University of Manitoba - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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'7fze fwanillalan HE subject of student journalism and student jour- nalists could be dealt with under three headings: tal What they do. 121 Why they do it, and lc! What does it get them? If the first of these headings were to be properly expounded, expanded and ex- ploded, it would either leave the reader tremendously enthused or profoundly disappointed, perhaps even disillusioned. Neither of these emotions would reflect a true appreciation of what they do. The popular conception of a newspaper ofnce resembling a padded cell minus the padding is as false when held regarding a student newspaper as it is in regard to any other newspaper. There is a great deal of hard work to be done, and very little time to shout at the top of one's voice and throw telephones about the room. The second heading has never been answered satisfactorily. and probably never will be. The third is bound up with the futility of a great many things. It has also never been answered satisfactorily. What then can we say about student journalism without becoming sentimentally gushy or sloppily meta- phorical? We have a lot of fun working on the Mani- toban. There is a comradeship born of a unity of pur- pose, which purpose is achieved twice a week. There is a pride born of an attempt, however small, to fulfil the highest purpose of journalism, the presentation of truth while there is yet truth to be presented. There is an endless search for something better. whether it be a moustrap or Nirvana. There are few enough causes left which are worth dying for, and those that are left have been died for so often that any continuation seems all but futile. But you don't have to die for a cause to be a martyr. Even the cause need not be the motivating factor, but rather an effect, to which the cause is only the means. All of which brings us right back to tb? and lc! again. SYLVAN F. SOMMERFELD Editor-in-Chief HARVEY DRYDEN VINCE MACDONALD LESLIE ORR ROWLAND ROBERT H TIVY Managing Editor News Editor Sports Editor Assistant News Editor AUBREY C. GREEN SYDNEY SHEPS CLIVE FINKELSTEIN FRANK KUCERA Features Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager Photographer

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