West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-09
REMINISCENT.
Bill Nyo's Recent Address to the
Wisconsin Press Association.

| am sure that when YOU so kindly in.
vited me to address you to-day. YOU did
not anticipate a lavish display of genius
and gestures. l accepted the invitation
because it afforded me an opportunity
TO meet you and TO get acquainted with
YOU, and tell you personally that for
years | have been a constant reader of
your valuable paper and | like it. You
are running it just as | like to see a
newspaper run.
need not elaborate upon the won
dcrful growth Of the press in our coun-
try, or refer to tie great power which
Journalism yields in the development
of the new world. / need not ladle ont
statistics to show you how the newspa-
per has -cncrOached upon the field of
oratory and how the pale and silent
man, while others sleep, complies the
universal history of "A day and tells his
mighty audience what he thinks about
1t before he goes TO bed.
OF course, this IS but the opinion of
D man, but who has = better oppor-
tunity TO Judge than he who sits with
his finger on the electric pulse of the
world, Judging the actions OF humanity
al so much per Judge, invariably in adj
vance?
need not tell YOU all this. for YOU
certainly know it if you read your pa
per, and hope YOU DO. 4 man ought
To- read his w paper, eve if he can
not iudorse all its sentiments.
SO necessary has the profession of
journalism become TO the progress and
education oil our country that the mat
ter Of establishing schools where vouno
men may be fitted for ar active news,
paper life, has attracted much attention
D. discussion. IL has been demon-
sirated that our colleges 90 not fit a
young man 10 walk at once into the
active management OF a paper. He
should at least know the difference be-
tween % vile contemporary and a Gothic
scoop.
10 is difficult to map out n propcr
course for the student i'm n school of
journalism, there are SO many thing.
connected with the profession which the
eiitOr aud h5 staff should know. and
kuO" hard. Tine newspaper Of TO dav
va library r. is an encyclggrdia. r
poem. "a biography, q history. "a proph-
coy, 90 directory, 70 time table, a ro-
manos. "a COX book, "a guide. n horo.
scope am art critic, @ political resume
% H'atfDl no p0ryo. 10 f. e. sermon. a
song, 90 circus. an obituary. "a picnic. a
ehlpWrecE, % -ymphOuy iu solid BREWER.
80 medley of life auC death. a grand
aggregation of mans glory and his
shame DO i-. 10 short. G. bird ,-cvc
view OF al Che mugnanimi.y and mean
ness, ihc Joys and gr.cts, tie births and
deaths, Che pride and poverty. of the
"'f'o. D al for two ceuis-sOme-
times
could .oIi some more tbinos that tho
newspaper OF to-day is If you had Time
to sta3 here aud your business would
Hn -lii'r In your absence. Amouv
oI.Dr- DO { % long fclt want. n n.nc-coL
hf.h paper no 20 hvC-columu own. a Iy-
ing -Ho... 81 feeble effort. D. financial
problem, "a lettering wreck. "a political
tool and 20 sheriff sale.
TO- were tu suggest r. curriculum
i'r 'ho Young man who wished TO take
@ regular naHr-e iu ,ch00, OF f|olruaI-
su Trof.rriug Chat t1 fHe actual c<.
romeo. would sos g. him devote
.'' ir-t two year, 60 med alton and
prayer. Ih. "I prepare the Young
~. OH. surprise ard consequent
H. .Y profanity which Iu p few
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