St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-08-14
ProudIOn Our 18th Anniversary

Proud ION Our 18th Anniversary
To state that this newspaper its ownership management
and every staff member and employee is proud that it has
reached quarter century birthday be stating the obvious
or the superfluous, nevertheless it is the truth
The very nice thing reaching the 25h year of pub
LEGATION the friends we've made through the years-and
strange may read the enemies oo for publication like
ours dedicated public good make enemies whether
deliberately seeks not Someone has said strong men as
institutions often known by the enemies they make
Even without our DESIRE automatically every individual
group which has to the Negro
citizen this community from receiving his just due more or
less has become less than friend of this newspaper
happy circumstance is that during the countless battles in
which this paper has engaged in the interest of the community
which its particular of the individuals and
forces with paper originally commended have become
friends every antagonist in the public does not
always remain unconvinced or unfrendly.
This is perhaps enough about the enemies have made
since newspapers worth the ink they printed upon make
them 1t friends and supporters from the lean days of
until the less lean days of 1889 who have by their sub
scron and their ads have kept this newspaper in business
would address ourselves fully These the people
like salute the 25h anniversary of the founding
of this newspaper.
folks have helped build the newspaper which enjoys
largest circulation and advertising Image any Negro
had the history of the city They have helped build and
maintain newspaper in a relatively small Negro Consumers
market which EBONY Magazine has named the foremost
fully appreciated when the reader realizes there 52 Negro
newspapers currently published in the US
In 1857 the Department of Journalism and the Curators
historic Lincoln University jefferson City, Missouri honOed
this newspaper by presenting Citation to its editor and pub
Usher The citation yearly award newspaper workers which
has been given to II since its inception read
cifution OF Merit For Outstanding Performance In
journalism
Of University EusU+y Depart
~s"t Of journalism Salute CECIL T. NEWMAN
during nearly quarter century publisher
the
tui"sd standards profsssiona
hos and influenced for good readers Of oil An advocate
improved In
diplomacy vnstintns
Of good In community.
publisher whose life touches oil os Of siv cultural and
political sndeaVOr
This award which treasured by this newspaper while pre-
individual in truth tribute the newspape
and its entire staff without whose fine work and devotion
recognition would not have been made possible In larger
the Lincoln University citation also salute the reader
and advertisers whose long support has made possible the
tinuance and growth of this enterprise.
Last year this newspaper realized another of its earle
dreams in the erection of 10000 building and pntin
plant house its main offices and publishing plant The par
is said be among the first buildings erected from Il
ground by any of the 152 Negro newspapers the nation
constructing building paper reaffirmir
faith and confidence in the ability and desire of the Twin
support good newspaper The building much anyhr
else desire part give visual evidence of the faith
dence and pride that have in the people city
state.
What would like to leave with readers thu
anything else that the small large this pubca
has achieved has been due largely public support and
of the role the paper has tried play in
social, civic and cultural life of the community
Providing community with good medium in viii
the of the day fairly and honestly reported giving
sides OF any public question opportunity to be read confirm
the papers views to the editorials interpreting and criticism
public figures and events without fear and at
time always giving credit where credit is due friend
foe is pretty good platform upon which newspaper stan
This has tried to stand such program who
doing what the famed Dallas Express editor E. King call
"waverng with each passing breeze"
Reaching our 25th anniversary may be a of t
approval by the public journalistic platform and progra
at least we hope it is.
We consider that very fortunate rs years ago