University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-05-19

Nav II. 1909, by Walter Williams, Dean
of the School of Journalism of the Uni
versity of Mssouri.)
THE School of Journalism of the
University of Missouri is child
of the Missouri Press Association.
1t is my privilege to give to the AS
sOciatiOn today the story of the child's
first year-to render an account of my
Thirteen years ago the Missouri Press
upon motion of W. o. l..
Jewett, then and now editor of the
Shelbina Democrat. urged the teaching
of journalism in the State University.
At the same meeting Henry W. Ewing,
then editor of the Jefferson City Trib-
unc. now numbered among our lamented
dead referred to his establishment of
the University MisSourian with Eugene
Field and himself "a chief editors. which
paper he said had not a little to do
with his career afterwards. Before and
since 1896, the year of MIR. .Iewctt's 5
resolution. the Missouri Press AssOcia-
lion favOrably considered training for
journalism. At its last annual meeting
in Excelsior Springs the a>>".ift'"n
adopted without dissent the report of Il
committee consiStin" of William South
crn. .Jr.. of the jackson Examiner.
j. X. Lowell. of the Moberiy Democrat.
and G. NJ. Harrison. of the Gallatin
North MiSsourian, which said:
1T is with special pleasure the Mis-
>nuri Press Association knows that the
cllratorS of the Missouri State Universe
" have voted To establish ut the Uni
vcr-ity il School of Journalism. This
association has endcavorcd ever since
ill., organization to he an educating in
iiuence among the newspaper men and
those who wish to he newspaper men Of
he State of Missouri and we look
forward to the establishing of this
Srhool of Journalism aS a ontinlation
and elaboration of our own work. We.
therefore, express our Endorsement Of
this action of the board of curator~ of
our State University and pledge our
support and encouragement of the work
to be undertaken and to the new dean
of the school,
With such parcntage. Endorsement
and pledge Of support. the School of
Journalism began.
The Enrolment
The first years enrolment of students
has far surpassed the expectations of
even the most sanGline friends of the
school. There was general demand for
the training that such a school could
give. 1t was expected that in its first
year twenty or thirty students would
be enrolled. aS had been true in the
first years of the teaching of law and
medicine. Instead. there have been en-
rolled this year at the University
School of Journalism ninety->cvcn stu
dents OF this number scvcnty-four are
primarily in journalism. candidates for
the degree of Bachelor of Science in
journalism in four years course. The
OF hers -twenty-lhrcc in numbcr-are
students from other departments of the
University taking one or more courses
in Journalism. Fourteen of the total
number are women.
The faculty of the school is composed
of instructors from the College of Arts
and Science of the University. with
three others added. OF the three one
is graduate of the University of Ne
bra>ka and the Kansas City Star. an
other of the University of Missouri and
the st. Louis Republic. and the third of
Missouri high school and country
newspaper office.
How are the students trained. Cour
>cs are given in the History and Princi
pies of Journalism. the Ethics of Jour
nali>m. in Newspaper Administration.
in News Gathering. in Reporting. in
Editorial Writing. in Correspondence. in
Newspaper .Iuri>prudence-.he law of
librl-in Illustrative Art. i'm Compare
tive Journalism. in Newspaper Making
which includes all branches of news
paper work. Courses are given in his
tory. English. sociology economics. po-
l;tical science. government. psychology.
While all Knowledge j. helpful to the
journalist. that which best trains for
the most effective leadership in his pro-
fe>-ion is cmpha sized.
The University Missourian.
The distinctive feature of the Mis-
souri, University School of Journalism
Is the University MiS>ollrian which af
fori> laboratory course in actual