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In this selection of editorial thoughts and hopes from across North America from a century ago, you'll find plenty of references to A Christmas Carol, hopes for an extended period of peace, belief that optimism could overcome pessimism, and a reminder to be kinder to one another beyond December 25.  Border Cities Star (Windsor, ON), December 24, 1920 . Brooklyn Citizen, December 24, 1920.  Edmonton Journal, December 24, 1920 . Los Angeles Express, December 25, 1920. Los Angeles Record, December 25, 1920.  Oregon Daily Journal (Portland), December 25, 1920 . Pacific Commerical Advertiser (Honolulu), December 25, 1920 . Vancouver Daily World, December 24, 1920 .

  The journalism school that Toronto's morning conservative paper barely conceals its disdain for evolved into the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (though I agree that one doesn't have to sit in a classroom to learn the essentials of reporting). Seventy-nine budding scribes made up the opening class on September 30, 1912. Within five years, the school handed out its first Pulitzer Prize, which makes me wonder if the Mail and Empire later pooh-poohed the concept of journalism awards. Source: the Mail and Empire , April 19, 1912.