Word: bewail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Samuel Cahan of the Syracuse department of journalism takes occasion to bewail the unrestrained policies of college dailies in a special feature article appearing in the Daily Orange of the New York institution, pointing out that "youngsters (on college newspapers) act impulsively and are sometimes carried away by exhuberance without bothering to dip into facts" in their treatment of news. He seems to feel that the more mature slant of professional newspaper folk is all that is saving the journalistic reputation of the country, and he infers "intelligent guidance" is necessary in the regulation of college newspaper policies...
...unlikely that he will collect any money from Mrs. Brooks-Aten. No foxy sycophant tricking unwary ladies with oiled flatteries for which they can ill afford to pay, Artist Brush had better things to do last week than to gloat upon the precedent his suit had established or to bewail the obdurateness of Mrs. Brooks-Aten. It was the second week of his first comprehensive public exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries, Manhattan...