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Four Professional Fraternities Have Chapters In School Of Journalism
By ROGER YARRINGTON
Four professional fraternities, two for men and two for women, have active chapters at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
The Nu chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi, national professional advertising fraternity for women, was recently praised by Mrs. R. Dean Johnson, acting national secretary, as having made "more progress in the last two years than any other chapter."
Nu chapter was organized five years ago. Two years ago it had five members, now it has 25. The fraternity has pledged 16 women this year.
Gamma Alpha Chi was organized in 1920 at the University of Missouri, and the national headquarters are now in Kansas City, Mo. It is the only national professional advertising fraternity for women in the world. It is affiliated with the Advertising Association of the West and the Advertising Association of America.
The fraternity also cooperated with Alpha Delta Sigma, men's advertising fraternity, to sell Bibler books this fall.
The fraternity sold cards, wrapping paper, and note pads during Christmas season, and organized Christmas shopping and wrapping service to raise money.
Each spring members go to Kansas City to visit advertising agencies. They observe the plant and meet prospective employers.
Elizabeth Bull, senior, was youth delegate representing the national team at the international Admission conference held in London last July.
At their annual honors day banquet Feb. 7 Gamma Alpha Chi initiated as honorary members Miss Edna Marie Dunn, fashion illustrator for the Kansas City Star, and Mrs. Richard Zimmerman, coowner of the Kansas Color Press in Lawrence.
Officers for the Nu chapter are Patricia A. Brown, college senior, president; Dorothy M. Hedrick, journalism senior, vice-president; Elizabeth Bull, journalism senior, veterinary, and Shirley Grout, business consultant. Doores, instructor in journalism, is faculty advisor.
The Beta Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity for men, was the second chapter to be organized.
The aims of the fraternity are to raise the standards of its members, to recognize outstanding achievement by journalists, and to promote recognition of the fact that journalism is a profession. It is the oldest and largest professional organization in journalism.
Sigma Delta Chi was founded in 1909 at DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind. KU's Beta chapter was organized in 1910. The fraternity is now established in nearly all colleges which have a strong department or school of journalism
Officers of the Beta chapter are Charles Price, president; Ellsworth Zahn, vice-president and Richard Marshall, secretary. Lee Shepeard is editor of the Sour Owl. All are journalism seniors. Elmer Beth, professor of journalism, is faculty advisor.
Alan Marshall, journalism senior, was chosen to represent the Kansas chapter at the national Sigma Delta Chi convention in November at Detroit.
The chapter is the sponsor of the SISs Owl, official campus humor magazine.
The Epsilon chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, professional fraternity for women in journalism, will soon expand its membership. Invitations will soon be issued to eligible candidates.
Theta Sigma Phi is also planning for the Matrix dinner held every spring. The Matrix dinner is an annual project of every Theta Sigma Phi chapter, and the outstanding event of the year.
The linotype matrix is the official symbol of the fraternity and it is from this that the dinner derives its name. Each year an outstanding woman from this geographic area is recognized and honored at the banquet, along with the outstanding woman in the field of journalism. Ada Montgomery, women's
editor of The Topeka Daily Capital, was honored last year.
Outstanding women journalists are also recognized and honored by the national organization. Last year Nell Snead, women's editor of the Kansas City Star, was one of the five which were honored.
Theta Sigma Phi was founded at the University of Washington at Seattle. The purpose of the organization is to encourage women in journalism.
Officers of the Epsilon chapter are Mona Millikan, journalism senior, president; Anne Snyder, college senior, vice-president; Virginia Johnston, journalism senior, secretary, and Rita Roney Hunt, college senior, treasurer.
The L. N. Flint chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, national professional advertising fraternity for men, will initiate new pledges March 6.
Alpha Delta Sigma was founded in 1913 at the University of Missouri. The L. N. Flint chapter was organized at KU as chapter 13 in 1942 and named in honor of L. N. Flint, professor emeritus of the
William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
The major objectives of the fraternity are to combine into one fraternal body workers in the field of advertising, gain greater recognition for college training for advertising, and to raise the prestige of advertising as a business and it's workers.
Activities of the chapter this year have included two discussions, one led by Ernest Pontius, advertising manager of the Lawrence Journal- World, and one by Arden Booth, manager of radio station KLWN in Lawrence.
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A convention is held by the national organization every other year. Dick Hale, senior, was the representative of the chapter last year at the convention in Cape Cod, Mass.
Larry Cotton, also of KLWN will discuss "Small Retail Ad Agencies" on March 20.
Officers of the N. L. Flint chapter are Frank Lisec, journalism senior, president; Ted Barbera, senior, vicepresident; William Taggart, senior, secretary, and David Arthurs, junior, secretary. Emi' L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism, is faculty advisor.
Another Milestone Passed In KU Building Program
Friday, Feb. 22, 1952
The dedication of the new Journalism building forges another link in the chain of construction projects planned for KU followi World War II.
"It has been necessary for the University to undertake a large-scale construction program," according to Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor, "in order to meet the demands on it."
Construction planning has crystalized into the building, remodeling, and replacing program now in evidence on all parts of the campus.
Expansion has been the main idea. This was nearly impossible during the 1930s, Mr. Lawton says, for the "30s were "dry years" for construction. Inneeds were low, employmen-tion was poor, "stagnated", he says, "and little money was voted to the school from the legislature as a result."
The Faculty club was remodeled on a large scale, and a new addition
was built on the Watson library.
The war brought more students more funds, and consequently more demands upon KU. While post-war enrollment of veterans pushed enrollment figures to almost twice the average total of the '30s, the University began its program of expansion
Temporary structures were set up for classes and living quarters. The annexes to Strong and Lindley halls were built, as well as Sunnyside apartments.
University residences were acquired. Among these were Kanza, Sterling, Oliver, Hodder and Locksley No. 1 halls, and the Varsity house.
A Memorial Campanile, financed by contributions of students, faculty, and others, was completed and dedicated on May 27.1951.
The new Fowler shops were built. North College hall, a dormitory for all freshmen women except those living in scholarship halls and home residences, was built and put into operation beginning in fall 1951.
Three scholarship residence halls, Stephenson, Pearson and Sellards, are nearing completion. Stephenson, also occupied, while Pearson, also be men, and Sellards for women should be occupied in the near future.
Additions to the Student Union, which will expand it to about three times its present capacity, are in progress.
The framework for the new two million dollar Science building has been raised.
Pilings for the new KU athletic fieldhouse are being driven.
Mr. Lawton commented that "the University is in a period of growth. Besides these projects, there should be others. Most of the temporary buildings should be replaced," he said.
Other projects have been the construction of the information booth, and the completion of the new Memorial Campanile driveway.
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SIZE CREATES A PROBLEM—It was necessary to use some imagination in getting the new typography equipment into the second floor lab in Journalism building last week. Many of the crates had to be hauled through a second floor window because they were too heavy and too large to be carried up the stairs. R. W. Doores, journalism instructor and Park Hetzel II, local trucking operator, (left to right) direct the operations from the second floor window as a workman moves a crate into position. Kanen拍 by Jim Murray.
moves a crate into position.—Kansan photo by Jim Murray.
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