New-York tribune., 1912-04-15
COURSES Of STUDY READY
School of Journalism Announces
Personnel of Its Boards.
BUILDINGS NOT COMPLETE
School to Open Sept. 1, However,
Accepting Women for Grad
uate Credit Courses.

The School OF Journalism OF Columoia
1-,,vers,tv has issued a preliminary an
nouncement setting forth It's aims COURSES
Of study requirements for admission ana
tho nersonneI Of ite advisory and admin
istrative boards. The building designed to
house the school. which is now In couls VI
construction AT 10th street and Broad"aS'
will not be completed in time for the
schools opening next fall, so for the hrSt
year the classes will be distributed among
the other buildings Of the university
To regularly matriculated students pass
ing satisfactorily through a four Seal9
course the School of Journalism oHers ti'e
degree of r. Lit. Bachelor OF Literature III
tho course Of journalism. Entrance exam
tpottons IN English. history and French or
German similar to those for Columbia 'oi-
lege will be held at the same tnle aS '''e
college examinations, but Talcott Niilail9'
the director, may use his dlscre'lohaiS
power in admitting as a non-marlcuia'eu
student any person who submits eVidehce
of maturity. experience or marked nthess.
Until the completion OF the building, now
ever. women can he accepted, the an
nouncement says, only for those courses
which are open for graduate credit.
Emphasis will be laid on the training OF
students I'm newspaper French ana "ei
man. Every student will be required to
show that he can read "A French or German
newspaper before receiving his degree, ana
in general this condition must be satisfied
before he enters on the professional studies
Of the second year"
The advisory board consists OF Samuel
Bowes. "Springfeld Republican, Nicholas
Murray Butler. Columbia University; John
l.. Heaton. New York World; George .
Johns, st. Louis Post-Dispatch"; Victor T.
Lawson. Chicago Daily News: st. CAR
McKelway. Brooklyn Eagle; Charles r.
Miller. New York Times; u +. Mitchell
The sun" New York: Ralph Pulitzer
New York World. Whitelaw Reid (chair-
man, No 45l Madison avenue. New YORK.
Melville F. Stone. Associated Press, New
York: Charles II. Taylor, Boston GLOBE
and s G. Wells philadelphia Press
on the administrative board are Nicholas
Murray Butler president Of the university;
Talcott Williams. l.. II. u. (Amherst, West
ern Reservey, LII. II. pennsylvania. Ho-
hdrt, I1t. ID. (ROCnesleT)' ulleciol "i''
professor OF journalism John W. Cunline,
Lit D.. professor of English and associate
director: Frederick p Keppel Lit D., dean
Of Columbia College; William p. Trent,
LII. d., d. G. L., professor Of English IT.
erature; Henry r. Seagcr Phi. D, professor
of political economy; James T. Shotwell,
Ph. D., professor of history; Ashley II.
Thorndike. Phi D., L. II. D, professor OF
English, and Charles A. Beard. Pm. D., as
sociate professor of politics.
instruction will he begun in the School OF
Journalism on September 25 with a COM
plete programme of study in all four years
Of the undergraduate work, the announce
ment says, adding:
Admission may be obtained by an en-
trance examination similar TO the entrance
examination for Columbia College and held
at the same time, the prescribed subjects
being English, history and French or Ger
man. \ full statement will shortly be
issued of the number of years work de.
manded I'm each prescribed subject and OF
the other subjects which may be offered 70
make up the total OF l41e or 10 units or
high school study,