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Newspaper
Iowa Quest
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
4
Editorial urges high school graduates to enter journalism, noting expanding college programs, graduate studies at Iowa, and the growing emphasis on research methods. It cites Norman Cousins on education length and argues society needs well trained journalists to handle complex news, with L.G.M. signature.
The Daily Iowan edition provides extensive information for new students about campus life academics and social areas. Editor Charles Carroll and staff produced a thorough informative issue largely free from faculty control as a student run corporation. The National Advertising Service awarded the paper first prize for overall excellence among a thousand college papers.
The University School of Journalism sent students to the Washington City assignment. Journal staff edited two issues under student direction and gained practical experience. Instructors say hands on work deepens understanding, despite cramped news and advertising rooms. The students are praised as likable and capable.
Advertising managers led Iowa newspaper pay in 1949 with an average weekly salary of 73.72 dollars. The Bureau of Newspaper Service study by Arthur Wimer of the State University of Iowa covered 17 jobs across 111 newspapers, noting higher backshop wages and foremen earnings than editorial roles.
Alumni of the University of Iowa journalism class of 1925 will hold a 25th anniversary reunion dinner on the SUI campus June 10. Prof. Leslie G. Moeller, director of the school of journalism, and Mrs. Moeller are in charge of arrangements. They said all other journalism alumni would be welcome at the banquet.
A student drawn cartoon by Jack Harris from the State University of Iowa editorial class was mailed to 500 Iowa newspapers in April for Cancer Control Month. The spectre with a scythe warned one out of seven deaths and 400000 Iowans living could die if trends continue.
Professor S I Hayakawa spoke to State University of Iowa journalism students on The Task of the Reader. He urged reporters to maintain independence and objectivity to reduce world misunderstandings and enhance cooperation through news features.
Biographies and pictures of 35 journalism graduates in the May 4 Quest drew at least twenty letters from prospective employers. Merritt Ludwig notes the advance graduate marketing method and strong employer praise from a newspaper general manager and others as the issue showcases student talent. All editorial journalism students gain linotype experience in the university production lab.
Editorial cartooning class at the State University of Iowa begins work on National Newspaper Week projects for this fall. Theme and slogan chosen as "Freedom Goes Where the Newspaper Goes" with public release pending recognition noted in Editor and Publisher October 1 issue. The course, led by Dick Spencer IT, started February 1949, and may be the nation s first college course on editorial cartooning.
Professor Carroll Coleman, director of Iowa State University typography lab, earns praise for designing Galland's Iowa Emigrant and the SUI catalog. Letters from midwest scholars commend the work as among the best. Coleman's books frequently place in top design lists and he teaches up to 30 typography students each semester.
The SUI School of journalism offers radio journalism and community journalism sequences to train students for careers in radio stations and weekly or small daily newspapers.
The Iowa Quest Edited by SUI journalism students with Ifl trainees handling linecasting and care classes. Editors include Murray Seeger, Joseph Brown, Robert Hennesy, George Wilson, Wilbur Hollander, Mark Kruse, John Rossi, Joseph May, Matt Bailey, Philip Blumer. Photographers and reporters listed along with production staff and ad compositors.
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