Students Win National Acclaim for Cartooning Course
Three cartoons by students in the SUI editorial cartooning class earned national recognition during National Newspaper Week. Certificates of merit were awarded for distinctive achievements in celebrating 1949 National Newspaper Week. The winning pieces included Lets Keep the Mirror Clear by Elbert Gabbard, The Key to Your Liberties by Richard Marsh, and The Press A Lifesaver by Walter Warnholtz.
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SUE
Society
America
SUI
Week
Syracuse
University School of Journalism
M. Lyle Spencer
Elbert Gabbard
Richard Marsh
S. S. Free Press
Dick Spencer II
SIII
Elbert S. Gabbard
Gabbard
Walter Warnholtz
Instructor Documents Linotype Speed Study
A December Journalism Quarterly article reports Bernard Stern and William Morrison led an experiment on linotype speed using all caps versus cap and lower case copy. Twelve trainees with about 120 hours each participated, testing production and potential implications for wire services and local copy. Further psychology and vocational aspects will be published later.
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Rainees
Bernard Stern
SUI School of Journalism
William James Morrison
Laborator
Henry Africa
Stern
INS
Journal of Applied Psychology
Yank staff writer Hartzell Spence writes Happily Ever After
Hartzell Spence a SUI graduate and former UP writer and official on Yank the army weekly has published a new book titled Happily Ever After. The work reflects his years reporting on military life and personal perspectives from service.
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Hartzell Spence
SUI
Yank
The
Army Weekly
Listen and Learn aids teaching in four states on WSUI
WSUI's Listen and Learn program supplements classroom teaching in 410 schools across Wisconsin Illinois Missouri and Iowa. About 6,500 to 7,000 listeners hear at least part of ten weekly programs with a schedule from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and 2:15 to 2:30 p.m. on weekdays.
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Wsuls
Johnson County
Dick Setterberg
WSUI
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Fairfield
Waterloo
British Broadcasting Co
Letterbers
KSUI
SUI Expert Explains Gallup's New York Sampling Efforts
Professor Norman C. Meier of SUI says George Gallup used the New York state election to recover prestige for his sampling methods. He notes Gallup shifted from the quota method to area sampling and spot sampling, amid criticism after the 1948 results.
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SUI
Gallup
N. Y
George Gallup
New York
Norman C. Meier
Meier
New
Radio Staffers Receive Gold Lapel Pins for Service
Twelve WSUS KSUI staff members were honored with gold lapel pins for outstanding service. Recipients include seniors James Doyle South Bend Indiana Ian Faigen Rock Island Milo Hamilton Fairfield Iowa Donald Robertson Des Moines and seniors William Wolf Jr Keokuk Iowa William Bleeker Ackley Iowa John Dooley Iowa City Merriel Curtis Milan DL Tacy Hiatt Oskaloosa junior Warner Martin McGregor Iowa music director Roger Hipsley Cleveland Heights Ohio promotion director Phyliss Pohler Iowa City office manager and program director Richard Setterberg Iowa City graduate who presented the awards.
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WSUS
KSUI
WSUI
James Doyle
South Bend
Ind
Ian Faigen
Rock Island
Milo Hamilton
Fairfield
Iowa
Donald Robertson
Des Moines
William Wolf Jr
Keokuk
William Bleeker
Ackley
John Dooley
Iowa City
Merriel Curtis
Milan
Tacy Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Children’s Hour
Warner Martin
McGregor
Roger Hippsley
Sopomore
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Phyliss Pohler
Richard Setterberg
Gamma Alpha Chi Initiates Six Members At Banquet
Gamma Alpha Chi held an advertising banquet January 6 at the Hotel Jefferson to initiate six members to active status. Five SUI undergraduates Donna Kendall Carolyn Gordon Greta Grossman Joan Patten and Patricia Hodgen became active, with Norma Abbot advertising manager of Sears Roebuck Iowa City as the sixth. Eight pledges received special recognition. banquet co sponsored by Alpha Delta Sigma.
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Gamma Alpha Chi
Hotel Jefferson
SUI
Donna Kendall
Rock Island
Carolyn Gordon
Western Springs
Greta Grossman
University Heights
Ohio
Joan Patten
Springville
Patricia Hodgen
Cherokee
Norma Abbot
Sears-Roebuck Company
Iowa City
Alumni Start Radio Station Find Success
Three former SUI students Robert Snyder Gene Claussen and Herb Olson with Elliott Full founded Iowa City's first commercial radio station KXIC. They applied for a building permit in December 1947 and began broadcasting in June 1948 at 800 kilocycles with 1000 watts from the Whetstone Drug building.
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SUI
Robert Snyder
Gene Claussen
Herb Olson
University of Minois
Elliott Full
Iowa City
KXIC
Federal Communications Commission
Midwest
Whetstone Drug Building
Clinton and
Washington Streets
Claussen
Kmoxcbs
St. Louis
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Olson
KBUR
Burlington
KOKX
Keokuk
Snyder
WDWS
WILL
Champaign
KOKC
Full
KSUIL
SUI FM
SUI Grad Writes Chapter for Book
Theodore Koop, a Saint University journalism graduate, wrote the chapter "We Interrupt This Program" in the book Date line: Washington. He joined 21 authors chosen by the National Press Club to mark its 40-year history of journalism coverage.
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Theodore Koop
SUI
Dateline
Washington
National Press Club
SUIS First Student Paper The University Reporter
The University Reporter was SUIS first student monthly newspaper with its inaugural issue in October 1868.
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SUIS
SUI
University Reporter
Grad Serves India Envoy of Information in DC
Grad Bhagwat Singh, holder of an M A in journalism from SUI, works in the information services office of the Government of India in Washington DC. He recently wrote to SUI President Virgil Hancher praising President Hancher’s December visit to India.
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Bhagwat Singh
SUI
Information Services
The
Government of India
Washington, D.C
Virgil Hancher
Hancher
India
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Eddins
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