Telegram-herald., 1889-12-06

Allan Formal on the Youth Who
Desire 20 ELsEzze Journalism.
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ggsa nl-asl-E q s4eVals Journalism Ws
laaz 4ll zla41 tae peopss saD Start IA ~ e.s-
sa1s lls stage. al1 when 1asT hna.F zlk 10
tLe dirle 1llla.slla level Professionally. ~ 70
. srl4 lser plaas morally. se--ssil Ns nay
- srtsFe1 -'lt 80 ara lgr sarpFiset
Bat Ncera a. ets s.4Id la s-l Ia writer's
- ~ Tie oCLsgs bred goaGls sa0 pens-
rzle he barriers sllel surround r1s sdl1or
aL-l sxFfezs AZ zagaziug All alllaole ~l-lng
1szs ~ r-a rne paper f1r hil. F1o have had
a. gracEcAl szpsrisnce o1s xhn acre rrize
sss4 lsls -cl1sa historians -'collegs solg-
ors. AID az t-ar sorg ~ hing What do
tney Ultimately drift iutof FOR q Is certain
that aot ons iu 1f1y u rts army ~ zppli-
c4lts evan sGcceels .n obtaining a footnol1
la as~spap-r sork We hear vague lAIes u
ths.r getting clersshlps, and occasi0nally -
nay r-cossnlEs oDe carrying a b,Indls or sell
lnz Laps ln soms f4ncy goods snop. but TIE
sna .lr1tY Il -lsln are Lfs the summer hles-
they ouzz around Ele si.lor's ears for a Whils
and tasn dl.aPpear forever
0f course, a. e1l11rs ~ any experience
learn that every body outside n a Newspaper
ofiics can run the paper better than the ulen
CA the inside o. llt believe that there -
q young man Ia this great country vho does
not honestly cherish tae heLef. secretly per-
Aars bul sUl an a1le bodied BELIEF that tho
AluixhtY Intended nlm r0 be a great editor
Hs may not teaisn b. use hls abilities in that
direction. bar be- IS morally certain thar he
oculd IT, an ediror II hs ~anted 10, and no
ksoss. if be- onc= Cook hold, be could revola-
tioul1s the present system Of Journalism.
The maa eno hugs that pleasing del,lzion
most lightly ro hIs maniy bosom Is the lately
landed young Ensllshman- He generally has
a Narsiry eiucation. and is frsqneutly
Trinity collrse, Duoln. maE- his family has
met aith financial reyerses ~ hs Is a younger
son and b obliged ro MAKE his way ga the
world be comes o. America where fortune
- % b. had for the rroDble Of picking IL up,
AM having "a unoounded faith in his own
ability and in lhe British theory concerning
tne general LlDeracy ot Americans. he con
cllles that bis talents vii be Ia great de-
aiand ln che newspaper ocicss- Then be a.
Ways sees slcn a vast held for his labors on
an American paper. He LOOKS over our
daiAes. and. du.ilng no long. three column
editorial. such l6 has been brought upon
In the page q The London Times, be i'm
agnes that ~ 10 not have them because We
have no e,lirors clever enough % write them.
The average English newspaper is as full of
airy grace a. hippo POI Janus on roller skates,
AMI i-s editorials are a. heavy as = cooking
school biscuit. The lately landed and Jour
nalistically ambitious Brigisher perceives this
difference between our papers and his own,
and be experiences a wild yearning % place
cur American newspapers on as English
level An extra inLgcenent for him % enter
Newspaper work IS that II is a shade moro
respectable than trale and IL requires 10
special training % % a newspaper man. 4
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spend years 10 special study before be is al
lowed % practice his profession, but an editor
Il Ike a poet. ..nascitur non tit" Any man
with a college education and a stub pen can
s~iit paper, and be looks upon It rather IN
the hight Of a condescension than otherwise
that b. u wiling T. bring MS imported var
ssy training AMI London accent % the edu-
cation x the benighted YANKEES.
navs argued With them BY the hour
when I could not escape-that our papers are
abous - No Ike them. and that our people
would not read the long editorials II they
we're printed, that our demand IS for news,
aot last weeks news, but today's. and to-
rnorro~'s. II possible Il IS all 70 no purpose.
He begins over again and tells about his
VARSITY education. have vainly suggested
that b. write something and hand il IN and
point that out as the quickest and surest road
L siitorial favor. His usual reply has been:
"But don't know what - write about, don't
you know
A. IL an editor could have any possible use
for man who did not snow what TO writo
about Or. n ha does make an attempt 20
write something, 10 Is pretty generally a com
parisou between England and America, %
ths disadvantage az the latter, proceeding
highly credi table oo his patriotism, but speak
iaz volumes f0r bis lack u tact And after
week or 50 Of trying % get into editorial
work be disappears into the unknowabis
Do not understand ne by this % be casting
any discrsdit upon college bred men in gen
er.d. 'r Upon EnElisamen IN particular. A
college education IS most excellent thing
for a foundation but a college education
does not ht man % become an editor any
more than ir dss bin o. become a lawyer or
a aphracian. There are very few young col
1r-e E-aluates who would apply for appoint
rnaut A. Uuited States district attorney BE-
fore they bad seen tao inside II a lawyer :
Office. qsr ell .se same F0ung men see no in
conrruify in assll- Cd ne made editors before
they snow the difference between = galley
proof sod . shooang suck. 10 Is 50 easy 20
b. a. siitor AL be has 20 do IS 70 write a
few articles and 70 O. the theatres on free
pas. Tie theories o. English journalism
sud college journalism are very much
alike. books. aud not men, are the
foundation of both. The -isborateiy built
straw man ~ suppositlon serves as the tar
gst for editorial argument rather than the
hs.sh aud hiood fact Is : a system which
gets svav from tbe personality. the souse %
Which Is enc of sns BAL features q American
nssvSnarer work Here We attack an indi-
viaual e. tne supporter ~ a theory. the sxro-
uent II en- itsa Tiers tneT attack the the
or7 A. advanced 6Y nan or party. The
0ne IS abstract. impersCnal and consequently y
lackng IN conteuporsnsous human interest
The ether Is concrete. vividlY personal. fra
susntl7 bevood the limits of courtesy sud
jusnce 5ut always viriis. and generally. in a
measure. Elective
While enc well educated. newly imported
Engiishuuan IS frequently = bore Co tae busy
American. bs request For a. editorial posi-
ton Is uot Sd much cut % the vsy - it A.
pears "a its fare 4 broadly educated her
uiit- with sue facility As a writer. might -
. valuable sh-crisi writer on The London
Times. here In America 10 must suppls-
uieUt bis rss,iiuE h7 an nfricste snowlei<e
Uf man and their n,e 1cds lie must g. use
= trite phrsse. have bis finger on the public
ruiae Hs cannot content hiniseN VITA =
kaopie,ies of Faat men Thought and Vrots
abcas ia the issr century,. iass Yesr or
sv-s ves1sris7 ru- must be shle to form an
accurate ard swift Judgment 81 whas they
VII th.nz to-mcrr1v sn1 next week
There sreu,s -o be ~ rrscrirsl methcd e
sc1u'-inr tsis know r'a,iza erceut ~ actnd
rractice a fsrii-r ,-r e~zsv writing IN -0t
lsEe nay rr-iicsts sn srn-lie f7r EDITORIAL
rrirrg ln efter 5fa bass ths srtImde mast
- snppierusn-ei cr keen insight into thr
rnchc nirf. ~hirh 20 ccieze training oan
rfra Anc~e al. -.,3 ~avvs-arer nan