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Show Spa:CDAD.. COMMDTTEIE CHAUIlMrElNI YOUTHPOWER---U.S .A l Leah Dunfo, • Responding to the call of our National Federation, the Utah Federation of Business and Professional Women conducted our YOUTHPOWER---U.S.A Conference on Saturday, January 23, 1965, at the Hot. Newhouse, Salt Lake City. I felt that never have efforts been better spent, nor more appreciated by thol who participated. .. . In a nationwide radio interview, our federation President, Dorothy Ford, explained the purposes of these conferences when she said 6 tiThe primary purpose is to give our youth a better understanding of wha1' makes our business community tick, why it is important to have a healthy business community, and why it!,1 I is important for busl ness to make a profi t ! "We are interested in teaching our young people the importance of ethics in business also th. in a leadership role--on campus, in I techniques that are important for them to know in order to succeed their communities, and when they enter the business world. It 0 ••• This, ther" was what we attempted to do. letters were sent to all of the high school principals in the state, inviting them to select one boy and one girl to be ourguestsQ;tthe Conference. the response , was :tremendous I with 125 student. leaders representing 59 of the 80 schools. I, From the very first planning meeting, the committee was filled with enthusiasm as we began to con leaders in business, government, education, industry, civic groups, religious leaders, communityagenci_1 etc., to solicit their support, both as participants and for financia I assistance. It was indeed gratifying find that, in almost every case, the very top man chose to cttend himself rather than to send a representa·j tive from his organization. We followed the program outlined by National and in so doing presented 25 I top leaders from nearly a II professiona I areas in our state. M::my of you were in attendance, but for those of you who were nor , I would like to give a brief i summary of the program. The Conference was divided into three parts, each featuring a maior topic discussed by a prominent Utahn; a panel discussion on the topic, and a student participation with summary of each topic afterward$ Frances convened the Conference, and the student body president of Logan High led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Following the inspirational message and invocation by Reverend A. M. 8eaudoin, President I of the Salt lake MInisterial Association, General Noxwell E. Rich, Executive Secretary of the Salt Lake j City Chamber of Commerce, gave the welcome message, representing Governor Calvin L. Rampton. I President Daryl Chase of Utah State University set the stage in his talk on tlWhya 'Youthpower- U .S .A .' Conference. II Dr Chase noted that the youngsters at the meet were "our future leaders. u nrhey I have been selected because of their qualities of leadership in their own areas, II he said, uand the purpose ':1 of this conference is to help prepare them for future leadership. II 0 I The keynote speech on II Our Free Enterprise System" was given by Dr. ElRoy Nelson, vice president' First Security Bank of Utah, also representing Pro-Utah. Dr Nelson warned that maintenance of the freei II enterprise system requires "constant effort, planning and looking ahead. He told his listeners that the u youth of today is "coming into one of the greatest areas of opportunity our world has ever known. 0 The panel discussion on "Our Free Enterprise System" was moderated by t-Itr. Curtis P. Harding,. 't Administrator I Utah Department of Employment Security. Participating with Mr. Harding were tk. les, Romney, Executive Secretary, Utah Mining Association; Mr. H. A. Oliphant, General Mlnager, Malor APpliance Division" General Electric Comny; Mr. Richard Christensen", Treasurer, 8urrows Smith and Company; and Mr. Theodore K. Maughan, Director, Utah Department or Employment Security. |
