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William M. Tugman, managing editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, was added to the editorial roll of honor in Oregon when the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association selected him as the seventh person to be honored by the engraving of his name on the Amos E. Voorhies plaque. This plaque, presented to the association by Mr. Voorhies in 1938, is to carry the names of Oregon editors who have given the most outstanding public service during a year.

The first three names placed on the plaque were those of early leaders of the Oregon press—Harvey W. Scott, for 40 years editor of The Oregonian; Asahel Bush, first editor of the Oregon Statesman, which he started in Oregon City in 1851; C. S. Jackson, who established the Oregon Journal in Portland in 1902 and built it up into the top flight of western newspapers.

The first of the current names was that of Mr. Voorhies himself, who in close to 50 years as publisher has built up his Grants Pass Courier to a high position of respect and influence among the daily papers of this state. Next to be honored was Eric W. Allen, dean of the University of Oregon School of Journalism, who founded Oregon journalism instruction in 1912 and up to the time of his death, March 5, 1944, had a most inspiring and helpful influence on the press of Oregon both through his own personal work and through the School of Journalism. The award to Dean Allen was made in 1941. No one was honored in 1942. Last year the name of former Governor Charles A. Sprague, editor of the Oregon Statesman, Salem, was added. Governor Sprague's leadership in public affairs through his newspaper both before and after his term as governor brought him the recognition.

William M. Tugman laid the foundation for his journalistic achievements while an undergraduate at Harvard, majoring in municipal government under Dr. William B. Munro, noted professor in that branch of political science, now at California In-