The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
AWAITS DONORS DEATH
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM WILL NOT h NOW BE INAUGUARTED.
PuIEtseF's school of J0uFnaIism Wil1 Not Re Established at Present. Disbursement Over the Nomi-
 nation Of Advisory Board.

New York, Feb. 2.--The New York Tribune will tomorrow say that the actual establishment of the school of Journalism at Ire Columbia univer- eity which Joseph Pulitzer endowed, will be deferred until the donors death.
 The Tribune published a letter from a correspondent asking if the rumor Is true that the president Of Columbia could not agree with the donor as to the advisory board suggested by Mir. Pulitzer which comprised such men as President Eliot, Whitelaw Reid. An- drew D. White, and John Hay. and thar in consequence of this the project had been delayed by the benefactor. The Tribune will say:
 Joseph Pulitzer Is spending the winter at Jekyl Island. Bradford Mer- Till. financial manager of the World, felt authorized in his absence to make the following statement to The TFi- bune:
 1t originally was the intentioR of the founder to have Columbia univer- sity to proceed with the establishment of the college of Journalism at once. There arose some difference of opin- Ion with President Butler as to the original cause of delay. That differ ence does not now exist. Mir. Pulit- ger, Is alone responsible for the pres ent delay. He regretted it at first but In the time that has elapsed he has come to believe that in this case delay was not dangerous but on the cou- trary fortunate.
 His present determination is that the actual establishment, of the col. lege of journalism shall be postponed until his death.
 " "rhe precautions state of hIs health and his consequent inability to give to the subject the attention required by the obligations imposed upon him is one of his reasons. Individual tenn perament has also much to do with 1t as health. The things that interest him do so intenselyq, excessively, and from the results of this habit of mind --from possible interference that this fault of temperament might lead to- he Is anxious the faculty shall be ab- solutely free. {;
 Another reason in the founders mind is that he wishes that an inno- cent and great public institution may not suffer from possible prejudicsy per- sona1. political and professional He hopes that time will divert these pre- judicies.
 |" Time valuable time he thinks, will also be gained for a larger study os plAues TOT Nurtner ana deeper c0nBid- eration of many details on the pars of the faculty and for the growth of interest and favorable opinion in tho editional profession. He Is nst cer- tain that the time was fully ripe and for this project delay should be ad- vantagious in this respect.
 "'Another advantage, he thinks, will be the gain that time must bring in the discovery of the indispensable man who is to serve at the head of the editorial and news branches of the college. MT. Pulitzer has energetically but vainiy searched all his life for the ideal editor and he believes that all other difficulties in the case are utilities compared to this.
 Tn the Hte of an educational in- stitution which he hopes will follow these few years of delay may be count ed as of small moment; and they must be of great value if they lead to the development of better and more faf sighted thought ideas an dpians
 To avoid all uncertainties of mis- conception. ! may add that the endow- ment Of the ccllege is abael dtely ir.