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CONVENTION SPOTLIGHTS NOW, IT IS DIFFICULT TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE ALL THAT WAS SAID AND DONE AT THE CONVENTION BUT HERE l*LL MENTION A FEW OF THE IMPRESSIONS JOTTED DOWN. If YOU WEREN T THERE, YOU MISSED MORE THAN I CAN TELL HERE. President Edward C. Elliott, Purdue, jolted the meeting into serious business RIGHT FROM THE START WITH HIS WORDS OF WELCOME. The CHALLENGE VAS ACCEPTED FOR NAEB BY PAST PRESIDENT H. B. ‘JcCaRT Y, SERVING IN THE ABSENCE OF PRESI¬ DENT Ingham. NoVIK, WNYC, CHAfGED THAT THE EDUCATIONAL STATIONS HAVE THE DUTY AND PRIVI¬ LEGE OF DEVELOPING MORALE AND DEMOCRACY. THE SPIRIT OF THE STATION MUST BE REFLECTED ON ALL PROGRAMS, HE SAID. Captain Harold ^ent, with his numerous titles, brought greetings from Ed Kirby, then outlined the objects of the Bureau of Public Relations, War Department. He pointed out that we must have a strong army, and to have it V'E must have a good army and civilian morale, a goal of the Bureau 1 s is to present the truth about the ARMY. He suggested a possible organization of the newscasters of educational stations. Y.’e may hear more of that later. Dr. Lull, Purdue, in correlating the previous speakers’ remarks pointed out that it does make a difference what people think and believe and that the educational stations had an obligation here. In the Friday afternoon session, ^isbs Williams presided in the absence of to* C. Jensen, vice-president. J. Philip Staley kicked off with comments on available scripts and the fight was on. It ended with a pledge of MEMBERS PRESENT TO SUPPLY A SCRIPT EXCHANGE WITH SCRIPTS AND WITH DIRECTION of Nat Erwin to undertake the work. Carl Menzer, WSUI, opened the discussion on station promotion. Ioeas flew to thick and fast we haven’t room to list them here. Session adjourhed in TIME FOR A TRIP TO THE NEW IV BAA TRANSMITTER SITE, WHERE EXPERIMENTAL BROAD¬ CASTS WERE BEING MADE NIGHTLY WITH THE NEW 5 KW OUTFIT. Friday evening the members h^ld a speaker-less banouet at Biltz’s and a HAPPY TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. Saturday e s program opened with a tour of the Purdue Speech Clinic with Dr. M. D. Steer demonstrating eouipment that was of interest to the radio group. You may find more about this in a future News Letter. The Saturday morning and afternoon sessions were combined, with W. I. Grif¬ fith PRESIDING. ttlGHT HERE ANO NOW I WANT TO SAY THAT TOO LITTLE TIME WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE THINGS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN GREATER TIME. PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO AVOID A LAST-MINUTE JAM AT THE NEXT CONVENTION. Ralph Townsley, Chief Engineer of WB'AA, displayed wis new studio equipment AND BRIEFLY EXPLAINED ITS OPERATION. WITH A LITTLE URGING BY GlBBS Williams he admitted desioncng a small sound effects machine, too. Blue PRINTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR COSTS OF THE PRINTS, 1 THINK.