The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 12, 1958, Page Page Seven, Image 7
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' High school and college students
are greatly underestimating the
career opportunities which exist on
the reSlorting and editing st,affs of
the nation's newspapers.
This is a major conclusion of a
report by Alvin E. Austin, who
took a year's leave from his post
as head of North Dakota Univer
sity's journalism department to
investigate news staff recruit
Oment problems - and solutions -
across the nation. His study was
sponsored by Dow Jones & Co.,
publisher of The Wall Street
Journal, and by the Dow Jones
Foundation.
Manpower Shortage
One of his surveys, of 135 large
and small daily papers, disclosed
that over 67 per cent consider
"shortage of new manpower" to
be one of their leading problems.
Pay for beginning reporters just
out of college is .rising rather
rapidly; it now averages around
$73 weekly and ranges above $100.
Slightly more than half the news
papers surveyed are paying some
top experienced newsmen more
than $10,000 annually.
"Clearly, newspaper salaries
have been improving faster than
information about the gains has
been getting around," declares the
Austin report. It blames the
majority of newspapers themselves
for a widespread failure to in
form young people of the oppor
tunities on news staffs. And it
emphasizes that on good news
papers these rewards Include "in
tangibles" of the profession: ex
citement, integrity, prestige - r
way of life.
Star Reporter
"To the extent that journalists
have succeeded in tearing down the
traditional stereotype of the hard
drinking, bullet-dodging star re
porter (still purveyed by movies'
and television) they seem to have
left only the wrong impression that.
newspapering is a dull and routine
job," says the Austin report.
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Career
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Attracting bright young minds
"is the newspaper industry's prob
lem; many individual papers ar
tackling it with imagination and
vigor," it adds. "But it is also a
problem of importance to the
whole American society. News
papers always have needed the
best minds available to perform
their vital task of keeping the
public Informed. Never has this
been truer than now, a time of
scientific, social and economic
breakthroughs."
Greatest Pool
The greatest pool of talent for
newspaper staffs of the future is
to be found today on college and
school papers, the study concludes.
It suggests most student editors
would welcome volunteer profes
sional advice on putting out their
publications, and that association
with the pros could lead many
young ,people to chose a journalistic
career.
Newspapers confront a mild
dilemma, Professor Austin nutes,
because their hiring concentrates
on smart college students-but im
pressions about careers are pretty
well fixed in most youngsters'
minds several years before they
graduate from college. This means
the papers must capture imagina
tions at high school age, if not
before.
Have Failed
As evidence that newspapers
have largely failed to do this, he
shows that staffs of high school
newspapers (some 30,000 of them,
with $20 million annual production
costs) have been largely abandoned
by the 'boy students, just within the
last few years. He quotes approv
ingly the remark of a professional
newspaperman: "High school boys
are not convinced the profession is
one with a future, and don't want
to waste time on it. If we can
convince them of its opportunities,
they will return to the fold."
Should the young person aiming
at a news career go to a college
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'58 Grid
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Now that most of the post-season I
superlatives have been announced,
the Carolina football team can look
back on a season that produced
a rich harvest of honors.
A late-season spurt enabled the
Gamecocks to finish 15th in the
nation in the final Associated
Press poll, marking the first time
in the history of the school that
Carolina has been ranked in the
journalism school? The report
notes that debate on this point
still rages among newspaper exe
cutives. Of 128 managing edi
tors questioned, 91 would defin
itely hire journalism school grad- I
uates ahead of general college I
grads; 29 firmly favored the latter
over the former; just eight had no
preference.
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MVWEI? TH4ROUGH PIlNE10Si
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op 20 at the end of the season.
The Gamecocks downed Duke,
eorgia, Clemson, Furman, Vir
inia, North Carolina State and
Wake Forest, while losing to Army,
qorth Carolina and Maryland.
'The Hawk'-All-American
Halfback Alex Hawkins received
he-most individual honors, includ
ng the "player-of-the-year" award
or the Atlantic Coast Conference,
he top vote on the sports writers'
ll-conference team, first-team
)ositions on the Associated Pross
nd United Press-International
ll-A.C.C. teams, a position on
he Paul H. Williamson ratihg sys
em All-America, and a third-team
>ost on the Associated Press All
kmerica.
Fullback John Saunders, a jun
or from Churchland, Va., has his
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share of honors, too, receiving the
William P. Jacobs award as the
best blocker in the A.C.C., as voted
by the sports writers, and gaining
positions on the sports writers as
sociation and United Press-Inter
national All-A.C.C. first teams.
Pitts Honored Too
Gamecock tackle Ed Pitts was
named to the Associated Press all
conference team and missed the
sports writers all-league first team
by only one point in the voting.
Pitts is a junior from Clinton.
During the season guard Jake
Bodkin was named A.C.C. "sopho
more-of-the-week" for -his play in
the Georgia game, and Hawkins
and Saunders were named state
"player-of-the-week" tw,ce each
for superlative performances.
Saunders had the distinction of
leading the conference in rushing
with 653 yards and a 5.1 average,
while Hawkins was fifth with 474
yards.
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DATE OPPONENT SITE
Dec. 13 Georgia . . Home
Doc. 15 Duke Durham, N. C.
Dec. 17 North Carolina ....... Home
Dec. 20 Georgia Tech. Atlanta, Ga.
Dec. 29 Carrousel Tournament Charlotte, N. C.
Jan. 5 Clemson Clemson
Jan. Maryland ... Home
Jan. 10 Virginia .... Home
Jan. 12 Furman .Greenville
Jan. 14 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N. C.
Jan. 27 Furman .. . Home
Jan. 30 N. C. State Charlotte, N. C.
Jan. 31 North Carolina Charlotte, N. C.
Feb. 3 Duke Home
Feb. 7 N. C. State Raleigh, N. C.
Feb. 18 Georgia Augusta, Ga.
Feb.. 21 Clemson Home
Feb. 24 Wake Forest Home
Feb. 27 Maryland College Park, Md.
Feb. 28 Virginia Charlottesville, Va.
Birdometer
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Stan Spears, qb 14 12 0.8
Harvey Shiflet, qb 8 9 1.1
W. L. Strickland, fb 1 6 6.0
Melvin Harris, hb 1 -5 -5.0
INDIVIDUAL PASSING -
No. Comp. Yds. Int.
Bunch 23 13 177 1
Hawkins 13 8 120 2
Dixon . 14 6 65 1
Satterfield 13 2 50 3
Bennett 3 1 37 0
Spears 4 1 7 0
Kopian 1 0 0 0
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
TD's Conversions Pts.
K R C
Hawkins 5 0 3 3 42
Saunders 6 0 0 0 36
Bunch 5 0 1 0 32
Dixon 5 0 0 1 32
Spears 2 0 0 0 12
Bowman 1 0 1 0 8
Dorsett 1 0 0 0 6
INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
No. Yds.
Hawkins .10 141
Dixon 10 189
Walker 4 25
Mayfield 3 77
Duncan 3 17
Dorsett 1 7
INDIVIDUAL PUNTING
HatcherNo. Yds. Ave.
Hatcher20 834 41.7
Dixon 29 940 32.3
Bennett 4 125 -44
Spears 5 135 27.0
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