—Page 4 University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 22, 1952
Former Newspapermen Give KU Students Thorough Training In Journalistic Work
Bv CHUCK ZUEGNER
BY CHUCK ZUEGNER Practical experience coupled with book learning enables the nine faculty members of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information to give KU students thorough preparation for journalism careers.
Heading the school is Dean Burton W. Marvin, a member of the Chicago Daily News staff for nine years. He has served as reporter, copyreader, assistant city editor, cable editor and telegraph editor.
Dean Marvin taught at Northwestern university's Medill School of Journalism and the Columbia university Graduate School of Journalism before coming to KU as dean in 1948.
Dean Marvin received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and was awarded the Hitchcock scholarship to pursue graduate work at Columbia. He received his master's degree in journalism there in 1937.
Prof. Elmer F. Beth has been on the staff at the University since 1940. She served assistant professor, 1940- - associated faculty, 1946, and full professor since then.
He taught for 10 years at Idaho university and held the position of instructor at State College of Washington. Professor Beth received both his bachelor's and master's degree at Wisconsin university.
Professor Beth has worked on the Christian Science Monitor, Two Rivers (Wis.) Chronicle-Reporter, Monitowac (Wis.) News-Herald, Milwaukee Journal, Madison (Wis.) Capital Times, Moscow (Idaho) Star Mirror and the Kansas City Star.
professor of journalism at Missouri university where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees.
One woman, Associate Prof. Frances Grinstead, holds a place on the faculty. Miss Grinstead came to the University after serving as assistant
Miss Grinstead has worked on two newspapers, the Mexico (Mo.) Intelligencer and the Spartansburg (S. C.) Journal. She has one novel to her credit. "The High Road," published in 1945.
Starting as a copy boy on the Newark (N. J.) Morning Ledger, Associate Prof. Emil L. Telfel was later graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame university. He received a master's from St. Norbert's.
While at Notre Dame, Professor Telfeil served as campus correspondent for the New York World. He was city editor of the De Pere (Wis.) Journal Democrat, a weekly, and later became public relations director and chairman of the journalism department at Loyola University of the South, New Orleans. During the
KU STUDENTS AT WORK—Five Students in Editing I edit copy under the watchful eye of Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism. Left to right are Emory S. Williams, senior; Philip G. Wilcox, junior; Richard E. Wilson, junior; David S. Arthurs, senior, and Clark Akers, junior.
ROBERT B. WENTWORTH
CALDER M. PICKETT
Professor Pickett was employed by the Salt Lake City Desert News, the Salt Lake City Tribune, and the Chicago City News Bureau.
last two summers he worked as assistant city editor and news editor of the Topeka Daily Capital and Leavenworth Times, respectively.
Another product of Northwestern is Assistant Prof. Calder Pickett, who formerly taught at Denver university and Utah State college, where he attended undergraduate school.
Thomas C. Ryther superintendent
He has worked as a reporter, rewriteman, copyreader, night city editor and assistant sports editor. He also has published a small weekly.
Handling the news advisory job for the University Daily Kansan is Assistant Prof. Victor J. Danilov, another experienced newspaperman. Professor Danilov worked on the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, the Chicago Daily News, the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator and the Sharon (Pa.) Herald.
Mr. Danilov was graduated from Penn State college and received his master of science degree at Northwestern university. He taught at the University of Colorado last year.
of the University Press, is an assistant professor and teaches courses in the art of printing.
He worked as head of the mechanical department of the Delaware Ledger, Newark, Del., and was printing instructor at South Dakota State college before returning to the University in 1940. Professor Ryther earned both his A.B. and M.A. degrees at Kansas.
Instructor in advertising is Robert W. Doores. Mr. Doores attended Pittsburg State Teachers college, receiving a bachelor degree in education.
He formerly taught printing at Chanute (Kans.) Junior college and high school and was co-owner and publisher of the Solomon Valley Tribune at Solomon, Kans.
Also teaching advertising is Robert B. Wentworth, assistant professor. He earned his bachelor's degree at Northeastern university and received a master of science in education degree at Boston university, 1936, and the University of Illinois, 1939.
Professor Wentworth has been an instructor in salesmanship, accounting, advertising and marketing at the University of Illinois, University of Vermont and Bridgeport (Conn.) college.
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