University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

BLUEd > GOLD T JL a JOHN MOORE EDITOR, FALL DAILY CALIFORNIAN HE CALIFORNIAN endeavors to present all the news of interest to the student body at large, encouraging as far as possible, interest in world affairs, as well as in campus activities. It holds as one of its principles the formation of no definite political policy, and attempts merely to create interest in student affairs. In order to carry out the latter policy, as much space as possible is devoted to announcements and stories concerned with the activities of the students. The " Californian " Editor holds one of the most prom- inent and responsible positions on the University Campus. To form the principles carried out by this publication, the editor must be a man of clear judgment and experience. His personality is reflected through the editorial column, and as he is held responsible for all statements issued, it is necessary that he keep in constant touch with all phases of the work. The past year has shown one of the greatest changes in the " Daily Californian " history. Departures in all the editorial departments of the publication have tended toward a better newspaper. Under the new system the " Daily Californian " has become more respresentative, a better reflector of campus opinion, and at the same time it has more nearly approached strict journalistic standards. The complete reorganization of the men ' s and women ' s editorial staffs has been accomplished during the past college year. This was done by the addition of seven new Senior positions on the men ' s staff and five on the women ' s staff. This change tends to make a more efficient and better or- ganized staff because these editors have had three years of experience to aid them in superintending the work on the paper. A city editor has been added in order to facilitate the gathering and organiza- tion of the news. The news editor superintends the covering of the various fields of news and co- ordinates the work of the men ' s and women ' s reportorial staffs. The need for such a position has long been felt by the " Daily Californian. " With the city editor the paper comes closer to the efficiency of the modern metropolitan daily newspaper. The Women ' s Editor plays a highly important part in the " Daily Californian " policies. The Junior and Sophomore staffs work under the Women ' s Editor. The organization is under her jurisdiction and she is held responsible for their work. Such a degree of responsibility naturally demands a long period of training which the editor receives during her fresh- man, sophomore and junior years, doing very little of impor- tance at first but achieving a more responsible position in her sophomore year. As Women ' s Editor she is a member of the Women ' s Exec- utive and in this way the Women ' s staff exerts an influence on campus affairs. One night a week, " Californian " is edited en- tirely by the women ' s staff, and for this edition the women ' s editor is held entirely responsible, the men ' s editor having nothing whatsoever to do with that issue. A " Literary Review " has been created this semester and has been issued quite successfully as a bi-monthly supplement. DOROTHEA ADAMSON WOMEN ' S EDITOR, FALL 192