Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 1947 Page: 4 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
J W Kayser Expresses Hope
Others Will Give Scholarships
Hope that other citizens would give money for scholarships in journal-
ism was expressed by J W Kayser Chickasha Star publisher when he pre-
sented a $250 travel scholarship June 11 to Larry Stephenson Headrick Uni-
versity of Oklahoma journalism student
In making the presentation at a din-
ner at Norman Kayser said: “Several
persons have given grants for research
in medicine and other sciences and I
hope with my humble beginning to in-
spire others to further journalistic study
in the state university by establishing
scholarships”
In memory of his son John Winston
1938 graduate of the journalism school
who was killed in action in France No-
vember 14 1944 Kayser will annually
give $250 to a journalism senior chosen
by the journalism faculty with approv-
al of the university officials and board
of regents Bases of the award are schol-
arship Christian leadership and apti-
tude in journalism
Kayser told the journalism group
that he was the first editor of the Daily
Kansan at the University of Kansas aft-
er this paper became a daily He was
graduated from the University of Kan-
sas worked on the Kansas City Star
then went to Chickasha and bought the
Star
Stephenson will use his award in
studying public opinion research meth-
ods of Dr George Gallup at Princeton
university and Elmo B Roper jr at
Columbia university He will spend Au-
gust in Princeton and New York re-
turning to O U in September
School Paper Clinic
To Be Held atA&M
Oklahoma A and M college Stillwa-
ter will hold its first annual high school
newspaper clinic June 16 to 21 accord-
ing to an announcement by James C
Stratton director
It will be in the nature of a short
course Interested high school students
are requested to ask for information
from the technical journalism department
Printer Dies in Shawnee
Leland S “Peg” Perryman 53 died
May 24 at the home of his son Ed Per-
ryman in Shawnee Services were held
May 27 in Oklahoma City He had
worked a printer for many years on
the Chandler News-Publicist before go-
ing to Pauls Valley where he was em-
ployed in the Daily Democrat compos-
ing room He had also worked as print-
er in Stillwater Seminole Wewoka and
other towns Survivors include the wid-
ow and another son L S Perryman
Los Angeles
Stroud Paper Has New Press
The Stroud Democrat has installed
a new flatbed press The number of
pages was increased and will be in-
creased again later Ellis M Adams
editor stated Greater community cov-
erage through rural correspondents is
planned
Tinney Columnist
New Ledger Editor
In Broken Arrow
Cal Tinney former University of
Oklahoma student who was Tulsa Trib-
une book editor in 1931 has returned
to Oklahoma He is the new editor of
the Broken Arrow Ledger published by
Paul F Miller He wrote in a signed
story in the Broken Arrow Ledger June
5 that he has come back to Broken Ar-
row to live and to rear his children in
Oklahoma He is well known as a col-
umnist and radio speaker
Tinney has been living in New York
City and is author of a column entitled
“Cal Tinney” carried by McNaught
syndicate In the February 1943 issue
of Current Biography he was referred
to as “the outspoken homespun philos-
opher who has become a kind of Will
Rogers columnist of the air”
In his article in the Ledger Tinney
invited readers to tune in on his broad-
casts over station KVOO Tulsa
State Writer s’
Articles Appear
In May ‘ Scene’
Two Oklahoma newswriters are au-
thors of articles in the May issue of
Scene Dallas magazine Bob Kniseley
Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital editor
and free-lance writer contributed a
story entitled “The Sage of the O sages
World’s Richest Indian Tribe”
Miss Elizabeth Stubler Tulsa Trib-
une reporter contributed “Lucia Lays It
on the Line” a personality sketch about
Mrs Walter Ferguson Tulsa columnist
for Scripps-Howard papers and the
Tulsa Tribune Miss Stubler reviewed
Mrs Ferguson’s biography describing
her work on the Cherokee Republican
as co-publisher with her husband the
late Walter Ferguson She told how
Mrs Ferguson happened to begin her
column for the Scripps-Howard news-
papers which she has written for 25
years
Miss Stubler related that one of Mrs
Ferguson's articles poking fun at people
who “build their whole lives around pet
dogs” caused storms of protest from
New York World-Telegram readers
who even took to the radio to fling out a
rebuttal
State Snapshots
Contest Revived
Cash Prizes Offered Weekly
To Amateurs of Oklahoma
In co-operation with Newspaper Na-
tional Snapshot Awards the Daily
Oklahoman will revive its picture con-
test after a period of suspension be-
cause of the war The contest will open
June 29 and continue until August 24
The Oklahoman is the only state news-
paper to participate in this national
competition in which a total of $10000
in awards will be given
Four prizes of $3 each will be award-
ed each of the eight weeks of the con-
test Four grand prizes of $25 each will
be awarded at the end of the contest and
these four will enter the national compe-
tition in which prizes ranging from $25
to $1000 will be presented
The Oklahoman June 8 carried a
page a of reproductions of state prize-
winning pictures of previous years It
alsO' included rules for the contest in
section D The contest is strictly for
amateurs and anyone is entitled to en-
ter except employes of the Oklahoma
Publishing Co members of their fam-
ilies or any persons engaged in the
photographic business professionally
O U Journalism
Students Hear Talk
By Harpers Editor
“Harper’s Magazine is edited on a
plan similar to that of the Oklahoma
Daily” John “Jack” Fischer said at
a breakfast sponsored by Theta Sigma
Phi and Sigma Delta Chi at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma June 9
Fischer former Oklahoma Daily edi-
tor is one of five editors of Harper’s
He described how the Harper’s editors
try to obtain unanimity of opinion be-
fore accepting articles
Fischer 1932 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma school of journalism
told the students that all magazines are
looking for new talented writers He
mentioned medical and other scientific
articles regional material of national
interest good fiction and humor as
among the types of material needed by
Harper’s
E M DeWeese s Mother
T caches for 50 Years
Mrs Etta DeWeese mother of Ennis
M DeWeese publisher of the South-
east Oklahoman Hugo recently retired
after a half-century of school teaching
Pupils fellow-teachers and other friends
showered her with gifts in appreciation
of her efforts in behalf of youth
Among those present at the party was
Mrs Frank Robinson Hugo who was
a student of Mrs DeWeese when she
first started her teaching career more
than 50 years ago Mrs DeWeese’s
first school was a one-room affair south-
east of Paris Tex
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