Word: carefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York World, which is also publishing his articles, has taken a different attitude: it continues to let them appear in the news section but takes care to disown their opinions in the editorial columns. This illustrates a fundamental difference between English and American journalism. The former assumes responsibility for all that appears on its pages, while the latter takes it for granted that its readers will not take signed articles at their face value, but will discount the personal element. This policy is quite in accord with democratic standards, and approaches the ideal condition; but unfortunately it presupposes either...
About the ticker only the three or four lucky ones can see the tape. The rest have to stand on tie-toe and peer over the shoulders of the man in front. They don't care. Some one will always read the results aloud, just as a woman will read aloud the cut-ins at the movies. The one who is doing the reading usually throws in little advance predictions of his own when the news is slow in coming, with the result that those in the back get the impression that the team has at least a "varied attack...
...influence of the ex-president at the Paris conference in 1919. Original manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and books, on his political life in general were also to be collected. It is the plan of the Associated Wilson Clubs to deposit this data in some centrally located library under the care of a professional librarian, who will make investigations in order to add to the collection as well as catalogue and assemble the material. Widener Library has been suggested as the depository of this collection, as it already has a large amount of material dealing with the war period, while the University...
...money and himself". Now I ask you, where in the devil do we get the right to pass such a judgement on a chap who, if nothing else, is at least a producer How many hours a day do we actually work--if mastering usless data that we take care to forget as quickly as possible can be called work? And how do most of us spend our leisure time which the working youth ought to consecrate to the noble task of furthering civilization? In proportion, just about the same way as he,--in pool rooms, lounging about town...
...fine gentlemen, it is not we who should object to their "foot-loose, devil-may-care attitude". If they took an example from us they would throw up their jobs and loaf all day instead of a few hours. How does the bible put it? Pluck the mote out of your own eye first, or something like that. I don't know. I have been too busy furthering civilization to give much thought to it. EDWIN SEAVER...