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...editor of a Dublin newspaper has framed and hung in his office a unique memorial of a reporter's forethought. It is a telegram which he received a few weeks ago, and it reads: "Please keep column open for dastardly outrage to be committed at 11 o'clock tonight...
...specimen is his rendering of Banville's "Ballade of the Haunted Stream," which is, however, too long to quote. "Carl" has also written some very clever verses, but we can almost hear the crank squeak in some of his effusions. However, a tolerant kindness should be shown towards an editor of a fortnightly paper. The Argo has very well formulated its creed in the following triolet, which is only one of thousands...
...this matter that an ordinary journal does. Suppose the Boston Advertiser were to adopt this convenient rule. In that case it would be possible for the paper to print the most scurrilous articles in any columns but those devoted to editorials, and when called upon for satisfaction the editor could calmly disclaim all responsibility on the ground that the article was contributed. Imagine such a plea being advanced in a court-room in a libel case. The editor would be laughed out of court...
...ordinary journal, the editors are responsible for an article that goes in the paper, although they themselves may never have seen it. In the hurry of getting out a large daily paper, many items go in that never are seen by the chief editor; yet he is responsible for these items. Much more is the editorial board of a college paper responsible for its contributed articles, where every editor has a chance to read the articles before they are printed...
...College editors are not only selected to write editorials. One of the main qualifications of a good editor is good judgment. He must be able to tell which article is worthy of being printed in his paper and which one is not. When a college paper prints an article, it is taken for granted that the editors thought the article a perfectly proper and legitimate article for their columns; otherwise they should not have accepted it. No paper should give matter room if the editors think it improper. The Advocate's position is that a contributed article is not necessarily...