The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-08
GIVE REASONS WHY
THEY LIKE WRITING
Students in Journalism Have
Varied Detectives Ahead
For News Training.

Three of the students who are TAX
ing the course in elementary journ
alism plan to make newspaper work
their career, they discovered recent
ly, when the members of the class
interviewed one another on why are
you taking English 35"'
Two engineering students expect
to use the story-writing knack to put
their engineering information before
the world, and a pre-medic student
expects similarly to deal interesting
Iy with technical matter concerning
which he has to write. One girl ex-
poets to be publicity woman for her
own millinery establishment-unle
she should happen to find herself to
be so good newspaper woman that
/ she would want to make journalism
her game.
''Why are you taking English 1872
''The study Of journalism is an in
senior girls reply. 81 so arranged
my courses as to have a full year to
devote to this study. Learning the
newspaper from the newspaper stand
point is vital to one intending to
specialize in that work. One years
work on any subject will be con-
vicing test of a students ability. If
I prove myself capable of doing news
paper work I will follow that prof
ession after leaving school,"
Has Practical Aims
| Journalism is the most interest
ing subject l have ever TAKEN" re-
piled a freshman girl. "It seems to
come naturally to me and is very
fascinating. l hope to put my jour-
nalistic knowledge into practical use
as soon as possible and it really is
my chief aim to work on the staff
Of the Spokesman-Review. OF course
I realize that this years work will
serve only in an Introductory way
and that 1 cannot expect too many
returns from it, but am confident
that it will give be a firm basis on
winch TO WOrK.
The reason one of the freshmen
boys is studying journalism is that
he expects to follow the newspaper
profession when he completes his
course at the university. He has had
considerable experience in the jour-
,nalistic line in high school, having |
been the editor OF the high school |
paper and having served on the staff |
Of the school annual Both under
takings were highly successful.
- Aid to Scientific Work
81 intend to = use the technical
knowledge of a course in elementary
Journalism as an aid in scientific re-
search" replied pre-medic student
who intends to enter the field of SCI
entific research in biology. With the
aid Of the course in journalism he
hopes to become skilled in the handl-
ing Of material to give it interest
and attraction to the average reader.
'Incidentally,' he continued, I'm
becoming most interested in the tech
nique and workmanship of the mod
ern newspaper"
"Why am taking journalism"
echoed a senior engineer First,
when made out my course for this ]
semester my dean said I ought to
AXE a few more credits even II
lid not need them to graduate. Sec
md, in looking for a suitable sub
ect thought journalism might help {
ne after got out into the business
world may have to make some
written reports and elementary jour-
lalism seemed to me to be q course
hat would help me in this matter"
Looks Toward Advertising
1.-THE newspaper has come to play
IN essential part In development of
my business or trade.' replied
reshman girl sFho is taking home &C.
nomics Il am learning the merh I