WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE EL MN'' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952 PAGE ELEVEN / Fire5 Daily Covers News Events On Campus Student Paper FIZ 63rd Year The Michigan Daily, edited and managed entirely by University students is the most important news agency for the campus and has long been rated one of the out- standing college dailies in the country. Now in its 63rd year of publi- cation, The Daily boasts a com- plete printing plant including an electronic engraver and a rotary press, financial independence and a strong alumni group numbering' hundreds of men and women in the publication field in this coun- try and abroad. STAFFED locally by more than student Pu blica tions Record * * * * * Five Arts Theme for Generation Generation, the newest literary creation of publication-minded University students, is a quarterly magazine devoted to the five arts and the campus' connection with them. Now rated as one of the best student art magazines, Genera- tion provides a showcase for stu- dent creative work in literature, music, visual art, architecture and the dance. ELEANOR SUSLOW Hope, '53. will head this year's board of edi- tors. Generation offers immediate opportunities for students in- terested in contributing to or editing the magazine. Contributions to any of the five departments are accepted from all students in the first floor Gen- eration office in the Student Pub- lications Building. * * * PROSPECTIVE business and edit staffers tryout in the first few weeks of the fall session. After an apprenticeship period, students are eligible for promotion to edi- torial positions through the Board of Student Publications. Business staff members manage advertising, accounts and sales. Originally an idea of the Inter Arts Union, Generation features 96 pages of lithographed' type and graphic displays. It sells regularly for 35 cents. Tryouts Freshmen are eligible to 1out for all five student pi cations. Tryout calls for most o publications will be issued - ing the first or second we 'o classes and meeting times be announced then. Writers are needed for I nalistic and literary work prospective business sta ff can choose between adverti sales promotion and fin managing. C ampus Life Students Publish 'Ensian, r Official Campus Yearbook r F the dur- A of will jour- : and Lff ers Wing, lance Daily Photo Chief Calls for Tryouts All students interested in work- ing on The Daily photography staff are invited to meet with Chief Photographer, Alan Reid, between 7 and 8 p.m. on Thursday Sep- tember 18 or Monday, September 22, at the Student Publications Building. Anyone unable to attend one of these meetings may phone Zan- der Hollander or Sid Klaus at 2-3241 during the daytime. III ! Copies of a big, picture-filled book with a name no one quite understands flood the campus ev- ery spring. Word gets around that-"the 'Ensian has arrived." The 'Ensian, the University's of- ficial yearbook, is a shortened term for "Michiganensian" which in turn evolved from someone's mispronounciation of the original name, "Michiganensis." "'Ensian," consequently, has become a cam- pus trademark. * * * 'ENSIAN PROMOTERS take or- ders for their glossy yearbook be- ginning every fall, and this year expect 4,000 purchasers. The stu- dent editorial staff and a host of photographers are busy year round filling the 'Ensian's 500 pages with material for sports sections, group features and campus activi- ties. Backed by a complete sell-out last semester, 'Ensian staffers have already begun work on the 1953 edition. With editorial and junior staff positions already filled, the 'En- sian is looking for freshman and sophomore tryouts, according to managing editor, Bob Northcott, '53. * * * EDITORIAL STAFF positions offer opportunities for preparing and assembling copy and photo- graphs. There is work available for writers, photographers, typists and those interested in layout and design. For those with business in- genuity, positions in contract- ing, accounting, advertising and selling are open. For 54 years the University's of- ficial yearbook, the 'Ensian got started in 1897 when three inter- college magazine staffs merged. It has grown from a smallish picture book which sold for -a dol- lar to a professional, comprehen- sive yearbook that few people on campus find they can get along without. 200 student editors, reporters and business staffers, The Daily offers complete campus and city cover- age plus Associated Press cover- age of national and world events. Published six times weekly - Tuesday through Sunday-dur- ing the school year, The Daily has the latest closing deadline of any morning paper in the State. The front page is put to bed at 2 a.m. and the circulation de- partment makes good on a promise of delivery before breakfast to subscribers. On the editorial page The Daily depends upon its staff members for signed contributions which represent their individual opinions. The editorial page also fea- tures syndicated columnist Drew Pearson, the Alsop brothers and Doris Fleeson. In addition to lo- cal cartooning by Daily cartoon- ists, Herb Block, the Pulitzer- prizewinning cartoonist of the Washington Post is carried by The Daily. The letters to the editor col- umn is open to readers of The Daily as a public forum. All letters which are signed, 300 words or less in length and in good taste are published. THE DAILY was first published in the fall of 1890 by a group of non-fraternity men.Later the staff was opened to all interested stu- dents. It showed its stamina by sur- viving its competitors in the field and after the turn of the THE 'LARGE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BUILDING HOUSES FOUR CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS. FACILITIES INCLUDE A $70,000 ROTARY PRESS INSTALLED IN 1950 AS WELL AS LINOTYPE MACHINES, FULL DARK ROOM FACILITIES AND OTHER SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. * * * century, it was purchased by the University. Shortly afterwards, it was moved from a small downtown print shop to the Ann Arbor Press building and. the name was changed to The Michigan Daily. The present Student Publica- tions Building, opened in 1932, was financed largely by The Daily's earnings. It contains to- day one of the finest physical plants, for a newspaper the size of the Daily, in the country. The most recent acquisition is a new rotary press, installed in 1950. * * * THE DAILY is published by students under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications, which is made up of students elected by the campus at large, and faculty and alumni appointees. The Board does not censor editorials or news articles. It has general responsibility for the financial success of student publications, but actual adminis- tration is left to the students. * * * TRYOUTS on The Daily edi- torial staff go through a semester training program to learn the fun- damentals of reporting, proofread- ing, and headline writing. This is followed by assignment to the re- portorial staff, with responsibili- ty for seeing that a particular beat is covered. From this staff, the night edi- tors and their assistants-the junior staff - are chosen. Each night editor is in complete charge of the actual publication of the paper one night per week. The senior editors are the man- aging editor, who has general re- sponsibility for everything that appears in The Daily; the editor- ial director, who is in charge of the editorial page; the city editor, who handles local news assign- ments and directs the night edi- tors; the feature editor, who takes care of feature articles; the asso- ciate city editor; and the associate editors, who are responsible for the training programs, and pho- tography. The junior and senior staffs are selected by the Board in Control of Student Publications upon the recommendation of the managing editor, and receive salaries. Parallel appointments as night editors and senior editors are made on the sports and women's staffs. *, * * THE BUSINESS STAFF has charge of The Daily's finances. It handles advertising, accounts, and circulation. ** * Junior and senior jobs, as on the editorial staff, are appoint- ive, salaried positions. The top business position is that of business manager. * * * THE DAILY has won numerous awards for excellence, including those given by the Associated Col- legiate Press, Sigma Delta Chi, and the National Advertising Service. GREE TINGS TVALL STUDENTS We would be happy to have you Imake us your headquarters for 6 PURCHASECAMERA SHOP I Campus Humorists Connive Quarterly To Turn Out Garg r The impish little man with horns who is the patron devil of the cam- pus humor magazine, Gargoyle, has been back in his Student Pub- lications Building office for a year and a half now. And, from all reports, he ap- pears to be thriving. THE 42- YEAR - OLD humor magazine was thought to have been silenced forever when finan- cial difficulties and lack of stu- dent interest caused the Board in 'Technic Put Out Monthly By Engineers The University students' contri- bution to the field of scientific publications comes out monthly in the form of the Michigan Technic. Featuring scientific articles and reports of engineering research, the magazine is put out by engi- neering students in hopes of pro- Sidingtheir classmates with the "culture" they are accused of lack- ing. Faculty members and engineer- ing college alumni as well as stu- dents write for the Technic, but editing, photography, leg work and advertising sales are handled by the student staff. One of the country's few finan- cially independent college engi- neering magazines, the Technic has received many top awards in the annual Engineering College Magazine Association competiti- tion. And on campus, it holds the; record of being the oldest student publication. Control of Student Publications to muffle its voice two years ago last spring. But Gargoyle didn't like to laugh alone. Following the Board's ruling, he led a bandof undaunted humorists to an off- campus office and Gargoyle published again. Working under not-so-funny conditions in a 2x4 section of a cafeteria basement, Gargoyle edi- tors managed to turn out two fi- nancially and artistically success- ful issues. The Board reinstated the magazine a year ago last spring. SINCE THEN, Garg has re- sumed its regular publication rate of four issues -a year and is in the black again. This fall, the campus will get its first look at humor (Gargoyle style) when hawkers of the Wendy Owen Memorial Issue take to the streets. The' issue will be a collection of the fun- niestbstories and most lively art Garg has turned out in its past half-century of publication. Occasionally advertised as the outfit where "only lunatics need apply,". Garg staffers do their share of business-like, hard work. * '* * THE JOB of publication is di- vided up among the following de- partments: literary, circulation and promotion, and advertising and art. Students may try out for any of these departments early in the fall. Promotions are made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Many Gargoyle staffers keep up their funny work after they leave Ann Arbor. Among famous Garg alumni is cartoonist George Lich- ty, creator of the syndicated com- ic feature Grin and Bear It. The Cinem'a SL Welcomes You to Campus and A FALL FESTIVAL of GREAT American and European Films I I/ TWO OUTSTANDING FEATURES HENRY FONDA CLAUDETTE COLBERT ALONG THE MOHAWK A 20TH CENTURY FOX PICTURE in COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR I'; "A FIRST RATE HISTORICAL FILM .. as rich atmospherically as it is in action . . . Mr. Ford's technicolor caremas have brushed aside the years to present a fascinating picture." -N. Y. Times "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN" A COLUMBIA PICTURE r ..... t I WANTED! l.' I I I 11 ii