Stanford
Journalism Program

The 1950s: The fifties

The Fifties

The mid-century saw journalist lectures, radio reporting and new journalism opportunities for students.

Highlights from the Stanford Daily Archive

1950

"Advertising and Journalism: It's Right to Write". The Stanford Daily, Volume 116, Issue 69, 31 January 1950

C.F. Weigle Returns Here, Appointed to New Journalism Post. The Stanford Daily, Volume 116, Issue 70, 1 February 1950

Journalism Group Holds Tea Today. The Stanford Daily, Volume 117, Issue 12, 21 February 1950 

Gigi Marion 'Mlle' Campus Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 117, Issue 16, 28 February 1950

Professors Attend Radio Conference. The Stanford Daily, Volume 117, Issue 26, 4 April 1950

Life of a Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 117, Issue 30, 10 April 1950

The world of journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 117, Issue 46, 2 May 1950

Charles Samuel Jackson Jr. graduate fellowship. The Stanford Daily, Volume 118, Issue 2, 26 September 1950

Students Win Radio Awards. The Stanford Daily, Volume 118, Issue 5, 29 September 1950

1951

Foreign Students On Radio Sunday. The Stanford Daily, Volume 118, Issue 66, 26 January 1951

Well-Known Journalist Patrick Monkhouse Will Speak. The Stanford Daily, Volume 119, Issue 1, 5 February 1951

Radio Election Uncontested. The Stanford Daily, Volume 119, Issue 4, 8 February 1951 

Newspaper Tour Planned for Sat. The Stanford Daily, Volume 120, Issue 9, 4 October 1951

Awards Offered Journalism Grads. The Stanford Daily, Volume 120, Issue 45, 27 November 1951

1952

Stanford Personalities on TV, Radio. The Stanford Daily, Volume 120, Issue 60, 21 January 1952

Journalism Group Admits Five Men. The Stanford Daily, Volume 120, Issue 64, 25 January 1952

Journalist Phillips Talbot Will Lecture. The Stanford Daily, Volume 121, Issue 14, 21 February 1952 

Kay, Wong, Danielson Receive Big Journalism Scholarships, Awards. The Stanford Daily, Volume 121, Issue 52, 8 May 1952 

H.S.T. Has Friendly Manner, Says Daily Reporter After Press Talk. The Stanford Daily, Volume 122, Issue 8, 8 October 1952

1953

Stanford to Host Senior School journalism and Debate Conferences. The Stanford Daily, Volume 124, Issue 20, 23 October 1953

'Mlle' Reporter To Visit Stanford. The Stanford Daily, Volume 124, Issue 26, 2 November 1953

Daily Reporter Describes The Mt. Shasta Tragedy. The Stanford Daily, Volume 124, Issue 45, 1 December 1953

Evening Series Will Feature Journalist. The Stanford Daily, Volume 124, Issue 6, 5 October 1953

Journalist Stresses Need For 'Government of Unity'. The Stanford Daily, Volume 124, Issue 8, 7 October 1953

1954

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1955

Jobs in Journalism To Be Discussed. The Stanford Daily, Volume 127, Issue 18, 24 February 1955

Journalism Field To Be Panel Topic. The Stanford Daily, Volume 127, Issue 20, 28 February 1955

Journalism School to Get Illinois Prof, Dr. Wilbur Schramm. The Stanford Daily, Volume 127, Issue 37, 13 April 1955

Frosh to Select Newspaper Staff. The Stanford Daily, Volume 127, Issue 4, 3 February 1955

New Scholarship In Journalism Offered Seniors. The Stanford Daily, Volume 127, Issue 59, 13 May 1955

Class to Produce Radio Program. The Stanford Daily, Volume 1, Issue 4, 21 July 1955

Scholarship Available To Journalism Majors. The Stanford Daily, Volume 128, Issue 34, 10 November 1955

Journalism Group To Host Authors. The Stanford Daily, Volume 128, Issue 43, 23 November 1955

1956

A Newspaper's Goal. The Stanford Daily, Volume 129, Issue 1, 30 January 1956

Frosh Newspaper Editors Named. The Stanford Daily, Volume 129, Issue 3, 1 February 1956 

Journalism Fraternity Selling Sports Book. The Stanford Daily, Volume 129, Issue 66, 22 May 1956

1957

Daily Seeks More Journalism Talent. The Stanford Daily, Volume 130, Issue 53, 8 January 1957

Faculty Member Gets Blame For Releasing Cutting Story: 'Greatly Exaggerated' Newspaper Stories Caused by Anonymous Med School Employee. The Stanford Daily, Volume 130, Issue 67, 28 January 1957

Approves Daily Survey By Journalism Department. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 18, 28 February 1957

Frosh Newspaper Staff Is Selected. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 19, 1 March 1957

Syrian Journalist Expresses Hope for MUN in Syria. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 35, 13 April 1957

Caste Institution Dying Out, Says Indian Journalist. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 45, 26 April 1957

Pakistani Political Reporter Stresses Problem of Kashmir. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 51, 6 May 1957

Three Journalism Grants Awarded. The Stanford Daily, Volume 131, Issue 53, 8 May 1957

Daily to Observe Newspaper Week With Open House. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 10, 3 October 1957

'Time' Reporter To Speak Tonight. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 19, 16 October 1957

Our Annual Fall Query: Anyone for Journalism? The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 2, 23 September 1957

Stanford Hosts 550 HS Debaters, Journalists. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 22, 21 October 1957

Journalism Prof Prints New Book. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 45, 21 November 1957

1958

CBS Reporter To Discuss Russia. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 58, 16 January 1958

CBS Correspondent to Analyze Current Communist Situation. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 59, 17 January 1958

Satellites Safe for Now, Predicts Correspondent. The Stanford Daily, Volume 132, Issue 60, 20 January 1958 

Radio Executives To Visit Campus. The Stanford Daily, Volume 134, Issue 19, 22 October 1958

Keio Student Yoshi Tsurumi Edited Japanese Newspaper. The Stanford Daily, Volume 134, Issue 30, 6 November 1958

1959

Borden Scholorship Award in Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 135, Issue 24, 6 March 1959

Stanford Radio Seeking Workers. The Stanford Daily, Volume 136, Issue 9, 7 October 1959

Teaching

Faculty who taught in the 1950s:

  • J. Stacy Adams, 1958-1959

  • Bruce Bliven, 1957-1960

  • James Everett Brinton, 1953-1965, Advertising and Media Research; Media and Opinion Management; Legal Aspects of Journalism

  • Richard F. Carter, 1958-1965, 1985-1986, Content Analysis; Attitude Measurement

  • Roy Earnest Carter Jr, 1953-1954, Editorial Techniques

  • Henry Lloyd Churchill, 1950-1959, Procedures in Advertising; Forms of Journalistic Writing; Business Management

  • Frank R. Clarvoe, 1939-1952

  • Robert Charles Connell, 1950-1952

  • Wayne Allen Danielson, 1956-1957

  • Paul John Deutschmann, 1954-1955, 1959-1960, Reporting of Public Affairs; Media of Mass Communication; Theory of Communication

  • Alex Edelstein, 1959-1960, History of Anglo-American Journalism; International Communication

  • Ralph N. Haber, 1958-1959

  • Raymond D. Lawrence, 1936-1937, 1938-1941, 1946-1951, Seminar: Society and mass communication; Techniques in Propaganda; Investigative Methods in Journalism

  • Clarence R. Lindner, 1939-1952

  • Norman McKown, 1958-1959

  • Thomas Minton Newell, 1941-1943, 1945-1948, 1949-1953, Mechanics of Publishing; Editorial Techniques; Seminar: Experimental Editorial Techniques

  • Robert M. Pockrass, 1955-1956, Editorial Techniques; Reporting of Public Affairs

  • Merrill Ernest Samuelson, 1959-1963, Editorial Techniques; Mechanics of Publishing; Introduction to Media Research

  • Wilbur Schramm, 1955-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1988, Communication and Persuasion; Theory of Communication; International Communication

  • Paul Clifford Smith, 1939-1952

  • Clifford Francis Weigle, 1934-1949, 1950-1970, 1971-1981, News Writing; Practical Editing; Feature Article

Course offerings in the 1950s:

Research

Books by faculty in the 1950s:

The newspaper and its public: a standardized test to measure the public's attitude toward a newspaper - James E Brinton; Chilton R Bush; Thomas M Newell

Responsibility in mass communication - Wilbur Schramm

One day in the world's press; fourteen great newspapers on a day of crisis, November 2, 1956 - Wilbur Schramm

Children and television: some advice to parents - Wilbur Schramm

The Process and effects of mass communication - Wilbur Schramm

Adventures for Americans - Wilbur Schramm

Scales for describing national communication systems - Wilbur Schramm, Richard F Carter

Four working papers on propaganda theory: Spiritual mobilization, the Japanise concept of propaganda - Wilbur Schramm

Mass media and education - Wilbur Schramm

Four theories of the press - Wilbur Schramm

Interviewing procedures; a manual for survey interviewers - J Stacy Adams

Discrepancy from adaptation level as a source of affect - Ralph N. Haber

News-page content of twelve metropolitan dailies - Paul J Deutschmann

PhD Research:

Class YearPhD GraduateDissertation Topic
1956John Paul DeutschmannThe relationship between interest and perception of headline-type stimuli
1957Wayne A. DanielsonEffects of word frequency, word length, and grammatical probability on perception and immediate recall of words
1957Kay HerbertDesign and attempted validation of a disguised, multiple-choice “pessimism” scale
1957Reuben MehlingAttitude changing effect of verbal and non-verbal elements in selected news and photo combinations
1959Jack LyleCommunication, political organization, productivity, and morale in small task-groups