UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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TUESDAY, APRIL 27,1943
Journalism Is Open To Other Majors
Attractive job offers from newspaper publishers crowd the Journalism building bulletin board these days, indicative of the 7,000 shortage of editorial and advertising workers which has developed in the publishing business. Most of the offers are for women. A recent nation-wide survey showed, furthermore, that all of the 1943 graduates of journalism schools will fill not more than 1,000 of the jobs open
"To help meet this difficult war time problem of publishers," declares Elmer F. Beth, acting chairman of the department of journalism, "we suggest that women who are majoring in non-technical departments (that is, those who have not been training for a articular vocation or profession) might consider electing several fundamental journalism courses to prepare for war time jobs in the publishing field.
English Major Goes Into Journalism
"If a major in one of the liberal arts departments completes successfully courses in reporting, editing, advertising, and publishing—a total of 11 or 12 credits—under our direction, this department will assist in 'placing' that graduate in a newspaper job. We will explain to the publisher that the applicant is not a journalism graduate but that she or he has completed the foundation 'know-how' courses."
Miss N. Jane Miner, a major in English, is completing electives in journalism this semester and has already been recommended to several interested publishers. The courses to be offered in the 16-weeks term this summer will make it possible for non-majors to complete the elective sequence a semester earlier.
"Some schools of journalism are trying to train freshmen and sophomores to fill some of the thousands of journalism jobs," explained Professor Beth, "but our department doesn't believe such quickie courses are fair to the student or helpful to the publisher.
War Opens Journalism for Women "We think it sounder to invite interested students, who will finish degrees in the various liberal arts majors, to consider preparing themselves for beginning jobs in the publishing field by simply electing 11 or 12 hours of the foundation work in journalism. The present emergency
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YWCA Plans Picnic At Potter's Lake Thursday Afternoon
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Plans for the YWCA picnic to be held at 4:30, Thursday afternoon at Potter's lake were made at a meeting of the new YWCA cabinet yesterday afternoon. Cabinet members were urged by Cara Shoemaker, YWCA president, to ask all YW members to send in their cards by Thursday morning if they wished to come to the picnic.
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The cabinet decided to make any necessary changes in the constitution with the consent of all YW members at the picnic. The 26 new cabinet members talked over plans for future cabinet meetings and discussed the idea of having each member of the cabinet sit in on meetings of the YWCA board.
Seniors Speak At Pharmacy Colloquy
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Jack Bicknell explained the use of emulsifying agents in the cosmetic industry, Walter Nash described dental pharmacy, and Max Wilson described the processing and use of blood plasma in a discussion by three pharmacy seniors at the School of Pharmacy colloquy today.
Slightly Confused
Blood for Gas?
Richmond, Cal., (INS)—Guadalupe Soto laboriously wrote his name and Mexican birthplace on the card they gave him at the Richmond headquarters for Red Cross, rationing, and other war agencies.
and others. Politely he followed a nurse down the corridor to a big white room where attendents led him to a bed. After they had drained the usual pint of blood, the bewildered Mexican waited patiently. At last, in broken English, he asked: "Now do I get my gasoline?"
Miners Strike; Refuse Demands Of Steel Formula
(International News Service)
With only three days to go before the temporary agreement, under which American soft coal miners have been operating expires, sporadic strikes and union and government moves brought the turbulent coal situation close to a showdown today. Developments were these:
New York: John L. Lewis was meeting the policy committee of the United Mine Workers union to decide the next step in the contract controversy which originated in the mine workers demands exceeding little steel formula.
Harlan, Ky.: Some 1,800 miners in three wives were on strike and there were indications that additional miners were ready to walk-out today.
Birmingham, Ala.: Seven mines struck without official sanction or disapproval remained closed. At another mine 4,000 miners returned to their jobs, but District 20 informed operators that the temporary working agreement would end Friday night.
Pittsburgh, Pa.: Unrest in this district resulted in a walk-out of 12,-500 miners and a loss of some 65,000 tons of coal per day.
Wallace Finds Latins Eager for War Work
Washington, (INS)—Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, back in Washington today from a good will tour to several Central and South American countries said that he found each country he visited anxious to help in the war effort.
"They seemed anxious to cooperate, whether it was in providing military bases or increasing production," he said.
Jeffers Inspects Synthetic Rubber Plants On Gulf
The head of rubber production for the government inspected the Port Arthur-Port Neces plant Sunday and said that all indications were that full operations would begin there in August or September.
Houston, Tex., (INS)—William M. Jeffers, national rubber director, continued an inspection yesterday of synthetic rubber manufacturing plants in the Gulf Coast section of Texas, expecting to arrive for an overnight stay in Houston late in the afternoon.
Goes on to Houston
The rubber production head said that while holders of the B and C cards might obtain certificates to purchase the new tires, they also might not find them as plentiful on the market, as desirable for sometime to come. Side Steps Question:
He then went on to Houston for a few minutes stop, enroute to Galveston. When in Houston he told news reporters that he was fully confident the nation's synthetic rubber program and production would keep essential transportation rolling, but intimated that he believed that the release of grade 1 tires to autoists who have ration cards permitting driving more than 240 miles a month, did not mean, as yet, as much as some news stories had indicated.
Jeffers turned off questions about differences of opinion between him
Side-Steps Questions
The United States, he declared, will receive "quite a bit" of natural rubber from Central and South America which will be of value in the synthetic rubber program.
Many Central and South American countries are suffering keenly from lack of shipping facilities Wallace pointed out. Many are unable to import food and other products.
Realization Lacking of Shipping Situation
"I think no country realizes how difficult it is to supply ships to carry the goods they need," he said "they are anxious to get ships. They are suffering greatly."
Wallace said government, business and labor leaders accepted his explanation of the necessity of supplying soldiers over seas first of all Shipping Situation May Get Worse "I told them that for a few month the shipping situation might ge worse," he said.
Wallace declared that he saw little evidence of Axis propaganda in the countries he visited. There was, re-added, a strong anti-fascist feeling especially among labor unions who hate Hitler. Banished Republican leaders are organizing in various countries, and are protesting agains imprisonment of Republicans in Spain, he reported.
Jeffers planned to leave Houston today so as to be in Washington Wednesday. He said reports to him indicated the synthetic rubber production progress in the Gulf Coas area to be in good shape.
and Undersecretary of War Rober Patterson, about the rubber production program.
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