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December, 1917 were instrumental in making the newspaper business what it is today. There

are

plenty

of

papers

in

Oregon alone which deserve a posi tion in the history

of journalism

and there are plenty of men in the state who should have mention made of their work. There is certainly a great ﬁeld open to someone who can give a concise resume of the work which has been going on for the past ten and even twenty or thirty years.

This issue of Oregon Exchanges was previously planned for a February number, but after sending out a hurry call for personals and getting everything ready for publication, the parts of our new Optimus cylinder press began to come in from the American Type Founders company at Portland, and they have cluttered up the hallways and the composing room in the basement of McClure hall, where the University printshop is situated, so badly

that week. Putting his torrid thoughts into writing, he asked Pro fessor McIntosh of the Oregon Agri cultural college faculty, to read the same before said gathering. The professor hiked up to Pend leton with the address carefully typed on yellow paper. On the morning of the day of the great reading, the Oregon Agricultural college man stepped into the wash room of the hotel to clean his hands

that all other press work was sus

and comb his hair and scrub his

pended and the force worked on assembling the new machine. The press has now been completely as sembled under the supervision of Robert C. Hall, instructor in print

teeth.

ing in the school of journalism, and

G. P. Kennedy, who was formerly with the American Type Foundry, but who will continue in the employ of the University as pressman. The shop will now be able to handle practically all the University work. The new press will print four seven-column newspaper pages, and has a speed of about 2,000 impressions an hour. It will be a great convenience to the Uni

versity as well as to the school of journalism. Although a fortnight late we hope that the news in Oregon Exchanges this month will not be too old to be of interest to the news papermen of Oregon and that readers will excuse the lateness of this issue and join with us in our rejoicing over our improved equipment.

C. E. Ingalls was the hero of the last State Editorial association ’s convention, according to David W. Hazen, but didn’t know it, and be sides he wasn’t there. Ingalls is the editorial page editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, and as he can write like a houseafire, he was asked to say some well chosen words at the meetin’. The editor spent much time getting together his words, phrases and clauses for the address, but at the last moment learned that he had to stay at home

While there he calmly laid Ingalls’ paper down and walked out of the wash room.

An hour or so later the city chief of police went into the washroom. He saw the yellow copy paper, looked at it and noted writing on same. He started down street reading the address and chuckling to himself Ingalls can write stuff that would make a cow laugh. Bruce Dennis happened along, saw the chief of police reading and laughing, so was much surprised.

“What ho!” said Dennis, merrily, just like that. “Why wax thee so joyous, friend!”

“Look at this darn fool thing,” replied the peacekeeper.

The former La Grande editor saw in an instant that it was one of the convention papers. The chief told him where he found the address, and Bruce hurried up to the convention with it just as Professor McIntosh was called upon to read.