University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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JAYHAWKER , ALL-STUDENT SERVANT By BILL DOWNS Professor L. N. Flint WHEN children are small they select as their life s ambitions such picturesque vocations as policeman, fireman or the street car motorman on their particular trolley line. Never has one been heard to say Pop, I want to be a newspaper man. Perhaps this is a typical example of the naive wis- dom of youth. For the fourth estate, as the profession is called, seldom has anything like an estate connected with it. It is generally recognized as one of the poorest paid of the professions. Still the University of Kansas has even a larger enrollment in its journalism depart- ment than ever before. Perhaps this is again exemplary of the naive wisdom or innocence of youth. The University Daily Kansan, official student news- paper of the University, is one of the few completely all-student projects on the campus. Ranking with the student government organizations, it stands as a pro- ject of student achievement and student endeavor towards an ultimate goal of serving the Mt. Oread com- monwealth. There is no need to discuss the compensations in journalism over and above the pecuniary shortcomings the thrill of seeing your stuff in print, the race to meet the dead-line, the coverage and interpretation of facts and vital information that affects a world of people all this is merely part of the game and is accepted as such. Truly the smell of the office paste-pot and printer ' s ink combined with the noise of the typewriters and the roar of the press, makes for spell-binding romance and gives opportunity for expression seldom equaled in any other profession. This is the true essence and appeal of newspaper work. The official student paper of the University of Kansas is the billing carried under the name plate of the Daily Kansan. But by official the Kansan does not stand as an organization connected with or acting under the direction of the administrative councils of the University itself. It has no faculty censorship, but depends upon the good taste and direction of its student editors. It receives no dic- tatorship, but serves the student body because its directors are chosen from that group. The University Daily Kansan truly is a free press. It is a cooperative, non-profit, self-supporting student project. The Daily Kansan ' s internal organization is one so set up as to protect itself against any one person or body from dominating or misusing its influence for any selfish or detrimental ends. Its supreme authority is vested in the Kansan Board, a group of twelve undergraduates interested and enrolled in jour- nalism and selected on their merit, their interest in the paper, and their achievements. This year the Kansan Board is composed of John

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OCTOBER 1936 FDR AUTUMN touchdown. Paronto, whose returns of Washburn punts were a feature of the game, took a Washbum kick on the dead run and raced it back 10 yards to the Washburn 34-yard line. Paul Masoner picked up 18 yards in three slashes at the center of the line, with five of the yards going to make up for ground lost on an offside penalty. Vith a first down on the 21 -yard line. Shirk went through center for 6 yards. Two more plays produced a first down on the 10-yard line and from that spot Paronto sliced off right tackle for a touchdown. Weinecke converted the extra point. Kansas then kicked off to the Ichabods and when Washburn found it necessary to punt, the Jayhawkers began their second drive to green pastures. Paronto returned the punt 12 yards to the YVashburn 43-yard line. An offside penalty on Washburn and plunges by Masoner brought a first down on the 31 -yard stripe. The squad limbers up as the first quarter ended. A new backfield composed of George Hapgood, Joe Giannangelo, Max Replogle and Clarence Douglass entered the game at this point. (Continued on Page 73) The coaches give their instructions ivhilf Prof. Difl pronounces benediction

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OCTOBER Thus self-styled is the University Daily Kansan Malone, publisher; Bill Gill, editor-in-chief; Bill Downs, managing editor; Don Huls, campus editor; Dale O ' Brien, associate editor; Quentin Brown, busi- ness manager; Mary Rutter, feature editor; Marion Mundis, sports editor; Kenneth Postlethwaite, telegraph editor; David Hamlin, editor of the Sour Owl; Alice Haldeman-Julius and Jim Polkinghor n. It is this group of students that acts as the check on the paper ' s activi- ties, as an originator of its policies, and as an elective body for the selection of its editors and managers. John Malone, the present publisher, whose term will last the first semester, has immediate control over all phases of the paper. He is the czar, per se. He has the power to print or advocate in the pages of the Kan- san anything and everything that he sees fit. But, should he get Hearstean ideas or publish anything that the Kansan Board considers detrimental or in bad taste, he is subject to impeachment by a vote of this group. The other elective positions of editor-in-chief, manag- ing editor and business manager are subject to the same ruling. Bill Gill, editor-in-chief, is responsible for the selec- tion, editing and writing of the editorials and editorial features that appear on that page. He has appointed as his associates during his quarterly term, Dale O ' Brien and Alma Frazier. The interpretative material printed in the Kansan is handled by this group. The Student Opinion column, a feature which prints readers ' com- ments and criticism and one of the most popular in the paper, is also under the direction of this department. The news coverage is under the direction of Bill Downs, managing editor. He has appointed Don Huls, campus editor; Jim Porter, news editor; Kenneth Postle- thwaite, telegraph editor; Grace Valentine, society editor; Marion Mundis, sports editor; Phil Stratton and Dwight Bridges, make-up editors; and Howard Rusco with Doris Kent and Stephen David as the Sunday staff. Any morning al eignl o ' clock The news staff handles the reporters, assigns the stories and beats and puts the paper to ' bed every night. Special columns and features are written by those students best adapted for this specialized type of work. On the Shin, the Kansan gossip column, is handled jointly by Allen Asher and Reginald Heap, who replaced David Hamlin when the latter took over the editorship of the Sour Owl. The Roving Reporter, the The controlling forces confer question-a-day feature, is conducted by Stephen David. Interviews and special news features have been covered by Kenneth Postlethwaite, Alice Haldeman-Julius, David Partridge and Virgil Mitchell. Specialized sports writers and interpreters include Rosemary Smith, for the women, and Horace Mason, for the men. Advertising, circulation and the general business side of the Kansan has as the manager Quentin Brown and his associate Elton Carter. These men are respon- sible for the financial independence of the paper. Not to remain uncredited are the reporting and edit- ing students, numbering over one hundred, who are responsible for the more routine work on the paper. These students furnish tips, cover regular campus beats, write headlines and edit copy. To them falls the respon- sibility of supplying and beating into shape the innards of the paper. Standing apart from the actual printing and manage- ment of the University Daily Kansan but invaluable as counselors and advisers in the journalism faculty. Prof. L. N. Flint, head of the department and the old- est instructor from the point of service in the United States, acts as adviser and consultant to every student who has a class in the journalism building. Professor Flint (as he is respectfully called, although no one yet has had the courage to facte with the name) offers the students a liberal, modern and experienced man ' s (Continued on Page 79)