NSPA & ACP THROUGH THE DECADES

⊲ WORLDWIDE

1950 Cartoonist Charles Schulz introduces “Peanuts” and Charlie Brown.

1951 United Nations forces re-take Seoul from North Korean forces.

1952 2,000+ new TV stations open, with 65 million watching.

1953 A demilitarized zone divides North and South Korea.

1954 Jonas Salk develops the injectable vaccine for polio.

1955 Jim Henson creates Kermit the Frog, the first of the Muppets.

1956 Elvis Presley goes national with “Heartbreak Hotel.”

1957 The Soviets launch two Sputnik satellites and scare the U.S.

1959 Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.

1954

ADVISERS LIKE AUGUST CONFERENCE

The 1953 NSPA summer conference was a success, according to survey results in Scholastic Editor.

The advisers show strong support for a summer meeting, preferably the campus location rather than a hotel, and they praised the meals and rooms. The summer conference returns to the University of Minnesota campus for a second year.

1955

COLLEGIATE ADVISER GROUP FORMED

At the Detroit ACP conference, about 50 collegiate advisers form the National Council of College Publications Advisers

NCCPA headquarters is in the University of Minnesota journalism building with NSPA/ACP, NAJD and MHSPA. Arthur M. “Sandy” Sanderson, ACP/NSPA assistant director, serves as the first NCCPA executive secretary-treasurer.

In 1956, NCCPA moves to the University of Iowa for the next 10 years.

NCCPA becomes College Media Advisers in 1984 and then College Media Association in 2011.

1956

NSPA RECOGNIZES ADVISERS

An NSPA Advisers Honor Roll is established to recognize student publication advisers and journalism teachers with at least 20 years of experience

1957

NEARLY 4,000 MEMBERS IN 36TH YEAR

As NSPA completes its 36th year, Scholastic Editor reports the association serves nearly 4,000 publications in the U.S. and Canada.

1958

NSPA CANCELS 1958 CONFERENCE

The 1958 NSPA conference is postponed until 1959. Director Fred Kildow said that conference planning suffered because of the demands of providing essential services.

“Unless NSPA can provide an outstanding conference, we will not hold one,” Kildow told members in a letter.

1959

< NSPA PUBLISHES NEWSPAPER INSERT

NSPA signs an agreement to distribute the magazine Scholastic Roto to high schools across the nation for insertion into student newspapers. At this point, the financially lucrative magazine inserts had been published for 20 years. The magazine insert is renamed Scholastic Scene and continues until 1969.

Courier Interview

Interviewing is an important part of a Courier staff member’s training at Normandy High School, St. Louis, Missouri. Student reporter Don Peet interviews actress Gene Tierney, best known for her role in Laura, who visited the high school to promote the Fourth War Loan drive.

Yearbooks On The Runway

Among promotion plans used by the 1950 Gopher, yearbook of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, is the staging of a campus fashion show.