The 14th session of Radcliffe's Publishing Procedures course closed last week with a presentation of the six magazines the 50 enrolled students had edited and designed. These fascinating but hypothetical publications were the projects of a week-long workshop in magazine design climaxing a six-week session of lectures, field trips, and a workshop of production.
The purpose of the course, according to Mrs. Diggory Venn, Director, is to acquaint neophyte publishers with all phases of the publishing world.
Aside from a one-year graduate course given by New York University, Radcliffe's is the only comprehensive introduction to publishing, and in addition to groundwork in proofreading, copy editing, and layout, the course enjoys an outstanding roster of lecturers: editors (Edward Weeks of The Atlantic Monthly), writers (John Updike), Presidents of films (Barney Ross of the recently notorious Grove Press), and Art Directors (Cipe Pinellas of Mademoiselle who enlarged upon the details of the Lampoon's recent forays there).
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