Goodwin's weekly : a thinking paper for thinking people. [volume], January 11, 1919, Image 1

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IN many American communities the weekly journal of criticism
has won enduring favor. In some communities it has failed
MM ' because it has served no useful purpose. Either it has had no mes-
1P jsage to deliver or it has deliver-
I Uhemessageinan inadequate
1ft , or offensive manner.
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F-' It will be the purpose of the
Pp new editorof Goodwin's Weekly
W serve the community by fear-
W less and independent criticism
1 anc v everinS not merely
Ift, his own messages but messages
lra which, from time to time, are
W suggested by others. In this
f way there will be always some-
wi thing to offer for the -"benefit of
I Salt Lake and Utah
M I shall ask the 'support of the
fm community for Goodwin's
wtib Weekly only insofar as my ef-
UMk forts are deserving and I believe
Bwh'1 ' can rnae them deserving of
nfik. the staunchest support. The
mm editor guarantees not to be blat-
ljn& antly and brazenly censorious,
1EL. not to take himself too seriously, not to delude himself that the
Wt burdens of the state, nationr and city rest with unequal weight
W&i upon his shoulders. He will strive to be a friend to the com;
Imps munity, to promote every worthy cause and to condemn only
m - when condemnation is demanded by the public's welfare.
IHp1' have no grudges to serve, no vengeance to wreak, and no
jjykj interests to assail 'simply for the purpose of being sensational.
ifir 1 trust rather in good will and friendliness than in dervish-like
lid J devices to arouse interest.
Usually there is something to find fault with something 71
that should be denounced, but I shall not find fault orindulge in 1H
denunciation without having a worthy aim in view above and H
ERNEST R. WOOLLEY, WHO WITH HIS ASSOCIATES, HAS PURCHASED
GOODWIN'S WEEKLY
beyond the mere criticism itself. H
Criticism for its own sake is H
about as exalted as the daily M
life of a shrew. jH
But occasionally it will.be- H
come necessary to criticise not H
only conditions and institutions fl
but persons as well. When the H
necessity is thrust upon me I H
shall hope to accomplish a dis- H
agreeable task with becoming H
dignity and in a self-respecting
fashion, conscious that I am a
soldier of the common good, ;H
battling in the public interest
for the public welfare. " H
If excoriation were the sole I
province of a weekly journal it H
would be as wearisome as the H
jargon pf a parrot whose train- H
ing has been confined to cursing V
and blasphemy. It would be U
constantly in the shadow, with no gleams of good will from the H
high places, with none of the bracing airs of good humor that
should temper life's competitions and combats. iH
It is my purpose, therefore, to bring to my readers as much 11
of cheer as I can, to avoid the lugubrious, to smile as often as I
possible and frequently to laugh. And I desire to have the world !
laugh with me, inasmuch as I care little jfor the melancholy habit jl
of weeping alone. II
FRANK P. GALLAGHER, I
r SALT TAKE CITY, UTAH, 'JANUARY IT, 1919. ' ' ' ' ' !' II
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