Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-13
The American Inv%~.oN
Great Britain Will Take Steps
to Resist It.
NOTED UNIVERSITY IN THE LEAD

Colleges Of Com merce and journal.
ism Are to BE Established to Cree
ate Captains of Industry and GOOd
Newspaper Men-scheme of Pro-
fessOr Ashley.
John Bull has al length decided to
resist the American invasion, writes
the London correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Public Ledger. This is to be
done by establishing faculties of COM
merce and journalism at the principal
universities and producing homemade
captains Of industry and editors Of
newspapers. Then, It is expected,
Britain will once more take her stand
In the van of progress.
The invasion Of British newspapers
by American editors began eve be-
fore the commercial invasion of Yerkes
and the Morsans. But the Englishmen
did not know it for some time. They
saw that they We're getting better
newspapers to read, but as that was
satisfactory they We're not concerned
as to the cause.
When the commercial invasion be-
gan, it was different. English con
tractors began losing their jobs, and
the situation became more exciting.
One American bought up all the tram
lines, another all the steamships Il
another I'LL OF something else.
The Englishmen began to think the
and the faculties of and
journalism are the result. Now, with
Pierpont Morgans and Horace Gree.
leys turned out right at home, duly
and authoritatively labeled as bach
elors Of business and masters of litera.
ture, the Yankee invaders will be ex-
pected to pack up at once and come
home. For will not their occupation
be gone?
The University Of Birmingham has
taken the lead In the matter of max.
ing business men. A faculty of ON
L ll.tS DCTH llho Cu' q ploltHN'i
and assistant professor engaged, and
classes will open in October.
Professor Ashley. dean Of the com.
mercial faculty, has been created first
master of commercially. Co. He
will have an assistant, and a professor
Of accounting will be engaged before
the university term opens. Two schol-
arships have already been offered by
different chambers Of commerce. and
more are looked for.
Professor Ashley has recently given
an interview in which he tells what he
expects to accomplish. Besides teach.
Ing the things ordinarily associated
with a business life, the professor
counts on Installing ideas Of political
and social economy into his undergrad.
yates which will enable them to cal.
culate to a nicely whether it would be
advantageous to lessen the hours Of
labor or the reverse. whether 1t would
be better to compromise with threat
ened strikers or let the strike come,
and so on. Here Is what Professor
Ashley says:
"A nan wants to know the expert.
OF others who have found them
selves in similar circumstances. 1t is
not students only who want this infor-
nation. Recently the head of a great
company said to me: I am very much
interested In the question Of hours Of
l don't want sentiment; | sim.
ply want to know whether as a bust
nan 1t will pay me to reduce them
In my works. l should like to have d
brief account Of the chief leading ex
perilnentS in the reduction Of hours
Of labor, the apparent conclusion to
which they led and the chief argu-
based upon those experimental
The modern economist ought to do this
kind Of work"
AS for the other subjects which the
curriculum will embrace. there will be.
Of all. accounting. By this Pro-
Ashley says a great deal more
Is meant than bookkeeping. the main
purpose being to enable men to inter
oret accounts so as to gauge the earn
ng capacities Of q business and to put
heir fingers on those points in its man.
which are open to criticism.
The City of London school, which Is
me of the most important educational
Institutions in London and under the
Of the lord mayor, has taken
he initiative In the matter of turning
nut newspaper men who are newspa
Ter men. Glasses in journalism have
'een endowed. and instruction will be
.iven by men who are supposed to
now all about the fine art of journal
A scholarship has been estab,
by a Mr.. Stevens which will en-
BILE the winner to take a trip around
he world and see how newspapers are
made elsewhere, especially in the Unit.
d States.
Perseverance not only goes far to
insure success, but also obtains hon
ga, f~r 4,o,, is nlt1A1Nn1 thn lAGG