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Omaha QUARTER CENTENNIAL TESTIMONIAL QUARTER CENTENNIAL .TESTIMONIAL VOL &LVJII NO. 2. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1918. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Quarter Centennial Testimonial-1918 Big Newspaper Men of "Thp First. Fourth of Jul v-Scene in the Press Gallery Fellow Newspaper Men at the Moment of Signing the Immortal Declaration " . v-' -' Purk'ft Curtnon Convey Best Wishes , to The Bee Editor . Country Felicitate the Editor of The Bee TODAY 1893- 'More Needed Than Ever' Intending my congratulations and good wishes upon the rounding out of your - 25 . ye'ars of service on The Omaha Bee, I shall not hesitate to be somewhat "informal and K personal. Since 1 had known you so well in your student period, before those 25 years of fork on Tne Bee had begun, I may claim to be one of your oldest friends in" 'editing and publishing busness. I have always believed, as you are well ware, that the conduct of a newspaper or a periodical is a serious affair, that-' demands' all the prepara tion that can possibly be secured. Some men are better prepared in one way and some in another. Your father; with his great force of mind and character and his indomitable en ergy, was bound to succeed in any line of work he -undertook. But while he realized Jrfat the business and tecn riical sides of newspaper production coultf best be learned in the school of actual experience, there were intel lectual qualifications, to develop which no opportunities ought to be neglect ed. He believed in the studies of his tory ami-political science, in travel and observation and in a keen devo tion to politics, practical and theoreti- ' cal, as related to ..the welfare of a democratic country. , We live fn a time when the business , of gathering and interpreting news is of increasing importance. Public opinion, with the progress of facihtes for obtaining information, is extending itself all the time and is going to rule ihe world and dethrone the cham pions of brute force. Thus for reasons f r,..v,i; cervirp vonr nrofession is more needed than ever before. On the Other hand, the practical difficulties of carrying on a publishing enterprise are exceptionally great. 1 believe that in due time there will be a readjust ment, and that the editor and pub lisher will have the protection and recognition that they deserve. ' I hope that the Rosewater name, so long identified with Omaha and The Bee, may continue there and may pros ' per and you personally may have be v fore you a long stretch of service to the community as you enter upon the second quarter century of your career '.jnlournal'sm. - Invincible Courage I shall never forget my surprise when, on my first visit to Omaha t tlfc time of the exposition, I saw the great establishment of The Bee, rising mountainlike in the city. To me it seemed a monument of invincible courage on the part of its projector, Mr. Edward Rosewater. I am glad to join now in the praise that must necessarily greet his son, Mr. Victor Rosewater, who has so honorably and successfully carried on the enterprise. His father conquered the prairie and he has held the town. WWW IP Business Manager New York World. New York, June, 1918. Intelligent Leadership The people of Omaha are to be con gratulated on the fact that their lead ing newspaper has had for 25 years the valuable services of Victor Rose water The advanced position which Omaha holds among cities of the great middle west is due in large measure to the intelligent and aggres sive leadership of The Bee under the wise management of Victor Rose water and his father, Edward Rose-water. Managing Editor Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, June, 1918. Loyal Friend and Advisor At Met 1 ' "- Editor Review of Reviews. ; New York, June, 1918, Both Mr. Rosewater and The Bee are to be congratulated on this, the 25th anniversary of Mr. Rosewater s connection with The Bee. Omaha is to be congratulated in having a man like him at the head of one of its leading r.,il1i-!itinnc fnr lip is a man that has uuiiva.iviiu) " ' w always "stayed put" under any and all circumstances, an able journalist, a Inval frienrt anrl adviser. After 25 years acquaintance with Mr. Kosewater i am proua to De num- kjt.'Afl i - nno r! fiia fripti'rla an!' linger his direction there. is no question l , , f i . - . - f TL SDOUt tne iuture supremacy oi xnz Umana JJairy uee. "Served Honestly" that on the 23d instant you will have completed 25 years of active service with The Bee. I write to congratulate The Bee, as well as your- It was my good fortune to make vour father's acquaintance nearly a half -century ago and I watched with keen interest his service, as well as your own. You both have served your day and generation honestly and your contribution to the public service has been most valuable. With best wishes for your continued success, I am, as ever, sincerely yours, " Gen. Mgr., The Associated Press. New-York, June, 1918. Time Is Short Permit me to extend to you my heartiest congratulations upon your completion of 25 years' continuous ac tive service with The Omaha Bee. I am, sure lhat you must find it difficult to realize that you have been in the harness for a quarter of a century, but when you stop and review what The Bee has accomplished in that time and the part it has played in the develop ment of Omaha, Nebraska and the west, I am equally certain that the 25 vears will seem a short time for so great accomplishment. "Here's honinc that vou mav direct the destinies of The Bee for another. 25 years with as much vigor and good iiiriortnent a vou have shown in the past, and be equally successful in serv ing the people ot tne state ana nation, With cordial good wishes, I am, re spectfully yours. fi j Editor Topeka Capital. !Topeka,: Kan-Tune. 1918. - - Grows With State 'our paper, has been under the edi lAriai . Hirertinn of Mr. Victor Rose water for 25 , years, a period - that covers, in a very important sense, the history of the state oi jeorasKa. m 25 years a newspaper, becomes an as n state. It nossesses feelinsr in ith the neonle. and it Krows Vi 9t atm-aia We congratulate Mr. Rosewater on the good work he . has accomplished. 4 MmMMsmmmmm I I ' ' ' ' I ! . ". 1 ' . ' ' I Journalism of Best Type Mv personal acquaintance with Mr. . ! Victor Rosewater has extended over many years and I have watched V ith interest his advance to an honored position among the leading journalists of this country. I have frequently met him at republican national conventions and at other important gatherings and our acquaintance ripened into a true friendship which will last through our lives. Mr. Rosewater is a wise man. He came to Baltimore for a helpmeet and by so doing won one of the world's best prizes a contented, de voted wife. It can be said of Mr. Rosewater that he has made The Omaha Bee a leader among the great newspapers of the west. His individuality, his tireless energy, his true conception of journal ism of the best types' can be seen in every issue. He has succeeded and his paper has succeeded because both de served success. Please convey to Mr. Rosewater my sincere congratulations on his 25th birthday as a journalist and my sin cere hope that the years to come will find him even more prosperous and more successful. Yours with the high est rogards, u Publisher Baltimore American. Baltimore, June, 1918. Capable and Loyal Strong and Potential , I am told that Mr. Victor Rose water has been connected with The Omaha Bee in a responsible capacity' r for 25' years. This hardly seems" pos sible when his youthful appearance it . considered. But I can scarcely re- member when Victor Rosewater wat.. not a part of The Bee establishment. He is a worthy successor to his brik liant father, Hon. Edward Rosewater, v who was, in his day, a power for.jtiSf tice and right in the middle west The -; Bee was started right and has been, kept right - Omaha and the state of NVhraska owe much to The Bee which, under the Rosewaters, father- and son, has been tound always in tne, front rank of the fighting forces for; the public good. I wish to extend -my congratula- tions to Mr. Victor Rosewater, and; express the hope that The Bee iay continue in the hands that have made it so strong and potential. - , . ; Editor Capital.' Dcs 'Moines, June, 1918. Activity and Service The Bee Household: Gf oupfr Mgfl Room Workers . Publisher Tacoma Ledger. Tacoma, June, 1918. Playing Part Well PuKlishpr Minneanolis Tribune. Minneapolis, June, 1918. Tt'e 3t vpare einri T went to work nr. Th R. anH it's 2.1 vears since I transferred my activities from Omaha' to the east, tfut during tnese o virc T hnvo nnt Inst mv interest in the growth and development of The tsee ana tne city oi which u is mc chief paper and the only one with a national reputation. Edward Rose- water was responsible for giving his newspaper its recognized high stand ing throughout the country. He was The Bee and The Bee was Rosewater. I found that out the first day when I r.AqmA n tnoiiiKpr rf thp staff that uvvaiu a mtiiinv. - . worked in the little frame building at the toot ot farnam street, ana ne rontinnpfl to he the insoirine soirit of the institution as it expanded. The magnificent Bee building is a lasting monument to him as a progressive citi zen, but Ihe Bee itselt will be a me morial more enduring than stone and mortar. trlntart Pncpu'iltr UTDE fltlp of the livest wires of the opening days of the t . . i . it:. 'i tn a rt electric era. ins sun, viuui, v.emv - the paper just before the dawn of the umi-aIpcs acre XnA it was no fortU- ' 11 i. . v. ' . itous circumstance that brought him to the place ot power he now occupies. He trained from his young manhood . . i . i.. Af Uia rlictln. guished father and later his successor. Ilia Alitoftnn rac nnt nntv theoretl- cal, but was also highly practical. .... .. . .. . . i ! i: VVliile in college ne aeveiopeu ms uv erary style, and when he took a subordinate position on the paper he added a torce to that style inai was characteristic ot the cniei. ftim m the years that have since elapsed, 'that style and torcetuiness nave auvam.cu the influence of The Bee at home and throughout' the country. "We think wen ot tne cee, the editor-in-chief of one of the lead- iticr Mew Vnrk newsnaners vears 3KO in discussing with me my connection with that newspaper, it can oe saiu without feai of contradiction that the same well-thinking is maintained to day in every metropolitan newspaper omce in tne country, tor i nc uw well-thought-out newspaper. Edward Rosewater laid the firm foundation. , Dr. Victor' Rosewater Uia fM- vpara ma in in in Pfl the 11111(13,- mental principles on which The Bee was rounded, and has maae tne super structure more effective than ever be fore. It has proved an institution abreast of the times, and there has never victeH in fhio nIH world a time more important than that through which we are passing. Dr. Rose water is playing well his part in this era ot worm tragedy ana worm up portur'ty ' Newark Evening News. Newark, N. J., June. 1918, . iii 1 ' " I .M.I.I.IW.I ... I I I .... ... iiiii For a matter of 17 years I have known of Mr. Victor Rosewater: known him personally for over 10 years; watched his work interestedly for a considerable time. As a member of The Bee staff I was not long in reali.incr that Mr. Rosewater was a much underestimated man underesti mated by his newspaper contem poraries and the people who did not know him. At times the newspaper comment adverse to Mr. Rosewater and his fighting policies became so ad verse that many newspaper makers-Just- nrA'marv workers ifot the idea fito their heads that they knew more ,f . t . J about newspaper anairs, pontics ana the social order as related to the newspaper business, than did Victor Kosewater ot ine umana uee. i never could make myself believe .that there were manv more canable men in the business than Victor Rosewater. At times 1 elt Mr. Rosewater was slitrhtlv out of his element and would father be holding a chair in some university than being responsible tor a great daily newspaper. Then again his industry, his response to the fascination of newspaper making, his willingness to sacrifice personal com fort and financial return to make a newspaper, told me after all that he was a newspaper maker of no small in tellectual magnitude. He's loyal to those who work for him and biltjpr against those who betray his confi dence. I always liked to work for Victor Rosewater I felt I was work ing with him, and I would like to be Korl- nn The Dmaha Bee todav had not some strange fate pushed me out into a business of my own, in which I can never take any more interest than I would were I a reporter again under Victor Rosewater of The Oma- ha Bee. Having had . personal acquaintance and friendship for the Honorable Ed- , ward Rosewater, the founder of Thi Bee, I would naturally expect that hj i son would inherit some of his father' ability. Mr.. Victor Rosewater lia i; had 25 years' active service in the ! management of The Bee, and must t certainly have possession of til of his father's ability in addition to hi j- own through having acquired a great t newspaper personality, as The Bee ; tinder his management has increased p and developed until u occupies tn t position it doe in the newspaper j, world. ' I extend my hearty congratulation to Mr. Victor Rosewater on this 25tli ;; anniversary of his activity and servic : as editor of this great paper, , I re- ; main, respectfully yours. Editor Sail Franqisco Chronicle,' San Francisco, June 7, 1918.; Plays BigPart:; Editor Helena Independent. Helena, Mont., June, 1918. The Bee Household: GroupOmaha District Carrier Delivery Boys The Omaha - Bee has been Ne braska's best known newspaper for nearly half a century a long time, eons u ermar the comparative youtnim- ness of the state. In this, day of great newspapers it still holds rank among the greatest metropolitan "journals ia the west. The RoVewaters, father and son,' have played; a big part' in the, history of Nebraska, and the merit of The Omaha Bee as a newspaper is recognized in nearly every house hold in the state. ; . , For more than 30 years I have been a daily reader of The Omaha ps anft aa 9 npwunaner man have noted its steady advancement and im provement in literary and mechanical merit. Within the past 43 years, aur ( intr wn irh time Victor Rosewater ha been actively connected with thet business, the paper nas made wonaer ful improvement, maintaining its fore most position among the most pro gressive anu cnicrpwsuiB jiicnupwi- tan newspapers. Anus, it seems ia me, Victor. Rosewater has splendidly met the responsibilities of his heritage and added luster to its distinguished name. Certainly he has demonstrated an editorial" and managerial ability of the most effective kind, and is en- titled to honor and credit accord- '"Kb- . Nebraska has mmy institutions or which its people are proud, among which The Omaha Bee is entitled to a place. I know of no single in stitution that has accomplished great er things, or exercised a greater or more wholesome influence in the det velopment of the state. i: I desire to extend to Mr, Rose water my congratulations upon hi achievements during the quarter of a century he has been actively con nected with The Bee ,and to express the hope that future years will bring him still greater honors and success ?.&:& President Nebraska Press Assn. Ravenna, Neb., June, .1918. 0mahav ' ; Omaha leads all cities in per capita Red Cross membership ? Omaha stands high, among all cities in having 145 per cent over subscription to all three Liberty loans. , , . 1 ' Omaha was the first large city to go over the top in the war savings campaign.. , Omaha is the location of the first army balloon Bchool in the United States. ., ; i, . Omaha stands second among all cities of the United States for army enlistments in proportion to popu lation. , .' ' The first American aerial imit to go into active flying on the French front was trained at Fort Omaha. . Oneof the first squads i tele phone meit sent to France for active service with General Persh ing was recruited in Omaha. .