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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1921)
University Women Journalists Fill Active Place in Newspaper Work JOURNALISTIC JOBS OPENED TO WOMEN Theta Sigma Phi Sponsor for National Register Idea. To Tlieta Sigma Phi. national journal istic honor fraternity for women, falls the honor of sponsoring the idea anrt carrying out the plans whereby every possible assistance is given to girls who «ant jobs in the journalistic field. This undertaking, nation wide in its scope. l,as been christened the Women’s Na tional Journalistic Register, Inc. Not only Theta Sigma Phis, but any girl, in any part of the United States who de sices employment in the field of journal ism. is helped to locate that job which she is in need of. In April, 1920, at Madison, when the convention of Theta Sigma Phi was in session, the idea come into being; since that time it has grown until it now has offices in Chicago, and in New York, where paid secretaries carry on its work. Only the untiring work of Theta Sigma phis in Chicago and also the work of Susan Shaffer Dibelka, has made its present progress possible. From a little, narrow recess in the dark stockrooms of the Open Court Publishing Company of fices in Chicago, to its present office in the Old Tower Book Shop, where its secretary works with the aid of desk and typewriter, the infant has grown. In spite of its wonderful growth, the bureau lias much to do before it. can ful fill the place in the field of journalism that it lias set out to do. To accomplish this end the aid of the most prominent journalists and other interested people has been solicited, and the idea has met with instant approval. Such men and women as Dr. Frank Crane, Dorothy I)ix, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Edna For ber, and others known throughout, the country, have offered their help and ad vice in the infant undertaking. They have confidence in its taking a much needed place iu the world—so have its sponsors. To (he undergraduate woman journal ist, the Journalistic Register means en couragement to continue her course along the newspaper line, for university women are too practical to spend three or four years in preparation for a profession for which there is not sufficient demand The register will in time create greater demands for women journalists as well as fill them. Tt assures the undergraduate an opportunity to try her ability in the newspaper world. ELEVEN TO GRADUATE FROM CAMPUS HIGH Professor Howe to Give Commencement Address; Dean Sheldon V/ill Present Di?!?n:r.3. Diplomas will bo given to the first graduating class of the University high school in the high school auditorium Fri day evening, .Tune 9. The exercises will begin at S o’clock. Professor IT. C. Howe will deliver the commencement address, Professor Har1 R. Douglass of the school of education "ill present the graduates, and Dean TI. b. Sheldon will give the diplomas. The high school glee club, under the direction of Mrs. Anna Landsbur.v Beck, of the I'niversity school of music, will furnish the music. The Reverend Bruce J. G iffon, Pres byterian student past T, will deliver the Raecauhuireate sermon on the Sunday ev ening preceding graduation, May 29, at the Christian church. The following are students who will graduate: Phyllis Davis. Hazel Hayden, Wanda Eastwood, Lena Eastwood, Dor othy Da re. Henry Sheldon. Lucille Mo serve. Estelle Vadnais. Dicta Sullivan, Floyd Rueh. WRITING CLTJB THRIVES T1h> scribblers of I’ol and <.,>uiH. wo “literary” organization. say that thpy intend to paper the walls of their dub room with rejection slips. They if cheerfully, however, because now a“'l then a member of the • group sells something, and here and three among the ejection slips in the elub’s possession ar(' pleasant letters of encouragement telling the scribblers to keep on trying. P°t and Quill is an organization of wo interested in the writing of stories pla.'-s. verse, and the like. The mem t)frs don’t .call themselves anything hut scribblers,” but they are working hard at tin' different kinds of writing that are hipir p<>t hobbies. A study of the manu seript market is a part of the club work ^ Pot and Quill, and the members are tneonraged to send their work out and a make a real effort at placing it. Don’t fail to read Dr. Watts’ ad. It viil save you money. Members of Women's National Honor Society Who Are Active in Journalism Mill Race is Beautiful With Colored Lights for Canoe Fete From the dazzling display of gay, fan ciful floats, wierd sea monsters, bold pirates and Oriental barges, the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority won first prize among the entries of girls’ organizations in the annual canoe fete held Thursday night, with the float, “Forest Fantasy,” an imaginative picture of woodland life “The Spirit of the Sea,” entered by Al pha Tau Omega, was awarded first prize among the entries of men’s organiza tions. Honorable mention in the wo men’s entries was made to Pi Beta Phi showing “A Spirit of the Fountain.” Phi Delta Theta received honorable men tion for the canot, “Icebound.” Special honorable mention was given the Phi Gamma Delta. This was an exhibit of feature diving and was ruled out as a competing entry but was awarded extra special mention by the judges for its entertaining quality. A piping Pan atop a huge mushroom formed the center of the Forest Fantasy which won first place. A fountain bub bled from the midst of flowers and sup ported by three fair maids was the theme which received honorable mention in the women’s division. “A Spirit of the Sea’ was depicted by a huge sea-slioll sur rounded by sailors, and centered by an Aphrodite. A snow-covered sailboat which drifted slowly down-stream, ws* the “Icebound” ship which received men’s honorable mention. A feature combining a Japanese, Span ish and Pierette dance, given by Ada Harkness and Juanita Jackson, won first mention among the stunts. Second men tion was given to the acrobatic tumbling stunt. “Saved by a Banana Skin,” a melodramatic movie stunt, was one of the entertaining specialties. Selections by tlie men’s and women’s glee clubs were also intermission numbers. Colored lights which gleamed from under the water added unusual illumina tion to the floats, and huge spotlights followed them with vari-colored lights. A myriad of many-hued tiny lights twinkled from the foliage and added charm to setting. The unique lighting was one of the features mentioned by the fudges as making the display of un usual interest and beauty. A Chinese funeral barge with wierd music and Oriental draperies was exhib ited by the Chi Psi fraternity. A gay jinrikisha on a moonlight jaunt was an other Oriental note in the exhibit of Friendly hall. A red-eyed sea monster bearing a golden-haired mermaid was the entry of Hendricks hall. The canoe fete committee was directed by Wayne Akers and the lighting was in the hands of George Pasto. The contest was judged by Miss Edg inton. Mrs. Sehroff, Dean Elizabeth Fox President P. E. Campbell. Dean Dyment and Professor Peter Croekatt. SELECTION HELD SOON IN WOMEN’S LEAGUE Ella Rawlings and Helen Nelson Up For President; Interest High Over Aspiring Candidates. Almost side by side with the student body election comes the 'Women’s League election which occurs next Thursday a£-. ternoon. Dame rumor has been busy as to, who would be put up for the different; offices, but such rumors were settled Thursday morning, when the nominating committee decided the names of those j who would run. Ella Rawlings and Helen Nelson arc up for president, and Margaret Smith and Mae Ballack for vice-president. The same two girls who were in the race last year for secretary are up this year, Mar ion Gillis and Margaret Jackson. For treasurer. Charlotte Howells and Bernice Alstoek were nominated; for edidtor. i Nancy Wilson and Tanthe Smith, and for ! sergeant-at-arms, Mary Alexander and Laverna Spitzonberger. The, members of the nominating com mittee wree Vivian Chandler. Lois Macy Nancy Fields. Clara Corrigan and Mar poric Holaday. 40 WOMEN GRADUATE ______ Journalism Popular With Feminine Stu dents; Marriage Interferes. About 40 women out of 120 student have been graduated from the school of journalism since its organization in 1012 Most of these, according to Dean Allen have worked for a time at the profession but the general average of women stu dents who actively engage in the pro fession after graduation is one to four in comparison to that of the men. As a rule the women get married, but in some eases thev have married newspaper men and now are running partnership papers j I„ the department at present there arej about CO women and 70 men. GIRLS’ FIRST EMERALD PUT OUT 13 YEARS AGO Custom Eegun to Permit Women Space For Work of Special Interest to Them. Goodness! I tut girls have been doing things for a long time! For ’way baek in 190S, abou4- Id years ago, when women were not supposed to be interested in any kind of businesslike proceedings, but (tdy in music, art, getting married and other feminine accomplishments, the wo men at Oregon showed their interest in man's work, by putting out for the first time a 16-page edition of tlie Emerald unaided by masculine hands and minds. This first edition was issued, to quote an editorial, to give the women an oppor tunity to present what was of special interest to them, and contained cuts of the different buildings on the campus of the girls’ houses, articles on women’s activities, both at Oregon and other schools, as well as the daily news and ex cuts of the week. In 1900. it was made an annual cus tom for the women to edit one edition of the Emerald each year. The women iiad charge of tin Februay O'-’nd issue Inat year, and in 1910 the third annual edition was published on Junior Week end. Since then it has been the custom to make the Junior Week-end publica tion the Women’s Edition. STUDENTS POEM PRAISED. To write a poem that was praised by leading publishing companies, and finally purchased by the Monthly company, ;s the experience of Maple Dell Moore, a junior rhetoric major. The poem, called “Season Sketches,” was a delightful bit of work, and excited much favorable com ment by literary people on the campus. Miss Moore is working on a number of short stories and verses, and hopes to succeed in placing more of her work. Those Women Journalists I What Happens After They're All Trained 'n Everything? Where do they go from here? To I.ima, Peru, jind to Doty. Washington: To New York City aid to Salem, Oregon, j These embryo women journalists that you see.rushing madly about the eampus j in search of news, who descend upon j unwary professors and drag from them their solemn opinion upon the grading system and the size of freshman caps, to what profit do they put this energy and zeal? Then they go iuto the busi ness world, do they make good? Beginning witli Limn. Peru. A letter was recently received from that place from Lueilo Saunders, who is now globe trotting in South America and aeting r.s special correspondent for the Oregonian, American Exporter, Northwest Timber man, the South American, and Travel. Articles by her appear regularly in the Sunday Oregonian. Interesting side lights on her trip are given in a recent letter to an instructor. She says; “The trip has gone fine and the typewriter THETA SIGMA PHI POINTS WITH PRIDE Journalistic, Social, Educational and Final Achievements For Year. Are Listed. Several definite things have been ac complished the past school year by Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism frater nity. Early in the year they collaborated with the men’s fraternity in giving a “mix” for all majors in the school of journalism, for the purpose of further ing good fellowship and gettiug acquaint ed with the new students. The girls of Theta have paid their pledge of $50 toward the Woman’s Na • tional Journalistic Register, Inc., open to all women in journalism. One open meeting of a literary nature has been held, when Mrs. George Fitch told of the work of her husband, the late George Fitch, journalist and short story Writer. A small paper. “The Handshake.” was put out by the chapter. This is a small paper containing news of the women alumnae of the school of journalism, foi lin' purpose of keeping in touch with lliem and of giving them news of the campus. During the visit of the Grand President of Theta Sigma Phi in March several formal meetings wore held. The girls were instructed in the purposes and aims of (he fraternity, and the work here is on a firmer footing than it has ever been. Several purely social affairs have been given; a dance at the Osborn hotel, a tea at the bungalow in nonor of Miss Grace Edgington. national organizer of the fraternity, a dinner at the Anchorage in honor of Lueile Saunders, besides the regular meetings of the chapter held ev cry two weeks. lasn't had indigestiou, and the camera Sot out of order only once, and the hud dins author found a can of insect powder more useful than the Colt especially after the iodine bottle spilt into the latter. Everything is shipshape.” Miss Saunders expects to be gone a year and a half, and during that time will visit the various countries of South America, and possibly travel through the Orient before returning home. Helen McDonald, another Oregon journalist, is city editor of the LaGrande Observer. During the year and a half that she has been in this town of perhaps five thousand people, she has had several substantial raises. The editor has been called away for weeks at a time, leaving Miss McDonald to step up into his posi tion which she has done, filling his place satisfactorily. Miss McDonald has done everything on the paper from collecting the news to making up the paper, pulling it off the press and passing it out to the delivery boys. Dean Allen holds hex up as a bright an 1 sh'n ng example to Ins women students. Dorothy fox Hesse at the time of her marriage last fall was one of the only two women reporters in Pittsburg. Penn sylvania. Lucille Mcssner Lumsden had the dis tinction of being tile only woman editor in the United States Army. She pub lished “ ‘Teushun 21” for the inmates of the United States Army hospital at Denver, Colorado. According to Pro fessor George Turnbull of the school of journalism, “It was a rattling good im per.” Among the University women journalists now working in the state are: Louise Allen , who is publicity manager for Jensen and Von Herberg, an ad vertising concern of Portland; Dorothy Duniway, who is rated a very successful reporter on the Portland Oregonian; Elsie Pitzmaurice, who is society editor and general reporter on the East Oregon ian. Pendleton; Adelaide Luke, who is society editor and reporter on the Salem Capital Journal; Dorris Sikes, who is telegraph editor on the Salem Statesman; Beatrice Locke, who is assistant: to the editor of the Spectator, Portland; Alene Phillips, who is employed by E. E. Brodie, the president of I lie National Editoral Association, on the Oregon City Enterprise. In Washington, there are Erniices Blurock, who is society editor for (lie Evening Columbian, Vancouver; and Prances Cardwell, who is teaching ill the liigl; school at Doty, hut who finds time to supply (lie town with its only news paper. The Little American. Under her direction, the students collect the news, read the copy, white the editorials, and do everything toward getting out I lie pa per. Armory Ready for Big Prom; Annual Formal is Tonight Something entirely new in formula is hooked for tonight at the armory, ac cording to Elston Ireland, who is in charge of the event and has had a corps of workers putting in their best licks on preparations for the past week. Only GOO tickets are to be sold to students in order to avoid congestion and the only ones who will be admitted without a ticket are high school students. The Prom starts promptly at 8 p. m. and is formal. Flowers arc taboo along with jitneys, in fact if any flowers ap pear they will be collected for the hos pital or some other worthy cause. It is planned to have the girls go up stairs to the dressing room alone and to meet their partners inside the ballroom instead of in the hall. Again the thought of avoiding congestion has been upper most in the committee’s mind. The awards and trophies will be given out following the feature dance, and it has been arranged so that this will take much less time than heretofore. There will be six -fox trots, three-steps and three waltzes on the program. The eight-piece jazz orchestra is an other happy feature of the dance. lOveu thought it will be sort of caged in amongst the decorations, the syncopated rhythm is sure to find its way out. Patrons and patronesses will be Gov ernor and Mrs. Ben Olcott, President and Mrs. \V. .1. Kerr, of Corvallis; Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Grant, of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jackson, of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Kdgur Piper, of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Harris, of Salem; Dr. It. B. Dillehunt, of Portland; President and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Colin V. Dyment, Mr. and Mrs. John Straub Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lomax, Dean Fliza beth Fox, Mr. and Mrs. George Gerlin ger, and Miss Mary Perkins. DRAMATIC MAJOR WRITES. Direct proof (hat dramatic work aud .short story writing sometimes go hand in hand is offered by Irene Stewart, a senior major in the public speaking de partment. who won second prize in the Edison Marshall short story contest this year. The story winch won this dis tinction was called “(’oustin.” Honor able mention was given to Geraldine f'artmell for her story. “And llis Goods He Spent.” Bofli women are members of Hot and tjuill. GIRL HAS STORY PUBLISHED. One of the clever writers of the short story einsses is Jessie Thompson, a sophomore major in journalism, who has recently had an article published in the Spectator, a Portland magazine. Miss Thompson is president of Pot and Quill, and the story which appeared in the Spectator was regarding the efforts of that society to establish quarters for it self in the attic of old Deady hall. She has also been sending verses in to a number of magazines, including the Mid laud. . . tiijf Dean Allen Points Out Tilings In Attitude of Newspaper World In Ten Years. SOB SISTERS NOW RELEGATED TO PAST University Graduates Make Good As Editors, Managers, Correspondents, Reporters. The last ten years have seen a great change in the standing of women in journalism, says Dean Erie W. Allen, of the school of journalism. The field of newspaper work for women hns been de veloped largely in this time, he says, and its importance is likely to increase still further in the next few years. “In the last ten years prejudice against the woman in journalism has almost en tirely disappeared,” Dean Allen declared, “partly due to the fact that the schools of journalism have been sending real Is g< od girl workers into newspaper of fices. In the beginning.” said the dean, “the connection of women with journal ism was not altogether fortunate. Her first appearance was ns what is known as a ‘sob sister’—she . was considered good in newspaper work, not because she was a good reporter, but because she was a woman.” The woman r» porter, Dean Allen continued, used to be sent around to get purely femin renction in the stories she handled. The ‘'sob sister” used pathos, and an excited, exclamatory style in writing her stories, her effort being to show a typically fem inine reaction. “The newspaper, office itself is a much more desirable environment for women than it used to be. Dean Allen went on. The old ideas of 110110111101113111 have pret ty largely died out. and the newspaper office today is a pleasant well-equipped working room. “It is only in the last eight or ten years,” the Dean continued, “that women have been going into journalism on the same basis ns men, that is witli the idea of succeeding on their merits, rather than their personality.” One of the first women students to major in journalism at the University. Dean Allen said, is Helen Driver, ex’lfl who has had an interesting career ns an e.veeulive. She has now gone over to the staff of “Vogue.” Helen McDonald. Mii. takes charge of the La Grande daily paper for the part of the year that the owner, Senator Bruce Dennis, is awav Sh< has been out of college for two years, and lias been doing the work of 0 newspaper manager. Bertha Dorris. MO. specialized in jour nalism and sociology while she was at the University, and for a number of years did sociological work, but in the last year lias been working as a success ful journalist in Detroit. Roberta Killani. ex It), now Mrs. nn ward Harwood, is, with her husband running a paper in Cordova. Alaska. Beatrice Locke. ’10, is working on the Portland Spectator. Claire Hailey, ’10, is doing newspaper work in Pendleton. Rosamund Shaw, ’IS, is working on the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Echo /.aid, ex’17, is in Los Angeles doing newspaper work. Pearl Cruiuc, ex’19, now Mrs. John Kellogg Waite, worked for a time after graduation on the Coos Bay Times, and also on the Eugene Daily Guard. “This is only a sample list,” said Dean Allen. “Theso women are all making good in no instance has any girl wh« graduated from the school of journal ism and w'anted to do newspaper work failed to find a place.” DIAL CLUB FLOURISHES Woman’s Honorary Literary Society Has Twenty-four Members. The Dial, a woman’s honorary literary scholarship society which corresponds to Cross Roads, a .University men’s society formed on the Oregon campus in the spring of 1910, is flourishing in its quiet way. .At u recent meeting of Dial its membership quota was raised from 20 to 24 possible members. The society is purely an intellectual one and does not pose as a campus activ ity. A number of now members have been taken in from time to time this year, at the meetings which occur every two weeks, on Wednesdays. They are Miss Grace Edgington. of the faculty Elizabeth Torrey. Emily Venzie. Ruth Stndtwaller and Helen Carson. Did you read Dr. Watts’ advertise ment? Better look it up or you may re gret it later.