NEWS DISCUSSIONS GO INTO COMMITTEE

Delegates representing 14 college newspapers registered yesterday morning at 9 o'clock in the Crimson Sanctum at the opening meeting of the fourth annual convention of the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association. A general discussion was held to decide on the organization of the Association for the present Convention, and the various special committees were appointed. After adjournment a luncheon was given by the Pi Delta Epsilon journalistic fraternity at the Walker Memorial Gymnasium at Technology. Professor R. E. Rogers of M. I. T. addressed the delegates, and pointed out to them the great opportunities and responsibilities of men in charge of the publication of college papers.

In the afternoon, the Convention split up into two bodies that discussed business, and editorial and news questions. The latter committee considered the problems with which they were confronted, classing them under four heads: the editorial policy, the distribution of profits among editors, the syndicating of special articles and interviews, and the exchange of college news.

In the advertising committee meeting, the question of uniform rates to advertising agencies was discussed, and the feeling seemed to be in favor of a unanimity of action in dealing with advertising agencies. Representatives of Roy Barnhill Incorporated and the Collegiate Special Advertising Agency spoke concerning the standard of competition between the agencies in soliciting advertising for college papers. This led to a general discussion in which Mr. R. W. Harwood '20 and Mr. P. M. Hollister '13, former business managers of the CRIMSON, participated.

The personnel of the special committees that have been formed, is as follows:

Constitution and Membership.--W. W. Dulles of Princeton, chairman; D. W. Olcott of Williams; W. C. Worthington of Brown.

Syndicated and Signed Articles.--Sparta Fritz of Pennsylvania, chairman; Corliss Lamont '24; W. G. Holmes of Colgate.

Editorial and Platform.--H. E. Allen of Yale, chairman; S. S. Ellis of Amherst; O. W. Cooley of Middlebury.

Advertising.--H. N. Pratt '24, chairman; J. W. Jones of Pennsylvania; W. B. Fairfax of Yale; M. H. Olin of Williams; R. E. Maxwell of Dartmouth.

Service Committee.--Sherman Hall of Yale; Charlton MacVeagh '24.

Following the committee meetings in the afternoon an informal dinner at which W. G. Peirce Jr., General Manager of the Tech and President of the Association, presided, was held last evening at the Engineers' Club of Boston. Dean Lobdell of M. I. T., Mr. H. T. Claus of the Transcript and Assistant Dean Little spoke, commenting on the field of work of the college newspaper and of the value of the service which the newspaper can render to the colleges.

The final event of the evening was a visit to the Boston, Herald, where the delegates were shown through the reportorial rooms and the press plant.