The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-02
NEWSPAPER week
IS IN FULL SWING
Many Prominent Men on Pro-
gram at Lawrence.
Short Courses for Editors to
Begin Thursday.
COST CONGRESS- OPENS MEET
Editorial Association COnvenes
on Last Three Days.
Topeka Press Club Talent on
Thursday Program.
COST CONGRESS OPENS MEET

Lawrence, Kan. May with the
opening session OF the Missouri Valley
Cost congress as a beginning, Kansas
Newspaper week got into full swing at
the University of Kansas this morn
ing with the country's representative
editors printers, business managers
and advertising specialists IN attend
ance Kansas editors are here In
force. deeply interested in the program
which precedes their own gathering
the Kansas Editorial association-dur-
ing the last two days of the week
The program for the next five days
of the meeting is crammed full or IN
teresting features, but the addresses
of Arthur Brisbane editor OF the New
York Journal; Chester s. LORD, FORMER
managing editor of the New York Sun;
CORTLAND Smith, president of the
American Press association; Ivy Lee of
the Rockefeller Foundation; James
Schermerhorn. publisher of the De-
troit Times; Frank Leroy Blanchard,
editor of The Editor and Publisher;
E. F. Birmingham, editor of The
Fourth Estate; Arthur l. Street, for
mer managing editor of Golfers, and
others of equal prominence, are per
haps the big events for Kansas edi-
tors.
Cost Congress Before Public
Today and tomorrow the Cost con-
gress will occupy the center of inter-
est and it's time will be devoted large
" to the subject of costs-pr1ntlng
and newspaper costs, offering short
courses for printers. The congress
will be addressed by such specialists
as E. x. Whiting of Minnesota; James
A Borden; w. J. Hartman, one of the
biggest print producers in Ch1cago; T.
p Nickel, secretary of the Nashville
Printers club; George Hough Perry,
director of the Kansas Central News
paper bureau; Marco Morrow of the
Capper publications, and C. D: Trap
hagen, vice president of the National
Typothetae Richard H. Waldo, bust
ness manager of the New York Trib-
une; Merle Thorpe and Blanchard are
other speakers who will address the
congress.
H w. Walkenhorst of Kansas City,
president of the Cost congress, opened
today's session. This afternoon mo-
ton picture showing the process of
manufacturing high grade paper
proved of great interest and the dele
gates will be guests at banquet in
their honor tonight. The congress will
close tomorrow evening with an illus
trated lecture on the making of met
ropolitan newspaper by Blanchard Of
The Editor and Publisher.
See Topeka Press Club.
Thursday will see the beginning of
the short courses for Kansas edi-
tors. interspersed with addresses by
those already mentioned. Joe Mitch
ell Chapple, editor of the National
Magazine is another well known mag
azine specialist who will speak during
the day. Thursdays program is the
real striking one of the week. Bris-
bane, Lord. CORTLAND Smith, Scher-
plerhorn, Birmingham, Whiting. Mick
ell, Blanchard. Street. Lee, Waldo and
G.. L. Caswell, secretary of the Iowa
Press association, will address the
gatherings on that date. A motion
picture film furnished by the Chicago
Tribune and dealing with it's merchan-
dising service for advertisers is also
scheduled. A neutralized Dutch sup
per with a. denatured cabaret, featur-
ing the Topeka Press club in it's must
cal melange, "Armageddon," is the
closing feature of the day.
Editors for Two Days.
= Friday and Saturday the Kansas
Editorial association will hold forth.
Chancellor Strong of Kansas Univer-
sity will welcome the delegates and
they will be addressed by w. c.
Markham, John Redmond, Ben T
Nickel, A. B. Adamson, ]. R. Brady,
Henry Honey, F. E. Hagenbuch, H. J.
Powell, Ed Greer, Harvey Eckert, H.
E. Montgomery. Rolla Clymer, Roy
Bailey, Will Townsley, Seth Wells w.
T. Beck, ]. c. Denious, L. R. Brod-
erick, Marvin Creager, j. Frank
Smith, w. c. Palmer, B. P. Walker.