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thursday AFTERNOON the temple daily telegram MAY Ifl. 1012.
r\GV threk
HELL BOX IS
GAPING WIDE
EDITOR HKVHY EDWARUK Ql'AU
li-'Ii.iS SOMK OKAU 1DKAS
iOtt 1HK RfcfKKTAClJS.
HURTS, BUT TRUTH
Our Klioi looming* and loihlrs J>oni
Look (iijud on pitchfork of Pub-
licity—To tlie Hell lioi
With All Thmt* Bad:
Pup. r 15v H^nry Edward*. of the
Temple pL«.n»-r outworn idea*. ?ik«
outworn t>pr. should.go t«j the h» 11-
box.
M\ Friends:
A a all rny iriiinfdiate neighbor* of
th»* fraternity Know. I wa« not. like
HI Aft Y E1>WUU>S.
TVHtor of (lie I lan tier, Tioup, Texas.
some of you. to the manner bum; anil
possibly my rtpwlMict and attain-
inmu In the profession, although
covering ten very, very strenuous
year*, do not entitle nu to stand !>?•
(or* you ns a guide to point you to
better things Yet there may be some
of you to > horn I may address my re-
mark* as a ft I low-member of what la,
let ua term It, a "primary daw" In
the country newspaper busjimas. I
am emboldened somewhat in thin at-
tempt, because. as one of the results
of the Investigation* I have been mak-
ing In ordur to properly to handle this
topic. 1 have reached the conclusion
that there are some members of the
fraternity that are not further ad-
vanced than the kindergarten of Jour-
nalism. if indeed they have entered
k- hacI at ail
I r**< h this conclusion deliberately
and my supporting facts are. thnt in
Texas there are scores and hundreds
of p(i titer-pub Ushers Mho are merely
playing at the game and playing, t«.o,
as despei aUily, a* igsoiantly and as
laboriously as th? star perform# 1$ u
game of UlUidmjin'* bpff_ ..
the lutide 'WstO'ry-"' h«rw' Jt'ca^ne
about Mist rtrin subject, tWe'hAjidrt-
ance of which may well lay elafrn to
the talents'and powers of ths great
masters of this association, came to be
assigned to me. The "powers that be"
tiad assigned me the subject "Edlt-
tirtai Modeetv vs EdMorlal Spotlight-
ing" This subject appealed to me
and I was making fair progress in
process of "cutting and drying
my homily upon the theme, although
I knew it was going to bring t me
counter and contrariwise to tlv prac-
tices or the "spotlighting contingent"
of thla association. At thin Juncture
I had a request from «?o». R. O. Ores-
ham that 1 send him my photograph
fur publication, it was more surprls-
CM-m. Many-,* our dltora. perha [w eorne familiar tfcrughjthe
from the very natui-
tlon, are victims of p.
in my judgment. tl.
desk can play a *r.
part in "-a\ing the
the editor in th« p..I
2nd—Again it is J
our virtues of truth
suppressing Tru .
when an editor feel- calledjUpon t<T+V'erge nee of opinion ,
remind sortie egotist ti at tf Ale paper news. Take up n
should tell all th. tl th. «r if were J exchanges and M-e h., .
not to Suppress some ..f th# truth, the j subject-matter ifc pun iy
bubble of that one s earthly renown ' ture. Some of.us haw
of the occupa-
itlcal bees, but.
editor at. his
iter and better
tale" ^than can
i iq^jffolnm. *
less to parade
• lling or truth-
there are times t
would col la pa*- and \ illlhh. Yet 1
submit that the editor > boast of this
peit rpu a'J^eclf^ of mmodesty atW Vither similar matter:
ought to go t5 th. I;, H-box; for it
ought to be easier I. r U»"**£<> ctfEfne
others to do that ui cb is. xigtl.
through reason ami ju.-ttfje and loving
kindness than through boasts of our
|>0vvers to create and .! stroy the bub-
bles tif personal reputa- on *
!o present the
sible angle, I
lUOte from a
at the head
istorv in oi)e
,1s. He says:
is on abstract
led. .\obod>
Old no good
***» *«" *ren .stioilur
(iferste emanating frym sherjfXk BjyJ
other high agents of the peace and
dignity of the state, and 1 yielded-—
mpdestly. Keeling that I could 111
v01?- -declaim ajpUru-t thoa^of our
n^ngjers ho are _q|y,. rt aiii^ Veferyn
spotllghvt-s. ari(^ " feeling that" i<ot»
• iresham's mvluUloii to do a little
spotllghti n« on my owu_jicoonpt
uffgtg be my last opportunity, j Vu
u^t re.si«t ihe .^eSTptati in anj there-
fore I thrust ]the subject asidr
sought of tli« ebmmttte. rnr'program
a new theme.
1 am sure that yott all will agree
with me that wojn-oiu !(U 14. i'He
wllrta-out type. shoiiilJUgo tfie h« S-?
box. but I am not so jure that vtf'e' can'
all agree as hi wjiat gre tiu; iuteriuii
and inateriar eVidenc«s of fhe ej^s!-
enct- i<>( these worn-out lMT» Bliii!
let Iftt fiiti, fiilt ilMkl, If JMU,
the subject from the various antfle.-
fronf which Htiiht bf Us have ween 'it
and »tee it in the light o* th experi-
rncP TTf snme fff^faru* ifpon WRoni" I
have called in iny reaeareh, you will
l<e tonvlfioed of the wide prevalefice
of idea*>, cUHtom* and habit* among
tlie fraterniiy, that ought Jo be quit
and eajrt out for the 7ta»««n ttiat we
dump, worn-out type into the hell-bo\
• hen It ha* < » as»*d to nerve any good
purpoim.
ii4i/>f the fact that v,t* are
viewing tfei* propoHitton from th<-
fitandpoim «»f the average country
nev^4iapt*r mart, who In not only ed-
itor, but re|»urt»-r, huanne.vh inana^ r,
publisher, printer arid exponent of the
ethic* of the proIeKHion. our diwtiMffion
v^Jll naturally touch upon nome phases
of <1) editorial policy, <2) nubject-
matter. or ne a ^-judging prof^s-
yionai view« and remedies, and whil^
»ome of inv oUerv'ation** and ron<-lin»-
Ioiih may furniHh you ground* *>jr ttie
indulgefK e (jf p' tiMlrili^Ili. >1 I I tell
you that 1 have in th.- preparation of
thi« theme nought the ioun-.l and
vieWR of not only Home of the gr-at
thinker* of thin Mate hut o! di>ti i-
guinhed and capable men elsewhere.
Including linan Walter Williams >f
th«- School of Agricultural Journalism
of the University of ViixKouri and
Charles l>ilion of the H* hool of Agri-
cultural JournaliHrn at Manhattan,
Kansas. 1 have noted down the fa* ts
as they appi-are<i to n.»- with th»- i.giits
1 had at hand, and while looking at
the subject, as it Were, through the
eve* of others. However, regardless
of whether or not you would Indulge
in pessimism, 1 hasten to tell you I do
not; for I believe the profeoation is on
rising ground" and that, with th»-
dissemination of professional light
and th»- concentration and direction of
our combined powers to tl*- attain
merit of better ends, we shall all « oine
into our own. liut to be speeifh . let
me point out some ideas, cij^t««ms.
habits and praetit es among •■«»urtr^
newspaper folks, which are emm« i.ti\
d«ter\ing of a phi' e in the h<ril-box.
.\h lo i editorial Hollr.?.
There « an be no hard and fast rules
laid do*Aii I«»r the shaping of a g-n-
• ral editorial poliii .which might be
commend'd un< oriditionally. 'I h.
prr>posiuon is s. if-evident first. t>*--
eause all of us are not endowed With
like temp* ianient*. and secondly, b*?
cause the conditions confronting on»-1
an«l the ••n\ironmmta by which he i**
surrounded are never identical w.th
those af!e.» ting <ith«r editor-publish-
er». Hut there are a few general
proposition that none of us should
get awav from In discussing this
phase of my subject with one of the
most prominent and «ticce«8ful edit-
ors in this state—who, by the way,
a woman, she says: "1 do think a
hell -t>ox is needed for outworn edit-
orials, Idea* and practice*. J believe
there should be an annual' dumping
of the contents of this hell-bog into
the Gulf of Mexico, or some other
place w herf oUU\ion for them would
be certain and secure in order that
each > «*ai tluose of us who 'profess
Journalism may make new strides and
keep abreast with thf progress of the
tunes." Col. U. T. Mllnsr. now at the
head of the A. A M. college, but who
as you all know, was for many years
prominent In the firtd of journalism.
says: *'I see a great deal of room for
improvement, for progresa, for nlw
ideas and new customs, but they will
coma just as soon as the public is in
condition to receive them. The coun-
try editor to be a power in the land
must keep just at the head of the
column, not too far in the lead lest
the people lose sight of him He must
not be radical about discarding his
old clothes lest his readers will think
him valn-glorius; and then, it is dan-
gerous for one to throw off his winter
clothes and array hlmuelf in linen
while It Is yet winter. Blow growth,
sure, sound and constant development,
Is the thing that wins Worn-out
editorials and customs, like worn-out
clothes and clothes out of season, are
discarded by the prudent man for new
ones and those more appropriate to
the season and the occasion." * Theae
admissions clear the ground so th'tt
certain customs and practices in our .
editorial activities stand out full and | third. "Never say as a Journalist that
dni
semi-weekly pre** The
characteristic* in n.any of our
called local navapopers air d
twq things- First. n.»t every »>n
charge of a newspaj>- r has a*, n-
f^yifWB, and second, n m hUn
to use paste and .*< issoi> t*
to use pencil and produce orig:
« o^y Then, too, there is d >vid*
- t.« ;\hat
rnb« i t.f y.
lit11. .,f
in l-t.
Ti» 'Il-
ls
t> gau|uat;..
Hi lshi»iK ai
.-e" . "r" X>- '•
i*i>
."Jrd—In endeavoring
subfe' f from every i"
will be permitted t »
prominent teacher no
of the department ot
of our state normal sch
"I.i»ng musty J*aseriati
subjects should be u\i
read.-- them, and il tin
purpose w ould be m i \ ed. 'Half-
baked' editorials on (<<• tical and In-
dustrial questions are u>o common.
W. suffer from a lack > information,
but we suffer mon I»*» misinforma-
tion I'he fighting editor is & down-
right nuisance. Vou can't »aw woo l
with a hammer' Th- editorial de-
partment of any p.-tp r should b j
br ght. catchy and « - nstructfully
helpful. Whatever is round there,
should be carefully cot. idered. The
habit of writing your editorials when
the printer is insist* nil. calling for
copy is not good; the •salty of fill-
ing up more than tw«» r three col-
umns each issue is all il'-surdity. 11
the editor has anything '>> way that is
well considered and thai will serve a
useful purpose, by ail -tii• am let him
say it if It takes more li.an the al-
lotted space. Kditorials should not
i»e written by the inch An editor
should be the best Informed man in
the community. Facts tacts alone
urlve away ignorance. «»f course this
means a lot of study, a lot of careful
investigation, a lot of midnight oil."
FroSi these self-evident truths, the
deductions are natural and easy that
that habit of "stringing out" long
editorials should go to ihe hell-box
together with the habit > f devoting
too much space to editorials. In our
experience we know that a number of
short editorial on a given subject is
better than a long editorial. How
many of you read the long editorials''
The reading public in this respect is
not different from the edit -rs. What
the reading public of \ day most
..ant* is the news, un< olor- 1 and un-
biased. And. if the reading public
• an thus get the news, a minimum of
editorials will suffice; for the reading
public will then choose to reach Its
own conclusions rather than to de-
pend on the editor for his. It is well
i«* ui»e now and then scissors and patote
in producing an editorial page, but too
frequent use of snapshot*, wooden
editorials and other species of dead
or semi-dead matter, is but to feed
husks to those who have a right to
expect now and then a few kernels
of ri«-h, nutritious grain.
4th -That idea which prompts
some editors to fill their ev<.ry issue
with apologies for this or that short-
coming of the given edition la fit
only for the hell-box; for *uch <*on-
fesslorv of weakness does not impress
the reader that you have proper
equipment and strength, and it may
put a club into" ths hands of those
who are, or may become, your pat-
rons. It is enough for you to see the
error and strive to amend or avoid
it without apologizing for it through
your columns.
Gth One editor present In this con-
vet tlon sald to me, "It is to an edit-
orial page and staying close to all is-
sue*. speaking my conviction* without
regard to the feelings of an) person,
and keeping in touch with my leaders
that I credit oi> fuoceas." The lat-
ter part of his proposition, that of
keeping in touch with one's readers,
is ail right, but I am not prepared to
say whether speaking one's couvlc-
tlqns without regard to the feelings
of any person has within It sufficient
merit to exempt it from the hell-box
or not. Under conceivable circum-
stances, U is a dangerous practice;
and. moreover, it is only In rare In-
stances—very rare—that we may jus-
tify ourselves In sitting in judgment
upon the motives of men. In this
particular respect Walter Williams
has given three good rules that ought
to clear away from this phase of the
hetlcs of the profession the mlsta and
clouds by which it is surrounded. He
nays first. "Never write anything the
authorship of which you would be
ashamed to own;" second, "Nover
write anything you would not Ilk'?
for your mother or sister to read;"
murders, robberies a
of alleged
ti: •
of a local na-
uTi idea that
ielits, reports
lgedies and
• gardless of
where or whan such have occurred,
a e trf i»r*mary importance as news,
and, jicyrig uja>n this ijea, we giw
their fullest d«4pllsJo our ■readers un-
der scarce-h«,ads to the exclusion of
matter of greater and n..,re vital im
ti
pafUflic'i V(V just if
saying it is.the pro m e
paper to print the news,
give the people what tlu v
idea, althought a pop ii.u
the course some of us t.i
candidate for the hell-bo
tain that it lies within ...
educate and cultivate th
our readers and, white w
most respects give triern
want, yet the general t. n.ii
subject-matter in our . . iumi
at ail times be such that <»m
actions b/
of a news-
or t ha t w .•
want. This
reason for
ke. US a lit
k I main
. r powel \ i
tf> >>f
niii in
a tb.
of tile
Shout I
reader*
'U
ta
si.
V Iu
will not clamor for the morbid, th-
sensational and that showing the
uglier and wickeder modts of our f. i
low men.
As 1 have previously said. I am not
addressing my remark* tu the makers
of the metropolitan ami semi metro
politan papers in this state, but I can
not refrain from saying that some of
these have a habit of giving ir-ml
page scale-head positions to many
matters which would l»r b-ss injurious
to their readers and less damaging to
the public if condensed into a 1 * a I f
stick and hidden upon the most ob-
scure page In the pap< r The country
preys, thinking to imitate the dailies,
have copied this habit to such an ex-
tent that oftentimes their m»»r« limit-
ed space is almost entirely given over
to a class of news that can not pos-
sibly give the reader a better opinion
of his fellowman or enable him tJ
gain an insight to the great good the
world contains even right around his
own doors. I've noticed, too, a good
many country papers of late essaying
the comic supplement. I know this
is popular with the children, but 1 tell
you there is no greater si hool of rud
it |ead airy one 40 fce4teve that • am |
J led advocate of all the |
;<i purposes of a certain or-
u this state arMch ts furn-
t'ie wooden" news and
a ear" editorials by the
•1 *U\ thein il generous sup-
• • i at e matter. Some ui the
- association are m
is, and the results -f
rivitbs are doubtless oi
• ral value, but I have
ily to question some of
irst. because its "bgis-
ters" are manifest^
obstructionist at id th<
ho y throtiUirthe
\*-riciriK of the people's-frpr~-
s. ar;»l whos3 efforts at this
;nor« than one oc. asioti
Uio.fil iation of a M.to-
n«ll>. this same »,ig.m-
ling forth beautiful
g famous hist-i. .ii
n hit h appear < ' il
s iu the subject
i : vs a> s close w ith t
vas needs great m- n
i»» i tt. -nee v\ ith it. for 'w
• :f you 1 KX AS
.\i K and 1
ai lending o
,..p and coi
w hose * v
.t.t lol'esee wl
ih^*!»«' beaut
, \trv t»ne «•( v
of the critic
ud s« ' ks to « i
hat *1 ■ xas is
i; d ps' rtotisni
s a JM k'llce lit
. ■ all W that j
ele< t r rati.
1 for u toriet) . i
• e-u&l f'»alm t.
Aluminum Company of America
Incurs Uncle Sam's Displeasure
fittsb
g - e r
tr ,>t
part
d to
! t h e
mil: ■
barge
j . , -!v in restrain of lnt-rstata and
ih rfl | fore»m commerce. High pr.csa and
anti-
cm- I substantia! control of aluminum in-
[ mo- I d .nr> alleged.
Requbhcan Party No Longer
Exish in State ot Louisiana
i i
; i;
I.. n<
TTiM at a
(By Assoi.atrd P
(Iii igt . I.a . May 16.- -The r --
palT> r.o lot grrvm^rts hi the
: r tii
.. r i h.
11 >
it
rhise w a->
general
assembly today, when the official re-
turns (if the April election were read.
showing t«nly 4.961 votes cast for re-
publican candidates, le&a than th« Id
per cent required by law.
spa ■ •
b«iu<;
the i
t l.»rii;
read
oraii
4.
hell -'
A >
b »• 11 e We ale
urselves to th«*
- inmation of
i! conaet|Uetic -
"' tl We give oi l
historica •
h collcea
«l destruc-
I % to the
on both
n I v
Southern Baptist Convention in
at Oklahoma City
Session
.ii
< by
are eug
ed th.
our sp;
us. iii
l( takes *■
face' of the .!
tlleSe social "SJfOt light • I
dut> b> our avWrag. r
> ield too niuch \o the I
"upper four hundred
ath Another practu.
of us have, a full dls«
time will not noW peiu
accepting patent inside?
ever class of subject - mat t
vertisiug the reacft print
elect to giVe. iTltllffelel
nlatter has a*-lit n^any » ou
swiftly to the journalist!.
In the first place,, if we
print servii e at all. w e sh
matter of the highest g. n. i
And. in the next pho . we
for the
■ i '• of the
those who
w bat is call-
;opose upon
m r\-e for
niamls froin
to do ^ r
>:• r and not
i. i uds of th j
the
\siociated I'r-sa) , l'r<'^t))teriaii » liurch AurrnW)
K i.ihonia tit>. May lb j Uuisvi|Wi Ky.. M») lf-tfc« Pr«-
I). ru iiapust • oaw iitKiii ass, m" I i,yu.rian cftur.rh in the Vniied 3t*l> ^
ui till* * ity at y itji k tinifi j opt.nnl its general assembly her® thU
i,,,,e Ail thohe i-ii e[it actual tnoriiin* Tin* is the first
•eBK.-r* have belli .ro»(lpd from I man> >ear» tha a««oU>ly
I ,, ,j,,.K j aouth of the Mason and Dixon line
tim« In
haa met
V filch solic-
it! of v\ hich
is tbat of
with what-
lid ad-
dealer may
til e in this
mtr\ slieets
cellleterv
• use Jead>
uui demand
I interest
ho,,Id de-
cline to use an> patent s«r \ i- e which
carries advertising of any nature, un
manners in the world and not all the | less we get pay for such advertising
street gamirts and alley brats in the ju*U as v\ e do for our\>pace sold t«> th.
state can so effectuallv dissemiate a home business man. No wonder th.
very chiap slang or destroy our sense i publisher who* uses ptit.nt insldes can
of appreciation for the pure, sweet riot sc.I space to fori-ign advertisers
diction of our mother tongue. It is j Why need they conlJ.oi v\ith hin
an idea fit for the f». Il-box let us when they can g" to 1*- patent deal.'
eschew it. it is time lor us country
newspaper people to plav the role ol
good old "l>oc" Wile) and give to our
leaders only the purest and best men-
tal pabulum it is possible lor us to
produce. We have n t right to give
them base, impure, unwholesome stuff
because hitherto mistaken ideas ol
what is proper news-matter have re-
sulted in perverting their tastes.
2. For some time we have heard
much of the slogan, "Legislative rest
and political peace." It is an evanes-
cent dream and, however desirable,
it has never come and I am sure th"
press of the state la responsible far it.
While admitting that eternal vigilance
arid obtain at a mere song the verv
service they must ha/e iu bis com
munlty ' No winder 'it is hard f<>.
such a publisher to bis space t
the home muM when th. home mar
sees the oUts.de man M' ' '1 "K It fo.
nothing. I propm-, \ that ten vear
from today the wonder*'' us all Who
become reimnisi • ut will be that w.
ever could have be. n Mjib fools as t<
use this kind of patent i|isid«s, ther«
by not only circulating adv ert.aen.^its
free but actually paving ^ stiff prb »
lor the privilege ^
IVofPMloual \ lew - untl iKrnifdli*
lilit in \itw of aii ll.ei-^ « tifiditloli
and prai-tlres In th» rank' of our pr.
la thu pricu of saft^ty and tiiat a free , j'esHlon. must we coin lutle that our lo
cleal* a* fit candidates for the hell-box.
First-— It I# certain that some of u*
take ourselves too seriously From
time immemorial we ha\e heard It
said that a free press 1» the nation's
bulwark of safety and liberty. We
grant this, but let us not lose sight of
the fact that there are other elements
of the social and political fabric co-
i operating with us and <«pon which we
must depend in our contributions to
the nation's liberty and enlighten-
« hich you w ould not say as u gentle-
man."
Subjc-t-Matter, or News-Judging,
The best paper Is the ont^ that
ser\es its patrons best. Tt i< not
n<HJessarily the one most often qti >ted.
Some papers are very excellent as a
field from which to glaan scrap-book
selections, and some purporting to bs
purely local are very short on local
news and very long on "stuff" with
which their readers have already Ue-
and enlightened press is liberty's
greatest bulwark, yet 1 am sure the
pres* of this state la doing overtime
on cheap politics. The "political p»>t."
is ever seething and we are furnish-
ing the. fuel. There Is many a'cheap
skate, of a politician In Texas who
blocking the wheels of orderly prog-
ress (ind development, who, were it
not for the ease with which he work"
us country newspaper fellows, would
never be heard fcom outside ot luK
houte precinct, and . whose opportu-
nities for doing harm .while playing
til* "game of statecraft" would be In
deed circumscribed If we country
is harder and our future U-ss hopefi.
than that of other calling*'? No Al
ready there stand out hefofe some 01
y If u the clear mil line* of *Ji, id«ai Bllil
your aproach toward It give* >'ou thai
point of vantage and that seiV •* "f \ it
tory within your grasp expert " ed h.
him who leaves the miasmld *»ant|'"
at the mountain's ba«« and \gulns
fothoold high upon Its sunlit t •!> Bin
what remedies shall be uppl" 'I an t
hat directions given In order (that not
a few. but all. of our profe**i"n ina>
attain to that better phase at journal-
ism to which the profession |g Wntltleii
by virtue of its powers and p<v^ ■'1
ties'" Shall we accept the halt) truth
men
Th.
newspaper fellows were npt so gulli
ble. We can play into the hands «f j tbe half fallacy, that newspap
this class of cattle and we can gneiiir,, i.orn and not developed?
acres of space to write-ups, inter-
views and communications concern-
in* men and measures of minor sig
nlfireiue and yet many of us scarre-
nobli st and dearest little Madail
itor In all l-.ast Texas said to tnV
think there is a greater need oil
hell-h<>x. or some other means o|
ly mention the boy who has grown j posal, for incompetent editor* thiAn for
WO bushels of corn ©r two bales of aatiQuatsd ideas and customs ll'r
cottoih1l>p<»fc4i single acr*'at land. W • j gressive people discard wortk-ou;
can raise a'l manner of hades about things but ignorance, you khuw.tis •
a ward politician, but we neglect to | handicap lo progress. So many t»aw
advocate those measures of state- I ri^-en from the press-room, with lit',-•
wide and community edutmtional pol- ] niore than a degree of mechanical
tele* which, if enacted, would bear skill, to the editorial tripod, tttfiw
fruit to bless our fellowmen aget after
we have returned to ttie dust of the
earth. We forget not trv laud to the
sky that Immodest man whose lack if
noble service to the country Is set n
sharp contrast to his penchant for
spotlight publicity, and yet we fall tJ
pay a passing notice to the horny-
through circumstance of a desire! t<
express tli.- '••ways and epic*' II"
them, whose efforts would he luv<»
crous were they not almost tl
While this is true of every eal#.
it is particularly unfortunate that
many with no edifciitlort and no t.f)
oial fitness should undertake new;
Ecuador Must Settle for Services
Rendered by American Owned Roads
(By Asswialwl 1'i-ss i
Washington. Ma) 1« The United
States has !,mde strong representa-
tions tu Kcuador tiial it srttie for aerv-
| ices rendered by the American owned
| railroad running betw een Quito and
I o.iayaquil. A bill against the gov-
I eminent includes cost of movlni®
troops of the recent revolution.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
Secured by Train Robbers
(By Assoc In ted Pr?**)
New Orleans. May 1 <> -The two
riaaked bandits who yesterday held
Lip a New Orleans and Northeastern
rain near Hattlesburg ure said to
ime made the richest haul In train
obltlng history.-- One package is said
• > have contained i 149.060 This is
lerned by tlie express company, but it
up the general belief that the booty
exceeded 1-00.000.
Hallroad and express official* say
no expefise will be spared In running
down the bandits. Detectives think
the robbery was the work of profes-
sionals, probably of the same gang
that robbed the train at Corinth. Mis* .
in February.
need by 'he establishment of a school
i jo.it nallsni. said :
Is the most exacting profession
.f all. the one that requires the wld-
... I and deepest knowledge, and the
firmest folindatlbflS 6r character, to
•e left eiilirely to the chances of self-
ducatii'ii" Is the man who is every-
body's ' rule and teacher the only
• lie who does not need to be taught
> mself" Without him public opin-
ion would 11- shapeless an dumb. Our
. public and its press will rise or tati
• ■gether. An able, disinterested, pub-
■ -spirited press, WITH TKA1NK1*
INTELIJOKNCB TO KNOW THU
lit51 IT and courage to do It. can pre-
erve the public virtue without which
i>< pular government is a slium and a
oof k*ry."
So
the paper- -but what la life without
character'' Above knowledge, abo\ a
liews, above Intelligence, the heart
and soul of a paper liea in its moral
sense. In its courage, its Integrity, its
humanity, its sympathy for the op-
pressed. its independence, its devo-
tion to the public welfare. It* anxiety
to render public service. To think
rightly, to think instantly to think
Incessantly, to think Intensely, to
seine opportunities when others let
them go by—this 1* the secret ot suc-
<S»ss in journalism." This, 1 submit,
Is the secret which a school of Jour-
nalism maintained as a part of our
great university and supported by ade-
quate appropriations, will imparl to
those who follow after us.
-nj atn J° ®<0 owop Sul5il>.yt
ture, I see our great Lone Star state
the greatest service that can be | enJoyln< an everlasting primacy at tho
handed son of toll ivho, living in vir- j paper work, because the province
tue and obscurity, has produced sou-
thing of value upon I he farm, in, the
shop or mine, and thus added, to the
sum total of human happiness. I had
rather go out on the stieet and place
my arm about the shoulders of a
clean-faced, clean-hearted farmer boy
give his latest success at diversified
farming, or with a blooded colt, a
halt-column write-up than to write
the wisest dissertation that was ever
popined upon any subject of cheap
politics.
S. But I do not want my remarks
the rjewxpaper is leadership, and *e<
ond Only to books as teachers.
wish that those who aspire to hecom<
editors could have sufficient traln-l!
Ing."
The late Joseph Pulitzer, the found-
er of what will be the world's great-
em school' of journalism, recogniied
the need of those gnat remedies of
which our fraternity so gretitly stand*
in need today; and. while arranging j
the fihal details fur the eSper.dlture •
that grnat sum with which he pr<
posed to I "lp in meeting that greti
I .ne by you whose faces are set In the
Erection of higher ideals and greater
,■ sefulness, both for the state and the
rofession, lies In closer application
for yourselves and In a demand for
better training for those who shall
succeed us. Our State III her efforts
to bestow vtrtueH and Intelligence an.1
high moral purpose upon her citizen-
ship, maintain* u university with
•schools or law, medicine, pedagogy,
engineering, etc.: she maintains nor-
mal schools, a great school of Indus-
trial arts amf1 the A. A M, college:
and she maintain* a public school sys-
tem — and various denomination*
maintain schools of theology; but no-
where have provisions heen made by
our great state, for a school of jout»
nalisuv My w hat lapse of devotion to
public duty, by what failure to pro-
mote the interests of a profession so
important to the slate's progre** and
to the peoples welfare and happi-
ness has It collie about that we have
not demanded, that we do not de-
mand. the establishment In Texaa of
a school of journalism? Was ever
call niore insistent ? Was. ever time,
more fpi'ortune? We hoifcA—some ot
us that the making and untnaking of
governorsji nd senator* lie within our
l>. >ver. *^B!iall we not daring this
no ling pledge otirselvesi and enm-
n,n o*r activities to- the J»ui*po»e of
sc. Ing tg have the statf, establish
a - hool of, journalism a* great, as
eft., .•tit, as those at t"ornelK Chicago
and tl the universities of Miaaourl.
Washington and WisconSn? I agree
with the iate Mr Pulttter that no
college can give Imagination, Initia-
tive, impulse, enthusiasm, a sense of
humor and Irony. These things must
inborn. But would not *uch In-
ri qualities be developed and
i-rgtheneiP In the atmosphere of
..arl col1eg«l Sold M*, Pull!
agtirr. "News is the very life of
head of our slterhood of common-
wealths; 1 see,her Imperishable wealth
of soil and climate; I aee the culture
and refinement of her peerless cltiien-
shlp; I see the glory of her civiliza-
tion and I aee everywhere her wide
expanse of sun-kissed hills and vales
and plains, an environment which
shall be as a beacon light to every
one yearning to come to "God's best
destiny for men." And I stand silent
Iti the contemplation of the great
height of responsibility which rests
upon us, my friends. In hastening that
great era of glory and grandeur and
goodness which is sure to come.
"Not what we hawn. but what we use:
Not what we see, but what we
choose—
These are the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.
"The things nearby, not the things
afar;
i Not what we seem, but what we
are— •
These are the things that make or
break i
That give the heart Its Jny or aiiie.
"Not what seems fair, but what is
true.
■ Not what we dream, but good we
do-
Theae are the things that shine like
gem*.
hike stars, in Fortune's diadems.
'Not as we take, but as we gfve;
Not as we pray, but as we live—
These are the things that make for
peace,
Hoth now and after Time ahall
cease. "
Telegram want ads bring result*.
er^r^d the cub
ouvjvjl reporter
<5coop-the whole ssmict
at 0736 mud avbnue. was
htlo up in broad day
u s-HT, rus out rnetc.
And G err XE. ST0R.Y— ^
Wherein Schoop Interviews a Hold-up Man in Broad Daylight
by "HOP'
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ONE. 0P THE V4DY OS >4*
VERX MUCH
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Williams, E. K. The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 154, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth474944/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.