University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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First Rote: D. Winter, S. Goldmann, J. .Markowitz, A. Cohen, K. Jensen, I.. l;oight, J. Kulamcr, J. Warren. Stcond Row. Dr-Denton Beal, J. Hirsh, G. Ash, R. Ecker, B. Paul, J. Blattenbcrger, B. Thomas, J. Kroimson, J. Weaskv, S. Beering, B. McCulloch, B. Weinstein, D. Sharapan, G. Mchatfey. Third Rov: H. Pincus, B. Weiss, E. Stone, J. Dickey, J. Kereday, H. Slome, D. Morgret, T. Kovar, I.. Holleran, R. Saul, I. Rozakis, J. DcNinno, S. Passamaneck, R. Kranke. fail. Student Congress charged him and the News with “degrading” school spirit. The failure of the train led to more disagreement between the News and Congress. Interfraternity Council took issue with a column on the frat system and answered it with a mimeograph letter, which lead to a spate of mimeographing by other groups. One student was so unhappy about the News that he asked Congress to support a rival newspaper. Editorially the News attacked the cafeteria food prices, the policy of closing the University on Sundays, the l oyalty Oath and other issues. A campaign against discrimination by columnist, Gene Weinstein led to the formation of a Student Congress' Committee to investigate the problem. In backing the Blood Drive and the Pitt Chest campaign the News aided materially in the success of these projects. A lively and varied editorial page built up by a large following for columnists Lois Foight, Ed Jensen, John Kulamcr, Bob Thomas and Dave Winter. They wrote on such topics as “birth control, European education, Communism and the Tuck Shop.” In an effort to serve its readers better the News introduced a regular review of the local legitimate theaters by Dick Snyder. A series of articles on the different campus schools by Clark Sutton drew high praise. The regular feature, the Pitt Poll, by Isabelle Lubovsky and Dec Morgret helped determine the importance of current events. A special series of articles by Elinore Stone showed the student body the. working of top organizations on campus. Boris Weinstein became familiar to readers through his coverage of varsity sports. 261 Arlene Cohen, Business Manager vThis is just between me and N’orcen, boys.1

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Ed Jensen, Editor. The Pitt News Just as the life of a great city is mirrored in its newspapers so is the world of the University reflected on the pages of The Pitt News. Seven-time winner of the coveted Associated Collegiate Press All-American Award, the News hit the halls at 11130 every Wednesday and Friday. Circulation figures show that over 7000 students and alumni turned to The Pitt News for the latest news of Pitt. With an eye cocked for the significant and the lively, a veteran staff of editors and reporters moved onto the campus early in September to put out the registration week edition. Big story in that issue was enrollment; it dropped. From there on in, the editorial staff spent every Monday night and Wednesday night pounding on ancient typewriters in 825 CL. More than a few News staffers watched the sun come up from the eighth floor. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Copy Desk staff under John Kulamcr trolleyed into the printers in Pittsburgh, to put the News to bed. 1951-52 was a lively year for the News. First issue to involve disagreement between the News and its readers grew out of a column by Sports Editor Don Murdock who hinted that a student train to the Michigan game might Looks like they’re all set to go. Well, let me sec ... hmmmmm.

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The Panther Paul Schwarz, Editor. The Panther is Pitt’s All-American entry in an old college tradition—the humor magazine. Charting a rocky course between official disapprobation and student apathy, the Panther stays in the black, amuses many, and won highest honors in the Associated Collegiate Press Contests. Not too many schools still have magazines. Some of them are jokebooks, some picture magazines, some literary museums. The Panther after years of experiment seems to have found a formula which pleases, at least, the students. Meeting the demand for campus stories, Editor Paul Schwarz assigned the Panther s little “hirthquake,” Doris Hirth, as Campus Editor to feed a regular line of features and pictures on campus life. The Panther is a humor magazine by courtesy of Chuck Vaughn, Humor Editor. Chuck’s staff is liberally supplied with scissors and paste, can clip another magazine dry in 9 seconds flat. Of course, Pitt’s own jokers and I it the typist or the instructor? It doesn’t look like they’re reading the Panther. Picking those queens. 262 Too many cooks can spoil the soup.