| Show STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 made during the association1949 Winter Convention Fifty-sixth annual meeting Friday Saturday and Sunday January 14-15-16 1949 Hotel Newhouse Hal MacKnight Price Sun-Advocate was elected president Over 100 delegates braved severe weather conditions in order to attend as 1949 went into the records as one of the worst winters in state history Paul Trescott editorial writer of the Philadelphia Even ing Bulletin was the Saturday banquet speaker His talk dealt with newspaper crusades and described how they can im prove communities He said It is every publisherduty to analyze community problems call them to the peopleattention and then see them through to completion Gov Bracken Lee shared the speakerpodium with two university-level journalists who echoed Trescottadmonition Weldon Taylor of Brigham Young University accompanied bypanel of his students cited lack of courage on editorial pages of Utah weeklies Dr Quintus Wilson of the University of Utah discussing The Press That Serves also urged publishers to takegreater interest in their editorial pages The first presentation of Utah State Agricultural Collegeaward for dynamic leadership in community papers was given Thomas Judd of the Mt Pleasant Pyramid Dr Carlton Culmsee said the Community Service Award would be presented annually Fifty-seventh annual meeting Friday Saturday and Sunday January 13-14-15 1950 Hotel Newhouse Rytting Tremonton Leader was elected president John Henry columnist of the Des Moines Iowa Register and editor of Cosmopolitan magazine Main Street feature was the keynote speaker He told delegates that columns are now supplanting editorials in the weekly newspaper and exert considerable editorial influence Don Eck general manager of National Editorial Association updated the newspeople on progress of that organization and its importance to weeklies in particular tour of the University of UtahDepartment of 343 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
