THE NEWSPAPER PRESS—AT HOME. Sia 
MODERN HOUSES. 
SYLLABUS OF MR. J. T. FOURACRE’S PAPER. 
(Read February 7th, 1878.) 
Tue lecturer treated of different styles of house-building; old 
buildings; fashion in house-building; architect and client; build- 
ing-stones; plaster and plastering; fronts of houses, and front 
doors; interiors; warming; ventilation; furniture and decoration. 
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS—AT HOME. 
SYLLABUS OF MR. HAMILTON WHITEFORD’S PAPER. 
(Read February 14th, 1878.) 
THE newspaper press—at home. The press abroad reserved for 
a future lecture (as the subject is too wide to confine in one paper), 
and therefore only slightly referred to now. 
Gutenberg’s dream: The press an instrument for evil as well 
as good. Origin of newspapers: News-letters, broadsides, and 
pamphlets. First gazettes: Weeklies and dailies. Press Prose- 
cutions. The press in the Georgian era. Its present position. 
What is a newspaper? What should a newspaper be? Leading 
articles: Should they be signed or not? Are they of any value 
in forming individual opinion? The editorial ‘‘we’’ an absurdity. 
The risks attending journalism. Enormous cost of starting and 
maintaining papers. Party papers. Independent papers. The 
law of libel: Should it be further amended in favour of editors 
and newspaper proprietors? Is journalism growing in power and 
influence, or the reverse? What are its legitimate functions ? 
and does it now exceed them? and in what respect? Conclusion. 
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