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Interlude, v. 1, issue 4, July 1940
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Interlude AN OCCASIONAL JOURNAL OF OPINION AND COMMENT If Willard. O. Wylie really remained away from the Philadelphia convention of the National Amateur Press Association because he thought it wouldn't be worth the money, he should be the most sorrowful man in amateur journalism today. Meeting nearly fifty amateur journalists, past and present, is worth a great deal of money; and fully fifty, at one time or another were present at Philadelphia. Participating in a lively yet completely harmonious convention of the National is worth a great deal, too; and the Philadelphia convention was precisely that. Sharing in a movement to stir the association from the doldrums that is reasonably certain of success is worth something, too, and those at Philadelphia were united in the determination to make the oldest of the organizations the greatest in achievement. Yes, indeed, every one who shared in the activities on July 4, 5, and 6 has reason to feel happy that he had the opportunity to participate. Those who were unable to attend shared decisively in the elections. Despite Helm Spink's prediction that the election would be thrown to the convention, it turned out that most of the officers were chosen on the proxies. In most cases not even the unanimous vote of the convention would have defeated the will of the members at large, and only in the case of the executive judges, if I recall correctly, was a single ballot representing the entire convention vote cast. Mr. Spink's suggestion that those wishing to honor C. W. Smith place both his name and that of a second choice on the ballot found favor only with three who cash proxies; and the presiding officer of the convention ruled in accordance with Mr. Spink's
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Interlude AN OCCASIONAL JOURNAL OF OPINION AND COMMENT If Willard. O. Wylie really remained away from the Philadelphia convention of the National Amateur Press Association because he thought it wouldn't be worth the money, he should be the most sorrowful man in amateur journalism today. Meeting nearly fifty amateur journalists, past and present, is worth a great deal of money; and fully fifty, at one time or another were present at Philadelphia. Participating in a lively yet completely harmonious convention of the National is worth a great deal, too; and the Philadelphia convention was precisely that. Sharing in a movement to stir the association from the doldrums that is reasonably certain of success is worth something, too, and those at Philadelphia were united in the determination to make the oldest of the organizations the greatest in achievement. Yes, indeed, every one who shared in the activities on July 4, 5, and 6 has reason to feel happy that he had the opportunity to participate. Those who were unable to attend shared decisively in the elections. Despite Helm Spink's prediction that the election would be thrown to the convention, it turned out that most of the officers were chosen on the proxies. In most cases not even the unanimous vote of the convention would have defeated the will of the members at large, and only in the case of the executive judges, if I recall correctly, was a single ballot representing the entire convention vote cast. Mr. Spink's suggestion that those wishing to honor C. W. Smith place both his name and that of a second choice on the ballot found favor only with three who cash proxies; and the presiding officer of the convention ruled in accordance with Mr. Spink's
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