Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-15

has been OveFGoh', aiu lntTt ulaS TX
too many dailieS and the competition
too strong. An acquaintance OF mine
successful editor. lately said, In a
burst Of confidence, that h" had 70
lowed ,he old slogan of the late VII
liam EYarts; Get on. get honor gel
honest" In the SENSE OF at first going
In for rafting. even II perverted rep
reSentNtiOns OF men ana things when
he began twenty Tive years ago. Ih'n
when his paper became known ana
we'll esta blished be- hrcam" cOnserva-
tive and las truthful as possible"
| will be candid enough to say thai
one motive in indiCting this srrecd Is
possibly. II psyChoiosirallv interpreted
a slight temporary personal srievance
Or rather. several These are all
the more typical because they concern
one who Is ! ot mnch hrfoi" tn" public
and OF whom IA" great world knows
too little 10 correct even The grOS'' 81
errorS.
This very morning | received from
paper clipping bureau soliciting my
pal ronage eight "xc'rps from papers
including one | have always read and
revered. which represent N" AS haH'
ing demonstrated To a reporter and FOR
publication against misreprtsentat!o ns
OF academic men ana alters. and pro.
posing-even actually engaged in or
yanizine--a boycott OF college men
against newspapt | am quoted as
saving: college professors must
do something to keep themselves
from being made ridiculous The
time has come when Il college profes
sor cannot open his mouth without be
ing made to look. speak, and act IKE
fool. | have no boub' that the re-
marks am making now ". be dis
toTted in the press Of the country.
The only foundation for all this Is
that | was once asked ly a reporter
for NV opinion upon newspaper repre-.
sensations OF college matters. and EN-.
phatically declined TO be interviewed
on the subject. although had known
the man for years: and when he ASK
ed me II I would say word to him per-
sonally. In confidence. and not for the
public. I merely said that | thought
Chicago University had suffered worst
from this evil. ANY suggestion OF
boycott or anv kind OF concerted &C
ton never entered my mind. nor have
ever expressed word upon the sub
iect for publication. The temptation
for the reporter to !et himself go upon
the topic was too strong. altnugh he
kept faith with me by saying nothing
in the local press but sent his screed
nine ,enths OF which was pure fake
to some distant journal for which ne
catered.
Thus | am instructed and roasted
in these eight editorials and doubt
less in more. To complain OF any
thing like betrayal or misrepresenta
ton. under such circumstances. | am
told is as bad form as 1t would be 10
seek a correction of caricature OF
nv face II it were to appear in a comic
cartoon. am told that I should take
it ell as good joke. The late Mr..
Dana. of the New York Sun. once al
vised a friend, not hardened to dis
torted publicity. who complained to
DENY nothing. tecause then the peo-
ple would believe that it was true
This seems a little too sophisticated
for one who respects and believes IN
the press in general. and who. as a
humble devotee OF science. has been
taught to seek and revere the exact
truth. as far as human limitations and
the law of pragmatism make 1t attain
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