The Princeton union., 1911-11-09
SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM,
Course viii Be Established
Soon at Columbia,
JOSEPH puuTzER's PLAN

Late Newspaper Owner Gave 100000
For the Purpose-Second Million
Provided if School Proves Successful
at End Of Three Years.
Plans of Joseph Pulitzer, owner of
the New York World, who died re-
| Gently, for a school Of journalism at
Columbia university will be taken up
at once by President Butler and an
| advisory board named by Mr.. Pulitzer
eight years ago. A fund Of $1,0OO,OO0
is released to the university by the
| death Of Mr.. Pulitzer, with an addi-
tional $1,O00,OOO, provided the advisory
board is satisfied at the end Of three
years that the school promises to be
successful.
The school Of journalism was first
suggested to the then president of Co.
lumbia in 1892. 1t was refused. In
1908 the offer was renewed by Mr..
Pulitzer to President Butler and by
him accepted. Plans were drawn for
the building and place assigned to- it
on the campus. Then came so many
new and difficult questions that, with
Mr.. Puitzer's declining health and his
frequent absence from this country,
the plans were never carried out.
How Fund Will Be Used.
The difficulty above all others that
stood in the way Of the beginning of
the school was to find a man who
could direct such a school. President
Butler and Mr.. Pulitzer held a great
many conferences on this problem,
each suggesting names. AS recently
as two weeks before Mr.. Pulitzer's
death the president of the university
had consulted with him on the ques-
tion Of head to the proposed school.
The gift Of $1,000OO0 was so given
that the income was retained by Mr.:
Pulitzer during his life. At his death
it is turned over to the university. The
terms Of the gift are that the univer-
s1ty shall construct a suitable build
ing and maintain a school Of journal
ism. A part of the fund will be used
In construction, and the income from
the remainder will go toward the sup
port Of the school. If the advisory
board is satisfied with the progress Of
the institution at the end Of three
years, according to a later agreement
than the original one, the estate is to
endow the school with an additional
81 100000.
Mr.. Pulitzer made his gift to Colum-
b1a In an agreement signed July 20,
1903. There were three other agree
ments relating to financial matters.
But the main provisions Of the first
agreement are adhered to in the 9TH
ers. Mr.. Pulitzer gave to the univer-
sity at this time 100000. He reserved
the right to nominate an advisory
board at any time before his death. In
case Of his death before nominating
such board the agreement provided
that the following should constitute
the board to found and govern the new
venture in education:
Advisory Board.
President Butler of Columbia, White
law Reid, publisher of the New York
Tribune and the American ambassa-
dor at the court Of st. James; St. Clair
McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn
Eagle; John Hay, late secretary Of
state; Victor F. Lawson, publisher of
the Chicago Daily News: General
Charles H. Taylor Of Boston, Melville
r. Stone Of the Associated Press, Sam
uel Bowles, editor of the Springfield
Republican; the principal editors Of
the New York Herald, the New York
World, the New York Evening Post
the New York Sun, the. New York
Times, the st. Louis Post-Dispatch and
the Philadelphia Press.
On April -, 1904, Mr.: Pulitzer paid
to the university trustees 100000, and
an amended agreement of that date
provided that the entire income from
the money should 60 to him during his
life or until the school was founded,
and in addition provided for the Sec
ond gift Of $1.OOO.O0O if the school was
successful.
AS no advisory board was nominated
by Mr.. Pulitzer during his life the first
named men will form that body. It
was said at Columbia that the school
would be started: The questions Of
| men to teach and courses to be stud
led will be solved as soon as practi-
cable.