{"value"=>"<p>As part of its educational activities program, the NYT offered an annual course on various aspects of the newspaper and its role on society for New York City school teachers, under the auspices of the city's Board of Education. The course covered the gathering and editing of the news, editorial policies, the functions of the editorial page, the role of advertisers and advertising, the business of publishing a newspaper, censorship and freedom of the press, and the function of a newspaper in informing and educating the public. Executives from various departments gave lectures and AHS spoke at several sessions, either giving a formal address or responding to questions submitted in advance. The first two folders contain speeches given by AHS, programs for the courses, lists of questions and answers, with drafts and background notes pertaining to specific questions, and related notes and memoranda. The third and fourth folders contain a reprint of AHS's speech at the 1945 session of \"The Newspaper - Its Making and Its Meaning\", which was produced by Editor & Publisher in booklet form and then distributed by the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, correspondence about the speech, Edwin L. James' speech, with related memoranda, programs for 1945-1948, and memoranda about the programs.</p>"}