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(The following article appeared In a mnt
Issue of the Oregon School rresa. It was written
by Robert L Casebeer. newspaper advisor W
Riddle. Oregon MrH school and titled. -What s
Wrong With Our MlmeoKraphe4 Taper. Va re
print It here with our comment following!
King Solomon, the wlswit ancient. onca said.
There la nothing new under the un. This
article will prove his point Journallatlc practice
Is largely conformity to an Ideal. The rules or
Journalistic conduct are nearly as Immutable as
the Ten Commandments. Any good textbook Hats
them piously.
Basically, this article Is aaklng only one
question: "Since standard Journalistic practice Is
Indexed right at the smudgy fingertips of ad
visors and editors of mimeograph newspapers,
why do they not use It?" Probably half to three
quarters of the mimeographed newspapers in
the state (This statement Is admittedly slanted.)
should never be foisted off on unsuspecting stu
dents as NEWSPAPERS. Why? Simply stated this
Is the reason: many of these "rags" are poorly
edited collections of adolescent tripe concocted
from an unwholesome mixture of gossip, psuerto
feature material, swiped copy and gimmicks. Real
news Is rare. Reporting In depth apparently Is a
mystery. The editorial pages are devoid of mo
tion and purpose. Feature stories feature the
Insignificant and Insipid. Columns lack irnagln
atlon. sparkle and urbanity. In fact, several mim
eographed papers boast the finest "yellow" or
' "Oregon" Journalism In the world. The pioneer
editors specialized In insult and Hbel; apparently
the mimeographed papers are trying to continue
this sordid specialty.
Low quality of the mimeographed papers
can be traced to four basic causes. The first
Is a Jack of freedom. Too few high school news
papers in this state have earned the right to
freedom by responsible conduct. Freedom Is not
given; freedom Is earned. How many school pa
pers can assail school regulations without fear
of reprisal or censorship? More Important: how
many editors could make such an attack using
logic, reason and fact the three tools of the
editorial writer? School papers should exist be
cause we Americans believe In truth, not because
the school administration wants a tool with which
to propagandize Its students.
If school papers are to be free, can they
discuss the major vexations of teenagers-religion,
Individuality, politics and morality? pol
itics, sex and religion are taboo topics even in
some of Oregon's classrooms. However, those
are the concerns of a school newspaper's readers.
A paper can not refuse to deal with such fun
damental problems and still provide balanced
news coverage and analysis. A newspaper with
out readers Is a monstrosity and is a waste
of time, talent and toll.
What, then, provides the balance to a school
newspaper? The only practical balance is a
social conscience on the part of the editor, the
staff, and the adviser. The next question logically
follows: how does a newspaper adviser get a
news staff that has a moral philosophy which
Is In basic accord with our society?
Right here, the second cause for poor papers
lack of Intelligence enters. The cliche, "You
can't squeeze blood from a turnip," covers the
situation. Intelligent and rational action will
never stem from the unintelligent and irrational.
The surest way to get a newspaper staff with
a socially acceptable conscience is to make sure
that only top-notch students take Journalism.
Journalism classes should seldom contain
students who lack a cumulative "B" average in
all subjects. Why? Good students are informed.
These are the students who can express them
selves. These students have ability and ideas.
They are the school leaders. They are the re
spected citizens of the school community both
by faculty and student body. To quote two slo
gans from November 7th's Saturday Review,
"Readers are Leaders" and "Writers are Fighters."
These are the students Journalism needs. A school
paper whose staff Is composed of scholastic
meatheads who never have had an imaginative
idea in their lives certainly will not develop it
in a one-semester Journalism class. After all,
Journalism Is no panacea; it is more like a Pan
dora's Box whatever is inside a person will
come out. Is It possible that the poor quality
of Oregon's mimeographed papers Is simply due
to lack of Intellect? The possibility exists!
The third reason for poor papers, a lack
of trained editors, can be traced to school curric
ulum. In the small schools, who generally pub
lish mimeographed newspapers, the lack of a
trained editorial staff causes much poor quality.
If a new editor must be trained every year be
cause Journalism is a one year or. even worse,
a one semester course (or, even more horrible
to consider, an extra-curricular project), quality
will automatically dwindle. The adviser's plaint.
"But I can't do anything about that." Is merely
an excuse. "An excuse," someone has said, "Is
the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie." Change
is Inevitable in this life. That change, however,
need not be for the worse.
One way to get a trained editor is to have
the present editor train next year's news chief.
Perhaps credit can not be given for two years
of Journalism. So what? Give with that post
voting membership on the student council; give
awards, trips to press meets, and scholarship
recommendations. The sheer Joy of structuring
public opinion and attention, as well as the
cr",,on of ; ,ri2s sat rJSs
merit enough In themselves. ir"
JlurnalUm Is simply win sauce on a good teak.
Good editors are not fiund; they are trained.
experience ftlU stencil. staff "JJm
seldom can I learned In one year; It would
urobably take a lifetime.
' The fourth cause for poor W
simply Poor direction. Advice is said to be cheap;
Sr adSce. though easy to give. Is often poverty
Kken! A quick .can of th. mimeographed
paper, prove, that poor advice must be plentl
fui; Oregon mimeographed Journalism needs ad
visors and editors who refuse to accept, much
lew print, poor writing. An adviser hol l
kind to dish .Hit earned marks of failure when
a deadline Is missed Is traitor to his trust Ad
visors who let lazy student. , foist off ass gned
duties onto their own over burdened shoulders
simply because those advisers can not or will
not administer a quick verbal kick deserve their
fate. However, such hesitant advisers hurt and
hinder constructive high school Journalism. In
short, an adviser to Journalism's neophytes needs
the patience of a saint and the Industry of an
inquisitor. Oregon needs Its advisers of mimeo
graphed newspapers to become hard boiled. No
teacher does a service to his student or to his
society when he accepts slip shod work.
These then are the four causes for the present
plight of Oregon's mimeographed newspapers:
a lack of freedom; a lack of first class Intellect; a
lack of trained editors; and a lack of patient but
demanding advisers. Here are the causes for poor
high school Journalism. The cures have been
suggested. The future course? Right back to that
Journalism textbook. Page? Page one!
Mr Casebeer, who, surprisingly, Is editor for
a mimeographed "newspaper" offered a sizeable
mnnthfiil of comment for consideration. It will
draw much further comment for certain, and
we are going to be among the first to take the
gentleman apart for some of his statements. His
is a thought-provoking eirort, wunoui uouui, um
he made some statements we think he can't
back up primarily because he confined the sub
ject of his criticism to too small an area of
hlgs school Journalism.
Let's take It piece by piece:
rirt nf all. he aimed his criticism strictly
at mimeographed high school papers. That Is
a mistake. There are also "printed" high school
papers than can qualify for the same criticism
he gave the mimeographed group. There is no
corner on slopplness by the mimeo's.
Second what the man means by "yellow" or
"Oregon" Journalism we Just don't know. The
profession as a whole has never canea uregon
Journalism yellow In fact, Just the opposite.
Take a look at most any California paper (not
high school) to prove that point
He lists four reasons for poor mimeographed
high school papers. No 1 Lack of freedom.
Again the writer restricted his comments to too
small a group. No 2 Lack of first class intellect.
Mister, if you think all the brains are in the big
schools you'd better take another look.
No 3 Lack of trained editors. Here he has
a point, but he doesn't offer an answer. No one
question that a staff (or Journalism class) of
say, 150 can better prepare a crew for next year
than can a class of 15, but the small class doesn't
have as large a field to cover either, and no com
munity can govern its own size. If you're small,
you have to live with It and do the best that
can be clone. We know that at Heppner high
school, and no doubt many others, as much pre
training is done as is possible, but when a
handful of interested youngsters have to do the
whole Job, no one can specialize as might be
done in a larger school.
No 4 Lack of patient but demanding ad
visers. We know that in many cases a smaller
school must put a teacher into a newspaper ad
vising position for which he or she may not
be strictly adapted, but with present pressures
from taxpayers to cut every school budget corner,
a lot of schools are doing the best they can.
To speak for our own case, Heppner is among
the fortunate in having a truly "dedicated" per
son to oversee tho publication of its high school
paper. True, it Is not her sole job, but the tax
payers wouldn't hold still for a minute if an
attempt was made to make It such. Neither is
such a position justified In a school of our size.
Mr Casebeer seems to think that a high
school Journalist should be a "professional" in
his outlook and his ability. He seems to forget
that a high school paper is just the beginning
of a journalists entry into the field of news
papering. A college graduate isn't necessarily a
professional either only time and experience
will do the Job. The job of a high school Journal
Ism teacher is to give a youngster his first look
at writing and journalism not to make him a
finished product in a couple of years. Not even
colleges can do that. j
Mr Casebeer admittedly prepared his paper
for a certain group, but he could well have con- j
si.lprrtl that all do not fall into the same pattern.
Heppners High's Hehlsch Is a mimeographed
paper, and it has received awards for numerous
excellent articles and overall quality. It Is not j
the biggest nor the best high school paper in
Oregon, but by the same token it is a long ways t
from the bottom of the pile. To condemn it as one j
of a group is a serious mistake that won't be(
taken lightly around the journalism room. And,'
it shouldn't be. j
THIRTY YEARS AGO
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Tt k.Mik Wutm. women's lo-
ral book study ilub. m-t Tut--
day evening at the noma w
Alva J rwa.
A small party of fflrruW imt
at the Bt Man home Wed
nesday evening of Ut week U
a game of bridge. Tk prwnt
were. Mr and Mr Roy UruIUn.
Mr and Mrs M K Cotter, Mr and
Mrs Carl Brown and Mr and Mrs
Mason.
CUIr Cox of Heppner, a fresh
man at Oregon State Cullege.
has been appointed as a com
mittee member for the rook
dance to be held April 11.
Saturday. March 15 was def
Initely et as "Charter Night",
by the Heppner Lions club at Hs
regular luncheon Monday noon.
Mr and Mrs Albert Bowker
have returned to Heppner after
spending the winter visiting In
the east and In California.
trench tdlo which holds a big
percentage of the first cutting
of alfalfa at the Krcbs ranch.
This is the third year that the
insllago has been fed and each
year they become more enthused
with Its possibility. Eighteen
hundred tons were put up this
year and all the Krebs Ilka the
ease of preserving the first crop
which generally gets rained up
on or otherwise loses quality If
put into hay. While they have
not been abl to utilize the en
tire 1800 tons, several are buying
ensilage from them including
John Campbell and Van Schoi
ack Brothers who are feeding the
ensilage to sheep. Kreb's feed
three rounds of alfalfa ensilage
per head per day and are happy
with tho shape of their ewes ana
their milking ability. Dick thinks
that this vear's ensilage Is the
best yet and attributes It to a
good packing Job to do away
with air pockets which promote
spoilage. The silo being 23 feet
deep packs a little firmer than
shallower silos and an indica
tion of the good Job Is shown
when it is found to weigh CO
pounds per cubic foot compared
to ordinary silage which packs
In about 50 pounds normally.
We also visited with Dick a
bout alfalfa varieties knowing
that he has compared a number
of them. Seedings of Banger, La
honton and Oristan have been
made over the past few years.
Dick prefers the Oristan because
of Its general growth habits and
fine quality, leafy hay. While
there has been no great acreage
Kc4-d I- Od.un t U.e cwuMy.
,hrr re rr.sny field Mcti
trm.t U U W t' MUt
ftlutily. Oi.e of the Hi l
me a OrLtan I th lenfth U
life of -K
The Columbia Empire JMlod
IletrforJ A-il"n announce
It annual show and sale to be
held a:ln thl year at the fair
ground, at Walla Walla.
Ingtun. The date are Marth 1
and 2. The show will be March
J1 with the sale at 10: 30 A M
on March 2. There will be 112
head In tie ! with 67 range
bull In pen. There will be herd
bull and replacement heifer.
Those who will exhibit and sell
IH.Ili-d Hereford from Morrow
county are Jack Sumner and
Kirk and Robinson. Heppner:
Burnett Hereford Ranch. Board
man. For those who might wish
further particulars we have a
catalog of the show and sale at
this office which gives a listing
of all animal for sale with ex
tended pedigree. Kirk and Rob
Inson. Heppner 19 top bulls and
3 cows consigned; Jack Sumner
has two bulls while Barnett
Hereford ranch have 9 bulls and
one cow.
The horticultural department
at Oregon State College has re
cently announced that they have
available some hardy nut trees
for testing. They arc edible type
chestnuts and butternuts. They
are available this spring without
charge for testing for adaptation
to this area. If anyone is inter
ested we would be glad to pro
vide one tree or more of each
depending upon the demand on
a first come flrst serve basis.
Last week we commented on
the Milton Freewater beef trial
field day which will be held at
the community building in that
town on Monday. February' 29.
The meeting will get underway
at 10:3o with the morning pro
gram consisting of reports on the
effect of antibiotics and tranquil
izers in feedlots; results of ra
tions on small weaner steers
alfalfa pellets versus long alfal
fa hav versus pcavlne silage
with high level grain; pelleted
grain versus rolled grain, pel
iivt alfalfa hav versus long al
falfa hay and two levels of
wheat versus barley. A report on
materials used for parasite con
trol will also be a part of the
morning's program.
Durini? the noon luncheon W
Walt Kennlck, meats researcher,
OSC will speak. The afternoon
will consist of a round up re
nnrt on the beef trial research
Including levels of grain for prof
itable beef feeding, values oi
various roughages for wintering
and fattening weaner steers, har
mnnp imnlantation results for
wintering and fattening weaner
srt.wn QAItTTt tlMCS. Tt.utdaT. fluarT It 0
.ten, lalue of sarlu pMetn
ouve and rUlon In rfor
mance of caltl on similar
,.l,un. The afternoon will alo
ftstur a panel dUculon and
question and anrr
peskert of the day will be Dr
W C. Brown. lr David England.
Ur J C Miller fruin Oregon State
... it.. i a .n.t N.,rtun Taylor, coun-
ty extension agent, wu wow
might be Interested In the pro
gram are Invited to ride with
me. I will be leaving shortly
after 8 A M.
Wheat rancher in Morrow
county will be very much In
terested In the result of the
eraln management study carried
on during the WM-59 crop yca
by eight ranchers In various
..niiis In the county In
cooperation with this office and
the farm extension m"K
department at Oregon State Col
lege. Reviewing the results Mon
day evening, the farmers carry
ing out the study thoroughly
reviewed the summarized re
ports. As soon as the study Is put
into an easy readable form,
mlmeogrnphed copies will be a
vallable for Morrow county
ranchers.
This is the last of the list of
vegetable varieties that we have
K.n nuhllshlne in this news
column over the past few weeks.
Spinach: Fall pianteu: r.any
hybrid 7 (Savoy). Dixie Market
(Savoy), Hybrid 4 anu nyonu
8 if available. Spring planted:,
American (Savoy), Bloomsdale
long standing (Savoy), Viroflay
(smooth leaf), Califlay (smooth
leaf). Over wintered: Old Dom-1
In ion jUvc),
S.,u4h- Zucvhlid. Caserta.
efly Prvllftc Mrstjhtneck. tally
summer Ciookne k lacMrsl. Coco
(Continued an I)
Notice of Candidacy
I heieby announce my candi
dacy to succeed myelf fir the
office Sheriff of Morrow Coun-
i . u tt lit fhak
of Morrow
County at the Primary election.
May J. iw.
CJ. R Bauman
(Pd. Adv.)
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INSURANCE AGENCY
PHONE 6-9625
HEPPNER. OREGON
BOX 611
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Chevrolet's low prices make
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County Agent's News
Br N C ANDERSON
We were happy to have several
calls after last week's news col
umn calling an error in the col
umn to our attention. These calls
Indicated that there are some
that read the news and are well
informed to catch errors. The
error which should be corrected
is that certain insecticides
should not bo used on cattle
within 30 days of slaughter ra
ther than 3 days. The 30 days
gives ample time tn the residual
spray to disappear.
Dick Krcbs, Cecil rancher.
called at the office a few days
a;o to get recommendations for
a seeding mixture for an irri
gated pasture. He will seed elta
fesque orchard grass and alfalfa
as will a number of ranchers
who have visited the office re
cently on this same matter.
While Pick was in the office, we
tcok the opportunity to visit with
him about the highly suocessTul
See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer for fast delivery, favorable deals!
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run
PHONE S-9921
HEPPNEK. OREGON