Journalism
Nicholas graduated from the USC School of Journalism in the winter of 1947, and was hired by United Press as a reporter in Hawaii during 1948 and 1949.
He worked in Honolulu at the Honolulu Advertiser Building under the aegis of the Twigg-Smith Family, publishers of the Advertiser. He became a labor reporter at a time when the transportation to and from Hawaii was shut down by a longshoremen’s strike under the leadership of Harry Bridges. Nicholas covered Bridges and Gus Hall, Chairman of the Communist Party in Honolulu during the strike. He left for law school in Chicago in 1950.
Fred, at Dixon Press, while USC Sports Editor for the Daily Trojan, 1940.
Fred and fellow USC students with the famed singer Kate Smith, 1940.
Fred, President of Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalism fraternity, 1941.
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity Senior Banquet, May 16, 1941.
Fred, at his apartment on Ala Wai Canal, Honolulu, 1948.
Article List
Southern California Daily Trojan, Staff
“Men Writers Dine Tomorrow,” USC Daily Trojan
“Fred Nicholas Named New Sports Editor,” USC Daily Trojan
“S. C. Student Journalists Edit Daily Facts Today,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Hardboiled Egg Mystery Stumps ‘Super Sleuths’,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Dental Students Find More Work Than Play,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Page Sherlock Holmes! Medical Student Lost,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Dodgers Once Known as Superbas,” USC Daily Trojan, May 7, 1940
Nicholas, Fred. “SC Instructor Sells Fiction,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Pepperdine Springs Upset To Defeat Troy in Mile Relay,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Dr. Von KleinSmid Addresses Banquet,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Trojan Club Jamboree Honors Grid Stars Tonight,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Cavalcade of Journalism Depicted by Museum,” USC Daily Trojan, October 23, 1940
Nicholas, Fred. “Trojans Leave for Husky Tilt,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Bob de Lauer Rates Albert Among Nation’s Best Backs,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “SC Faces Irish With 15 Players Stricken by Flu,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Investment Returns,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “McKellar Elected New Squire Head,” USC Daily Trojan, February 6, 1941
Nicholas, Fred. “On the Rebound,” USC Daily Trojan, May 3, 1941
Nicholas, Fred. “‘Park Sharks’ Return,” USC Daily Trojan, May 8, 1941
Nicholas, Fred. “The Little Fellow,” USC Daily Trojan, May 21, 1941
Nicholas, Fred. “‘One Track’ Mind Theory Debunked By Professor,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “Nicholas Says: Musick Didn’t Make Final Troy Touchdown,” USC Daily Trojan
Nicholas, Fred. “ISDX Alums from USC hold top news jobs,” Matrix Issue, May 16, 1947