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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1947)
SDX Delegate Describes Trip By DON SMITH I President Harry Truman's infor mal conference, and speeches by jSecretary of National Defense James V. Forrestal and Vice-Chair man of the Atomic Energy Cora 3ion W. W. Waymack highlighted the Sigma Delta Chi convention in Washington, D. C., according to Hans Wold, delegate from the Ore gon chapter at the national pro fessional journalistic fraternity meeting November 11 through 14. President Truman held the infor mal conference for delegates in the White House on Wednesday, No vember 12. Stressing good reporters as the first necessity of a newspaper, Tru man told the group if he were to attempt to run a newspaper he would hire a group of first class police reporters and let the column ists take care of themselves. “If you can learn to recognize a fact,” the chief executive contin ued, “then you are well on the way toward being a competent reporter. When you get tired of persuing facts,” he added with a smile, “and start presenting your own opinions, then you’re a columnist.” Student journalists mixed with deadline - hardened professionals Tuesday evening in the lbunge of the National Press club at a party Which opened the informal side of festivities. Wold was impressed by the im mensity of the club, which occupies Washington’s Tallest building, and ! ' " - At Oregon ARDATH McDaniel smokes CHESTERFIELDS Ardath says: “Chesterfields are really smoother tasting.” A nation-wide survey shows that Chesterfields are TOPS with College Students from eoast-to-coast. is the “hangout” of some of the capitol's top-flight columnists. “I was told many Washington writers cover their beats from a table in this club,” related Wold. “They read reports and press re leases, interview each other, and then write their material. Their columns are often a compiling of news and rumor drawn from fellow correspondents.” Waymack stressed the need for more and better understanding of atomic energy in his address be fore the delegates at a luncheon November 12. Former editor of the Des Moines Register-Tribune, he called for a layman on the staff of every metropolitan newspaper who can give an intelligent appraisal of atomic energy. “The public is hungry for news,” averred Waymack, “and the press should recognize the importance of the current lack of knowledge of the atomic energy field.” Waymack pointed out to the del egates that the United States must continue to go ahead in the field and not rest on what it has done. Two hours on a sight-seeing tour Saturday, added to his own obser vations during the previous days, left Wold “properly” impressed with the nation’s capital. He found it to be a clean, beautiful, well planned city, and one in which he would like to spend more time. Business and organization ses sions were held morning and after noon through the four-day meet. Panel discussions pertaining to the field of journalism and discussions of mutual problems and interests interspersed the sessions. Elected national secretaray of the fraternity was John M. Mc Clelland Jr., editor of the Longview Daily News in Longview, Wash ington. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was cho sen for the site of the 1948 conven tion, at the invitation of the Mar quette- university chapter. Wash ington and Lee university and Washington professional chapter were co-hosts to this year’s con vention. Secretary of National Defense Forrestal called journalism the greatest profession in his banquet address to the Sigma Delta Chis November 14. Largely upon the shoulders of the Give your between meal snax that holiday flavor. Try our old fashioned fruit cake Home Bakery and DELICATESSEN 86 E. Broadway Phone 4118 people and the press of this coun try, he said, rests the future of the people and nations of the world. The press, continued Forrestal, must play an important part in bringing to the world the aware ness that the UniteiJ States is, as a nation, the embodiment of com mon freedoms. Unless the press ful fills its role the peoples of the world will not look to the United States for leadership in attaining the bet ter way of life. He urged the press and the peo ple not to become impatient in their struggle to straighten out the international tangle left by the world wars. Wold reported his trip to Wash ington before an elementary jour nalism class instructed by Jack; Billings upon hi3 return to the cam- j pus. He also presented a report to | the Oregon Sigma Delta Chi chap ter, sponsors of his trip east. ISA Taps Eva s For Secretary Job Wenzl Evans, sophomore in busi- j ness administration, was elected ! secretary of the Independent Stu dents’ association at a recent meet ing of that organization. Ralph Bright, junior in business adminis tration, was elected junior repre sentative to the organizational committee at the same meeting. Dr Beck Shows Film Dr. Lester Beck, professor of psychology, returned to the campus Sunday after a week’s trip into eastern Oregon where he appeared in Ontario and Nyssa. He conduct ed test showings of the E. C. Brown Trust film, “Human Growth.’’ Dr. Beck has been associated with the film as technical adviser since early this year. The film, pro duced by Eddie Albert Inc. of Hol lywood, now is complete and is be ing tested in a few towns in Ore gon prior to its general release. 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