| Show newspaper s community value Is brought out LOGAN for civic progress leadership by the community news paper is is indispensable in the opinion of dr franklin S harris utah state agricultural college president ile he expressed this conviction in explaining the presentation of a plaque to the utah state press association for use as an award for exceptional service hi community leadership this trophy is being given by the college for two reasons dr harris sa said id one is the desire to recognize the varied contributions which utah community papers are constantly making to the welfare and development of their towns the other reason is to help stimulate increased resourcefulness ara and activity in publishers an and d journalists to the end that further progress hia may be made the land grant colleges exist to raise the peoples standard of li living mental as well as physical president harris pointed out thus U S A C is glad to recognize the services of such a potent ally in rural betterment as the community paper dr carlton cu culmsee almee dean of arts and sciences and professor of journalism at U S A C agreed that the community newspaper has been a vital factor in the building of the west the home town paper is often the target of good humored raillery dean culmsee said but this is more a sign of affection than anything else studies show that most readers sense the unifying force of their paper they know of course that it is only one of the influences for community improvement but they see it its s v value a 1 u e i in n i oc us s i ng 0 otherwise t h e rw is e s scattered e att e r e d f forces 0 ace s u upon p 0 n wo worthy r t h y 0 objectives b jec tives between thanksgiving and christmas judges will choose a newspaper to be the recipient of t the h e a award w ar d w which h ich is a 1 large ar g e s shield h i eld s shaped h ap e d p plaque 1 u e of w walnut al n u t with vi t h a bronze the first annual presentation will be made at the state P press ress association convention in january |
