Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

 - Class of 1928

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feature stories range in subject matter from cooking recipes to es- says on philosophy. These stories are not often of much value to the expert, but the general reader likes them, because they present interest- ing facts in an easily understand- able way. Many men, now promi- nent in their fields, began by read- ing articles on their special hobby in the newspaper. For example, many radio engineers, a few years ago, were trying to construct their first crystal sets from the directions in the daily radio column. In enumerating the benefits de- rived from journalism, advertising should be given a great deal of credit. Everyone who has had oc- casion to place a small ad in a paner is able to realize hov effective newspaper advertising is. It seems significant that the United States, having two fifths of the world’s newspapers, and consequently doing an enormous amount of newspaper advertising, is the most prosperous nation on earth. It is easy to underestimate the importance of journalism to morals and religion. The press stands for tolerance and its influence is very largely responsible for the fact that the attitude of the church has changed from the narrow, bigoted one of the Middle Ages, when peo- ple were persecuted for religious opinions, to the broad-minded atti- tude of today. For all these reasons, journalism has been of invaluable service in the past and in the present. In the future, it will be the mission of the press to prevent our civilization from going the way of those that have preceded it. History furnishes several exam- ples of nations which obtained a considerable degree of culture and then fell back into obscurity. The Orient, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, in turn, dominated the world, and, in turn, became lost in the mists of antiquity. Is the civilization of modern times soon to reach its zenith and history to repeat itself? No, for it is built upon a different foundation. The older civilizations benefited a small aristocracy, which enjoyed wealth, luxury, and freedom, while the greater part of humanity was oppressed and ignorant. Inevit- ably, this exclusive class, because of luxury and inbreeding, lost the vig- or by which it had risen to its high position, and was overthrown by the lov er classes, which destroyed art and science, as well as the ty- rannical rule of the rich or noble. Then there would follow long cen- turies, during which humanity struggled to regain what it had lost. In the twentieth century, particu- larly in America, the benefits of cul- ture are widespread. Illiteracy is fast disappearing. All men are considered equal, before the la v. The standard of living for the ordi- nary man is as high, in many re- spects, as that of an emperor of ancient times. Aristocracy is a matter more of mental culture and ability than of birth or v ealth. It is inconceivable that our learning can ever be lost, since books are so cheap and numerous and so many people are highly educated. It is the newspapers that are re- sponisble for this popular culture and general welfare by reason of their efforts for education, for bet- ter government, for business pros- perity through advertising- and for countless other reasons. The press keeps civilization in a constant state of flux, furnishing a medium for the expression of new ideas. Journalism, therefore, is one of the biggest factors in the rise of our civilization, and in its present pros- perity and enlightenment, and it furnishes perhaps the chief reason why we may feel confident that hu- manity will never again fall back into a semi-savage state, but will continue to advance till the end of time. — Richard Durham. 12

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tion, the American press entered into a period of unprecedented prosperity and political influence. Freedom of the press is one of the main reasons why the United States, which has five per cent of the popu- lation of the world, has forty per cent of the newspapers. It seems to be felt that the press is declining: in political influence. The editorial page is, indeed, less prominent than in the last decades of the nineteenth century and its tone has changed. The thunderous editorial has given way to a quiet discussion of facts, which apparent- Iv leaves the reader free to draw his own conclusions ; in reality, how- ever, the subtle methods in use to- day are far more effective than the blunt, empirical attitude of a gener- ation ago. The modern editor is v ell acquainted with human na- ture : he is an expert in applied psychology. In other words, he knows how to “kid’’ his public along. One of the interesting features of a newspaper is the relation of the editorial policy to the news columns and feature section. Ostensibly, the news is strictly impartial. In reality, it is the editor’s most power- ful weapon. Countless instances might be cited of careers ruined by scandal or other unfavorable pub- licity in the daily press. On the other hand, nothing is so helpful to a man in public life as the kind of publicity a newspaper can give, if the editor desires. Some time ago. President Cool- idge, at a press banquet, asked the press of the country to be Ameri- can. Some papers declared that the president was trying to curtail the freedom of expression of opin- ion, whereas he was merely protest- ing against the policy of the “yel- low press” — those papers which ob- tain a large circulation by catering to popular desires, regardless of the personal convictions of their editors. There are very few who are con- cerned about these publications, as most of them are a negligible factor in politics. The bulk of power is wielded by the middle class papers, not large from the standpoint of circulation, but very wealthy be- cause of their advertising revenues. The vital relation of the press to politics is very apparent but there is another way in v hich journalism has been of even more essential ser- vice in the progress of humanity. It has been the strongest ally of the cause of popular education — neces- sarily so, since such education makes possible the greatness of the press. Previous to the i nvention of the printing press, there was no induce- ment for the great majority of peo- ple to learn to read, for the very obvious reasons that books were not within the reach of their pocket books and, furthermore, nothing was vmtten that they cared to read. Journalism has removed the first of these causes for illiteracy by scientific methods of publishing and by depending upon advertising for eighty or ninety per cent of the enormous revenue required. As to the second cause — that little in literature appeals to the common people — journalism has ac- complished a great deal, not only in informing the world of news events, but on every conceivable subject we may find articles in the daily papers. The average person can truthfully say, with Will Rog- ers, “All I know is just what I read in the papers.” As the papers have come to take their place as the average man’s university, a new profession has grown up. Special feature writing, it is called, and it covers a wide field. A special feature article is any article in a newspaper or other periodical that cannot be classified as an advertisement, editorial, news story, or fiction. However, it may be, and usually is, closely related to one or more of the others. Special 11



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TEN YEARS LATER “All the arguments that justice, decency, intelligence, civilization can muster are against war: war is the fruit of passion, greed, stupid- ity, unfairness.” There is not a pa- triotic American in this United States of ours who can debate v ith steadfast arguments against this statement recently made by Kath- leen Norris, prominent woman novelist. It was ten years ago that we fought the great war to end war. Have we succeeded ? It is yet to be seen and is a question in the mind of every man or woman who is thinking of the tomorrow when, if there is war, his or her children must suffer, bear wounds, and in the majority of cases die a horrible death. It was ten years ago that to the noise of drums and shrill bugles our boys marched to great docks where huge liners waited to transport them to France. With a fierce blaze of patriotism they were ready to face the guns which were already booming in No Man’s Land. There was never a more varied group — the college stu- dent, the street loafer, the earnest man, those who wanted to go, and others who dreaded the time when the order to advance to the front would come. But they went from all walks of life — some because duty demanded, others for the sheer adventure of fighting — and helped to win the war. The World War was a premedi- tated conflict. Ever since 1870 Ger- many had been waiting for “Der Tag” upon which day she would conquer the world so that her “Kul- tur” might be spread to the farthest points of the compass. The war with France in the nineteenth cen- tury had shown Germany the way. It had been easy to take away Al- sace-Lorraine. With proper prepa- ration, should she not be able to conquer more provinces? No soon- er said than done. It was then in 1871, that the race of armaments began. Taxes were raised, men were trained in arms and called to ranks by the conscription list. After two years of voluntary service, so called, they were free to return to their villages and practice drill. Men to fight must bear arms; so France has a new repeating rifle, and Germany’s guns, being old- fashioned, are cast into the scrap heap or placed in museums; Great Britain launches a huge ne v battle- ship ; a dreadnought floats proudly in a German harbor. Affairs are coming to a climax, — the highest point in the great drama of the na- tions. Arms and munitions are ex- pensive and a nation’s method to obtain her expenditure money is by taxing the people. In 1910 a great part of the average man’s salary went to the tax collector. Two years of voluntary service took away from the business man the in- come received from his shops, and left the farmer with poorly tilled lands, whose only crop was weeds and stringy hay. The people were beginning to protest. But Germany was only waiting for the spark which would ignite her rivals. She was prepared to the “last buckle.” With conscription her soldiers had been taught to obey even to the ut- most brutality. Her railroads had on every one of her trains a military official. At the snap of a button, the army could be mobilized and ready to fight. The murder of a Serbian prince set the fire. Bel- gium, weak and unable to protect herself, was the victim. The Ger- man troops marched through fertile lands, leaving them a mass of de- struction, with Paris as the goal. Seeing in the future glory and pros- perity for the fatherland, German Fritz rushed to arms shouting eagerly; those attacked, seeing no future, went to war bravely with sad countenances. For four years they fought, the battle lines fluctu- ating back and forth like a stock 13

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