Chapter XVI: Appendix: Style-Book (5)

_K._ Spend an afternoon in the kitchens of the university dormitories and write the story.

_L._ How strictly is the honor system observed in colleges to-day? Interview underclassmen in your college and make a feature of their replies.

INDEX

Abbreviations, 269

Accidents, 149, 153

Accuracy in news, 26, 57, 67, 74, 84, 116, 128, 141, 146

Adaptability, 7

Addresses, 54, 135

"Add" stories, 253

Advance copies of speeches, 54

Advance stories, 54, 193

Advertisement, persons seeking, 47

Advertising manager, 21

Agreement of pronouns, 100

_Alone_, 108

Ambiguous pronouns, 100

Anger, 46

_Appleton Post_, quoted, 59, 77

Apostrophe, 266

Arrest sheets, 36

Articles, beginning stories with, 70

Assignments, 42

Associated Press, quoted, 237

_Atlanta Constitution_, quoted, 190

Automobile races, 189

Autoplate, 16

Bank, 14

Banks in headlines, 281

Banquets, 143

Baseball, 167

Basket-ball, 176

Beats:
news runs, 39;
scoops, 40

Beginnings of stories, 68

Beginning work, 5

Billiards, 190

Bing-bing-bing style, 93

Blotter, police, 34

Body of the story, 84

_Boston Transcript_, quoted, 205

Boxed summaries, 76

Boxing matches, 185

Bryan, W. J., 131

Bulldog edition, 5

Business department, 20

Business manager, 20

Capitalization, 256

Cards, calling, 42, 45

Cartoonist, 11

Cashier, 22

Charity benefits, 205

Chase, 16

_Chicago American_, quoted, 93

_Chicago Herald_, quoted, 140

_Chicago Tribune_, quoted, 60, 192, 196, 233, 301

Children, stories about, 30, 151

Circulation manager, 20

City editor, 5, 6, 68, 95

City maps, 43

City room, 3

Clearness, 74, 90, 97, 106, 117

Climactic order, 61, 64

Clippings, 253

Closeness of events, 29

Clubs, 205, 209

Coherence, 90, 109, 129, 141, 218

Colon, 259

Comma, 260

Complex order in stories, 63

Composing room, 13

Compositors, 13

Condensation, 95, 223

Conjunctions, 104, 107

Contests, 30

Conventions, 32, 143

Conversation, 129

Cooerdination of clauses, 104

Copy, 294

Copy cutter, 13

Copy distributor, 13

Copy holder, 16

Copy readers, 5

Corrected copy, 275

Corrected proof, 276

Corrections in copy, 254

Correlative conjunctions, 107

Correspondence stories, 235

Correspondent, 235

Courtesy, 46

Courts, 144

Crime, 149, 160

Cuts, 253

Dana, Charles A., 116

Dances, 204

Dark runs, 40

Dash, 263

Davis, R. H., quoted, 48

Dead, lists of, 150

Deaths, 157

Decisions, court, 145

Delicacy of expression, 113

_Des Moines Register_, quoted, 66

Dinners, 202

Dispatches, filing, 239

Dress, 46

Dullness in stories, 84

Editor:
city, 6;
exchange, 9;
financial, 10;
literary, 10;
managing, 11;
market, 10;
news, 7;
society, 6, 10;
state, 8;
telegraph, 8

Editorializing, 87, 191

Editorial policies, 87

Editorial rooms, 5

Editorials, purpose of, 87

Editorial writers, 11

Editor-in-chief, 12

Elegance, 120

Ellipsis, 106

Emphasis, 93, 97, 110

End-mark in copy, 254

Engagements, announcements, 200, 210

Exaggeration, 86, 146

Exchange editor, 9

Exercises, 285

Extremes in news, 29

Fake stories, 56

Falsehood, detecting, 51

Feature stories, 224

Features, playing up, 69, 127

Figures, 271

Figures of speech, 119

Filing news dispatches, 239

Filing queries, 240

Financial editor, 10

Fires, 149

Flaubert, Gustave, quoted, 116

Following up news, 212

Follow stories, 212

Football, 171, 192

Force, 93, 97, 110, 119

Forms, 16

Fudge, 18

Funerals, 157

Galley proof, 15

Golf, 179

Government publications, 144

Grammar, 99

Helplessness, value in news, 30

Heroism, acts of, 150

Holiday stories, 143

Holmes, George R., quoted, 77

Human interest stories, 224

Humorous stories, 146, 151

Hyphen, 267

Illustrations, 253

Inaccuracy in news, 26, 84

_Indianapolis News_, quoted, 156

Infinitives, 101

Injured, lists of, 150

Inserts in copy, 252

Instructions from city editor, 68, 95

Instructions to correspondents, 244

Interest in news, 27, 58, 74

Interviewing, 45

Interviews:
by telephone, 42;
making men talk, 48;
numbers of, 135;
questions in, 47, 50;
requirements for, 45;
writing up, 125

_Kansas City Star_, quoted, 62, 312

Killed, lists of, 150

Labor reporter, 6

Lardner, R. W., quoted, 192

Law of libel, 85, 162

Leads:
accident, 149, 153;
accuracy in, 74;
clearness in, 74;
construction, 70;
contents of, 69;
crime, 160;
deaths, 157;
feature stories, 230;
fires, 149;
follow-ups, 213;
form of, 72;
informal, 78;
interest in, 74;
interviews, 126;
kinds, 68;
rewrites, 219;
speeches, 135;
sports, 165;
summarizing, 69, 138;
suspense in, 78, 81;
verse in, 80

Lectures, 54

Legal decisions, 144

Libel, law of, 85, 162

Librarian, 10

Linotype machine, 13

Lists of dead and injured, 150

Literary editor, 10

Life lost, 150

Localization of news, 29, 127, 218

Local news, 238

Longhand copy, 250

_Los Angeles Times_, quoted, 203, 204

Luncheons, 202

Magazine articles, 144

Managing editor, 11

Mannerisms, 130, 143

Maps, city, 43

Margins in copy, 250

Marine reporter, 6

Market editor, 10

Marks for correcting copy, 273

Marriages, 201, 210

Matrix, 16

Mechanical department, 13

Memory, need of, 49

_Milwaukee Journal_, 15, 189

_Milwaukee Sentinel_, quoted, 80

_Minneapolis Tribune_, quoted, 64

Morgue, 9

Motives, seeking, 51

Murders, 149

Names, need of accuracy, 53

Nearness of events, 29

Nevin, J. E., quoted, 131-134

News:
accuracy in, 26;
biased, 56;
defined, 26;
essentials of, 25;
following up, 212;
getting into print, 13;
nose for, 25;
runs, 39;
sources, 34, 159, 191, 211, 230;
staff, 5;
suppression of, 41;
timeliness in, 28;
values, need of knowing, 25

News editor, 7

Newspaper organization, 3

_New York Herald_, quoted, 81, 155, 159

_New York Sun_, 116, 201, 204, 225

_New York Times_, quoted, 81, 168, 182, 185, 205

_New York Tribune_, quoted, 176

_New York World_, quoted, 154, 171, 194, 214

Nose for news, 25

Note-book in reporting, 49

Note-taking, 49

Numbers, 271

Obituaries, 157

Office, city, 3, 43

_Omaha News_, quoted, 131-134

O'Malley, F. W., quoted, 225

_Only_, 108

Organization of a newspaper, 3

Organization of stories, 57

Ownership, influence on news, 89

Pagination, 252

Paragraph, the, 97

Paragraph indention, 251

Paragraph marks in copy, 251

Parenthetic expressions, 108

Parentheses, 264

Participles, 102

Pathos in news stories, 31, 151

Period, 259

Personal interests in news, 32

Personals, 206

_Philadelphia Public Ledger_, quoted 177, 201

Photographers, 11

Photographs, 54

Pitkin, W. B., quoted, 27

Places, well known, in news, 31

Plate, stereotyping, 16

Police:
as news gatherers, 34;
blotter, 34;
bulletin board, 35;
headquarters, 34;
news, 34;
reporter, 39

Policies, newspaper, 87

Political news, 89

Presses, printing, 17

Press room, 17

Printing, speed in, 18

Printing presses, 17

Prominent persons, 31, 51, 218

Pronouns, 91, 100

Proof:
correcting, 16;
specimen sheet, 276;
galley, 15;
marks used in correcting, 277

Proof-readers, 15

Proof-readers' marks, 277

Proportion, 111, 129

Punctuation, 256

Queries, 240

Question leads, 79

Questions in interviewing, 47, 50, 127

Quotation-marks, 264

Quotations:
in leads, 80;
verbatim, 136, 142, 264

Receptions, 203

Record-breaking events, 30

Relation words, 91

Release stories, 54

Repetition, 91, 112

Reporters:
duties, 6;
getting news, 42, 127;
requirements of, 25;
suppressing news, 41

Rewrite man, 219

Rewrite stories, 212, 218

Robberies, 149, 162

Rumors, 26, 153

Runs, news, 39

Scoops, 40

Semicolon, 260

Sentences, 72, 95, 99

Sermons, 54, 135

Sheets, 36

Shorthand, 49

Slang, 120, 164

Slips, 35

Slugging a story, 13

Slugs, 14

Society, 199

Society editor, 6, 10, 199

Sources for news, 34, 159, 191, 211, 230, 238

Space order in stories, 60

Speeches, 54, 135

Speed devices, 18

Speed, value in reporting, 57

Spencer, Herbert, 58

Split infinitive, 101

Sporting editor, 8

Sports, 164, 243

State editor, 8

Stereotyping process, 16

Stories:
correspondence, 235;
getting, 42, 127, 159, 191, 211, 230, 238;
starting for, 42

String, correspondent's, 245

Style book, 249

Subjects, shifted, 109

Subordination of clauses, 104

Suicides, 149

Summaries, boxed, 76

Suppression of news, 41, 48

Suspensive leads, 78, 81

Takes, 13, 15, 251

Teas, 202

Technical news stories, 144

Telegraph copy, 8, 239

Telegraph editor, 8

Telegraph news, 239, 244

Telephone, use of, 42, 239

Tennis, 182

Terminology, 278

Testimony, reporting, 145

Timeliness, 28

Time order in stories, 59

Tone, 82, 93

Track meets, 177

Trials, 144

Trite phrases, 119

Typewriter, 250

Underscoring, 253

Under-statement, value of, 87

Unity in sentences, 110

Unity of impression, 82, 93, 232

Unusual, the, value in news, 30

Vagueness of phrasing, 93

Verbs, 101, 103

Verse in leads, 80

_Washington Post_, quoted, 202, 207

Weather stories, 154

Weddings, 201

Witnesses, statements from, 76, 145

Women's clubs, 205, 209

Words, 116

Writing paper, 250

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Transcriber's Note:

Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and spacing in abbreviations
have been retained as they appear in the original publication.

Changes have been made as follows:

Page vi
greath length and to _changed to_
great length and to

Page viii
as schools of law, medicime _changed to_
as schools of law, medicine

Page 46

forget that he is a gentlemen, _changed to_
forget that he is a gentleman,

Page 62
particularly $15 ones, _changed to_
particularly $15 ones.

Page 64
=AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT INVENTED= _changed to_
=AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT INVENTED=

Page 88
therefore, to modify the preceeding _changed to_
therefore, to modify the preceding

Page 147
The defendents--a weird assortment of the _changed to_
The defendants--a weird assortment of the

Page 154
The cause of the explosion in _changed to_
The cause of the explosion is

Page 169
right in front of the plate and Nunamaker _changed to_
right in front of the plate and Nunamacher

Page 172
upon the white furs and the laven-ender _changed to_
upon the white furs and the lavender

Page 175
In big games this in
In big games this is

Page 179
Paul, 32 ft. 3-3/4 in _changed to_
Paul, 32 ft. 3-3/4 in.

Page 180
H. P. Bingham, of the Mayfield club _changed to_
H. P. Bingham, of the Mayfield Club

Page 191
Yamada--9, 2, 1, 45 30, 0, 75, 0, 45, 4, 2, 82, 0,
1, 31, 1, 0, 0, 9, 2 3, 0, 1, 7, 3--347. Average, _changed to_
Yamada--9, 2, 1, 45, 30, 0, 75, 0, 45, 4, 2, 82, 0,
1, 31, 1, 0, 0, 9, 2, 3, 0, 1, 7, 3--347. Average,

Page 194
in the various sections _changed to_
in the various sections.

Page 195
welcome. The Vandervilt, Astor, Waldorf, _changed to_
welcome. The Vanderbilt, Astor, Waldorf,

his twenty-one-year old son _changed to_
his twenty-one-year-old son

Page 215
a box of figs followed the eggs, Taczowski _changed to_
a box of figs followed the eggs, Taczkowski

Page 231
and I'll fi it." ... _changed to_
and I'll fix it." ...

Page 240
killed at six P:M. by automobile _changed to_
killed at six P.M. by automobile

Page 260
Among those present were: Allen Rogers of Los _changed to_
Among those present were: Allen Rogers of Las

Page 270
and island posessions of the United States _changed to_
and island possessions of the United States

Page 285
here to-day a pair of new fur-lined gloves were _changed to_
here to-day a pair of new fur-lined gloves was

Page 290
for robbing W. G. Gaede,. 444 West Grand Avenue, _changed to_
for robbing W. G. Gaede, 444 West Grand Avenue,

Page 296
They live at 2404 Faraon Street, this city, _changed to_
They live at 2404 Faraon Street, this city.

Page 302
this. I am crushed, overwhelmed, drowned, _changed to_
this. I am crushed, overwhelmed, drowned.

This is for you and and father _changed to_
This is for you and father

Page 303
make a pilgrimage to Hindsale _changed to_
make a pilgrimage to Hinsdale

Page 306
Last Thurdsay evening the people _changed to_
Last Thursday evening the people

Page 314
_Kansas City Star_, January 21. 1917. _changed to_
_Kansas City Star_, January 21, 1917.

Page 325
is even, now procuring it, as Gemany _changed to_
is even, now procuring it, as Germany

Page 351
when there is no game warden in sight. _changed to_
when there is no game warden in sight."