Evening star., 1935-12-28
JOURNALISM HEADS
HEAR TALKS BY
CAPITAL NEWSMEN
Bureau Chiefs and Column.
lists on Program Of Joint
Convention.
STATE DEPARTMENT
METHODS EXPLAINED
Papers on High School Teaching
Due to Be Read by
Delegates.

Journalism teachers reversed their
usual roles today to get some pointers
on subjects they teach from seasoned
newspaper correspondents.
The Joint conventions here Of the
American Association of Schools and
Departments of Journalism and the
American Association Of Teachers Of
Journalism heard from chiefs of
Washington news bureaus and COL
umnists, as we'll as from the head of
Government press service. Repre-
sentatives of other fields of endeavor,
and some of the teachers themselves,
were scheduled to give talks or read
papers later.
Today's session, the second Of
four-day meeting. was called to order
by Kenneth E. Olson of Rutgers Uni
versity, president of the Teachers As
sociation. Talks were to be given by
Arthur Krocks, head of the New York
Times bureau here; w. M. Kiplinger,
editor of the Kiplinger confidential"
news letters; Raymond P. Brandt Of
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch bureau,
and Richard L. Wilson, Des Moines
Register and Tribune An open dis
cussion on interpreting National AZ
fairs to American Newspaper Readers"
will be conducted by Herbert Brucker,
Columbia University, after the ad-
dresses.
Columnists to Speak.
Paul Mallon, pioneer news behind
the news" commentator, and Ray
mond Clapper, columnist, were to ad-
dress the afternoon session, the for
mer on his speciality and the latter
on How Accurately Are Newspapers
Rejecting Public Opinion?"
Press relations with the State De-
partment were to be described by
Michael ]. McDermott, veteran chief
of the departments Division Of Cur
rent Information. Capt. S. c. Hooper.
Navy photographic Office, was to en-
tighten the technically-minded on
problems of electrical transmission OF
news from outlying territories and
foreign countries. Thomas r. Shipp,
Washington publicity man, was to talk
on the relation of enterprises such as
his to news organizations. Several
papers on high school journalism also
we're prepared by delegates for read
ing today.
The teachers will be guests OF
Washington newspaper publishers at
a banquet tonight in the National
Press Club. where all sessions are be-
ing held. They will be addressed then
by J. Fred Essary of the Baltimore
Sun bureau on The Presidency and
the Press"
Accuracy Held Vital.
The importance to the peace Of the
world of strict accuracy in reporting
events of international significance
was emphasized by speakers yesterday.
News accounts, without editorial
flavor, actually can be instruments Of
peace, Kenneth Durant of the Tass
Soviet news agency said. H. w. Won
Doemming of the German News Bu-
reau. New York, suggested to the jour-
nalism instructors that they cultivate
in their pupils a respect for accuracy
which would not be sacrificed to sem
sationalism. With Europe in its pres
ent state of unrest an inaccurate or
colored news dispatch can have serious
consequences, Camille LeMercier, head
of the Havas agency's New York bu-
reau, declared.
All correspondents representing for
eign newspapers who addressed the
convention praised American foreign
correspondents and the appetite Of
Americans for news from abroad. Sir
Willmott Lewis, Washington CORE
spondent for the London Times, said
presentation of European news in
United States newspapers "is singu-
larly courageous and singularly good"
Deplores Sentimentality.
Sir Willmott deplored what he said
was a tendency of newspapers in Eng
disappearing countries to senti-
mentalize news reports. The senti-
mentality of "that curious manifesto
ton Of human stupidity, the feature" :"
is trespassing on the more serious
news reports, he said.
Won Doemmlng predicted publishers
eventually would require that all new
reporters they hire be trained in some
journalism school or otherwise thor
oughly educated to their responsible
ties.
Earlier, members of the associations
were greeted at the White House by
President Roosevelt In an "of the
record press conference" Immediately