Four senior girls represented Maine West at the forty‑eighth annual Illinois State High School Press Association convention. The convention took place September 13 and 14 at the University of Illinois.

Jan Moranz '69 and Joanie Walter '69 attended for the Legend, and Kathie Wolf '69 and Jan Thain '69 represented the Westerner. Mr. George Walker, Legend and Westerner sponsor, accompanied the girls and led a panel discussion for advisers only.

The purpose of the convention was to provide information and advice to students involved in high school publications. Sponsored by ISHSPA, any Illinois high school belonging to ISHSPA was invited to attend.

Legend representatives attended two discussion groups, one on Friday and one on Saturday. They were entitled "Don't Wrap a Book with a Bad Cover" and "Good Layout is Basic."

Jan and Kathie went to a variety of discussion workshops. They included "The Discipline of Writing News," "How to Make a Good Newspaper Excellent," and "Feature Stories Get Read."

Other discussion groups attended by the girls included "The Gentle Art of Editorial Writing" and "Don't Let Sports Coverage Warm the Bench."

Jan and Kathie "hope to incorporate into future issues some of the ideas derived from the convention."

"If You Like Excitement" was the title of the opening convocation address given on Saturday by Howard Ziff, formerly of the Chicago Daily News and now a visiting professor at the university.

The closing convocation address was given by Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun Times. The subject was "Looking Backward‑and Forward."