Show EDUCATION AND THE PAPERS What the lice of Namiinperi la Call In n Sign Of Tho Introduction of the lIewspa as a pnrt of the curriculum of the Ii < J tory lass of tho Northwestern tl verslty simply means that Profess James regards it ns essential that t student of history should know wh is going on about him The point of view cannot be sow fully opposed Culture can hardly b t founded on famlllatlty with cumtj happenings but no more can It ion ton i t-on a basis of which todays knowl 1 forms no pat The present and tb past complement each other To tI i dcrstand the of I many of problems t period requires a knowledge ot ffj mer times and to appreciate historic precedents there is no such light u i comes from the actual experiences are being lived today In the nest papers these living precedents ttitj will become the facts of later hlsWi are presented ns in no other posskt form To know the world there Is no tad medium as to live It Gothe said tlri no ono after him could know EuroptJ so well ns he who had lived tbroostj tho time of Frederick the Great to until after the death of Napoleon Modern histories have been larjtjj written through the records of nest papers and this is particularly tm of American history Flies of of newspapers are worth their weight gold to the historian for the facts tin contain and the prevailing mann and sentiment they disclose Wilt charm is there iu antiquity that Is ui Inherent in today To those who are In the world ttI world of today is of chief important It is no longer regarded as an into of mental superiority to slight ttl knowledge gained from newspaper To keep in touch with Iiuinanlt7 11 I well as to appreciate the deeper cffl rents of history the newspaper U 6 sentlal Kansas City Times |