104 COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

and biographical and statistical material. In the specially equipped typo-
graphical laboratory, students are given practical training in the principles
of typography in connection with the courses in editing, advertising, and
newspaper administration. A reading room adjoining the journalism lab-
oratory is provided with files of the leading newspapers of the country,
as well as of important American and English journalistic periodicals.

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. Students preparing for journalism are given
practical training on the two Madison daily newspapers, the editors of
which cooperate with the instructors of journalism for this purpose. The
editors of a number of Wisconsin weekly papers cooperate in giving stu-
dents in the course in the Community Newspaper practical experience for
a week during the spring recess. Places on the editorial and business
staffs of student publications are awarded for the most part on a basis of
literary and executive ability, and are open to all students. The Daily
Cardinal, published as a morning newspaper in a printing plant of its
own, is edited by a staff organized from the students interested in jour-
nalism, who thus get practice in all the details of newspaper making. The
Octopus, a humorous periodical, and the Badger, the university annual,
edited and published by the members of the junior class, give opportunity
for a variety of experience in journalism. The Wisconsin Engineer, a
monthly edited and published by the students of the College of Engineering,
and the Wisconsin Country Magazine, a monthly edited and managed by
the agricultural students, furnish practice for those interested in technical
and trade journalism.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS. For admission to this School, students
must be eligible for junior standing in the College of Letters and Science
as a result of having completed satisfactorily the first two years of the
general course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. A minimum of
58 credits is necessary for junior standing, but students are advised tc
present at least 60 credits for admission to the School of Journalism if
they expect to complete in two years of residence the 124 credits required
for graduation from the School of Journalism. Credits that are lacking
may be secured by attendance at the summer session or by correspondence
study, during the period between the junior and senior years.

Students entering the University as freshmen or sophomores should
undertake to complete not only the studies required in the first two years
of all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the general course,
but also such other studies as are prerequisite for advanced courses in
the curriculum of the School of Journalism. The required courses for the
freshman and sophomore years are as follows:

Credits

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