Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-05-11

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ing men f~raternize with. and fawn upon
him. for fear that he may expose their
schemes, or bring their populations 10 the
light Of day. He must be . perfect Cos
mopolitan. II he would achieve success In
his chosen profession, capable Of adapting
himself 10 all classes Of society. equally
At home In the haunts Of vice and iniquity.
and At the table Of the wealthy and TO-
spected. He must be competent TO Of
ficiato at q fashionable wedding on the
Avenue, or at the post norton OF .
strangled wretch In the Tombs. In short.
his business will call him 10 witness n
participate In all kinds Of scenes from the
palace TO the prison. and In order 10 DO
successful no must b. perfectly at home
In all.
SIMPLICITY or STYLE.
Your true reporter 10 born and not made.
A collegiate education, so far from beings
necessity to the profession. more often
proves a hinderance. The stern. classical
style Of composition 50 studiously incul-
Gated at Yale and Harvard. Is . positive
disadvantage to q young man aspiring TO
reportorial honors on the New York press.
What il wanted In = newspaper 10 . plain.
simple style Of writing. which can be com.
pretended ~ all readers. from the Hitter
ate 10 the most highly educated. Charles
A. Dana. the editor In chief OF the New
York S.a. is recognized ~ tho leading
mind Of tho American journalists. How
ever rcpulsive some Of his views may DO,
he Is acknowledged TO be the purest Eng.
lish writer In this country. and his corps
Of reporters and correspondents are train.
ed BY sub-editors, who act under his con-
troll, to follow. 80 far rs may be, bis pure
and forciblo method Of diction. He car
ries his simplicity Of style 80 far that no
word Of Latin or other foreign origin Ia
allowed to enter tho columns OF the Saa,
when IL Is possible to uso 0 pure Anglo
Saxon word. Thus, the reporter who
writes commence" will DO very sure TO
find Il changed In the paper TO "begin,"
and similar changes in his manuscript will
be found throughout the whole range OF
Latin, Greek or French nomenclature.
No COLLEGIATE NEED APPLY.
Amos J. Cummings. who was for years
the managing editor Of the Saa, and who
raised IL. by his genius for the gathering
and arranging Of local nows. from an In.
significant penny sheet to the great and
inhuen'iaI uAiiy whisn =, . vs. na I'M.
OF a common schoo, euucA.yn ohiy, ou'
OF great Dram; aha ueueuvus eh -
i've ao,,'y. WIN nin, III
educssd IN q college was pr,nno uislu =
hcation Tor "orA, snu 'no
youth VINO appheu 70 NM ol Posiuon,
giving nat q = w1s Iu,e
10 meet win reoun. hs oones,AVo
course was enough 10 secure nus relecton.
There are reporters on the paper VINO arc
graduates, but they were Keen enough 10
keep that fact In the background, cultivate
the popular style OF the paper. and gam .
permanent standing as Journalistic before
making their origin KNOWN. Out OF n
stan Of over sixty. every one Of these men
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nor,sr. ,,ohablv three or fonr arc vork.
IN, an s.I,ry. and these are men low
Low, in ,he n,ofession. who are engaged
IN ia the rrrniar routine work which A
COOL ,cnor,cr wopld moi touch. The
oo,hs,, ~. men WHO m,te ,be lively
snarliinv ,.ner which is known ali over
,hs conn,ry. are Inc bohemian. or spaco
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