The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-11-17
URGES WOMEN TO
USE INFLUENCE
Prof. Bleyer Tells College
Club Needs of Present
Day Newspapers.
BUSINESS MATTERS UP

club Saturday afternoon. 1t was the
first opportunity to discuss business
since the September session as the,
October meeting was devoted to the
presentation of "The Kettle Sings" by
the Drama Circle. The greater por-
ton of the time was occupied with
discussion of business matters, while
the talk for the afternoon was given
by Professor Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
of the University Of Wisconsin. Mes
danes A. Meis, R. P. Taylor and H.
G. Maddox and Miss Louise Ross
were hostesses.
The College club and Kenosha chap
ter, Daughters the American Revo-
luton, were the first local societies
to agitate limitation of armament
and the response has been gratifying.
Through these societies efforts pracc-
tically every woman's organization in
Kenosha has been interested and has
mailed resolutions favoring limitation
of armament to President Harding and
congressional representatives. Con-
gresham Cooper's reply to the College
club, enclosing a letter of apprecia-
ton from the presidents secretary, was
read to the club members Saturday.
AS the conference progresses the pos
sibilities for women's influence in
creases and with the realization that
increased membership signifies wider
power more College fclub members
were enrolled in the committee of one
hundred thousand.
Elect Convention Delegates.
A second question to be decided was
aid to the Oriental Christian Women's
colleges as voiced in communication
from national headquarters. The prin-
cipal need is buildings and Kenosha
chapter voted az contribution toward
the $1,5OO,OoO fund to be raised by
January l.
| Early in the year state association
of college clubs was partially formed
and final organization will be eff
fected at meeting to be held in Mil
waukee, Saturday, November 10. Mrs.
Warren Lewis, president, Miss Harriet
Kupfer and Miss Edna Hood were
chosen as delegates. Miss Catherine
Byrne was named as alternate.
| Mrs. Gordon Hackett, Miss Delphine
Wood, and Miss Ermine Ballard, active,
and Doris Roach Brown, associate,
were accepted as members.
Newspapers and Needs of the. Times.
Professor Bleyer discussed care
Newspapers Meeting the Needs of the
Times?" Professor Bleyer is consid-
cred one of the best informed speak
ers on the subject. He has written a
number of books and delivered num-
erous lectures on this particular
theme He is the director of the de-
partment of journalism at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and is an execu-
tive in several national journalistic
/ societies.
First, Professor Bleyer described the
newspaper as zone Of the wonders of
the day" recounting the departments
and the duties of department workers
which makes possible the publication
of world news, local news, feature
news, editorials, comics and cartoons
in an $4,000 to 100000 word edition
daily. He declared that the newspap-
er was such an established factor and
1.-THE price so insignificant as compared
with the price Of best seller of a
similar number of words that it was
another example Of people not valuing
the things which are cheap.
| However, Prof. Bleyer's tribute to
the newspaper industry was merely
supplementary to his argument for the
newspaper which will print "the truth
and nothing but the truth" He scored
the unprincipaled newspaper men who
exploit sensationalism under the pre-
text, "we are giving the public what
it wants."
"Is that justifed?" Bleyer inquired.
eve have laws prohibiting people
from getting drugs or liquor which
they may want; laws prohibiting vari-
Gus forms of betting; laws governing
the exhibition of certain forms of NOV
| ing pictures, and plays which some
people would like to see. Isn't some
action possible with reference to news
papers? If we did consider news
papers in the light Of this, what
would be affected ?"
| SensatiOnalism and Propaganda.
Professor Bleyer believes that the
first matter which might be subjected
to legislation is sensational stories of
crime and scandal presented merely
for the sake of satisfying avid curl
osity and unfolding the participants
as heroes and heroines. Such exploit
tation of sensational stories, especially
when they are embellished with pict-
ures and are given precedence on front
pages over news Of significance is GER
tain to have an evil influence over
certain classes of people, he declared.
Secondly, he scored the "colored news
propaganda" a feature in newspaper
dom which has arisen since the war.
He quoted prominent editors who de-
plored the present day publicity agents
employed by organizations. He de-
clared that naturally the news is col
ored by selfish desire. He stressed
Especially foreign propaganda which,
through the policy of giving out
only that news which they want to
give us, is responsible for stifled
public opinion.
"What we need for a greater I'M
Outstanding between nations is inter
! national freedom of the press" Prof