Evening star., 1952-01-01

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theoretically, in about 10 seconds.
fThe revolution, still going
strong in the Goth century, has
added radio, teletype and wire
photo to the list. The Star was
the first Washington paper to
branch out into radio when it
bought Station WMAL in 1886.
Television came along in 1947.)
The Stars first city editor, who
Joined the staff in 1882, was Har-
Iry P. Goodwin, father of the
radio commentator Earl Goodwin.
An earnest. balding. scrupulously
polite man, his features hidden
behind a melancholy walrus mus
tache, he was anything but typical
of the popular conception of a
newsroom boss. He was, neverthe-
less, a first-rate newspaperman,
and he devoted 20 years to build
ing up the best news staff the
city had ever seen.
| The last quarter of the 18th CEN
tury was an era to test the mettle
of newspaper. The Nation, in the
throes of growing pains, Seethed
with new pressures and new dis
contentments. In Europe. Karl
Marx preached his dark phil
osophy of economic strife. Armed
Communists paraded in the
streets Of Chicago. The western
lplai1ls rang with the war whoops
of the followers of Geronimo and
Sitting Bull, fighting a losing
battle against the westward
sweeping tide of civilization. Above
all. it was an age of changing
values. The doctrine of "survival
of the fittest" had challenged the
Golden Rule: robber barons -four
Eished in an atmosphere Of un.
bridled competition; huge indus.
trial empires rose and fell.
i A succession of excitements
rocked the Capital. President
Garfield, strolling through the
railroad depot, fell under an as
sassin's bullet. Ragged armies OF
unemployed industrial workers
forerunners of the bonus march.
ers of 1882. descended on Wash.
ington and camped in it's parE
spaces. The ill-fated Ford The.
ater, converted to an Office build.
ing, collapsed. burying scores oi
Government workers. There wa.
plenty to keep a newspaper stat
on it's toes.
The Star Goes Conservative.
At the same time The Star wa.
mellowing. Crosby Noyes took Il
as his guiding principle that il
was better to build than to de.
stroy-better to find the gooe
than the bad-better to praise
than to blame. Through a con-
servatism of forbearance Ths
Star had gained new strength anC
stature. While things were COINS
well, it's columns reflected a cheer
full optimism and a quiet faith
When the occasion arose to speal
out, it spoke strongly, and it
voice was the more effective fol
not being raised too often on mat.
ters of passing importance.
! If the rise Of the yellow pres
in the years leading up to tn.
] Spanish-American War had an.
effect on The Star, it was t,
strengthen it in this conservative,
tendency. The aging editor hat
lIno sympathy for the doctrine o
Esensationalism preached by th'
disciples Of the new school. H,
reacted violently to the penn.
! dreadful packed with horror
) :. designed to impress upon tn
! reader that there is a universal
!. worldwide carnival of crime go
: ing on all the time" His scorl
was passed on to the men workin
ltunder him.
New Faces Appear.
Toward the end of the centur.
: new faces began to appear in tn
management councils of tn
paper. Samuel Kauffmann's sol
Rudolph was the first to show ur
fresh out of Amherst College. II
/. went to work as a reporter II
tfl875. He became The Stars man
laging editor in 1893. serving unit
his death in 1927, a familiar an,
. beloved figure in the Washington
of his day. Two sons of Crosb.
!, Noyes also joined the staff in thl
4 1870s Frank B. Noyes got his frs
job in The Stars business depart,
lment in 1875 at the age of Is ant
:. Theodore w. Moves, who joined tn
editorial staff two years late
while studying law at Columbian
] college.
!. The youngest of the secont
,!generation group were Victol
,lKauffmann and Thomas c. Noyes
j who came. on The Star as cul
reporters in 1889-and a 17-year,
llold named Fleming Newbold
rsFrank Noyes' brother -in-law. VIII.
/ started selling papers over th'
i .Ic0flf,tnls IN laQf
Il It was to these sons Of thl
,tproprietors that The Star looket
1 for fresh leadership. For the thirs
l ltime in its history the paper wa.
llchanging hands This time tn,