Evening star., 1923-09-27
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TyP0EHEFH HEAD:
Other Officers Elected at An
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| Head Principal Speaker.
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William John Eynon was elected
president of the Typothetae Of Wash
ington, d. c.. last night at the annual
meeting of the organization at the
City Club. Other officers elected were
as follows: Vice PRESIDENT Oscar t.
Wright: recording secretary; s. Percy
Oliver; treasurer, Samuel NJ. Dar-
ragh; executive committee. Lewis NJ.
Thayer, representing p1aten shops,
John Davis. representing cylinder
shops. John G. Hodges, representing
bookbinders; Maxwell L. Jones, rep
resenting trade composition; Frank
Is. keyes, representing electrotypers;
Grady Oakley, .Eesaresentiug. tdupliea-
tors, and Charles r Crane, represent
ing mem bership at large. The tellers
were Harry j. Miller, Karl V. Eiker,
Ralph Lee and John RUPERT.
The meeting, which was the largest
ever held, was held in the ballroom
of the CITY Club, with Robert McP.
Milans. presiding. 4 dinner at q
o'clock preceded the annual meeting
and election. which included the
presentation of annual reports by the
the constitution, all OF which were
approved and adopted.
Reports wele presented on printing
in public schools by Byron s. Adams.
legislation by George ii. Judd, dupli-
Gators by Grady Oakley. treasIrer's
report by Joseph ID. Ashby, Industrial
relations by Roger w. heeier. edu-
Cational by Charles F. Crane. audit
by Charles +. Crane, credit and col
Iections by William y. Freeman.
neurology by Lewis NJ Thayer. enter
tainment by William NJ. Scnaefer and
recording secretary's by George b.
hennedy.
Three Members Die.
During the past year three mem-
bers OF the local organization passed
away. They We're President Warren
q. Harding. Whitman osgood and
Charles p. Hancock. On behalf OF the
organization, retiring President Mi
lans was presented with gold watch
by the Tyg~ the5ee, and on behalf of
MiTanS' FIR n a beautiful watch chain
was presented. The present alton
speeches were made by President Ey
non.
The principal speaker OF the even
ing was William Mather Lewis. newly
elected president of George Washing
ton University, who delivered an ad-
dress on educational lines as applied
to the printing industry. He told of
the great future of the printing in
oustry and of the serious movement
to make the school books more at
the general appearance, size OF type
and makeup of school books need
ing Improvement. The impairing of
the sight of school children, he con-
tfnued. was largely due to the poor
quality of paper used and the poor
type used in the books. He urged the
organization to use it's best efforg 5
to II..prove these conditions
Public Printer George II. Carer,
who was also a guest OF the Ty-
pothetae last night, was, elected an
honorary member of the organiza-
tion. on motion of Oscar T. Wright.
He introduced Mr.. Carter. who made
brief address. MIR. Carter is also
an honorary member of the Inter-
national Printing Pressmen's Union
of North America. Music was fur
nished by the Nappe Orchestra.
Dancing followed adjournmer Mt 1ofzthe
formal business session.
MIR. Eynon. the newly elected presi
dent is a past president OF the Inter-
national United Typothetae of Ameri