Friday, Feb. 22, 1952 University Daily Kansas
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SCHOOL GETS PORTRAIT—A painting of William Allen White by Joseph Hirsch, New York artist, will be presented to the William Allen White memorial reading room today. The painting was given to the school by Harry Scherman, president of the Book-of-the-Month club. Mr. White was a member of the board of judges of the club for years.
By JOAN LAMBERT
27 Newspapermen In Hall Of Fame
Meritorious Service Honored
Meritorious service in the field of journalism has not gone unnoticed in Kansas.
The Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame, originally sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, and the department of journalism in 1931, honors the editors, publishers, managers and printers who have served the Kansas press well.
From 1931 until 1937 men were elected to the Hall annually, but since then selection has been more or less spasmodic. The last man
Nomination and election to the Hall are made by the Quarter Century club, an organization for Kansans who have spent 25 or more years in the field of journalism.
Since the Hall's inauguration in 1931 with six charter members, at least 21 other names have been added to the roster of famous Kansas journalists. Photographs of these men were hung in the news room of the old journalism building.
The six charter members were Col. Daniel Read Anthony, founder of the Leavenworth Times; Solomon Miller, founder of the Kansas Chief in Troy; Maj. Joseph Kennedy Hudson, founder of the Topeka Daily Capitol; Daniel Webster Wilder, editor of the Hawkway World and the Rocky Mountain Journal; Col. Marcellus Marellus Murdock, founder of the Burlingame Chronicle and the Wichita Eagle, and Noble Lovely Prentis of the Topeka Daily Record, the Lawrence Journal and the Junction City Union.
Nominations are made only of men dead for at least three years except for one man—William Allen White. In the case of the Emporia editor the rule was waived in view of his outstanding work in the field of journalism.
Other members of the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame include such men as William Elmer Blackburn, publisher of the Anthony Republican and later of the Herington Sun, Elmer E. Kelley who wrote the "Kansas Grass Roots" column in the Topeka Capital and published the Toronto Republican and the Garden City Herald.
named was Charles H. Sessions, managing editor of the Topeka Daily Capital, in 1945.
There are George W. Marble who rose from printer to reporter to publisher of the Fort Scott Tribune, and Leslie E. Wallace who published the Larned Tiller and Toiler and was reporter and Sunday editor on the Kansas City Star.
Seven Famous
Six of the portraits are of famous American newspaper editors. The other is of Prof. Edwin Hopkins, who taught the first class in newswriting at the University in 1903.
The six portraits are of Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune, Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun, Samuel Bowles II of the Springfield (Mass.) Republician, William Rockhill Nelson, founder of the Kansas City Star, and Joseph Pulitzer, famed editor of the New York World.
Republican party leader William L. Townsley who managed the Great
Bend Tribute is included with William Yost Morgan, '85, publisher of the Strong City Republican, the Emporia Gazette and the Hutchinson News; Clark Conkling, founder of the Lyons Republic, and Moses Milton Beck, founder of the Holton Recorder.
Two former Kansas governors are listed in the Hall of Fame—Edward Wallis Hoch, governor 1905-09 and editor-publisher of the Marion Recorder and 1908 governor and editor-publisher of the Atchison Freedom's Champion.
Professor Flint said that early in the 1920's the journalism department decided to begin a collection of portraits of famous newspaper men. The man commissioned to do the job was Alfred H. Clark, an artist who
Frank F. MacLennan, former vicepresident and director of the Associated Press and publisher of the Topeka State Journal, is included as are John S. Glimore, publisher of the Topeka State Journal, and Benton M唐源, founder of the Walnut Valley Times, ElDorado, and founder of the ElDorado Republician.
Other honored editor-publishers are Edgar Watson Howe of Atchison Globe, Charles F. Scott of the Iola Register and Thomas E. Thompson of the Elk Falls Signal.
John R. "Jack" Harrison, publisher of the Beloit Gazette; Harold T. Chase, editor the Topeka Daily Capital; John C. Mack, manager of the Newton Kansan, and Bernard James Sheridan, publisher of the Paola Western Spirit and editor of the Kansas City Post complete the roster of names and faces.
Journalists' Portraits Are In Collection Of J-School
The portraits were assembled to a large extent by Prof. L. N. Flint, professor emeritus of journalism.
Seven full-color portraits painted more than 25 years ago will soon be transferred from the "Shack" to the new Journalism building.
DAILY KANSAN GETS NEW PRESS—A new $25,000 Goss Model E press has been purchased to print the Daily Kansan. Shown installing the press in the basement of the new Journalism building are Lowell Ross, Goss representative, and Dave Vequist, pressman.-Kansas photo by Jim Murray.
had just returned to KU from Colorado, and was doing free-lance work. Clark agreed to do one portrait each year.
"Clark had the ability," said Professor Flint, "to reproduce very good likenesses of these men from photographs which we provided him." The artist agreed to paint smaller portraits for approximately $25 each.
The portrait of Professor Hopkins was presented to the department of journalism by members of that first news writing class of 1903.
The portrait of William Rockhill Nelson was a large (36 by 24 inches), imposing picture, "This one," Professor Flint remembered, "cost $75, part of which was paid by the Kansas City Star."
Professor Flint thought that the artist had done a fine job of capturing the likeness of Joseph Pulitzer. Mr. Pulitzer's "disfigured" face shows different features on one side than on the other, the face of his face was that of an angel, and the other was that of a devil," Professor Flint said.
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