Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
COLLEGE JOURNALS
FORM CONF FERENCE
Brunini, Editor of the G. u.
Hoya, Is Named as Tempo
rary Chairman of Group.

An association of local and nearby
! college publications known as the Dis
trict of Columbia Collegiate Press Con-
ference, was organized late yesterday
by the representatives of Is journals
meeting in an all-day round-table con-
ference at George Washington Uni
versity.
The newly formed conference will
have for its purpose the general inn
provement of the tone of the associated
publications and it will seek to bring
about an exchange of news matter
The extent to which the exchange of
news will be carried is yet to be de-
termined and probably will be de-
cided upon at the next meeting of the
conference in late october or early
November.
Joseph Brunini, editor of Georgetown
UniverSity's newspaper, the Hoya, was
chosen temporary chairman of the con-
ference when his school was determined
by lot as the scene of the next session.
Mr. Brunini will serve as chairman
until constitution can be written and
permanent officers elected.
Vote to Be by Schools.
Although the writing of the consti-
tuition was not undertaken, it was
agreed that a president, vice president
and secretary shall comprise the OFF,
GERS staff. 1t was agreed also that
while all Of each univerSityS respective
publications shall be members of the
conference, the votes in the conference
shall be cast only in the name of the
institutions themselves. Thus, George
Washington University with four publ
cations, shall have equal vote with in
situations having only two journals.
The exchanges of news matter prob
ably will be confined at first, it was
indicated, to the transfer of carbon
copies of stories relating to coming ath-
letic games between the journals OF the
playing schools.
Yesterdays session was staged at the
invitation of George Washington Univer-
sity and was presided over by Herbert
E.. Angel editor of the Ratchet.
The publications which were repre-
sented in the conference were the
Ratchet. the Ghost, the Colonial Wig
and the Cherry Tree of George Wash
ington University: the American Eagle
and the Aucola of American University;
the Hoya, the Georgetown College Jour-
nal and the Doomesday Booke OF
Georgetown University; the Trinity
Times, the Trinilogue and the Record
of Trinity College; the Tower, the Car
dinal and an as yet unnamed publica-
ton which will be inaugurated next
Diamond Back and the Reveille OF the
University of Maryland.
Delegates Present.
The representatives of the various
colleges included John M. Houston,
Norman S. Cramer and George Sixbey
Of American University; Clarence Mar
tin. jr; William Cotter and Francis
O'Keefe of Catholic University; Will
liam Clavin, T. j. McGeary and Mr..
Brunini of Georgetown University; Wes-
ley Jones. Dove Thompson, Alan Neil,
Wanda webb and Mr.. Angel of George
Washington University; Arley r. Unger,
c. Donald Kieffer and William T.
Rosenbaum of the University Of Mary
land, and Mary Shoemaker, Eleanor
Hickey, Cresentia Wolfe and Margaret
Cugan of Trinity College.
The conference was addressed yester-
day morning by Representative Ludlow
OF Indiana. former president Of the Ma
tional Press Club, who advocated a re-
turn to individualism and idealism In
journalism, and Richard v. Oulahan,
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times, who stressed the i'm
portance of each newswriting task, re-
CARELESS of its seeming triviality. in its
relation to the general history-record-
ing scheme of the daily press.