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Show YOUTHPOWER --U.S.A. By Leah Dunford, State Chairman Responding of ation Business Women conducted call the to National Federation, the and of our Utah Feder Professional YOUTHPOWER--U.S.A. Conference on Saturday, January 23, at the Hotel Newhouse, Salt Lake City. our [ felt that never have efforts been better spent, nor more appreciated by those who participated. a nationwide radio interview, Federation President, Dorothy Ford In ur xplained the purposes of these erences when urpose is to Inderstanding con she said, "The primary give our youth a better of what makes our busi community tick, why it is import lnt to have a healthy business com runity, and why it is important for ess nisdne ss to make "We are people 'oung business .n profit." interested in teaching ••• important re a the our importance of ethics also the techniques that for them to know in succeed in a leadership role campus, in their communities, and rder to -on hen they This, then, do. enter the business world." was Letters school what were we sent attempted to allof high principals in the tate, inviting them to select one boy le very top man chose to attend himself rather than to send a representative from his We followed organization. the program outlined by National, and in so from our doing presented 25 top leaders nearly all professional areas in state. Many of you wre in attendance, but for those of you who were not, I would like to give a brief summary of the program. The three Conference divided inm was each parts, featuring a major topic discussed by a prominent Utahn, a panel discussion on the topic, and a student participation with summary of each topic afterward. Frances conven ed the Conference, and the student body president of Logan High led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Following the inspirational cation message and invo by The Reverend A. M. Beaudoin, President of the Salt Lake Ministerial General Maxwell E. Rich, Association, Executive Secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce gave the wel coming message, representing Governor Calvin L. Rampton. ld President Daryl Chase of Utah State University set the stage in his talk on "Why a 'Youthpower--U.S.A. 'Confer )US, with 125 student leaders repre nting 59 of the 80 schools. youngsters one girl to be our guests at the )nference. The response was tremen From the very first planning meet- the committee was filled with en siasm as we began to contact lead 19, - in business, government, edu .t Lon industry, civic groups, relig us leaders, community agencies, etc. 'S , solicit their support, both as par cipants and for financial· ,assis nce. nd .ige 3 It that was in indeed gratifying to almost every case, the ence." future lected Dr. Chase at leaders. because leadership noted the They that the were "our have been se meet of their qualities of own areas," he in their "and the purpose of this confer ence is to them for help prepare future leadership." said, The keynote speech on "Our Free En was terprise System" given by Dr. EI Roy Nelson, Vice-president, First Continued next page THE UTAH BUSINESS WOMAN |
