Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-19

REGRE ABUSE Of P0gVEF


CHICA0o Newspapers have taken
the place Of the bible In the daily
life Of the nation, IN the opinion Of
Prof. Fred Newton Scott. president Of
the National Council Of Teachers Ct
English Professor Scott pronounced
these views At the opening Of the con-
venti0n Of the teachers In the Audi
forum hotel He decI1fed the neWe
paper, and not the Bible. now shape
the characters and supplies the mo-
|fives for the conduct Of young people.
and then expressed much regret for
abuse Of the power By some papers.
Professor Scott W ct one time Ii
Newspaper work and Is now mem
Der OF the faculty Of the University
Of Michigan, IN the department of
English.
ssIn former times the Bible was
read daily IN the family said Pro.
lessor Scott, and its tremendous edu.
cational force shaped the ideals and
sank into the lives Of the people. +
was q moral guide and no one who
heard 1t as # was then read IN the
home failed to profit BY II. Today
ii Is no longer read in the family; the
newspaper has succeeded to its high
place. The newspaper now sinks into
the lives Of the people 2
Points Out Faults in Papers.
The educator deprecated the pub
hcation Of newspapers on the formu-
la that the newspaper IS the poor
mans whisky Il Is there to give him
thrills He found the funny paper
often full Of drawings Of the insane. :
criticised the sstii cruder letter
press that accompanied the draw
ings, spoke sarcastically Of the sport
ing page with its wells Of English IN,
'defiledr and added that the publica-
.tion Of stories Of crimes, divorces and
sob stories. had ..banefuI Influence
on the young. Z
sIf some newspapers appeared IN
the form Of flesh and blood IN our
homes we would set the dog on them.
commented Professor Scott. * have
wanted to suggest to editors that they
take the crime and divorce news and
other sensational stories and run them
in a separate section Of tine paper, 30
that those who wished to read them
might do so and those who did not
could leave them
Would Upiift Readers' Taste.
The president OF the council inform
ed the teachers that one way to up
lift the newspaper Is to upiift the
tastes of its readers, and suggested
that pupils be given newspapers TO
study; that they Investigate news
items to determine their accuracy, test
q newspaper fer its sincerity and give
attention to correct grammar and die.
ton. He asked that writer's write.
with truth, wholesomeness sincerity
and self-restraint and added that
slang, colloquialisms. indiscriminate
use Of words, violations OF grammer
and style split infinitives, dangling
participles and the abuse of such
words as transpire. enthuse and in
augurate could be corrected.
pr. Jastrow Sneaks
DR.. Joseph Jastfow of the Univer
sity of wisconsin read list OF ex.
Dressions he declared could be picked
up from conversation let fail by aver.
age people. possibly students and re-
ferred humorously 10 the need for or
ganizing society for the preyenti0n
Of cruelty to the English language.
He asserted that style is antiseptic.
slang is corruptive,a but agreed that
no enc would want TO talk in the
language used In books. To illustrate
his argument he dropped into colo