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NEW LIFE—The new copy desk for the UDK has brought a touch of new life into the newsroom. The desk replaces an ancient relic that had one leg falling off.
Kansan Goes Modern
Friday, Jan. 15, 1965
Split-Level Desk Into Operation
By Don Black assistant managing editor
Probably the only split-level, compact, enclosed, futura copy desk in a university is now in the news room of the Daily Kansas.
The new desk has everything a copy editor and an assistant manager could need, except for a TV set or perhaps a sink. Everything is at the copy editor's or the editor's fingertips; wire machines, telephone, copy paper, layout forms, current daily newspapers, reference books, and hidden trash cans.
"This is probably the most modern news room in any university in the country," said Prof. John DeMott, Kansan news advisor.
"OTHERS HAVE more equipment, but are not as well equipped," Prof. DeMott added. "This is probably the only college news room with a split-level."
The copy desk, a semi-circular desk with about a 12-foot diameter, is used for the editing of reporter's copy and to lay out the day's pages of the Kansan. It is the major element in the news room which is the heart of the campus newspaper.
One news editor sits in the slot, the center of the desk, and assigns stories to copy editors around the
"rim" for headlines and copy editing. The finished copy is taken to the composing room to be cast into type for the paper.
The desk utilizes the most efficient floor space in limited area of the news room. Its design was taken from the desks of the "Daily Oklahoman," Oklahoma City, Okla., "Des Moines Register and Tribune." Des Moines, Iowa, and the "Chicago Sun-Times," Chicago, Ill.
Work on the desk began during the Christmas holidays. Building and grounds personnel had the lower level constructed and were beginning on the top level and the formica top. Work continued and the students put out the Kansan around the carpenters, tilers and painters. Some of the copy went back a little paint splotched.
The floor of the slot is elevated so the editor can see the copy editors and their work.
Plans for the design were made by the advisor, the editor and his assistant managing editors of the 1964 spring semester. A special trip was made to Oklahoma to obtain the plans of the "Oklahoma's" desk.
for ideas. From this and other ideas, a cardboard model was built and the students tried to imagine problems that would confront them on the desk in order to add finishing touches.
Assistant Managing Editor Ralph Sewell of the "Oklaoman," gave the entire plans to the Kansan staff
The new desk has plenty of room for the Kansan to grow. It is designed to handle six copy editors at once and produce a paper of 24 tabloid pages daily. Presently the size of the paper runs 8-12 pages with a maximum of three editors on the desk at a time.
The old desk had been in service for at least 10 years.
"The desk is probably about as near ideal as we could get," Prof. Dmett beamed.
RECORDS
RECORDS
RECORDS
Students Give Recital Monday
Martha Randall, Mankato, and David Holloway, Gas City, will give a soprano-baritone recital in Swarthout Recital Hall Monday at 8 p.m.
will be "Pastoral," a duet composed for the recital by Evan Tonsing, 1962 KU graduate.
Miss Randall and Holloway, both graduate students, will sing duets of Beethoven, Purcell, Faure, Verdi and Hindemith.
RECORDS
A special feature of the program
Official Bulletin
Miss Randall spent the past summer as an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera Company, Santa Fe, N. M. Randall has sung in the chorus of the Central City Opera Company, Central City, Colo.
German Graduate Reading Exam: Saturday, Jan. 16, 9:30 a.m., 110 Fraser.
SUNDAY
TODAY
Direct Exchange Scholarships: Friday, Jan. 15, is last day for submitting applications Direct Exchange Scholarships 663-66. Applications should be sent to 214, Strong.
SATURDAY
Class AA High School District Debate Tournament, All Day, Kansas Union.
Friday Flicks, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. "High Noon." Fraser Theater.
Tournament. All Day. Kansas Union.
Language Proficiency Exams, 1:00 to
3:00
SATDAY
Class AA High School District Debate
Swimming, 3:00 p.m. Kansas State— Here. Robinson Pool.
Tau Sigma Dance Performance, 3:30 p.m. Hoch Auditorium.
Concert Choir, 3:30 p.m. University Theater.
Carillon Recital, 3:00 p.m. Albert Gerken
Fraternities Sororities Clubs
Plan Now For
★ Dances
★ Dinners
Banquets
★ Social Hours
Call for Available Dates
Holiday Inn Restaurant
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