South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-03
ROUND TABLE PANS
THE LOCAL PRESS
Dr.. Charles StOItz Leads in
TRADE of Abuse of
Newspapers.

South Bend newspapers were
placed on the griddle last night by
the Round Table club at its first
meeting Of the year at the Y. ".
c. A. Prof. John NJ. Cooney OF the
Notre Dame School Of Journalism
spoke on The influence of the
Daily Press-A Wartime View"
While the rules OF the club.
printed on the back OF the pro
gram. admOnishes that there must
be no personalities" some Of the
discUssionists evidently had been
eating shrapnel soup. which dis
agreed with their digestive appar-
atus Anyway. many Of the sugges-
lions made by four of the speakers
as 20 how and what a newspaper
should print in chrOnicllng the daily
news were interesting i'm the ex-
IRENE and sounded quite logical in
theory but would hardly work out
well In a modern newspaper Office.
ON the other hand some of the
ideas were quite practical
DR. Charles Stoltz. DR. Charles S.
BOsenbury and Atty. S. b. Petten-
gill and a few others Though the
latter were inclined TO use the soft
pedaI) referred TO certain items or
editorials that have appeared in one
or the other local papers.
DIR. StOltz based much Of his talk
on an news item concerning him
self that appeared in one Of the
South Bend daily papers. After
reading each sentence the doctor
would add. Another damn lier
being greeted each time with guf-
flaws Of laughter. Or. BOsenbury
followed with about the same line.
In most OF the impromptu talks
by members of the club the "cub"
reporter was held responsible for
the majority OF the so-called mac
The fault. they agreed, was not be-
cause the cubs were billiards. but
principally because of their mex
perience and Oftimes laziness, and
because Of the fact, as they termed
it. that many papers employed
cubs" at small salaries 10 be eco
nomical. therefore losing in the long
run by the inferior and inaccurate
news that is frequently printed
One Champion Arises.
A. b. Thielens. who led the dis
cussion. stated that as a rule news
papermen were not addicted to ly-
ing and were as a whole better men
than most OF the doctors and law
verg. He said il is not the infiu-
eace of the press upon the public,
but the influence OF the public upon
the press
r. +. Johnson. the South Bend in
surance m2n, and ID. w. Horton, SUI
perintendent OF the Mishawaka pub
lie schools, based their remarks on
the censorship OF news as il exists
in the present war. and that the
newspapers are not entirely 20
blame for that condition. but are
,foing IL voluntarily as a patriotic
duty. Mr.. Johnson spoke of the
autocratic censorship OF newspapers
in Germany, emphasizing the fact
that that particular condition as IL
exists i'm Germany is doing more 20
prOlong the war than possibly
any other cause.
Prof Cooney stated that the war
is impressing more deeply upon our
minds number of important
truths. One of these truths. he
said. is that our national energies
must be conserved. must be used
economically. must be coordinated
for the greatest good of the greatest
number-in other words. for the
national welfare.
Shows Great Energy.
"A great amount OF energy and
a fine quality OF enersy is used up
In the press In 1905, according to
government statistics. the number
- publications in the country was