The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27
JOURNALISM OF TODAY.

6vered nOldDAS a." ..o. u
- the present month at the banquet
= the Associated Press OF Cahaua'
which met at Toronto. /,
Our regret is that the space at gu" :
command forbids the giving OF inc
address in its entirety, for any mere
-osorerce 70 it is as though we were
A. tear the lily into pieces with the
hoDa Of reproducing it in its per
feel and peerless completeness. Inc
matchless and majestic editor oesS-
nv deploring the fact that the pro
,ession of journalism was "lthou'
80 code of ethics or system OF sell /
Iectraint and self-respect. 1t has no
spre standards either of WORK VI
d,,tv Its intellectual landscapes are
ors its mora destinations
c,,nfused. if not impalpable. IN
country doctor, the village lawyer
Knows his place and keeps it; IS mel
Nv certain obligations and inspired
~ certain traditions; modest anu
holding within bonds, though ne ma
no learned and skillful, having Ine
consciousness of superiority n0
journalist. be he of city or to"h' naS
80 g onv mental perspectives TO TX
his professional horizon no CAM"
laws TO guide his hayward footsteps
no;tber chart of precedent nor map
Of discovery upon which his sal'lne
UDee and travel lines have been dis
tinctlv marked. He is a law unto
S,..so,f too often a free lance, only
the more self-assertive because he
lacks assured position and Is "l'n-
out authority"
And again: THE press every
whore in England and III America
even in Germany and in France,
where the personal equation sun
sets the pace, has deterorateu ~
weight. while celebrating its me'n'
ode and augumenting its enterprise
has as we would say in Kentucky
lost in bottom what it may nave
lived in heels. We hear it sale
that il gives the public whaV "
w.nts Taking that public as III
own creation, it has overeducatea
Or undercut itself. But it seems t'
me that this is an incident Of per
iod of transition. The old orue
of nersonal journalism, with u
ideas of individual accountability Oh
mere egotism and vanity, has passe'
away The new order of impersona
journalism. with its ideas OF com
-nerciaI honor and of public opiisa
zion has not quite adjusted itsel
n its enlarged habitation and riche
apparel. 1t is to take another Illus
tration from the Bluegrass count!
as thoroughbred yearling, th'
feels his oats and kicks and bites n
trainer. yet has the sure making
Derby winner b"
And this should be hung IN u
memory chamber of each editor an
carefully studied day by day:
hear a deal about yellow journallsi
n is much like the pot calling u
kettle black. Offenses against d
cency are more or less relative al
oualified. More and more Will new
manor owners and makers discOV
that integrity and cleanliness p
the best dividends. The scanu'
monger will in time he relegated
the category of the unprosperous
well as the disreputable, and the
tective be driven out of the new
paper service, where he should ma
no place. to the company OF the
lice. where he alone belongs. we
as little expect that each newspal
worker shall be a gentleman as u
each lawyer and each doctor shall
a gentleman; but manly conduct
aspiration should fix the rule,
brutal and vulgar the exception,
journalistic brand no less "Ooep
and honorable than that of ply
divinity, and Jurisprudence
A return to what is now denor
eS as "barbarism" might make
more careful as we write. Hear
on the subject: There was exh
ration in pistols and coffee. The
was more interesting and less
pensive than the libel suit. The g
old lines Of gun-play are alas
more. If a gentleman rowa'
shoots another gentleman they
it murder"
And this the happy ooncius
"Thc single apprehension which
ssmetimes crossed my fancy TO
ing the modern newspaper has