Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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J: Marshall Field, Jr. Publisher suilicfff s s HE dedication of the new Sznz-Timer Building in Janu- ary, 1958, marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of the S1111-Timer through the merger of the Chicago Sun and the Chicago Timex on February 2, 1948. A modern metropolitan newspaper has great responsibilities and obligations. Chief among them are those of advancing the interest of the community and the nation in every possible wayg of informing the reader so fully and ably that he can properly exercise his own responsibilities as a citizen of a democracyg and the creation of a market through advertising for those who have goods or services to sell. All this, the S1171-Ti77Z6.f believes, requires an enormous amount of dedication and service as well as the best physical equipmentg hence the purpose of its plant, the newest and most modern in the country. Formally dedicated in january of 1958, the new S1111-Timer Building symbolizes the excitement and adventure of publishing a great metropolitan news- paper. The building is located in the heart of the city on the north bank of the Chicago River. mumnma.-.-.kg-1 1-...,..w::, L: ,...,,... W-, ...:h.- V ... -it Y - ...,- .-..,. ., , , Y , .1-, .

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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.

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THE CHICAGO AMERICA HE Cbirtzgo A77l6'I'ft'iIIl descends from a line of news- papers which has served Chicago since 1872. Though it has changed, and is still changing along with the city, it has never departed from its zeal to serve Chicago. Today the Amerimzz records Chicago's problems and growthg its vitality, humor, and humanity. It mirrors the vast changes taking place in Chicago's way of life. The Anzeriazzzk news profile, however, is not the only side of its personality. Another facet consists of the top writers whose columns and features regularly appear in the Amerifizfz: articles by Ernest Tucker, William Gleason, and jim Bishop, informative pieces by George Murray and Nate Grossg a tele- vision column by Janet Kern, society by Cholly Dearborn, business news by Hal Thompson, and sports by a notable staif of expert writers. To keep its goals firmly fixed in mind, the Chicago American has adopted as its slogan: Chicago owned, Chicago edited, Chicago dedicated. Executive Editor Headquarters for the Cbicago Americmz is the Americnvz Building, lo- cated at 526 West Madison. ! Q 5554? is P! sl Stuart List Publisher ll ll n sl ll