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THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD
January 15, 1919
SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION OF COLUMBIA MANAGERS (Continued from page 101 )
in the sincerit\ and volume of the cheers which were given in response to Mr. Hopkins' suggestion.
Mr. Wiilson's Message
In the frontispiece of the official program for the banquet there was presented Mr. Wiilson's 1919 message to the Columbia organization.
In closing Mr. Willson expressed his deep re operation the coming j'ear, as a result of this gret at his enforced absence, stating to his as talk.
sociates, "I have abundant confidence in you and the New Year."
One of the most interesting talks of the evening was made by Edward N. Burns, vice-president of the company, who is recognized as one
C. W. Woddrop, treasurer of the company, told the diners that he had recently conferred with some of the most prominent bankers in the country regarding the outlook for 1919. Ever}' one of these financiers told him that the
This message, which is typical of Mr. Wiilson's strength and force of character, reads as follows:
"If you think you're beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won t.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost.
For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man; But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can."
Annual Banquet to Columbia Branch and Dictaphone Managers at Hotel
of the keenest students of recording and records in this country. Mr. Burns' address was intensely practical, and he offered important suggestions to the managers which they will undoubtedly adopt during the coming year. These suggestions, which were based on Mr. Burns' extensive knowledge of the talking machine industry, were noteworthy for their logic and sales value, and every manager, at the close of Mr. Burns' address, stated that their dealers v.ill receive 100 per cent, pins in record co
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Columbia Co. is destined to enjoj during the next twelve months the greatest era of prosperity in its successful history. Mr. Woddrop presented facts and figures which served to emphasize the truth of this prediction.
Among the other Columbia executives whose addresses added to the pleasure of the evening were C. A. Hanson, Marion Dorian, C. K. Woodbridge, F. K. Pennington and George W. Hopkins. Air. Hopkins, as the final speaker, gave a resume of the accomplishments of the
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