Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-09

matter in the Dispatch excelled that in
The Argus
%. That there were 1853 social items
in the Dispatch as compared with Al
in The Argus.
- That the editorials in The Argus
were more diversified than those in the
Dispatch and showed deeper concep-
ton of important current topics.
4 That the number Of articles
worthy Of heads in the Dispatch ex-
celled that in The Argus.
% That the style Of writing used
in the Dispatch was more closely re
lated to actual newspaper style than
that demonstrated in The Argus. al
though this distinction was by no
means marked
Praise for Stofit.
Bearing these findings in mind it
would seem that the Dispatch is slight
ly to be preferred as exemplary of a
frst-class. modern newspaper The
preference given the editorials in The
Argus is an important one, but it is
Offset by the overwhelming number
OF additional points in favor of the
work gone by the Moline students.
To Edmond Stofft is due much of the
credit for the creditable showing of
this particular edition of the Dis
patch
u he comparison Of the society de-
parinieHts Of The two newspapers is
NOR Important than many people un-
derstand. The women readers OF any
newspaper are the most valued. Tn
! less women were good newspaper
, readers advertisements would be
worthless, and without its advertise
meats no newspaper would long ex,
isl Naturally, women read the news
papers containing the most news in
iterestng to them. In this respect the
Dispatchs student staff apparently
ioutclassed that Of The Argus.
/ in few items appearing in either
newspaper was there obvious that
/ punch which is becoming more and
more valuable in newspaper mater
iaL To throw the news at the reader
/ in the fewest possible words and with
/ the greatest force should be the am
bition of every newspaper worker
And that word throw Is used
guardedly Verbosity in copy is one
of the most trying things with which
/ the newspaper copyreader has Il
deal.
Both newspapers conclusiyelE show
unusual newspaper ability among the
high school students Of Moline and
Rock Island The few discrepancies
that may have appeared were remark
ably unobtrusive, when the matter o.
composition is considered
] Il hope this brief and probably in
adequate diagnosis proves satisfac.
/ tory"
Braley for Argus.
/ "The request TO act as one of the
/ judges of competitive merit of the pa
pers edited by the Moline and Rock
Island high school pupils proved one
of the most strenuous assignments
i within recollection. so thoroughly good
were both papers,
Judges from a distance obviously
et inmate the element Of unconscious
has, but may do injustice by having
Inc knowledge Of purely local news
fvclues such as attach to the relative
importance of individuals, clubs
events. etc, in the splendid spread ol
small news items carried by both pa
/ pers.
/ BY the narrowest of margins I have
decided 10 vote for the Rock Island
high school"
This is the letter that comes from
/ Theodore A. Braley. editor of the
Bloomington Bulletin. who thanks The
Argus and Dispatch for having done
him the honor of selecting him as one
OF the three judges to pass on the two
competitive issues.
Personnel OF Stats.
| Following are the students of the
two schools who prepared the editions
of The Argus and Moline Dispatch
Rock Island High School-yerneI
Hallgren, Charlotte Murray. viviar
! Thomas, Alma Sanderson. Edga,
James. Bessie Baker, Elizabeth Ohm
stead, Charlotte Huesing. Robert
! Pearee, Harry Lyford, Ralph WEIGH
Carl Sodergren. Robert Ackley. Mar
garet Dibbern and Robert Z. Olmsted
The students worked under direction
of Will Robb and Miss Jennie stur
geon. members Of the teaching staff.
4 Moline High School Oscar Axene
Kenneth Ebi, Ben McNeal, Clifford
Skogh, Francis WEIGH. Ella Edwards
Amy Freeburg, Earl Bahnks. Carl Fry