Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Directory and Historyconsideration to the proposition being presented by "Country Newspapers," a cooperativenewspaper association."We believe that the informative advertising campaign already undertaken by theIllinois Central and other great railroad systems opens up a foreign advertising fieldwhich is deserving of serious consideration; and we request our officers thoroughly toinvestigate the matter, taking such action as they deem wise."Awards in the newspaper "make-up" contest gave first place to the Harvard Herald,and second and third respectively to the Woodstock American and the Aledo Democrat.The Rockford Republic took first prize among daily newspapers with the CentraliaSentinel and the Champaign News-Gazette following.Places for the prize advertisement went to the Milford News, the Aledo Democratand the Grayville Mercury-Independent. The awards for the best inside page make-upwere given to the Milford News, the Minonk News-Dispatch and the Pike County News.John H. Harrison, Danville Commercial News, was unanimously chosen presidentof the association. The other officers elected were: Vice Presidents, A. H. Gravenhorst,Effingham Review; Irl H. Marshall, Mendota Sun-Bulletin; Miss Katherine Mel ain,LaSalle Post; Secretary, H. L. Williamson, Illinois Publisher, Springfield; Treasurer,E. H. Childress, Wayne County Press.Immediately after his election, the new president, Mr. Harrison, made the followingstatement to the press:"There is no reason why the University of Illinois should not have a schoolor college of journalism unequalled by any in America. The first step shouldbe enlargement of the courses in journalism into a department of journalism.I assure you that the Illinois Press Association would give its unqualified supportto such a move."At the close of the meeting the members attended the Illinois-Michigan baseballgame, and the annual May Fete of the Woman's Athletic Association.Women editors and wives of the editors attending the meeting were taken on atour of the campus, by Theta Sigma Phi, professional journalistic sorority. Thev werealso entertained at a tea at the University Woman's Club, with Mrs. F. W. Scott andMrs. H. M. Dunlap as hostesses, and were taken to visit the farm of Senator Dunlap.1924The Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Illinois Press Association was held onOctober 9, 10 and 11, 1924, at the Union Building, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. John H. Harrison, Danville Commercial-News, President of the Association,presided. The session was divided into two sections, that of weekly paper editors, overwhich S. P. Preston, Gillespie News, presided, and that of the daily editors, over whichA. L. Bowen, Illinois State Journal, Springfield, presided.Several short addresses were listed for the weekly section. The first of these wasgiven by Charles Mead, editor of the Geneva Republican, on the subject, "The EarlyDay Editor."The second speaker was I. S. Dunn, Divernon, printing instructor at the St. CharlesSchool for Boys, and President of the Southern Illinois Editorial Association. He talkedbrieflv on "The Southern Illinois Editorial Association and Its Relation to the ParentOrganization." He spoke of the deep interest each editor had in the Association. JohnM. Sheets, Oblong Oracle, in an address entitled, "The Editorial Page," emphasized tothe editors that their editorial columns must contain material for the common goodand not be tilled with trivial items.