The morning call., 1890-06-01
THE DAILY PRESS.
The Opinion of Young San
Francisco School. Girl.

AFSDI I the closing exercises of the South San
Es.sS Francisco School the following paper on
ERAlS = The Daily Press" written by Miss Ger
- tie Mailman OF the eighth grade was read
by that young lady:
Newspapers are the great educators OF the
nineteenth century. The student In the schools
may study day after day the dull details given
In his geography and he Will have added cons ara
lively little to his stock OF knowledge, because
he can see no way Of utilizing his knowledge, land
he gradually comes TO regarding his lesson as a
mere task, 10 be mastered because IL is in fashion
TO have geography IN The schools. q
b. knowledge gathered In such "a way eau be or
very Hills 6s1eii II Is taken into the mind as n
Passing traveller Is lodged In wayslde inn; he
comes for a purpose and the purpose accom-
pliShed, he leaves, never TO return. But the news
paper OF to-day. aided BY the telegraph, has
changed all this-Europe. Asia and Africa have
been brought to our door. rendering geographl-
cal information 4 necessity.
Daily We read of the occurrences OF yesterday
IN all parts OF the busy world. This daily refer
10 the affairs OF distant count ries brings us
into intimate acquaintance with The people aud
places treated upon aud renders more life-like
our geographical tasks 10 the detection OF
fraud crime the newspaper has been all
powerful. leu thousand eyes take In the details
of a criUr as pictured In the reporters record !;
thousand tongues wag over the circumstances
attending IT. and little by little elews are gath.
cred up that lead 10 discovery. Science has
been benefited. A scientific student stunies out
governing law, and ibis finds It's way into the
papers and II is then taken up by curious eyes
TO he improved upon ana followed up until some
grand revocation in natures laws has been I'M
EARNED. Newspapers were first introduced Into
the United States IN 1904. Papers for The rec
ord and dissemination OF news were at first
rather crude affairs. single sheet of coarse
payer printed In the primitive type OF long ago Is
now study for the curious when compared with
the mammoth productions OF this day.
At fist papers were issued more as society
journals; but the demands Of the times have
gradually divided of the journalistic world into
ltptp an palft
Teal and tile ordinary newspaper.
The tue newspaper aims 10 be 4 mere mirror
from which reflected all of the various hap
penings OF the day. There are Subdivisions
however, even here Some aim to give these
happenings as they actually occur, While other
Journals delight IN distortng the occurrence
aiming rather to starte by Il sensational record
than to inform by ga plain, unyarnished tale"
The electric telegraph has built up the modern
country editions. system has been adopted In
the collection OF news literary bureau has
been established with agencies all over the
country. In this way the various papers In the
association get the news OF the day from all
parts OF the country at divided cost
he great metropolitan journals OF New York,
in addition To news OF the Associated Press, have
private agencies OF their own across the ocean,
and exciting events OF the day are nightly cabled
under aud across the ocean for breakfast table
reading. Some very queer things come about by
the employment OF the ocean cable and trans
continental line.
Paris. London, Berlin, Vienna and CONSTANT
east than the meridian of San Francisco, which
makes a difference OF six hours and more by the
clock. New York is also three hours further to
The east OF us. IN this way The readers of our
San Francisco newspapers are often TIRE ated to a
peculiar experience; titus, when the great Em-
peror William died, the early riser In San Fran
cisco read In the morning paper OF the death of
tie aged Emperor an hour BY our clock before his
weeping family witnessed his death struggle.
Another instance Is familiar 10 many, An
assassin had murdered woman In Paris and had
been sentenced 10 die by the guillothe at 8
o'clock in the morning AT O'clock on the
morning OF the execution, an hour before he was
executed, the San Franciscans, while seated at
the table enjoying their cup OF coffee, read how
The murderer was brought out and how lie
Welded up his head under the cruel knife.
Tie influence OF the newspapers OF the day are
very great aud parents ought to exercise judg-
ment in choosing Tor their children the kind Of
newspaper reading their children should enjoy
A purely sensational Journal gives very poor
reading for child because it breeds taste for
the acquisition of merely amusing information in
preference to the more useful knowledge which
MAKES the educated man or woman.
A small party of trappers wintered on
Isle Royale, and for their hardihood were
rewarded with 40 lynx, 100 fine martens and
q large number of less valuable fnrs