The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-08-04
THE PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
DEPARTMENT.

I DEPARTMENT.
TO facilitate the objects Of the As
soclatlon, a number of Depart
ments' or groups have been forme 1
within the organization The title
suggests the lines of Investigation
which each will labor, and the report
OF the several chairman will form the
basis Of their discussion at the an
nual sessions. The departments and
ltheir chairmen are as follows: ---.
Our Relations With the Asso-
ciated Press" Emmett J. Scott,
tTuskegee Institute, Ala; Editorial
and News Policies" T. Thomas For
tune, Trentony N. j.; General Cor
respondents" Cary B. Lewis. Chi
ago, ILL.,; ''The Syndicated News
Service" N. Barnett Dodson, New
York City; Journalists and the
Law" Albert S. White, Louisville,
KY; "The Developme ent of Special
,teatures," Lester A.. Walton, New
York City; Religious Publications, ,"
r. r. Wright, Jr., Philadelphia Pa:
''Circulation Building" George 7.
Knox, Indianapolis, Ind; "Advertis-
lng,' N. D. Braschers Cleveland, O.;
mechanical Equipment and Physical
Valuation" DR.. R. SI. Boyd, Nash
vile, Tenn; Books and Magazines, !"
II. It. Healing, Nashville, Tenn. !;
FRATERNITY Journals" e. w. Brown,
Richmond, Va; "Waman's Work in
Journalism" Mrs. Mary Church Ter
rell, Washington 2. g. The head 81
l.lsse each H. depa rtaaaut h s1arge sas,nabes
1of assistants, selected with especial
reference to theff fitness and ex-
perience in the branch Of which they
are assigned. Besides the reports of
these department leaders, the pro-
gram on the 18th Of August will In
clude comprehensive address bv
Hon. John c. Dancy, editor Of the
Zion Quarterly, and said to be the
Oldest editor Of the race In this coun.
try In point Of continuous service. #
is expected that Mr.. Oswald Garri-
son Willard, editor Of the N. Y, Eve
nlng Post, one Of the races staunch-
est champions, and representatives
of other New York daiies will ex-
tend fraternal greetings. That this
Association antagonizes no organi-
zat1on engaged in similar work IS
SHOWN by the cordial invitation to
participate sent to Cyrus Field
Adams, OF Illinois, president Of the
National AfrolAmerican Press Asso-
c1atlon; John L. Thompson, of Iowa,
president Of the Western Press Asso-
cation, and DR.. w. j. White, Presi-
uent Of the Georgia State Press AS
sociation.
President Thompson Veteran.
Mr.. r. w. Thompson, the presi-
dent Of the organization, is one Of
the best-known newspaper men of
the race. He is native Of Ken
ttucky, but was reared in Indiana
polls, Ind, and won his journalistic
spurs on the indianapolis Leader
the World and The Freeman, begin
ming as a local writer and compost
Tor. For years he was managing
editor Of The Colored American at
washington, d. c., and is now con-
Iduct1ng ThomDson's National News
Bureau" Washington news syn
d1cate, with marked success and
Yields an influence second to no one
IN the land as an opinion moulder and
purVeyor Of general information,
Mr.. Thompson has kept the National
Negro Press Association In the pub
lie eye throughout the past year and
Is laboring now with an aggressive
enthusiasm to have convention in
New York August 16 that will en-.
courage others to build an enduring
monument upon the foundation that
mas been so happily laid.
The Principles for Which the Press
Association Stands.
Speaking Of the principles ant
policies for which the National Neg
70 Press Association stands, Presi
dent Thompson says:
The Press Association stands frs
OF all for clean, progressive ant
broad-gauged journalism. 1t make,
prominent the idea that in order tt
live, a newspaper must be made ;
business success, but it emphasize!
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