Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 4 Nov 1965

VISITIN G PROFESSO R O F JOURNALIS M Professor Charles C. Clayton, University of Southern Illinois. B o m in Nebraska in 1902, Professor Clayton grew up in the state capital at Lincoln, where he worked part-time for the Lincoln Star while attending high school and the University of Nebraska. H e transferred to the University of Missouri and received a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1925. The day after graduation he joined the staff of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as a reporter. During his thirty years with the St. Louis Globe- Democrat, he served as a reporter, assistant city editor, city editor, literary editor, editorial writer and assistant to the publisher. During those years he had taught at Washington University i n St. Louis (1928-29); Webster College (1936-40) an d Lindenwood College, St. Charles M o. (1940-1952). O n January 1, 1956, he joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,III.,with the rank of professor. In 1961-1962 he served as a Fulbright professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at National Chengchi University in Taiwan and became the only honorary professor for life of that university. Professor Clayton was elected t o the Executive Council o f Sigma Delta Chi, national journalistic society, in 1947 and served as president in 1951-1952, and as chairman of the Executive Council in 1952- 1953. He also served as editor of The Quill, the monthly magazine of the society, from 1956 until 1961. I n 1934 to 1936 he served as president of the University of Missouri School of Journalism Alumni Association and from 1934 to 1938 a member of the Waiter Williams Foundation in Journalism Board of Directors. In June, 1952, he received a medal for "Distinguished Service to Journalism from University of Missouri and is now in the Journalism Hall o f Fame at the University. Professor Clayton is the author of two books: "Newspaper Reporting Today" was published by the Oddyssey Press in N e w York in 1947; and "Fifty Years For Freedom", a history of Sigma Delta Chi. H e has also written a number of articles for national magazines and numerous book reviews. Professor Clayton is married and Mrs. Clayton is also in Hong Kong. They have two children, both married. Their son, Charles S. Clayton is a lawer in St. Louis, and his wife, Dr. Paula Clayton, is a member of the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. LECTURER S (By order of availability of biographies) Dr, Jennie Huie, United College, English Literature. Dr. Jennie Huie took herfirst degree in the University of Rangoon, graduating with first class Honours in English Language and Literature i n 1951. Sh e was awarded the U Po Hnit gold medal for her standing in the class. She then entered the University of Hong Kong in 1952, obtaining her Diploma in Education in 1953. From 1951 t o 1952 and 1954 to 1955 Dr. Huie taught English Literature a t the College of Adult Education in Rangoon. In 1955，Dr. Huie went to University of London on a scholarship from the Government of the Union of Burma, to pursue research in English Literature which led to the degree of Ph.D. in 1961. Following this she came to Hong Kong and while teaching part-time i n the English Department o f N e w Asia College she edited Dr. Li Shu-fan's autobiography Hong Kong Surgeon, which was published in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in 1964, the Chinese version of which appeared in Hong Kong early this year. Dr. Huie joined United College in 1962 as a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature. From September 1964 to January 1965, she toured 8