The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-18

New York, August15-Joseph Pulit-
zer has provided the sum of $4,000, 900
to establish a school of journalism at
Columbia university, this city A new
building for the school will be erected
on morning side 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 as the law school, the schoos
of medicine and the school Of mines
and like them will be national in scope.
An important feature of the organ
ization of this school will be an ad-
visory board to be nominated by the
donor. This board will aid in the de-
vising of a plan and course OF instruc-
ton that will meet every requirement.
on the scholastic as we'll as upon the
more strictly practical side
Seven members of this advisory
board have already been designated by
the donor, and with others to be select
ed hereafter, will be nominated to the
trustees of Columbia university at their
meeting in October. The are: Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia
university, eX-officio; Hon. Whitelaw
Reid, Hon. Joseph Hay, secretary OF
state; Hon. St. Clair Mckelway, Hon.
Andrew d. White, Victor F. Lawson,
of Chicago, General Charles H. Taylor,
Sr.' of Boston: Charles w. Eliot, pres
ldent of Harvard university making
the announcement of Pulitzer's gift,
The World will tomorrow say:
students purpOsing to enter upon
hn Of
cessible here courses of study that will
for this profession be equivalent to
that other professional schools supply
for other professions; while young
men already engaged upon the news
papers and desiring to advance them
selves more rapidly by the cultivation
Of their aptitudes, may find in these
courses a valuable assistance.
AT the time of the last census there
were IN the United States 114,O73 law
| yers and 3O,O98 persons classed as jour-
| nalists. The legal profession was pro-
vided with trained recruits by one
hundred law schools with 1106 profess
| sors and instructors For a fair pro-
| portion there should have been at least
twenty-six colleges Of journalism with
| faculties 291 strong. There was not
| one.
1t is hoped, and believed, that the
| school of Journalism will put this pro-
| fessiOn upon a level with others in sup
| plying a definite educational course
| for students and in affording the news
| papers an opportunity to recruit their
| staff from men adequately trained.
THE building for the school will
probably be completed by the autumn
of 1904 and it is hoped that the school
may he opened soon after. The course
| of study will be two years.
/ Candidates will be admitted upon an
| examination as to good character and
| intelligence, but previous collegiate
| courses will not be required"
| President Eliot has prepared 2
| scheme of instruction which provides
! courses in newspaper administration
| newspaper manufactures, the laws and
| ethics of journalism, history of jour
nalism and literary form Of newspa-
| DerS.
President Butler. of Columbia univer
sity today made the official announce
ment of Mr. Pulitzer's gift. He say!
81, ,OOO 900 has been given for the schoo
of Journalism. to be followed by an
other million if the school is in sue
cessful operation at the end of three
! years.