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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Feb. 22, 1952
W.A.WhiteFoundation Studies News Problems
By BOB LONGSTAFF
The William Allen White foundation—dedicated to the enrichment of journalism education—was established on the campus as a memorial to America's most famous small town editor shortly after his death in 1944.
The foundation's work is divided into two phases—annual lectures at the University and the collection of case histories of journalistic problems involving ethics and moral responsibility.
The foundation brings leaders of thought in fields exemplified by Mr. White to the University. These lectures are given at the University and are published for distribution in the United States and abroad.
James B. Reston, New York Times diplomatic correspondent, gave the first foundation lecture in 1950. Ernest K. Lindley, Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine, was the second lecturer in 1951.
Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, who is the principal speaker at the dedication ceremonies of the new Journalism building is the third lecturer in the series.
A second phase of the foundation's aims is to develop realistic teaching material in the form of case histories of actual problems in the operation of newspapers, radio stations and magazines.
Charles G. Pearson instructor in journalism from the fall of 1947 to June of 1950, was the first assistant with the foundation. He was critically injured in an auto accident last year and is still hospitalized.
Harold Reddock, 1949 graduate and currently a graduate student, replaced Mr. Pearson last July. Mr. Reddock worked two years as an editor of weekly papers.
editor of weekly papers The research assistant interviews editors, reporters and other persons involved to get a chronological history of the circumstances in the story.
story. With this history, the research assistant prepares a case to be used in the class room. The purpose of the case is to transplant the student into the particular situation. It is not so much concerned with the techniques of the story as it is with the responsibility of the press to the public.
the public.
"Many schools and departments of journalism around the country have expressed an interest in utilizing the cases, and cases have been sent out to them," explained Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and director of the foundation.
Dean Marvin is using some of the cases in teaching Editorial Problems and Policies, a course in the school.
The foundation was financed by funds raised in a nation-wide campaign in 1946-47. The radio, motion picture and publishing industries provided half of the $750,000 needed for a five-year program. The remaining half was supplied by public subscription.
The late Henry J. Allen, former governor of Kansas and Wichita publisher, was the foundation's first president. John P. Harris, publisher of the Hutchinson News-Herald, is the present president. Alvin S. McCoy, reporter for the Kansas City Star, is vice-president. Karl Klooz, bursar of the University, is secretary-treasurer.
Trustees of the foundation include leaders in journalism, public affairs and industry in the United States. They are:
Daniel R. Anthony III, publisher,
Leavenworth Times; Roy F. Bailey,
former publisher of the Salina
Journal; W. A. Bailey, general manager,
the Kansas City Kansan; W. T.
Beck, editor and publisher of the
Holton Recorder; Henry S. Blake,
vice-president and general manager
of Capper publications of Topeka;
Fred W. Brinkerhoff, publisher,
Pittsburg Sun and Headlight; Robert U. Brown, editor, Editor & Publisher magazine, New York City;
Herbert Brucker, editor, Hartford, Conn., Courant; Erwin D. Canham; Hodding Carter, editor and publisher, the Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Miss.; R. A. Clymer, editor, ElDorado Times; Marvin H. Creager, editor emeritus, Wilwaukee Journal; Arthur L.
Crookham, editorial editor, Portland, Oregon Journal; Henry Darby, former United States senator from Kansas and industrialist and civic leader in Kansas City, Kan;
HAROLD REDDOCH
Doris Fleeson, Washington, syndicated columnist; Frank E. Gannett, publisher of the Gannett Newspapers, Rochester, N. Y.; Henry J. Haskell, editor, Kansas City Star; Ben Hibbs, editor, Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia; Alfred G. Hill,
publisher, Chester (Pa.) Times and the Oak Ridge Oak Ridger; David Hinshaw, public relations executive, New York City, director of the foundation's nation-wide campaign in 1945-46;
Wharton Hoch, editor and manager of the Marion Record-Review; Arthur Holman of Arthur Holman, Inc.; Gene A. Howe, president and publisher, Amarillo Globe and News; Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher, Denver Post; Karl Koerper, vice-president and general manager of the University of Lawrence, Washington political reporter and columnist and editor and publisher of the U.S. News and World Report magazine;
Ernest K. Lindley; Engene Lowther, general manager, Emporia Gazette; Henry R. Luce, editor-in-chief, time magazine; William R. Kraft, publisher, Daily Star; Luman G. Miller, editor, Belleville Telescope; Melville Minton, president, G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers, New York City;
Dwight Payton, editor and publisher, Overbrook Citizen; John Redmond, editor and publisher, Burlington Republican; James B. Reston; Roy A. Roberts, president, Kansas City Star; Harry Scherman, president, Book-of-the-Month club; Andrew F. Schoepel, U. S. Senator from Kansas, former governor of Kansas; Chester Shaw, executive editor, newswell magazine; C Smith, chief editor, business manager San Francisco Chronicle; Roger W. Straus, chairman of the board, American Smelting and Refining company, New York City; Harold P. Trusler, Emporia businessman and president of the William Allen White foundation in Emporia, and Basil L. Walters, executive editor of the Knight newspapers.
The annual meeting of the foundation will be today, following the dedication luncheon, at 3 p.m. Another annual meeting is the breakfast in Washington, D. C., held in conjunction with the convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in April.
'Scoop Club' Characterized KU Journalism In Early 1900s
One of the University's most unusual clubs was founded shortly after journalism was organized into a department.
The organization, known as the "Scoop Club," consisted of journalism students who had already made their living by newspaper writing.
The members dominated the Daily Kansan and filled all the editorial posts on the student edition of The New York Journal of Journal published April 25, 1908.
The club exposed bootlegging in Lawrence and aided in the conviction of four illegal liquor dealers.
The club was organized for the purpose of inviting prominent men in the newspaper field to speak at the University, and to discuss topics
of mutual interest.
Some of the men who spoke before the club were William Allen White, C. J. Dilton, Ray Palmer of the Kansas City Star, and C. C. Clein, managing editor of the Kansas City Journal.
"Scoop Club" meetings were held every two weeks. "Each meeting was different," according to a report by the Daily Kansan. Two members were placed in charge of the program with the sky the limit.
"The members might discuss current events, some phase of newspaper work, their own reportorial experience, or they might debate the advantages of anarchy and socialism."
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Chancellor Murphy Labels J-School 'One Of The Best'
"No one is a provider of the new home of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information than I.
"Behind the School and its new building stands a half century's tradition of great teaching and achievement. The work of many devoted teachers which is mirrored in the accomplishments of hundreds of alumni has made KU a name envied in journalism.
"In its new home the School has the physical plant for maintaining the high standards of the past. But more important, the School can now advance into new areas of teaching. It can, in the fullest sense of the word, now fulfill the promise of the "... and Public Information" portion of its name.
"No school of journalism can boast better facilities for the teaching of news photography, radio, news typography, and the revolutionary techniques of offset printing, as well as the more familiar news and advertising sequences. Television training will be added soon.
"This new building will first serve individuals, but through them the William Allen White School will serve the state, the nation, and that part of the world where freedom of information exists."
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy
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