New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-02
RECENT WINTER MEETING ONE
OF MOST INTERESTING EVER
HELD.
EDITORS FORCED TO ABANDON
"STRICTLY BUSINESS" PRO-
GRAM.

try as they may their winter meeting
can not be reduced to hard, cold busi-,
ness proposition, but becomes the occa-
sion for very pleasant gathering, full
of social jollity and entertainment. This
must be because the editors are always
welcome to every city they choose as
meeting place, since cities are just like
individuals and all like to get their
names into the papers, with favorable
mention. At the Mapleton meeting
in 1915 it was decided by the editors
that they would make the winter meet
at Mankato purely a business affair with
all expenses paid by themselves but
Mankato people are not any slower than
others to extend their hospitality to the
editors and the result was that a most
enjoyable social time was provided the
visitors following the purely business"
session.
Belated trains on account of the cold
weather hurried the newspaper boys
into leaving home earlier than usual and
some of them we're already on hand the
evening of Thursday, altho the sessions
we're not to begin until Friday afternoon
and large number of them arrived at
headquarters during the morning. This
gave them all good chance to visit in
formally and resulted in genial, get-to-
gether mood which had considerable
to do with the success of the afternoon
meeting. The gathering was well at
tended and the absence of social doings
during the business session left the men,
bers of the Association free to give their
entire attention to the topics brought
before them and the interest consequent
ly was keen.
President Hadley of the Winnebago
Enterprise presided at the meeting and
the first speaker on the program was
Hon. Jean Flittie who had been as
signed the topic, "The Newspaper Man
As Others See Him.. Judge Flittie is
a charming talker, with quaint, rich,
humorous style that held his audience
to the last word Of paper describing
the frailties and failings of the average
newspaper man. He held up to the
editors mirror that reflected the many
little faults and failings of the craft,
pointing out the things they have done
which they ought not to have done and
showing them the things left undone
which they ought to have done, all this
in so charming a manner that no one
could take offense and yet must perforce
admit the truth shown him by the
mirror. Mr.. Flittie did not feel it his
province to extend to the editors lot of
flattery, believing them capable of
recognizing their own good traits as they
do those of others and deciding that they
would get more good out of gentle,
friendly criticism. His manner and
method were such that no one could feel
in the least hurt and if each one present
does not profit by the little lecture, it is
because he is so incapable of improve
ment that nothing would move him.
There was only one other paper on the
program and that was by Mrs. Bessie
Wilson of the Redwood Falls Gazette.
Mrs. Wilson is a new member OF the
Association and she proved her right to
membership by the excellence of her
article on "The Woman In Journalism"
which was devoted to the proof of the
PROPOSITION that the Woman's place in
Journalism is no different than that of
the Man and that she must solve the
problems just as her man associate does,
in the light of reason and with the guide
of such humanitarian experience as her
work has brought her. Mrs. Wilson has
very pleasing manner and she was
promptly voted a favorite among the
other editors who are very chivalrous
lot and have always been inclined to give
woman folks fair show and a high place
in their Association.
Following the papers question box
was opened and little problems OF the
different editors solved by those of the
members who had worked out the
answers in their experience. New officers
were elected for the year, Philip Liesch
of the Journal being chosen President and
Mrs. Wilson, Vice President. Bob"
Forest of Lake Wilson has life job as
secretary and no one tried to displace
him and w. F. Mailer of Springfield was
likewise retained as treasurer. Mrs.
Wilson extended an invitation to the
Association to hold their summer meet
ing at Redwood and the invitation was
accepted suddenly and unanimously.
This closed the business session and
the editors gave themselves over to
social diversions. The Elks' Club had
been chosen as the place for the banquet
and a splendid meal was served in the
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