The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-16
EDITORS TO Be
MADE TO ORDER
Joseph Pulitzer Will Found
School Of Journalism.
WILL BE NATIONAL IN SCOPE
PLAN AS ANNOUNCED BY THE
WORLD.

~ itzer has provided the sum OF
100000 TO establish a school Of
journalism at Columbia university, this
city A new building for the schoOi
will be erected on Morningside Heights
at a cost Of 100000 for the school.
which will hold toward the university
a relation similar to that of the other
professional schools, the law school, the
school of medicine and the school OF
mines. and like them will be national
in scope.
Advisory Board.
An important feature Of the organ
izatiOn of this school viii be an ad-
visory board nominated by the donor.
which viii aid in devising a plan and
course of instruction. Seven members
OF this advisory board have already
been named. and with others to be
selected, viii be nominated by the
trustees of Columbia university at
their meeting in October. They are.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president OF
Columbia university ex-officio. White
law Reid, John Hay, secretary of
state; st. Clair McKelway, Andrew Il.
White, Victor F. Lawson Of Chicago
Cha 'es II. Taylor of Boston, Charles
w. Eliot president of Harvard uni
veTsit-
President Eliot's duties in connection
with his own university will prevent
him from serving on the permanent
advisory board, but he has cordially
approved the plan, has given counsel
TO the board and win give to the in
cividual members of the board the
benefits Of his great experience and
knowledge. All the others named have
signihed their willingness to serve on
the advisory board.
Announcement in the World.
In making announcement Of Mr. Pull
Tiers gift the World will say tomor-
row.
Students desiring to enter upon tho
career Of Journalism will find accessible
mere courses of study that viii for this
profession be equivalent to what other
professional schools supply for other
professions: while young men already
engaged upon the ueWSpa pers and de-
string 10 advance themselves more rap
idly by the cultivation Of their apti-
'ude may find in these courses a valu-
uble assistance. It is believed that this
VIII be an advantage to them immedi-
ntely and ultimately to the press o.
the whole country In every other
pursuit where men are under an equal
moral responsibility TO the public for
the proper discharge OF their duties
they are prepared for those duties by
years OF careful and conscientious
study. hut the newspaper men. who are
Ga many directions the informers and
teachers of the people. he opponents
and to a degree the makers OF thai
public opinion which rules communities
and governs states and the nation have
hitherto received no special preparation
for their delicate and important du-
ties
at the time of the last census there
were in the United States 141,5O0 law
yers and 30,90S persons classed as jour
nalists. The legal profession was pro
vided with trained recruits by 100 law
schools with 1O6 professors and in
should have been at least twenty-six
colleges Of journalism. with faculties
POI strong. There was not one. Not a
single one Of the S0.908 newspaper men
and women in the country had enjoyed
what lawyer would call systematic
professional training.
Eliot's Suggestion.
President Eliot Of Harvard. one Of
the foremost educators. has been re-
Quested to make a suggestion on this
subject. and has submitted the follow
ing outline for a practical school of
study:
Newspaper administration-The or
ganizatiO/ Of a newspaper office: func-
tiOns OF the publishers. circulation de-
partment: advertising department; ed
1torial and repOrtOrial departments;
the financing Of newspaper; local,
Out-Of-tOWn and foreign news service;
editorial, literary, financial, sporting
and other departments.
Newspaper manufacturers - Print
ing press. inks. paper. electrotyping
and stereOtyping presses, type cOmpo-
sitiOn. typeSetting and type casting
machines processes for reproducing
illustrations, folding, binding and mail
ing devices.
''The law Of ournalism-COpyright /
libel including civil and seditiOus IL
bel; rights and duties Of the press in |
reporting judicial proceedings: liabili-
ties of publisher, editor, reporter and
contributors.
Ethics OF journalism-Proper sense
Of responsibility to the public on the
part of the newspaper writer's; to what
extent should the opinions of the edi-
tor or owner of n newspaper affect its
preparation OF news; relations OF pub
Usher editor and reporters as regards
freedom Of opinion.
History Of journalism-Freedom of
the press, etc.
The literary form of newspapers
Approved usages in punctuation,
spelling. authorizations. typography.
reinforcement Of existing depart
ments OF instruction-For the benefit
OF students of journalism; in English
reporting of news, news letters, re-
views, paragraph writing. editorial
writing; in history-emphasis on geOg-
raphy; on political science-emphasis
on contemporary economic problems
and financial administration.
Scheme of instruction.
TT is probable that the scheme of !
instruction will include several of the
academic courses now taught in the
university; but also viii give special +
prominence to the other side Of the /.
study in an endeavOr to impart by (
thorough teaching and training what /.
has been hitherto acquired in the hard (
school OF actual practice. The news !
paper men who will define the precise /
detail of this part viii themselves rec ]
ognizs and attach a proper value TO 4
each division of this study.
.eThe building for the school will /
probably be completed by the autumn i
OF 1904 and il is hoped that the school !
may be opened soon afterward. The |
course of study will be two years. Can /
didates will be admitted upon an exam /
ination as to good character and intel |!
ligence, but previous collegiate courses /
will not be required"