The newspaper, 1932-06-03

Item — Volume: 15

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Pamphlet

Dates

1932-06-03

Creator

From the Collection: McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

From the Series: 1 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Occasion: Graduating class of the Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.)

Frank Hughes/Lloyd Wendt identifier: HW46

Annotation by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: History of printed word. Newspapers add nothing to it. Literature is record of language. No protection needed when ruling class alone had it. Oratory and theaters sufficed in Greece and Rome. Church preserved refuge for writers. Benefit of clergy right to be tried in own courts. Rulers taught only what needed to hold their conquests. Singing noble, writing disgraceful. Froisart first war correspondent. When church declined, literary men went elsewhere. Education spread and writing became respectable but no profession. Literacy important only to those who can't command it--menace to ruling class. Star Chamber. Newspapers born. English newspapers. Blind to political corruption and unfree. (Duplicates "What is a newspaper" and others from here on.)

Subject assigned by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: Freedom of the press