Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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:ZAe C?fitl t5 rtouline Buchman on desk prepares to put cut next paper. THE BROWN HERALD Editor Sen gathers with news staff for pep talk Business board meets with its chief.

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y L L L . we stacled sculling faz o i . . . This year the LIBER instituted several important changes in its organization of the stalf. For the first time freshmen were asked to scut for it. An art staff was formed under Wlay FhMer', appomfei Art Editor this summer. The high quality of the art work testifies to the great store of unexplored talent present on the Brown campus. Ned Lancaster showed great go- aciing abilny when conhionted Witk the most serious problems any Business Man- ager had ever faced. He directed his staff skillfully, ably assisted by Dave Forster and Ed Lasughlin, and juniors Horace Harding and Don McCowen, and gaining the maximum amount of advertising and cir- culation possible this year The editorial board faced by the ab- sence during the summer of its head, Dick Smehier, worked d;ligeme' and success- fully throughout the year larv Alger, the LIBER'S Managing Editor directed the staff competently with the aid of the large junior board A A . c A We sincerely hope that this yearbook Senior boardman Alger, Fidler, and Lancaster confer will meet your approval and trust that you will be able to pr: It up In later years and f regain memories of your days at Brown. Flater poised for candid peek of the campus. Forster and business board go over circulation

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il the Zoy; 22 sl quys .. One of the best editors the Herald has ever had. That commendation made oy everal members Bion in the admin iration of the Llniversity tectifies 10 the sl o orl produced by the campus newspaper under the leadership of editor John Sen during the past two semesters, despite some of the most difficult conditions of publication which the Herald has had to face in the 592 years of its existence. Sen's great contribution to the campus was a complete knowledge and a keen insight into the problems of students in war-time which ersbled him to aive cound aduice o sidmen ol Brann nomsl i the no Vil e iion of their lives. Under his guidance the Herald became an important means of communication between administration and student body and more than ever a moulder of campus opinion. Sen was backed by an editorial board that included Malcolm Lovell, who left to go into the service, Walter Lister, William Kaiser, Richard Miller, and Edward Burke. The business staff was headed by David Joseph, with Francis Parkhurst as circulation manager and Robert Doherty as advertising manager. The Herald was one of the first campus organizations to adjust its program to the accelerated schedule, and met the summer entering class with the usual special issue. Al- ready forced to reduce publication from daily to three issues a week the Herald found it necessary to make a further cut to a twice weekly schedule. But with determination, mem- bers of the Herald staff continued to keep the paper in operation. It defended the stand of colleges that their educational program was a positive contribution to the war effort. t began a campaign which ended in the formation of the Army ERC Club. The new board named in September is headed by John Buchman, the 53rd editor of the Herald, and Harvey Steiner business manager. In November smashing headlines warned that the drafting of 18-19 year old men would sffect almost every man in college, and urged strongly that everyone who could qualify should sign up for one of the reserve branches. Editor Sen initiates his successor John Buchman into technique of editorials.