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New Fandom, v. 1, issue 6, 1939

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NEW FANDOM  7

T̲H̲E̲ ̲S̲E̲C̲O̲N̲D̲ ̲D̲A̲Y̲,̲ ̲J̲u̲l̲y̲ ̲3̲,̲ ̲1̲9̲3̲9̲.

The second day, in some ways, contained more surprises than the first. Those, including Forrie and Morojo, who were under the delusion that there would be little or nothing doing tho second day at the convention were highly disappointed that the day before the Fourth of July was as successful and in some ways even more successful than was the first day. The program went off with unprecedented polish and finesse.
     Tho.meeting was called to order by Chairman Moskowitz at approximately 2:00 p.m. Raymond Van Houten was called upon to read the
minutes of the preceding day. This the volunteer secretary did, speaking to audience of over 75 in comparison to the previous day's 200. Amazingly enough there were many there the second day that were not present the first, and most unfortunate of all, we learned that Farnsworth Wright, editor of Weird Tales, with his charming and nine year old son,had been: misinformed as to the date of the convention and came 
July 4th, when the hall was closed and everyone was at the softball game. Bill Groveman and Norman Levine also were among those who arrived on the 4th. How many others were similarly mistaken, we cannot ascertain.
     After the minutes were read, Sam Moskowitz, chairman, gave his second talk of the convention. This talk was titled "The Future of the Fan World" and was so excellent that we have arranged to reprint it in our next issue or so. It concerned Moskowitz's intriguing idea of 
how the fan world would be carried on in say the years 2500 or 3000. The possibilities were easily seen. Will Sykora was also called upon to give his second talk of the convention. Its title was grossly misleading.     Instead of a dry dissertation as the title "Science in Science Fiction" would lead one to believe, it struck a decidedly interesting chord, and there was no small regret when Will had to cut it short to make time for the filmed lecture. This talk appears in this number. The feature of the second day was a simply marvelous lecture and film titled "Seeing the Universe." The lecturer, Ruroy Sibley, is renowned in the world as one of the foremost lecturers of our times. The film is said to be "the greatest astronomical film ever produced. Those present could find no argument to offer in the leastway contradictory. It started with the sun, and then the planets, one by one, from Mercury to Pluto, including asteroids and all important moons. It is said that it took three years to put the film together segment by segment. ' A total and partial eclipse, eclipses of both the sun and moon, first class views of the spiral nebula, and all entrancing end up to date as the latest science-fiction story. Those who expected to be bored, were pleasantly surprised, and if anyone yawned thruout the showing, your reporter could not sight him.
     After the film and lecture were over, the floor was turned open to combination science  discussions and refreshments. Mr. Sibley expertly replied to all queries,even Thompson's. The entire thing was greatly enjoyed; As the preceding night fans lingered. However, the scheduled banquet got them out at a reasonable hour. The auction was completed the second day. There was so much stuff that it took two days to auction it all off, and this second day, originals were offered in sets of 6, 8, and 12 in order to assure a complete sell-out. All in all the day was completely successful in every sense of the word.

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NEW FANDOM 7 T̲H̲E̲ ̲S̲E̲C̲O̲N̲D̲ ̲D̲A̲Y̲,̲ ̲J̲u̲l̲y̲ ̲3̲,̲ ̲1̲9̲3̲9̲. The second day, in some ways, contained more surprises than the first. Those, including Forrie and Morojo, who were under the delusion that there would be little or nothing doing tho second day at the convention were highly disappointed that the day before the Fourth of July was as successful and in some ways even more successful than was the first day. The program went off with unprecedented polish and finesse. Tho.meeting was called to order by Chairman Moskowitz at approximately 2:00 p.m. Raymond Van Houten was called upon to read the minutes of the preceding day. This the volunteer secretary did, speaking to audience of over 75 in comparison to the previous day's 200. Amazingly enough there were many there the second day that were not present the first, and most unfortunate of all, we learned that Farnsworth Wright, editor of Weird Tales, with his charming and nine year old son,had been: misinformed as to the date of the convention and came July 4th, when the hall was closed and everyone was at the softball game. Bill Groveman and Norman Levine also were among those who arrived on the 4th. How many others were similarly mistaken, we cannot ascertain. After the minutes were read, Sam Moskowitz, chairman, gave his second talk of the convention. This talk was titled "The Future of the Fan World" and was so excellent that we have arranged to reprint it in our next issue or so. It concerned Moskowitz's intriguing idea of how the fan world would be carried on in say the years 2500 or 3000. The possibilities were easily seen. Will Sykora was also called upon to give his second talk of the convention. Its title was grossly misleading. Instead of a dry dissertation as the title "Science in Science Fiction" would lead one to believe, it struck a decidedly interesting chord, and there was no small regret when Will had to cut it short to make time for the filmed lecture. This talk appears in this number. The feature of the second day was a simply marvelous lecture and film titled "Seeing the Universe." The lecturer, Ruroy Sibley, is renowned in the world as one of the foremost lecturers of our times. The film is said to be "the greatest astronomical film ever produced. Those present could find no argument to offer in the leastway contradictory. It started with the sun, and then the planets, one by one, from Mercury to Pluto, including asteroids and all important moons. It is said that it took three years to put the film together segment by segment. ' A total and partial eclipse, eclipses of both the sun and moon, first class views of the spiral nebula, and all entrancing end up to date as the latest science-fiction story. Those who expected to be bored, were pleasantly surprised, and if anyone yawned thruout the showing, your reporter could not sight him. After the film and lecture were over, the floor was turned open to combination science discussions and refreshments. Mr. Sibley expertly replied to all queries,even Thompson's. The entire thing was greatly enjoyed; As the preceding night fans lingered. However, the scheduled banquet got them out at a reasonable hour. The auction was completed the second day. There was so much stuff that it took two days to auction it all off, and this second day, originals were offered in sets of 6, 8, and 12 in order to assure a complete sell-out. All in all the day was completely successful in every sense of the word.