For You Newspaper Soldiers
(By Emma Wootton)
In this day of shrapnel, camouflage, and reveille, you former journalism students of the University, and you newspaper men of the state, who are now keeping yourselves busy——or trying to at least—in Uncle Sam's army and navy are liable to forget, perhaps, that there is a state University.
Of course you wouldn't admit that you are in the process of forgetting the University because your ears are full of the sounds of war. You wouldn't forget it, but lest you should, here are some happenings of the University that you'll want to know just because you are interested in it, and because you haven 't forgotten. These notes are for you newspaper men and former newspaper aspirants. They will keep you in touch, perhaps.
It has been said by a certain newspapermen of the state that he is glad to find out what journalism students are cut out for. So many of them have enlisted and they all make excellent soldiers. But notwithstanding this little shot, the loss of these students is felt greatly on the campus.
Perhaps in no other school or department of the University is the toll of the war felt as it is in the school of journalism. You rallied splendidly to the call but you left a great hole that can 't be filled by the girls and the few men in the advanced courses.
The Emerald was perhaps the first to suffer, because so many have gone. Almost all of you did your part toward making it a success. It was hard to take up the work on it at the beginning of the year without you. But with Harry Crain as editor it has been pulling up to its old standard.
Jeannette Calkins is making just about the best business manager the Emerald has ever had. She has a go to her that sees a thing through. At the beginning of the year it was not an uncommon thing for her to stay up till two o'clock in the morning cutting and folding the paper. Then she would get up at five to deliver it herself in her car. With a force like this, things have to go.
William Haseltine is news editor; Robert McNary is make-up editor; Beatrice Thurston, women 's editor; Douglas Mullarky, feature editor; Melvin Solve, dramatic editor; Pearl Crain, society editor; Lay Carlisle, assistant manager; and Catherine Dobie, circulation manager.
Beatrice Thurston, women's editor of the Emerald, is also combining her newspaper work with band music. She was elected manager of the band.
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