Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-08
YOUNG LADIES DISCUSS
FREEDOM OFTHE PRESS
Two High School usbalers Argue
For Restriction, But scrIbes
Have stauach Champions.
MISS LOOMS AWARDED HEUAl
Large Crowd Gathers In Assembly
Hall to Attend Final Celebration
of Literary soclety-Miss corbell,
MIR. overton and MIR. Murray
Medal Winners.

eup1ec' vi io"s "hd unusually M
terestins DEBATE between four young
lady students of the local High
scbool nj ,ho apol pnh,,c colonization
80 H. >,.,.... ~ ,,,,
'Noo'
Literary society, heid III the assem-
bly, hall OF the school last night. one
Of the largest audiences thnt ever
y,,hored IN ,ho holI .,,nn,o,
arol., 49,, ,,,aan.,
ss ni1 enJoseu 20 inc luiiest
eAlsnt .he uepaie anu the many other
sasui.aoie nui,lpers on me wen ar
49,. t ros,n"' mniei WIS ehrIleu
Z M ~ 'u ne oe1t .niehl Ill 'ie st"uent
pi,r,,. s'n wv
=, ~ .nia w, Murray, presiuent
,,,t,, s" oiehcu .iir eAeicises
M,n 'dW VOLTS ui welcome anu
a,.e, IN ilistrunehtai duct by MISS
IIantn ny, ne's s,li,, mnu MI Fehho
a' al, tne uopa'e pesam'
,,, WIVES stuart tor A1firmatiVe.
.,,n ss N.Y. M. etunrt opened LOT
th INC ia,,, ' ,',h,oh ame CRED OUT AGAINST
1i,'fad Gu, VIZ" ~, s,'e' .ne press ol .he
rat,nna, .us ..e iish. 70 a.'ack .he
hnlLars 81, an,I ,,, III" we Office
not he ,bnt ~ ,ha sou an ,n. ms snouiu
10, H. ~, .au S"fe'u,iieit anu me
~, ,,,,,. VIZ .a 'o,'iieu II shouii ne I'M
thrnn e ,,u ~, .ne m..ueMs OF editors
aitis, uh. 'io eo,li.iy. IN lnis con-
pruasia . nn,, Sa,u '' ~. nussu. EIhnce,
M ,,ra., GU even n'Nt ''h" ies'ricteo
p,,.,.';
,''i,s a"e sulu lna. inc pa
i,ia os nu n,i III. punnsli al me norrl-
snr ,, ,u iS, ',i,,s, le"tu.es vi crimes
cjtoa M vel, I'll, un'oap'euy IN.
snch crin,os e"n M ,''' mo 10 Soii'inlt
nInraa M ,,,,a mo Souns nuy ue-
dim or IN oInpat,,, ~ We .me ms
inrity of i'm wnr,Ing nl,sso =, .,,.
country and TINT the unwhoiesome
news must necessarily produce n had
effect upon the minds OF those people.
Liberty OF Press Upheld.
Miss Gertrude II. Loomis followed
for tho negative. BY way OF intro.
dnctiOri sho declared that rs medi.
cine. science and religion had had it's
martyrs. SO the press has had its
martyrs Launching into the heart
of n sound and sensiple argument,
the speaker declared that restric-
lion Inc on the press could not be
Drawn, mat restriction would soon
resolve iseit INTO censorship and that
me people would never allow censor
snip OIL the press In America.
government she declared, that
censors l.s press Is ntraid to take the
peopie ihto Is coniieence, and that
sun soYelhiiieht would soon ne
So i, " iiionaichy' Despotism would
i NV upu niter alaf i
,,,,,'aas,,,io ~. sa'u ma. II would ne
in mpossipie 10 improve inc world by
!. 'ns 'n ~ ", ~. tilat exists
~ ~ - nu' sia. ,ne exposure through
roft puss y, " .has. pubic lraad,
sn''s s LILY .uelt must necessarily
~ u', ma... cia,les.
y views rerVer'eo'
bliss Amelia " Goodwin closed for
Inc affirmative, She declared that
the great trouble with newspapers was
that .tley perverted the news AMI
make everything MS sensational as
possible. Ihat they printed the most
minute details OF the lives of the
rlcn, scandals ana all kinds of crimes
ana that sncn news corroupted the
MINDS OF the children who read news,
papers.
she SAID that frequently the press
syLnpathlzed with criminals and ow.
ing 10 It's powerful influence frequent
~ defeated the ends of Justice. She
dweit at length ON the "disgracef,n
mruGniars or the Thaw trial pub
iisheu by the newspapers throughout
me country ana SAID that such news
SHOULD NOT ne heraided 10 the world
'that II ulu narni' not good to mankind
ahu WoihanKlnd
Staunch Press Champion.
~, ~ MISS Ahnle ~; i1ash' VINO closed
sn . .ui'iose.sS, .Ie press ionnd
s,uunch SHhi'ipioh' speaking FOL