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
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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.