New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-25
SCHOOL TO ADMIT WOMEN
They May Take Courses in Jour-
naIism at Columbia.
TO ENTER BARNARD FIRST
Proportion in Active Newspaper
Work, Announcement Says, Re-
uuires Provision for Them.

Women are to be admitted 10 the School
OF Journalism, after all, according 10 an
official statement issued yesterday. They
may expect to take up the purely PROBES
sional part OF the course with the men
students as soon as the new building Is
completed and meantime, that Is, for the
first two years, provision will be made for
them at Barnard College, just as the
courses for men will be given in Columbia
Women who can meet the entrance re-
quirements may enter Barnard for the
journalistic course next September, and
Barnard will thus become the first wom-
ans college to give instruction on THIS
subject The courses will be parallel ~
those afforded 10 men in Columbia and the
director will cooperate with the Barnard
faculty in planning and supervising the
work.
So long as the school is obliged to carry
on It's work in temporary class rooms tire
"direct admission" of women will not he
practicable. tho announcement states.
The large number OF women in Journal
ism appears TO have influenced the directors
in their decision, for their statement ends
by calling attention to the following facts :
THE number Of women i'm active Journal
ism Is larger In this country than in any
other of the callings with which this Occu-
patton can be compared. The total number
engaged in journalism in 1900 was 30 OPS :;
of these 1905 were men and 2,193 women.
This compares with loo women in law
out OF 114,703 In all in this occupation, and
with 1899 women among 1925 In the
medical profession. As will be seen, the pro-
portion In Journalism is considerably great
er than in any of the other callings In
1870 the number OF women in journalism
was only thirty-five. That increased In
the thirty years from 1870 TO 1900 to 2,7SO.
In addition, nearly one-half Of those listed
as authors In 1910 or 1886 in all, were
women, the number OF women being -'blb.
"In all vocations where writing is required
in obtaining a livelihood the proportion or
women is relatively larger than II ts in
other occupations requiring similar odLca-
ton and training. In 1870 a school Of
Journalism, If II admitted women, would
have been offering training for about one-
half OF ! per cent Of the total number Of
persons in the calling. In 1900 It would
have offered this training to per cent or
all engaged in journalism, and the proper
ton at present is undoubtedly larger
Miss Virginia c. Gildersleeye, dean OF
Barnard College, expressed herself last
night as much pleased that the school OF
journalism had decided 10 admit women
and this in spite of the fact that Barnard is
very much overcrowded already When
dozens OF students are reciting In luncheon
rooms and in ths theatre, however, tho addi-
ton Of few more does not matter much
Buy a brick" therefore. Is the moral
pointed out by the Barnard girls.
Miss Gildcrsleeve said that although many
hundreds OF letters of inquiry had been re-
ceived. It was as yet impossible to give even
an approximate estimate OF tho number or
journalistic students. Courses In English
philosophy. economics and history will be
given at Barnard for the first years work
in the creation of Journalists. and after
that Il e expected that the new School OF
Journalism will have ia own quarters. With
room for both men and women.