Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lln Q ml Ill ,- I Ill W an new f 1 we :aa as n I HI 'U :Q fllhiragu Urihnuz ROM A first edition of 400 copies pulled from a Wash- ington hand press on june 10, 1847, the Cbmzgo Tribune in 1 11 years has grown into one of the most widely read standard- sized newspapers in the United States, with a circulation that exceeds 900,000 on weekdays and 1,-400.000 on Sundays. From a single room above a Chicago grocery store, its othces and plant, centered in world-famous Tribune Tower, have grown into a newspaper publishing organization encom- passing timberlands, paper mills. a shipping line, radio and television stations, and other newspapers. From a few col- umns of hand-set, hand-printed news, it has become a news- paper printed in black and white, newsprint color, color rotogravure, and comicolor on high speed presses of the latest design. As the Claiclzgn Tribune moves into its 112th year of con- tinuous publication, its news coverage and production facilities are considered among the most complete and eilicient avail- able, its editorials are regularly quoted throughout the world, and the annual advertising investment in its columns are un- surpassed by any ncwspaper in the world. 117 XV. D. Maxwell Editor Tribune Tower has been the home of the Chinzgo Tribzme since 1925, when the Tower was erected from the design awarded first prize in the inter- national architectural com- petition sponsored by the Tribmze in 1922. Wfewidwnn-Q,-5- -7 '44 ' W I

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in I I? we Very Rev. Msgr. John M. Kelly Editor aaa Wqwoa ia Ollldnl Cathollc Paper al the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Dlocae ol Jolie! Pope St. Pius X once said: ln vain will you found missions and build schools if you are not able to wield the offensive and defensive weapons of a loyal Catholic Press. Ever aware of the prime importance of a strong and widely circulated Catholic newspaper, Tbe New llvorltl keeps Chicagoland Catholics informed of the latest and most important news events that in any way affect their lives as Catholics and Americans. Careful and extensive attention is given to matters of domestic, national, and international importance. To accomplish its purpose, The New llnnrlrl employs forty persons in its own oliices for editorial, advertising, circulation, and general business operations. At an ex- penditure of about 520,000 per week, The New ll'f'm'lil brings to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet more news, pictures, features, instruc- tion, and advertising than any other diocesan paper in the country. A circulation growth of more than 128 percent during the last ten years is an impressive index of its success. EDITORIAL STAFF. The backbone of the New Wnrlfz' is its editorial staff, a group of dedicated men and women who devote themselves to bringing to Chicagoland Catholics a Catholic point of view in current news events. as is, 'wo 4 l l I 'Qi 'I

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CHIC GO D ILY NEWS HE Chicago Daily Nezw was hrst published as a four- page newspaper on January 5, 1876, Its beginning was modestg it was launched with more faith than capital. lts editorial stall Ending the only available quarters in the com- posing room sat on kitchen chairs and wrote copy on a rough pine table. It did not even own the press upon which it was printed. From the outset, the Daily Near has been an independent newspaper. It was established in an age when partisanship was high, but it escaped the disadvantages and perils of politf ical domination and ushered in a new era in newspaper man- agement. The Chicago Daily Near was the first newspaper in America to establish its own worldrwide news-gathering organizationg it was the first newspaper to place advertising upon a fixed-rate basis and the First to use the linotype machine. Under the direction of john S. Knight, its editor and pub- lisher from 1944 to the early part of 1959, the Daily' Nczvi' is now in the process of an 811,000,000 expansion program which reflects the faith of the Daily Near in the Chicago community, and the faith of that community in the Chicago Daily Newt. On january 5, 1959, the Chicago Daily Near was sold to Field Enterprises, Inc., owners of the Chicago S1111-Timer. Mr. Marshall Field, Jr., publisher of the S1111-Timer, became the new publisher of the Chicago Daily Near. Ground for the Daily New Build- ing was broken on December 29, 1927, and on june 8, 1929, the Daily Nezvf moved from its old home at 15 North Wells Street to its present quarters at 400 Wfest Madison.