The San Francisco call., 1905-05-12
FATORS SCHOOL
OF JOURNALISM
University Publication In
d0rses Plan to Estab-
lish a Newspaper Chair
TOPIC MUCH DISCUSSED
Student Body. Thinks Idea
Worthy of Consideration
and 1t May Be Taken Up

BERKELEY, May 11.-With the close
of the college year a discussion has
been started that may bear fruit dur
ing the next term. From within the
student body has come the suggestion
that it would be well to investigate
the aforementioned "colIege of journal
ism scheme. This matter has been
talked of much in the East, and to a
greater extent in California than ever
before during the last year. 1t has
been made the topic of several ad-
dresses at different university meet
ings. The Daily Californian, in clos
ing its term of publication for the year,
takes up the matter in the following
article:
During the term considerable number of
the subject Of a college of journalism in this
institution. Columbia will place a chair of
journalism in Its university within short
time, which has already attained much dis
tinction.
Among the students here there are quite a
number Of literary men and women. many of
Wnom have been pursuing or expect to follow
newspaper work. To these, 1t is claimed, such
course would be OF the greatest benefit.
Objections have also been made that the in
stitution of another chair in the university
would be unnecessary; that everything can
essential studies for a journalistic course so
declare many Of the faculty. are English his
tory economics and languages, including Ger
man and French. II such a course as pre-
scribed should be taken il would be irnpos
sible 70 get degree. Such being the case,
the students are anxious have a course of
studies arranged in such way to cover
the essential points of journalism and literary
work.
J. c. Rowell, university librarian when
asked his opinion of the proposed college OF
Journalism, said that the subject was not a
new one TO him. II had first been proposed
az a university meeting in 1878 by Samuel
Williams then editor Of the San Francisco
Bulletin. Mr.. Williams suggestion had been
favorably received and officially approved by
President Gilman but for some reason the
matter was never carried further. Since then
II has been revived at intervals until II was
given greater headway about year ago at the
time OF the foundation of the college OF fo,,r-
nalism at Columbia University
Al that time John McNaught, editor of the San
Francisco Call, spoke on the subject at uni
versity meeting He quoted Horace Greeley IA
nous saying: OF all the horned cattle in a
newspaper office, God save me from college
graduate, but said that his experience had
tended to prove the opposite and declared that
special college OF journalism would still more
increase the value OF the college in the
Newspaper office. The university and the
newspaper the two greatest expanders
amidst flliterate surroundings and has now be-
come an untutored giant. The university has
expanded 10 such an extent that cheese
making and the art Of selling canned goods
TO people who do not want them are now re-
garded Re sciences The two things lacking
in the curriculum are Journalism and dress
making, said Mr.. McNaugflt.
Our library is the best equipped in the
world SO far as samples Of all kinds of period
fcsls are concerned and has also a large col
the growth of the profession. as it is now
termed