Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DR. W. W. BALL TELLS NEEDS OF NEWSPAPER A College Education Is a Recom nundation to the Modern Employer TECHNIQUE NOT ENOUGH Predcts That a Knowledge of Languages Will Be Nec essary in Future The following letter received in this morning's mail should be of interest to every student, especially those interested in journalism. Its author certainly does not need an introduction to Carolina stu dents. To the Editor of The Gamecock, University of South Carolina. Dear Sir: Since taking up the editorship of The News and Courier three months ago, I have received seven or eight applica tions for places on our reportorial staff. I quote from a letter received in the last two weeks, omitting names: "I have been at ..........University, have attended summer school and would expect to graduate next year if I con tinued but I have definitely decided to stop and go to work. College life I find extremely disagreeable. Last year I worked for short periods on two or three newspapers." Replying I told this gentleman that we had no vacancy and volunteered this advice: "You say you have decided to leave college and that college life is disagreeable to you. I don't think that will make a favorable impression on edi tors when you apply for employment. Let me tell you that the time is about here when editors want for reporters thoroughly educated men; the more thor oughly the better. I want men who not only have a college diploma but who go right on studying and reading. The day of the newspaper man who knows noth ing but the technique of the business is rapidly coming to a close." Whether I am fairly representative of editors in South Carolina and neigh boring states I do not know, but I think I am. The competition for places on newspaper staffs is a great deal sharner than it was when I left the editorship of The State to teach journalism in the University in the fall of 1923. The pref erence will be given to the boy or girl who is not only able to find the news and write it accurately but who is wide ly irformed, who is familiar with good literature, whose work does not end with the covernig of the day's assign ments. I risk the prediction that in less thah twenty years the principal daily newspapers in the South will expect members of their staffs to know at least enough of one foreign language, French, German or Spanish, to read it fluently. The so-called "nose for news" and the willingness to cover ground will always be demanded of the reporter, but in future those qualities will not be enough. The newspan~ers will require that the cub reporter have scholarly attainments, hab its and tastes. Moreover, he should be a specialist in some field, history, poli tics, science, or sports. There is a great field for sport writers-and it is great because so few of them now have more than the scantiest literary skill. Te describe adequately a game of football, Gamecock ON STAG] THU3 The in Conn< Johnnie Hii "ALL . TO ELECT HONOR COMMITTEEMEN ON SATURDAY Nominations Ar from An Class es Except Freshanu Law and Academic VOTING TEN TILL THREE Social Cabinet Officers and Fresh mnan Class Officers Elected Next Week From ten o'clock tomorrow morning until three tomorrow afternoon votes may be cast for this years' members of the honor committee. The voting wifl be in front of the chapel and is open to all students. The men nominated from the various classes are as fol lows: Senior academic, James Fowler Co6per, Julian Shand, Eirene Mayers, and Lizzie Gary Craddock; junior aca demic: Ralph Lewis, Merritt Quattle baum, Rosalie Turner, and Elizabeth Johnson; sophomore: Griffith Pugh, Jack Bates, Georgia Fishburne, and Elizabeth Carson; senior law: W. C. McDow, and Henry Fuller; junior law: Frank Clark, Raymond Dobson, and William EViott. Next Tuesday there will be a cam pus election for members of the social cabinet. On Saturday, October 15, the freshman class will elect officers in the law building. All of these elections are to be held as provided for in the constitution of the student body. The following committees have been appointed and are functioning: com mittee on telegrams, Leslie Edwards, Bert Karick, and Miss Ida Johnston; committee on elections, Bill Cook and Bert Karick. -usC McKissick Speaks Before Press Club "I intend to do all in my power to aid in the progress of journalism on the University campus," said J. Rion McKissick, Dean of the school of Journalism, speaking before the Press club last Wednesday night. "There are over one hundred books on the subject of journalism that are to be added to the University library," he continued. Ethics of journalism, libel suits and a general discussion of various jour nalistics raternities were discussed dur ing the evening. Professor Yates Snow'en, head of the department of history at the Uni versity, charter member of the Press club and for many years an acti -e newspaper man, told the club of some very interesting libel suits that he had come into contact with indirectly. Miss Mayre Wall served punch andt cake during the evening. Those at tending the meeting were: Bruce White, president; Whitney Tharin, v. pres.; W. B. Moore, secretary and treasurer; Miss Mayre Wall, Profes sors J. R. McKissick and Yates Snow den, M. C. Williams, Burton Shook, Baron Bridges, Ralph Lewis, Donald Russell, Dixie Davis, Edward Bryant, William Moore, J. V. Nielsen, Jr., and W. L. T. Crocker. for example, calls for genuine ability to write. It is rare. Yours truly, W. W. BALL Orchestra B, 8:30 P.M. SDYA Lt -- Ideal :ction with 1es in ABOARD" PI KAPPA PHI ST..,- - BE ISTALLF (eontinued from PVO one) Dean Baker, of the University, will be one of the speakers at the banquet. Other guests will be members of the old Sigma chapter and representatives of the fraternity from chapters at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Davidson, Presbyterian College, Wofford, College of Charles ton, Washington and Lee, and Georgia Tech. These chapters have already sig nified their intention of sending men, and it is probable that representatives from other schools will be present. -usc Block 'C' Dance The Block "C" club will give a dance Saturday night in the gym pasium. Admission to students with athletic tickets will be $1.00, to all others $1.50. The Gamecocks will play. MOTOR COACH SERVICE Columbia to Greenville Lv. Columbia: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 2 pm, 3:30 pm, 5 pm Lv. Greenville: Same Time HAYEs Bus LINES (Incorporated) 1800 Main St. Phone 8788 BILLY BULL'S A Meal a Minute ! 1211 Gervais Street SANDWICHES & WAFFLES SHOR'T .ORDERS Ham and Egg Sanduich--15c Sweet Millo-10c Per Pint WILL BE AT Im MONDAY and Stets Johr A COMPLETE I Personal! 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