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Show Utah Press Women Hear Dr. Mortensen of Historical Society Dr. A. Russell Mortensen. executive ex-ecutive secretary of Utah Stat Historical Society, was featured speaker at the meeting of the Utah Press Women Saturday, August 10, at the Doll House. "The written word," said Dr. Mortensen, "is the one thing that is most responsible for man's ability to climb above the beast. The written word is the thing that gives extension to man's memory and so gives benefit of experience of the whole history of mankind." Dr. Mortensen went on to say that "as a historian I live an exciting life. We find that the printed account of Pioneer Utah life is just as exciting as today's newspaper. People have been known to snicker, chuckle or belly-laugh belly-laugh at some of the events recorded re-corded 100 years ago." The state historian quoted G. Homer Durham as saying, "A culture or civilization which does not build monuments (of stone or printed word) to its past, doe not deserve its future." The September meeting of Utah Press Women will be postponed until the last Saturday of the month, to allow members to attend the League of Utah Writers' Roundup in Ogden on Septembei 14. New officers will be elected at the September 28 meeting. |