Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryIn his annual address President Gravenhorst declared that the past year had broughtforth more advertising in the form of propaganda than in any ten years previous inhis twenty-three years of newspaper work. He condemned the practice of newspapersaccepting "Black Hand" advertising. He also stated that if journalism is to meananything it must be placed on the plane of medicine and law and he predicted that itultimately should stand above all other professions. He stressed the work of the Committeeon Education.The report of H. L. Williamson, secretary, resulted in a move for the consolidationof papers in communities not large enough to support separate ones and a movefor a minimum rate to be charged for subscriptions and advertising.A symposium on education for journalism was held under President Gravenhorst'sCommittee on Education on "What a Cub Reporter Ought to Know." In it ProfessorLawrence W. Murphy, University of Illinois; W. F. Hardy, Decatur Herald; HarryB. Potter, Marshall Herald; and W. J. Smith, Waukegan Sun participated. The faultof young reporters, according to the speakers, was that they were too local, provincial,unacquainted with general issues. Training, common sense, ability to recognize thevalues of the profession and a desirable minimum of education were emphasized asdesirable by all the speakers.The second annual meeting of the Associated Press of the state was held on Thursdayafternoon, John H. Harrison, Danville Commercial-News, presiding.Edgar T. Cutter, superintendent of the central division of the Associated Press,urged the creation of additional wire service supplementary to that then in existencefor five of the larger cities of Illinois receiving Associated Press news. He said thatIllinois at that time had the largest and heaviest wire service of any state except Texaswith 862 miles of wire reaching 21 points.More University and Champaign news was promised the editors. H. C. Schaubspoke on "State Mail and Wire Service," and requested more state news. S. L. Call,Illinois State Journal, Springfield, spoke on general and mail news. Aubrey Cribb, incharge of the Springfield Bureau of the Associated Press spoke on his work.H. C. Schaub, Decatur Review, was elected president; S. L. Call, vice president;and Audrey Cribb, secretary. John H. Harrison was elected to represent Illinois at theDivisional board meeting of the Associated Press in Chicago.Thursday evening a meeting was held in Smith Music hall. The address of theevening was given by O. Lawrence Hawthorne, "the Omaha Poet," on "Yesterday andYou." Three vocal solos were given by Miss Elsie Duhr, Blue Island, accompanied byMrs. Howard Lee; Miss Duhr had been in America only a few months, having comefrom Germany where she had toured with the College Opera Company.On Friday morning the weekly division, meeting separately, heard W. J. Smith,Waukegan Sun, talk on "Free Publicity." He explained that it was sometimes necessaryto carry what was to a certain degree advertising matter in the news columns for thesake of the advertising it solicited for the paper, and that there was often a good storyin the matter the editor received. In discussion of the subject H. J. Blazer, Aledo Times-Record, said that he probably carried as much free publicity as any paper in the statebut he never gave any space to professional publicity seekers.Dr. F. H. Bird, Director of the department of research, United Typothetae ofAmerica, Chicago, concluded the morning's program with a discussion of job printingand the cost system.In the daily session in the morning, Quinn Ryan, director of WGN Radio station,Chicago, spoke on "Radio and the Newspaper." Other speakers were: W. O. Marquiss,Quincy Whig- Journal; J. L. Hasbrouck, Bloomington Pantagraph; and V. Y. Dallman,