expert input, and extensive coverage totaling over 50,000 words by Iowan staff to inform taxpayers.
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Towan
Iowa City
Cleminshaw Company
Cleveland
Iowan
William J. Holland
Real Esate
Iowa
Sigma Delta Chi hosts spring smoker and initiates members
The journalism group held a spring smoker on April 9 with Hal Hart of WOL TV as guest speaker. On April 16 three men were initiated and assumed offices. Wayne Danielson was named to the national committee to plan a Lovejoy memorial dedication in Alton. A spring initiation of four pledges followed on April 27.
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Sigma Delta Chi
Hal Hart
WOLTV
Davenport
SUI
Phillip O’connor
Shron
Wis
Richard Thomson
Charles City
James Bowermaster
Fairfield
Wayne Danielson
Burlington
Virginia Coverdale
School of
Charlene McCorkle
Jean Norris
Martha Overholser
Norma Sexton
Des Moines
Darlene Crouch
Emmetsburg
Virginia Vavra
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Neb
Matrix Table
Asalee Ferguson
Altus
Okla
Alpha Delta Sigma Members Attend Regional Conference
Five members of Alpha Delta Sigma national advertising fraternity attended the regional conference held April 5 and 6 at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Delegates included John Deacon Crawford N.J. chapter president Francis Kilpatrick Randolph Jack Watt Davenport James Vickery Des Moines Bill Jenner Wilton Junction and Professor Ellis Newsome chapter advisor.
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Alpha Delta Sigma
University of Ilinois
Champaign
John Deacon
Crawford
N.J
Francis Kilpatrick
Randolph
Jack Watt
Davenport
James Vickery
Des Moines
Bill Jenner
Wilton Junction
Ellis Newsome
Theta Sigma Phi State Day Held in Des Moines
Members of the women’s journalism sorority held their annual State Day convention in Des Moines with delegates from all Town chapters. Hugh Curtis, managing editor of Better Homes and Gardens, addressed the group. Representing SUI were Miss.
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Theta Sigma Phi
Des Moines
Hugh Curtis
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
SUI
Miss
Alpha Chi Founder's Day Luncheon Held February 23
Gamma Alpha Chi Gamma observed its founder's day luncheon on Saturday February 23 with Budd Gore advertising manager of Marshal Field and Company Chicago delivering the main address. Undergraduates professional fraternity members and advertising alumni of SUI's college of commerce and school of journalism attended Jeanne Strauss Chicago senior and local chapter president led the event.
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Alpha Chi
Budd Gore
Marshal. Field and Company of Chicago
Sui’s College of Commerce
School of Journalism
Mason City Editor Speaks at Iowa Campus
W. Earl Hall editor of the Mason City Globe-Gazette visited the Iowa campus March 6 to address Information First and SUI Students for Eisenhower. He spoke on A Reporter Reports detailing a five week Western Europe tour and argued Why Eisenhower Should Be the Next President of the United States.
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W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Iowa
Eisenhower
Hall
Europe
United States
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State University of Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Gamma Alpha Chi
Jeanne Strauss
Chicago
Mason City
SUI School of Journalism
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