Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
LECTURE ON JoURNALIsM.

An Editor of the Writer Addresses the
 Yale Boys Last Eveming-The Pro
 feaS1on Explained iR an Interesting
 Manner.
 A lecture on Journalism" and under the auspices of the Yale News too, is a novelty for the studentSof the university, and most
 pleasing innovation it proved. MT. Luce,
 graduate of Harvard in the class of '83 and
 an editor of the Boston Writer, paper de-
 voted to the interests of journalism, was the
 speaker. He spoke in a pleasing and forcible
 manner, at once conveying the impression
 that he was in earnest in what he said. The
 lecture was relieved by many an anecdote
 and was listened to by a large audience. MT.
 Luce spoke in part as follows: I went into
 journalism from the college press, as was
 connected with Harvard's first daily paper,
 the Echo. It was started by six sophomores. The number was soon increased to twelve, and nine of these men went into journalism. Most young men enter journalism an end but soon use it for means. Two questions must be answered before entering, namely: Shall enjoy it and shall I do good in itl Will it maintain me? For few years or 8 few months even college graduate will get good out of journalism, but unless he is peculiarly fitted for it he had better not stay in it. It will give him wide experience, Q learning not to be found in books. It will fiji him to become a citizen of the world. He will learn men. the greatest of all studies. You will find people in very large variety of callings who have come from the ranks oi Journalists It is almost as impossible for g man to raise himself by his brains as it is te pull himself up by his boot-straps. A man wants friends. Journalism is 8 peculiar profession in many respects;it offers great at fractions. But is it place to stay in? As 8 reporter it is not. In some of the positions 1t may be attractive, but the larger portion of the places are trying and must in time wear a man out. There is but one place or the daily paper that all are striving for, that | is the controlling spirit. No man of medi- 1 core ability can get into such position, and | daily it grows more difficult to get there | This is the day of the corporation, msmmon l controls the newspaper. You must accept | things as they are; do not bewail the condi l tion of things. There is no school of jour
 nalism, and many doubt if there ever will be such 8 school. The one great essential in l newspaper work is to know English. You
 want to be able to tell a simple thing in a | simple way. If you want to succeed you have no business to deal in horid | language; write ill natural way
 In the matter of gathering news of political economy will be of great service In the literary and social world this is the day of the specialist. What is wanted is 6 man who knows all about some one thing not man who knows little about good
 many things. It is a common notion that z man must be good shorthand writer to be 6 newspaper man. It is 8 wrong idea; it is 6 useful thing to be able to write shorthand but is not essential and is by many consid- cred a drag. The time is coming, however when every boy will be able to learn it ir the schools. It is a hard thing to get into journalism It is to some extent matter of luck. Audacity and cheek is needed. It is an easy thing to stay in the profession, but you not only want to staY-you want to rise For success from business point of view honesty is the best policy. Let drink alone. The temptations are very great and the con sequence is that many men of ( weak character fail from thif as a writer is, first, application persistence. New York perhaps offers the best field for a man desiring to enter journal ism. In the immediate future this profession offers greater returns than the others, but ir
 the distant future it does not. Tho income country paper is big power in the land and it is capable of proof that in given time z man can make more on paper in small place than in the big city. The country pa per has elevated many man; it is politiea power in its neighborhood. ! would impress upon your minds that the condition of tho press is not due to the writers. It depend! upon the people around you. The men or l the press do not abuse their power wiIfully | The paper breaches to more people on morning than hundred ministers eve preach to; it is mighty power in the land TARIFF REFORM.
 Consressmen Mills and BreckinrIdgt At the New Haven opera House Fri day Night.