SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
Adjunct Professor Whipple.
Students are advised not to elect Journalism before their second session
in the College. With faculty approval related terms' work may be combined
for credit. All students are required to do practical reporting and editing
for university publications and the local newspaper. Credit is given for work
on student publications and newspaper correspondence. A small fee for
supplies will be charged in each course.
For Undergraduates.
Journalism B1: Newspaper Writing: English Literature A1 prerequisite.—
1. Newspaper organization; the news story; reporting; newspaper rhetoric.
2. Kinds of news; human interest; departments. 3. Copy-reading; rewrites;
head-lines; desk-work.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives-at-large.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, hour to be arranged. Rotunda, S.E.
Journalism B2: Principles of Journalism: English Literature A1 prerequisite,
and Journalism B1 strongly recommended.—Cultural and technical
study of the control of public opinion by the press, for students of social
science. 1. Editorial writing; current events; Southern problems; public
opinion. 2. Newspaper policies; laws; advertising; circulation. 3. History
of the press; functions; ethics; modern problems.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-10. Rotunda, S.E.
Journalism B3: Practical Editing: Journalism B1 or B2, or the equivalent
in experience, prerequisite.—This course is for college editors and professional
students, and will be based on actual technique. Offered in alternate
years. 1. Office methods; assignments; type and printing; proof-reading;
make-up. 2. Editorial direction; analysis of newspapers; exchanges; morgues.
3. Sunday supplements; special articles; syndicates; magazine writing.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives-at-large.) Hours to be
arranged. Rotunda, S.E.
Journalism B4: Creative Writing: English Literature B1 or Journalism
B1 prerequisite.—This course, for students of writing, will be offered upon
evidence of demand. The number in the class will be limited; the teaching,
personal; the aim, imaginative creation. 1. The short story. 2. Poetry.
3. The drama.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives-at-large.)
Hours to be arranged.
