TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 14

TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND.

Mrs. Walter Williams, who is on a world tour with her husband, Dr. Williams, president of the. Missouri University, Columbia, U.S.A., is a woman of note in her own country. She is a writer of books, an editor of bulletins, and a practical journalist. She has been a reporter on several newspapers, and was a special writer for the " Philadelphia Public Ledger." From 1921, up to the time of her marriage in 1927, she occupied the position of assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri, and during her term of office she was responsible for several improvements for training students, notably in literary, art, and I music reviewing. She also took a keen interest in the activities of the University and was national president of the Theta Sigma Pi, an organisation which has as its threefold purpose: Uniting in good fellowship college women in journalism; the conferring of honour upon women who distinguish themselves in journalism; and the raising of the standards in the profession of journalism, including the improvement of conditions for women journalists, and inspiring the individual to greater effort. Dr. and Mrs. Williams are due in New Zealand on February 19.