Show efficiency IN NEWS STYLE columns of the modern journal contain it Is claimed the beat of english phrasing it la seldom that a good word Is said in academic circles for what Is termed english meaning the terse trenchant style in which the best journalists are in the habit of ex pressing themselves the college of journalism however recognizes the value of athla style and prof F W beekman a well known educators says with all its faults I 1 still believe in the news style as the most efficient style of this modern day of presenting information through the written word it has been hammered out in the heat and stress of newspaper work to meet the demands of the millions for something to compel their attention inter est them and give them information in the quickest clearest way possible there Is much truth in this but not all the truth so called news papi english baa left its indelible mark on the literature and especially the action of our almea the most successful stories are those told in the fewest words the old fashioned flowing periods which produced verbal melody instead of recording acts bare lost their charm for novel readers whose eager brains are anxious to absorb tb tale rather than linger over fin writing |