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The Pennsylvania School Press Association (PSPA)
This association, dedicated to supporting student journalists and their advisers at the secondary school level, has met informally as a group since 1923. It became recognized by the state of Pennsylvania in December of 1925, and has operated continuously since that time. Throughout its history there has been an emphasis on membership, statewide conventions, and summer evaluations of student work and publication issues.

Beginnings of the Association
Miss Rachael S. Turner created the idea of a Pennsylvania association for student journalists in the 1920s. According to an unidentified obituary that ran in the PSPA 50th Anniversary newsletter, known then as The Keystoner, the group began meeting and producing PSPA meeting minutes as early as 1923. She worked tirelessly to bring together a small group of student journalism experts. According to Miss Turner's obituary, PSPA became an official association in December of 1925. An article published in the Pennsylvania School Journal May 1926 states "Six members of the committee on the organization of a Pennsylvania School Press Association, which was authorized at the Scranton meeting of the P. S. E. A. and later appointed by Orton Lowe, State Director of English, met Friday, March 25 during Schoolman's Week at Philadelphia and took the initial steps in forming such an organization. The members of the committee present were: Clyde F. Lytle, Chairman; Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown; Florence Beiteman, Girls' High School, Reading; Mabel D. Holmes, William Penn High School, Philadelphia; William Muthard, Coatesville High School, Coatesville; Charles F. Troxell, Frankford High School, Philadelphia,and Gertrude L. Turner, Abington High School, Abington."

The first president of PSPA was Clyde F. Lytle.