"A good reporter"
Arthur Carruth Jr,, also known as AJC or the "BOC"
began his career as a boy, while working in the hop fields for his first summer
job he created a daily bulletin for this schoolmates, stories of boys who
picked boxes of hops in record time headlining the editions. During high school he wrote a column of high
school happenings for his local paper. College lead him editorship of the
yearbook and the Washburn school paper.
Upon graduation in 1908 he joined the State Journal and continued there
as reporter, city editor, managing editor, and co-publisher until the paper was
sold in 1940. He was such an
instrumental member of the Washburn board of Regents aht in 1960 a residence
hall was named after him and in 1931 he was awarded with an honorary Doctorate
of Literature. Aided in the
organization of the Topeka Press Club, Topeka Civic Symphony, Shawnee Country
Club and a charter member of the Topeka Rotary Club.
No comments:
Post a Comment