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Interlude, v. 1, issue 4, July 1940
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of the Institute, Mr. Alfred Rigling, and the Assistant Librarian, Mr. Walter Pertuch was especially agreeable. Both of them attended the session of the convention held at the Institute and devoted the entire afternoon to making the delegates feel at home. Their interest in the Smith Collection is intense; they feel great pride that the Institute harbors it; and they stress the fact that the Collection is at all times available to any visiting amateur journalist. I owe a special debt to Mr. Pertuch for his great courtesy in conducting me personally through the Institute and revealing to me its wealth of interesting scientific exhibits. Philadelphia is indeed fortunate to have so remarkable an institution. Both Mr. Rigling and Mr. Pertuch were guests at the banquet, where Mr. Rigling spoke most interestingly of the growth of Franklin Institute. In making him our only honorary member, the convention honored the association. Many of the attendants remained in Philadelphia until Sunday, the 7th. The final partings were made reluctantly, and there were instances of actual tears! But there was a happy sense of achievement and a bright vision for the future. The National Amateur Press Association enters on its sixty-fifth year under most favorable auspices. May the record be that of rich fulfillment! The death of grand old Charles C. Hueman occurred on the very eve of the Philadelphia meeting; indeed, a letter from him that had been written shortly before his death both gladdened and saddened the convention. He had been one of the founders of the National; indeed of that notable group now only Evan Reed Riale survives. To the last Mr. Heuman retained a lively interest in amateur journalism and
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of the Institute, Mr. Alfred Rigling, and the Assistant Librarian, Mr. Walter Pertuch was especially agreeable. Both of them attended the session of the convention held at the Institute and devoted the entire afternoon to making the delegates feel at home. Their interest in the Smith Collection is intense; they feel great pride that the Institute harbors it; and they stress the fact that the Collection is at all times available to any visiting amateur journalist. I owe a special debt to Mr. Pertuch for his great courtesy in conducting me personally through the Institute and revealing to me its wealth of interesting scientific exhibits. Philadelphia is indeed fortunate to have so remarkable an institution. Both Mr. Rigling and Mr. Pertuch were guests at the banquet, where Mr. Rigling spoke most interestingly of the growth of Franklin Institute. In making him our only honorary member, the convention honored the association. Many of the attendants remained in Philadelphia until Sunday, the 7th. The final partings were made reluctantly, and there were instances of actual tears! But there was a happy sense of achievement and a bright vision for the future. The National Amateur Press Association enters on its sixty-fifth year under most favorable auspices. May the record be that of rich fulfillment! The death of grand old Charles C. Hueman occurred on the very eve of the Philadelphia meeting; indeed, a letter from him that had been written shortly before his death both gladdened and saddened the convention. He had been one of the founders of the National; indeed of that notable group now only Evan Reed Riale survives. To the last Mr. Heuman retained a lively interest in amateur journalism and
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