Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 51

              frank l palmer conference speakers vol xliv no 51 bethlehem pa saturday may 13 1939 price — five cents 543 delegates 121 groups attend meeting williams states alertness catches history in making opens press conference with talk at session this morning staff conducts round tables 60 prizes are presented to outstanding publications delegates hear 2 addresses first place plaque plaques given to first and second place winners in ten contests 211 schools compete three publications obtain first place for fourth consecutive year sixty publications representing the same number of high and pre paratory schools of pennsylvania and new jersey were selected by reporters of three different daily newspapers of the lehigh valley as noteworthy achievements in scho lastic journalism in the ten contests run in connection with the sixth annual lehigh scholastic press conference - seven pennsylvania and three new jersey schools received first place awards in the contests the results of the contests in the ten classes were anounced at the clos ing session of the conference this afternoon in addition to the 10 first place plaques 10 second place plaques and 40 certificates of merit were awarded a total of 211 high and preparatory schools in the two states were represented in the con tests 6 papers repeat six publications which were judged as first and second place winners last may continued their winning streaks these were ye ridlyan ridley park high school ridley park the student voice flemington high school fleming ton n j mercersburg news mercersburg academy mercers burg shady side news shady side academy pittsburgh glen nor crier glen-nor high school glenolden and cherry and white williamsport high school williamsport three publications which did not win plaques or gain honorable mention last year were listed among the finalists this year the high post of latrobe high school latrobe took second place in the class a newspaper classification bordentown military institute's the skirmisher took first place among the preparatory school ma gazines while the tech owl of westinghouse technical high school east pittsburgh won the judges verdict for first place hon ors in the class c newspaper divi sion only one publication advanced from second to first place in this year's contest the gold and white grove city high school grove city replaced the jean stts dispatch jeanette high school jeanette in the class d contest two magazines and one news paper advanced from honorable mention rating of a year ago to first place this spring the york-high weekly william perm high school york jumped from honor able mention to rule in first place of the class a newpsaper division the two magazines to attain a higher position in their respective classifications were tech quar terly technical high school scranton in the class a magazine contest and the nutshell moor estown high school moorestown n j in the class b magazine class ification the awards were announced by dr wray h congdon dean of undergraduates at the closing ses sion held in packard auditorium the juges of the competitions were mrs b c sawyer bethlehem globe-times richard n larkin the easton free press and ne vin l fidler the allentown morning call m e officials elected the officers of the lehigh stu dent branch of the american soci ety of mechanical engineers have elected their officers for the coming year they are president john f mcquillan 40 vice president robert caemerrer 41 treasurer robert a ackerman 40 secre tary ellis r snivel jr 41 dale high school johnstown shown in upper left were first arrivals eric weiss demonstrates facsimile machine to guests b & w photo nearly 600 students attend first session held this morning palmer talks to group carothers describes two types of newspapers and gives advice high school newspapers de clared dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administra tion at the opening session of the sixth annual scholastic press con ference this morning in packard laboratory attended by nearly 600 delegates gives students the oppor tunity to test their ability along the newspaper line from the exper ience gained in the work a student may decide whether he wants re portting as an avocation or voca tion dean carothers went on to de scribe the different types of news papers saying that there are those which print truth and those which are as dangerous as a rattle snake in closing he said never write a line unless you know it is true keep trying to write and you will be surprised to find what you can do frank l palmer newspaper man speaking on twisted head lines said one of the greatest carers is newspaper work if you have the gift to write or if you love the game so well that you will face the hardships which it pre sents in discussing the factors that make the public lose faith in the press palmer pointed out that the speed at which the newspapers and syndicates are run makes for half truths and statements without investigation of the facts another factor is newspaper policy some where there is an individual who is coloring the paper with his own ideas which cause the public to lose faith in discussing the press under a dictatorship the speaker pointed out that any reporter see ing the conditions realizes the val ue of free press as it is in the united states dr c c williams president extended greetings and official wel come to the delegates which rep resented high schools from the states of pennsylvania and new jersey ten plaques designed as shown above were awarded to the first-place win ners in the ten classifications of the lehigh press conference contest the printing press casting the wreath and the identification plate are of bronze mounted on a mahogany board six inches wide by eight inches deep the ten second - place plaques are much similar to the winners plaques the only differences are the absence of the wreath and the size of the mahog any board which is 5"x7 chinese engineer receives degree yen te-ching,'ol honored by lehigh recently yen te-ching 01 chief engineer of the chinese government recent ly received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the univer sity the degree is believed to be the only honorary degree ever confer rd off campus by the university the ceremony was held april 8 at chiao-tung university shangai china with officials of the univer sity acting in the place of pres williams yen te-ching was the first of his race to graduate from lehigh after receiving the degree of civil engineer in 1901 he spent a year in this country in structural work then he returned to china and en tered engineering work in connect ion with railways operation and construction continued on page four delegates register tour campus and view facsimile 33 students address 8 discussion groups in afternoon session thirty three lehigh journalism students seven university faculty members four visiting educators a practicing sports editor and repre sentatives of a mimeograph ma chine company participated in the eight round table discussion groups which featured the afternoon ses sion of the sixth annual scholastic press conference held here today delegates indicated at registra tion which group they wished to attend the majority of the staffs represented were divided into small units so that various phases of publications work could be dis cussed the leaders and speakers of the different groups and their topics are as follows faculty advisers — prof dale h gramley head of journalism cour ses at lehigh university chairman dr alan o dech former consult ant of curriculum revision for the pennsylvania department of pub lic instruction the state depart ment of public instruction and school journalism dr william l conor superintendent of schools of allentown the superintendent looks at school publications clarence e boyer principal boon ton n j high school the princi pal looks at school publications and j w beattie adviser to the staff of the mirror palmerton high school the faculty adviser and school publications general news writing — thrash er t gray former news manager of the brown and white chairman who also spoke on complete cov erage howard m conner news manager of the brown and white news features charles f kalm bach friday news editor of the brown and white newspaper style hints and a model inter view at which time dr wray h congdon dean of undergraduates was interviewed by donald r schoen tuesday news editor of the brown and white editorial writing willet weeks editor in chief of the brown and white chairman who also spoke on writing the editorial eric weiss former editorial manager of the brown and white and presi dent of pidelta epsilon ' national honorary collegiate journalism fra newspaper alertness catches his tory while it is in the making was the central theme of the brief welcome address given by dr clement c williams president of the university at the opening ses sion of the conference this morn ing in packard auditorium in evaluating benefits of student newspaper reporting and editing president williams stated that mental grasp and alertness are two of the most useful qualities that anyone may possess in associating with other people he said that these two attributes are acquired through newspaper work perhaps as readily as in any other school activity dr williams also stated that newspaper writing necessitates trimming ideas until they are clear cut and definite he said just what are the boundaries of an idea and what concepts lie just across those boundaries constitute a prop er test of an idea frequently as one attempts to survey the boundaries of an idea he finds that on one or more sides the boundaries are very indefinite and the concept seems to merge undistinguishably with other ideas adjacent cites journalism values another value of scholastic jour nalism stressed by president will iams was that newspaper reporting and editing is excellent training for alertness in the social and busi ness world in commenting on this phase of journalism dr williams said to be alert concering what is trans piring in ones own school is of course excellent training for alert ness in the social and business world some people never sense what is happening until long after it has happened and is recorded and explained as history newspa per alertness catches history yhile it is in the making in concluding his talk he stated that activities of high schools in publishing a newspaper have much value in enabling high school stu dents to discover their tastes and proclivities lehigh university has a deep interest said dr williams in the journalistic activities of which the annual scholastic press conference affords a glimpse 92 pennsylvania 29 new jersey schools send staffs to lehigh dale high first to arrive a total of 543 delegates repre senting 121 high schools and pre paratory schools of pennsylvania and new jersey were registered at 10:30 o'colck this morning accord ing to the tabulation of miss mac grube registration clerk this fig ure was below the actual count as several large groups were still en route as this edition went to press first to arrive were 10 delegates and two faculty advisers from dale high school johnstown they ar rived on the lehigh campus about 8 15 o'clock last night among the largest groups to at tend the all-day sessions were rep resentatives from slatington ma hanoy city and lehighton high schools the following is a list of advance registrations received pennsylvania bangor — helen p roche kath ryn m oxford and charles a de haven bedford — ned brown philip claar and miss marion holsinger berwick — robert e schooley jane brittain joyce and frank kepner bethlehem catholic — anne m peters mary e evrard and ag nes boden bethlehem liberty — mary vir ginia ernest santa maxwell erma livirrie sylvia sigmond marjorie wright and ernest gerlach carlisle — william masland and george ely catasauqua — richard g engler vian b silliman and fred hess conshohocken — stanley weiss man jerome szwedkowski and gloria primavera coopersburg — jane smith amos miller and ralph mann cornwells heights — gladys reed cresco — carl laeb jeanne price jane price iva roberts and miss rhodes dallas — betty him earl brown stella misson helen sullivan doris mccarty and myrtis disque darby — george rothera harold plummer mary hampilos phyllis brethenick miss c j whittaker and miss b mccorb easton — s shirley stine betty walker and dorothy lichtenthaler * everett — doris gienger and miss catherine henry freeland — james o'neill john perkosky george guido stephen polaschik gordon kessel lester stine edward stefanik edward kalanevich and albert hartung foster township — marie spiro constance sanlin and barbara hyduhe gallitin — b j roach germantown academy — harold p melehse stanley m cluster and dr f m moore germantown friends — william j edman marvin l brown and a gregg jackson gettysburg — james hafer helen keefauver audrey shoop maurice weaver frederick rowe glenside — ruth castelline mar jorie lamb margaret whitaker mona castelline jack reichard charles sohl and robert doane hamburg — robert weirich ruth hershey and betty shollenberger hanover — margaret carver her bert yost geraldine gross phil lis yingling richard c kistler and samuel shirk hatfield — peggy keagle bertha ott and miss mabel knoll hellertown — fred munson and lucille bean johnstown — bertha zips janet woodward dorothy helsel la verne shoemaker betty chamber lain william stull ted theile al fred pasquale jacque giles thomas yasko lester m mitchell and miss helen wissinger lansdowne — ralph stiffler rich ard holloway robert lamborn and william wall lebanon — mary mehaffey john schwenk and howard paine lehighton paul balliet ruby meissner elaine david lucille snyder jean krum robert dries bach fay snyder ruth gillen al continued on page four prof dale h gramley press conference edition dr clement c williams dr wray h congdon dr neil carothers lehigh university brown and white member 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