Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-08

| in hand. undertake ms Gtlut"h''' ~
him TINT general equipment hued lot vac
varied forms Of battle when sucn Va
reer implies, and II you do NOT ihlAe /,
| great Journalist Of him, You VIII OF ai
| events make oise who can easily steLn
| comparison with any. even the iuost Hu-
| thoriintiye product Of the utterly uls"4-
ganizcd journalism Of today. but you
| Mil do more than this-you viii nave cree
ated q type of the iOumalist-elect Naha'
/ ing head aud shoulders above ihe guui
mon stream Of contemporary JourhllSlN.
| ln other professions those VIM iHsuii
/ from u special school, with q Hpf'tl
! training. arr q model for those less ~.
vOrpd BY fortune. they prccede and suiue
, the latter. aud. with the rarcst cAcvp-
I tions. always maintain thir lead. - lt
must be- ia journalism whenever ~ any
country a national school Of Journalism
shall have been created .,..,,
SCHEME OF SIN GREAT JOUk-
NALiSTS
One day ] called together six Of my
friends belonging tO different natiOnnll-
ties. ] submitted TO them my idea, and
we elaborated together a scheme. ! viii
not give our program in detail: but VIII
say that we instituted FIRST that the young
aspi1nt to journalism should have hn-
ishcd his 18th year and should possess
the first regular degree according 10 the
collegiate education of his country. We
required the physical capacities of which
! have Just spoken. We demanded thnt
he should be seriously grounded IN the
elements Of two languages other than
his own We Instituted furthermore on
having five years of his time, SO that
his career should not begin before he
was % or even later. \ young man
can not be expected 90 possess the ma
tn lao %
effects Of events with security; for his
judgement will BE- confined 10 the pre-
cut horizon, and however little in this
or that ease general ideas may hc necCs-
E1ry, IL he has pride aud has made an
error OF judgement this judgement viii
have Us huucful effect upon his mind
for all the rest of his days. We would
then place this young man in the hands
of professors who. for two years. would
teach him the history of literature Of
each of the great historic and literary
divisions of Europe, running over re-
mote periods very rapidly, and bccOm-
ing moro careful aud detailed as one
drew nearer 90 the present moment. He
would be- initiated into the origin and
tendencies OF spirit OF his most remark
able contemporaries Ia every country
He would be- given general idea Of
the political constitutions, the Cthnologic
the geographical situation, the means OF
the armed forces, the
budgets and the public debts of every
nation He would be given the d0cu.
ments necessary for consultation He
would be taught 10 draw both landscapes
and the human face. He would learn
TO box. 10 ride horseback. and 10 use n !
revolver: but the science of arms. 80
called, would be vigorously ntprlictpd, |
.....a Hfa..s IN ~
arguments by weapons. or who INDUCES |
IN personalities which place, 50 ~ speak. |
arms In the hands of his foes. Is neither |
. journalist. uor worthy 90 be- one
FINALLY such q pupil would undergo |
graduating examination. and NJ he failed /
"a any way TO satisfy his instructors he /
Eould remain another year, after which, |
cor three years more he would spend In /
succession some months nc school or coli /
eye In other lands so that the remaining |
hrec years should he used up by his pres
nee ut foreign schools OF journalism and !
mycl IN countries whore these schools
.rc established, as we'll Oh IN countries
where they might not yet exist All these
choola Of journalism should form q frdcr-
tiOn. Every exclusive political opinion
hould be banishcd FROM them. The In
iWclon should be electic, without any
possibility OF pressure from without. and
Iuite FREQ from parti-pris,and tue free
Judgement OF the pupil. formed hy cxppIi.
nee and conviction, should be respected.
TIE pupils of one school, by this scheme,
would be received IN any one Of the other
chuols without any extra expense, the
ost Of the entire course having been fixed
. advance. aud no new item being intro.
uced either Tor removal of trips made M
ne professors orders. Appeal was 10 be
iode 10 the good wishes Of any. to the
a 1t.. s... Il. |
social safety and the general good. 10 |
clip in the foundation and endowment of
lese shoole. Both resident aud travel
Y scholarship would, of course, hp cs.
lbhsheu, as we'll NJ retreats for old |
gc OF those temporarily ill from diseases
omracled IN the fulGlnent of their
uty.
Euch, school, moreover, could Obtain
.9ni the serious leading Journals in its
eighborhood the promise 10 employ me-.
lrWng 10 the special needs of The iour. {
nv certain number Of pupils who nre J
rus provided with their hnnl diplomas
We came together, my friends and /
: several occasions, TO work ont Tho
'oginm, and when IL WIS as We thoupLt
linpetc' we parted, each taking n copy.
va ugroeing To pursue, in our several
,uh'f'os, the realization Of our pro.
'cted pan, promising. moreover IN
llne together again nc the rnd of
'r 10 report on what we had beon
pc 10 accomplish, and then iC our plon
'encd feasible 10 follow il ont. nnd n
u 20 abandon Il.
idh JOURNALISTS TAKE A
PUPIL.
hul' by happy coincidence. inst nc va
ere separating, even indeed while yye
ce cooperating, | received letter
o.n utFeci'' Ia which a gentleman nm.
own To me- asked me- II | would NOT
10 huNe win me his son who was
years old wanting 10 be iournaiist
ought that he might devotion bis bomt
~ come through Ia succcssfnl cnd
luer my eve and direction. sto,,.,i
. letter 10 my friends; We bo1 ~
'uub hlah come 70 see us; he pleased M,
, drew up for him Il program ,ybici, H.
lowed and which he win continn., ~
lloW To the end; aud with common ccn,
W we uuJonrned until the CONJUNCTION 81
Nle experiment thus begun. mmst bJ
!, tnUg 10 lnr, the result Is complntnlv %
! 's t,try' me young man has bernn 10
y tttSluNtls' he knows almost the vvbolo II
Europe, He has written 10 now o Mnuie al
olher OF az from almost every nDln, w
.Nis which are very curious NH tV.nI nj
NlE, ana ne promises certainly "a ~ b,
lile Journalist for his letters M ~
7 impression Of the moment ,,iu IVY az ~ e,
ny OF wider. knowledge wlicb ~ ,up N
IVY nas IN ms mind, betray ropid b,
" 'NIlalh judgment concise ma ID
IN s'llV' ana u true feeling for tbe ca
'mpnt 'Nh'sH OF The ~,
lnt hasten TO add that tbis ovnor,- 10
M can scarcely, whntever ifs sncd llF Il,
'"uulusiNei II can only be enconrnr' "
,,,, W. very Tranquil myself as la liza al
uFe or our common pnnil a., ,,tS he