A Creed for My Profession: Walter Williams, Journalist to the World

261 Pages·1999·17.943 MB·English

by  Ronald T. Farrar

A
Creed
forMy
Profession

Missouri
Biography
Series
William E. Foley,
Editor

A
Creed
forMy
Profession
Walter Williams,
Journalist to
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the World
University of Missouri Press
COLUMBIA AND LONDON
Copyright © 1998 by
The Curators of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Printed and bound in the United States of America
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Farrar, Ronald T.
A creed for my profession: Walter Williams, journalist to the
world / Ronald T. Farrar.
p. cm. - (Missouri biography series)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8262-1188-7 (alk. paper)
1. Williams, Walter, 1864-1935. 2. Journalists-United States
Biography. 3. College presidents-United States-Biography.
4. Historians-United Sates-Biography. 5. Missouri-Biography.
I. Title. II. Series.
PN4874.W634F67 1998
070'.92-dc21
[B] 98-39815
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American National Standard for Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984.
Text design: Elizabeth K. Young
Jacket design: Susan Ferber
Typesetter: Bookcomp, Inc.
Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Typefaces: Times
For Gayla Dennis Farrar
and Janet and Mark,
Bradley and Carole

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Boonville 5
2 Young Walter 18
3 A Toe in the Door 34
4 Transitions 52
5 The Most Popular Man in Columbia 67
6 A Door Opens, Then Closes 87
7 Breakthrough 114
8 "We Must Begin" 132
9 For Worse-and for Betterment 145
10 Losses-and a Gain 158
11 Sara 176
12 "I Believe in the Profession ..." 192
13 Depression 207
14 "As Much as Any Man" 224
Epilogue 235
Appendix 239
Index 243
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